The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-04-01
Baptist Sunday school Concert.

This concert came of at tho Bspsist Church
on Tuesday evening, according to the programme,
and was really an excellent affair. The s,ts.d-
anos was large, ladies prsdsninsting. Asws
were seated near . couple Of worry charming and
witty young ladies, We were 10 bsvildsrsd and
distracted by their presence thst ear notes ssan
somewhat mixed, but We give then verbatim.
arrived in time. Went in Scott FREE (soo,t,
Houtz & Co. freed u.s. Went on IN exploring
expedition for . gosd scat lSsrAwa i "PosseUs
exploring expedition" led the vayl Pound oar.
self in close proximity to . couple Of bsvisshipg
young ladies. Dying 70 b introduced, bat .
solemn old bachelor who st assr wouldn't intrs.
ducs us,-not ducs. Mrs. e. E. Lewis pisns-sd
splsndidly, and 20 little people, hoys and misses
aocksd on she stage. They were ~ swss, sad
as beautiful a. dAisiss in = wildwood ia ssrly
spriny-ths misses were, net the boys-,hsy
might have left and we sheuldat have natss,D!
EN-. Mrs. Lswis did hsHors finely on ,hs pisss
She is grand on that "pi." Then ssns . soAy By
the class, "ExAi. him. tr.ise him one Miss
Mitchell and Miss Church. = duet Tho E1ilss
Home well sung. [Appl.s..l Thi. va. sue.
cseded by IA Farmers Sen AN l." There were
. sons. They were dressed like h.rv.s, banda
but it WAS fraud on honest industry. Wen
be. there wasn't one Of tbs lot VIE could tell q
sheaf of wheat from saw Icy Lady behind
Us, "Oh, amt they sweet" Boys trsmulous and
weak on the whistliHy chorus. They did veil
enough, but seemed rather unased 10 "sppssriap
il public on the stage" Next came beautiful
River gem in vsoslisn, ssd finely given By
Miss Nellie Snulsr leading, sAd the olAss ~ the
echo chorus. Mr.. Rale, the loagsr, got away"
with bass solo, my Bsyhss4 Days. i. . ....
crsditable MsnAer. Whsn W hoard HIN, We
longed for our boyhosd days when We A,hsd for
minuows in the crock, stole wassr melons and
went in swimming contrary to parental injans-
tious, usually laid on with "swltch." Mrs..
Lewis gave US piano music, another good piecs,
and then tho Glass sang TO Dsum" which
they can te-do-'sn very vol. Mise Diskey and
Mr.. Ward sxRy N duet, How dsAr TO mo the
Hour" sad were loudly ApplAadsd. Then csmo
three ladies and four ycntl,n.a, who gave us
"Souuas Of tho SuAncr Might" Ths sounds the
ladies attended 70 wsro lovely. Mr.. Church
played troe tol aud rural frog. lie is heAlthy
old frog, ~ is. How would he look as tree
toad on . rsss Su.h-sAy? This WAS decidedly
good, and brought down .he-Church. Then
came melancholy trio. Mr.. Church appeared
on the stage with a saw, buck-saw.busk, we
should say, and u fsass rail, and he then and
there proceeded to saw "a.at there rail. Pret.
ty soon Mr Yentzsr came along, dressed up ,s
promising youth, son 20 the sawist, and there
upon Ihe old man proceed to saw, AID tho boy
proceeded TO say, in song, "that hs wanted to Gel
Il wifo and money and things. Or he'd go on,
west, or words TO that effect. The old IN IN told
III "to say nothing sud saw wood, and not gao
about no country after the girls" 40. Then
came the old woman -- Miss Harris. She wal
dressed like AN old WON IN, bnt she couldn't foo
W. She il no old woman, but pretty yount
yiri-,hcro now Tho old woman arg ued tn,
old n4u "olear out of his boots about the boy
and the thoy--tbe mother and boy, had it thei
own way, and thu old man ''ssvo iu,' an usual
| We are glad no gave in, ~ he would have ''yu,
out" II he'd had ~ SAW mach more Of that tougl
old rail- lApplAuse The entertainment slssss
with grand gosd night quSrtette, which va
suSg aud responded to by m ssbo chorus In tn
room below. sud Slso by ~ isprompM soA
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