The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-12

T low AN ORGASIsr OUTwiTTED A RFcToR.--
Csn ,irs are not only very costly but are skit-
tt.h things to handle. There /, usually Il row
in d he choir end about four times year, and
-srch lasts about rs long Us the seasons. Lo-
'refz is the great organist and composer Of
rhiS region. lie is wiry, nervous. and sen
sstiv creature. and is full Of Music IL some
MON le are Of electricity. You can't touch
him without sparks flying of in alI directions.
He II rs had the lead of the music for some
time at st. Ann's. His music has been very
celebrated, and on festive occasions it would
h ave required Il good-sized park TO hold all
tn C ne ople who wanted to get in. The rec.
in jlaf been rather Jealous, from time to time,
of the drawing qualities of the organ end OF
thc church. TO carry out bis purposes. Mr..
Tor, III wanted to Introduce into the choir
the e" Harp, flute. Slckbut. violin and other
;n>,r uvucnts used on the Plain of Dura.
The rector. who is rather pompouIs and
opini, mated, entered deridcd protest
ae-ain~t, tho. introduction OF these vain
and orIdly instruments Of music. After
The sc. vices were opened came the grand
musical performance. First came Il beautiful
flute 50! o. The indignant rector then heard
the dist ant twan" of the prohibited harp.
The SIR licking violin rode on the top wave,
and could not be drowned even by the deep
notes Of the pedal bars. Word was instantly
sent 10 the defiant organiSt t" turn ont the
prohibited instruments ut once. The All
swer was sent back "Tllcrr is nothing here
to turn out but tie organ. There is no harp.
nuic. or violin in the buldinG.' And the
music held on its way. The rector was not
ar " indignant that his wishes were not
c,1ipllcd with, but felt that the organi>t was
tb, hp
viii, his own ears? The ve>try was sent up
to investigate the matter, and it was found
,I,aa The organst was nprovising on the
rr-,n itself. and doing it SO naturally that
any ulau would have been willing to have
taken his oath that the prohibited In>trl-
mrntS were doing their work. The feelings
or the rector when he learned the situation
could not lie cXprc>srd.-" Bnrte'gh = .Ncm
York Lrticr.
\ diromtist who gives great dinners at
Paris, it is said, always surrounds each
,llc,t ut thn'pllce where he sits ut The table
with flowers that belong TO the country Of
which he is 4 native.
The editor of II New York magazine de-
=, ,rt.s thai he annually receives upwards ut
~ 600 fll.itiye pocm9 from rs many he
w., we'd matronS. all entitled Our Dead
BAb, ,
Tho French transport Ornc with Commu-
,,.t n,, >oncrs for New Caledonia. recently
.'",i Of; Port Philip Head. Australia,
,ri,i, 100 |. Uses Of ~cliry; on board, and short
Of prnvi>iois.
4 writer divides men. with re a'r'l TO their
I,,ubtpr. into three ciu>>es--th hr, he, he.
,hn NO. no, no, and the ha, Ina, ha mcn--the
shallow. the gross. aud the rc1i' led.
It i. said that Hon. George Alfred Lloyd.
n,tm,stnr.Gcncral of New :,o,th Wales. is
:, ,nnt TO pay an official witt 10 the unllcd
81 ltc>.
A. the picnic ,ta sou approaches, visions
~, fost Spoons; aud mi s>ing taI'lc-tiothS haunt
the 7nltCrnl mind.
An iI-tcmpercd and dypc"tir bachelor
Iikcn< IN Anticipated prldc TO sca1ccroW in
:. whra t-fin!d after harvest il over.
\ Western printnG-pficc advcrti,e>:
= Sui|!-HoX Signs neatly ;h'o h''"'oihcis
printed.
Pad sight man fiat on the pavement in
front oi liquor saloon.
Cincinnati and Frankfort are al lager
heads on the beer question.
4 rtin-bealI-Thc gentleman who sCCs Il
lady home under IN umbrella.
Even the clnuihas would find In'llnn q Ia
Uodoc too tough to endure.
F;narrial reSlrretion--fI Of the bank
r;IDt States in the cotton crop.
The Chinese are OF the antique type oI
mankind, and copp"r-taced 1T that.
Good >lcighing is still to he had in t'r
Green Mountain region.
Political muprrs are still in >u>pc',>"---
which is proper position for lnn"cro-on.