The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04
HOME MATTERS.
PEPPER AND SALT.

- nothin hse snow for making 'huggiu nseiy'
He had reference 10 .leigh.ridng with the girls.
....Ths editor of the Mar.eilles Advertiser Is the
victim of new kind Of live stock" not get.at-
abls with fns.tcoth.comb. He calls them
aurora.boreA-lice. The Adoertiser man Is subisct
to Dad sDeNs. -. The public may hold its breath
II expectation Of shock to transpire soon. The
assSsisher is to be concert at the Opera House
by q certain number of gentlemen we'll known
in this city. Though ain ,teurs, these vocalists
aTe thorough thorough "scre imers, ~ it were.
They enter into the very spirit of music. They
are not undrillsd, either, for the last six
monthe they h.ve practiced every night. The
programme will be immense. 1t will embrace
such patriotic songs as, My country, tie Of
The" "Star Sp.nzled Banner" "Red, White
and Blue In the way Of sentiment, there will
b Home, Sweet Home, y" Put me in my little
bee" Rock ne to sleep" 60. The religious
part wild not, We regret to say, DO very promi'
soent. The only piece in this way is, "Cone, thou
fount of every blessing, '-tbis line bsing the
only one they know of anything on this subject.
They will come il lively on the convivi Al pieces,
such a. sold Grimes i. dead, ""O, Little brown
Jug, don't / love thee" &c. Though these
pieces are not excessively new, these artists
'have, by long practice, learned how to sing them
with such touching Patio. as to never fail in
causing all who bear them, even the singers
themselves, to weep aloud and in the most agon-
izing manner. The conviviA songs rendered
properly should be surg by persons Supposed to
be SOM what mellow" SO to speak. These 70.
ealists fad that the effect 10 materially iaeress
Cd by the real thing, and have abandoned the
counterfeit, and do II in the natural way. Hence
they have found CArG's reception roon," on
account of several namsle.s conveniences, the
very place Of all others for their rehearsas, which
are had every eveuing, aud no poetpoueAent on
account Of the weather. Here. after getting
properly s.lubsious," they fud themselves in
perfect rapport with the sentiment of the songs.
When thus moved by the spira of the songs,
they sing with such wonderful effect that the
dogs on the street howl in dismal unison with
the ehoruses, and cats on the neighberinx roofs
yowl with irrspressibls sympathy, AS it were.
At these rehesrs.ls, though they sing Home,
Sweet Home" they never 20 there" till morn.
ing" Evidently "s.ddess while they sing
they yet manage to smile often. OF all the
songs in theis repertoire they seem fendest of the
"Little brown jug" Though sometines their
numbers are not fall, i. is rem srkable fact that
whether they give duet, q trio, a qusrtetts, or
. quiutet,e, With . full chorus. the general
effect i: tho same. The neigh oors observe no
dimin stisn Of Voices NO less variety of tones or
lack Of volume Of sound! They seem to sing
equally we'll though .hst several voices are pitch.
ed to different keys, or whether they all esssy to
subbsss or rise together ia operate tenor in
piercing shrieks or oil sing different songs at
encs. il all the sAAe. SoneGaes, in . reckless
mood, they commence with Gene thsu fouut
Of every blessing" This is slrs to be followed
BY the Little brown Jug" in chorus, "don't
love the, shoe fly. very loud,) don't love
the-e-e-e." This winds up with appl.use-thres
fingers Of it hot in glssses! We suggest that
they sing 70 very loud At these rehssrssls that
the whole tswa enjoys the music free, and will
not be apt to patroaize the public concert 1t
may be that the vocslists, fearing that they may
get stuck" at Cards on the night Of the public
that their ysiess may reach the Opera House,
snd give the assembled audience there the nov.
city Of 6rst-clsss concert with the singers two
blocks away. A stranger who heard them the
other evening fer the first time, asked Us "wheth-
q these fellows arc lupstics 2" "Yes." We
answered, "salooa ,tt,s!" The troupe lie known
- the Sa.loon.stic WArblsr.". 80. A certain in.
dustricus aud economical youth of this city, be.
ing unemployed, thought it would be business
tor him to repair to tho country and lay up q
few dollars by masking corn. He went and
worked one month. Here is his balance Aheet,"
made out by himself: T~enty.eght days
work, at Sc per day. $56. Expenses-Dsbtor
to board 5 weeks, at s. per week, ss5. Thirteen
days lost time, at 81 per day. SEQ. Paid for
washing, 80 cents. Fine cut, g. Smoking d..
81. Expenses on horse and buggy borrowed to
take girl to dance at Serena, and broke same,
and repairs on ditto, don't say whether he broke
and repaired the girl or the buggy S2,7O To.
tai, $56. Borrow to pay fare on cars to Ott,.
WA from Serena, 80 csnts. Total loss on specu.
lation, 80 cents. p. S-Huskin's miserable
business On his return, several of his chums.
hearing that he had come home quite wealthy,
applied to him for small loans of money. He
treated these applicants with that degree of
lofty scorn which great capitalists are apt to in.
dulge in towards impecunious persons Mitch.
ell brags about hi. diamond oysters. They rre
so called because il you are sharp you will find
diamond in each Oyster A sleepy clerk mp.