Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-20
New Series. sOl. >. No. 81
I Old Series. Vol. 81. No. 81.

her of the fortune in store for her, her eyes
filled with tears.
1T will be the musical event OF the sea.
son, . said Mrs. SniIax
Il know it wil!.' said Johns wife.
Now we must have assistance to make
up n gond pro"ramme.'
''Oh, can obtain plenty of volunteers. -
said Miss BIlu. There is Sterop, aud
Gandet, and Mali.ny, aud, besides. if Miss
Amanda Annrata IS in New York she
will come on she is Il friend of mino''
You don't mean the prima donna, -
said Johns wife.
Certainly do,' replied Rella.
1t was determined that IL telegraph should
be sent to Amurata, which was Gone, and
a favorable reply received. The concert
was announced for the lst instant at Sym
| phnny Hall, which John had engaged. 1t
/ was also concluded that it would be use
less To advertise the concert, if shey could
sell all the tickets without it. as it was
/ thought that il would be more diStingue t.
make it private complimentary concert.
John had charge of the printing. Trouble
commenced when he brought the tickets
home and showed them to his wife.
why. John -
''wef, wfiat's the matter with thoseL
tickets ~
1t won't do she replied sternly. ut
looks like provision dealers card
well, l thought it didn't have exactly
the right appearance"
Its hnrrid, positively horrid. l
wouldn't dare To offer one for sale
This was too much. The package the
next minute was on the hot Goals. AS
thousand tickets in packs didn't burn
readily, they smouldcred awhile aud then
began to smoke, and the chimney being
rather small the smoke curled gracefully
around.
Put 'em out, John you'll fill the house
with the horrid SMELL
John took the tongs and pulled them
out, and the packs fell apart and blazed
up. The aroma was Increased. The more
he poked the tickets under the crate the
more they persisted in sending nut suflo
eating ctluvia. In despair JOHN sriz'd
the ice pitcher and poured Il stream upon
the burning cards, and the steam generated
was binding. 1t WAS six hours after
wards that Mr. and Mrs. Snilax dropped
in, AMI when Smi.aX suggested that the
drain must be out of order, John said he
thought it was.
The next lot of tickets were better. They
were distributed. The fact that Mss
Amorala would sing WAS dwclL upon.
john took fifty iickr,s. which he knew he
could dispose OF. The first friends he APP
Piled to had already beer supplied by
SmilaX. and Smilax found that the most
of his friends had agreed to take tickets ol
John. Johns wife sold ten tn Mrs. Cneck
erberry. aud john sold ten to Mr.. Checker
berry, and as the Checherberriys had eigh
teen more than they proposed To use, John
found that many of the friends whose
names were ON his list had been called
upon by the Chcckerberries, aud the c"m-
petition was lively. The Chrckerberries
were Y ~ active. When john approached
Mr Tiddioute that gentleman pulled nut
some tickets to Private Theatrcals, and
John WAS Obliged To- exchange. His friend
Carbon offered 10 cut the directory" for
SIX. and John left minus six tickets but
without six lulIars. More than dozen
he disposed of 10y giving them To friends
''wh" would like to go lut couldn't afford
it and he trusted ten to parties who are
known to hive short memories. When he
turned in $50 for his fifty tickets he had To
charge S42 To personal expenses. Johns
wife was cashier, and she made up the
amount.
Everything was going on swimmingly
(the programmes fortunately had not been
prini,d). when Miss Amorata was taken
sick. II WAS concluded to postpone the
concert. John had paid S30 for the hall.
which the ianitor could not remit, as he
might have let the hall for other purposes.
\ future day was assigned, and as there
promised to De room ior some lew hui'ureu
more than the sale Of tickets counted up.
,La husirass MANAGER s,lrr,stpd that Il
Iiul. odvertisipr would dono harm. Some
hrdv told him That tickets SOLD at the door
wo,,ld nav all the exprnsrs of advertising.
Miss R.IIa tbouuht they .u.ht to adver-
tisr and .Jnbn wrote nu, a brief and ele-
,,,rt IitrI,. advertisement and inserted il in
rho d,iIv nau,rs liz. also caused TO br
nri,,.L the uro..ramme
..Onlv TWO davs more, :, he consoIed him
self ~ he retired. He WAS inst GlIinr
o,v,v when the hell ronr. John sprang
,.,, nf bad and sow il was eleven o'clnck
H., ,,,.o,,,d the winfow and ,bere stood
Pill, nm rho stems
.OI, 7 am an sorry to disturb vou ,,said
p,uo ..I,,, 7 must spe vou have coi =
J.-,ot,.h from, Miss Amor,ta. Jobnopd