Smyrna times., 1876-06-14

olrlety was owing quite as much to
tight lacing as to long prayers. lnstru-
mental music was banished from churches
as 4 device of the Evil One, and the choir
singing was fearfully and wonderfully
performed We may judge of the high
esteem in which sacred music-that is,
the singing of hymns--was held from the
remarks made by an old Connecticut pas
tor from his pulpit: /" have come into this |
meeting great many times, and saw that |
the devil was here | wished to begin |
service, but did not like to ntrodcc the |
Worship of God when the devil was in the |
people. | took up the Psalm Book and
read, but could see him skipping about
from pew to pew in the gallery. But the
instant the chorister got up and blew the
pitch-ripc he quit, and all was sobricty and
Gccorum among the young people and
children"
Perhaps the most notable " reception =
ever held in America was that of Mr..
George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, on the
evening Of Centennial day, May 10. Even
| in Washington, whore officials and men of
mark abound 10 such gathering has been
| known. 1t has been reserved for Mr..
| Chjlds to be the first gentleman in the
/ United States who at private reception,
has been able to number among his guests
the President of the United States with
his wife; the members Of the Cabinet with
their wives the Chief Justice and Associate
Justices Of the Supreme Court of the
United States and their wives; the En-
peror and Empress of Brazil and suite; the
diplomatic representatives, of Great Britain,
France, Austria, Prussia, Russia, Brazil and
other powers Of Europe, Asil, and the Isles
Of the East; the Governors of Maine, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland ::
prominent members Of the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the United
States; Generals sherman, Sheridan, Han
cock, Mcdowell, Patterson, Cadwaladcr;
Admirals Porter, Rowan and Alden: goodly
numbers Of military and naval men who
have won fame in battle; eminent judges,
eminent divines, eminent lawyers, authors,
: journalists, artists-indced, men famous in
) every branch Of professional and private
life. These were the guests Of Phiadel-
phia's most entcrprising and generous
publisher, whose life seems to be passed in
doing acts Of benefccnce and in dispensing
It princcly hospitality.-IIape[s Weekly,
-Nc,c lofI.
: PEcrLTAEITIEs OF HENRY CLAY.-In his
day it was the habit of the polite world oi
the capital, dressed in their gaycst, tc
D. repair to the Senate chamber to listen tc
him whenever he spoke. lie was every
> body's pet. No man has ever had such
aduation since. No man ever got habit
ually such splendid and brilliant audience,
: !, as he. Those were days Of grand debate
when the press had not gained 50 mucl
prest ge-bolore oratory had given way il
Congress to reporters. There were NJ
holes in the sky then, and you could no
prick an orator, like bubble, with a witty
sarcasm. Clay never disappointed-h,
: would not have dared. But he dareC
things that no other man then or nov
= would dare. At the end Of a brilliant pas
sage lie would pause deliberately, an,
:. walk six steps across the aisle to Robert
4 Walkers snun-box, and taking a pincl
! gracefully between his finger and thumb
return to his desk and put it with such in
-, cfiable distinction to MS nostrils that tn
whole audience was ready to burst into az
=. plause. With any other man this woul,
- have been ridiculous. Clay made it sui
lime.
g A day or so ago, says the Philadelphi
If Times, the attorneys proppcd Daniel Dire,
n up in bed, and put him through cours
d of mterrOgatories relative to his petition i
it bankruptcy. His answers, faint, almos
ID inaudible, and given while great tear
8, rolled down his checks, reveal the mos
is singular business system, or lack of bus
m ness system, recorded of any man who Ina
cs dealt in millions. In his transactions wit
r. his brokers he always trusted to the
es honesty, and never troubled himself t
Vs. look over their statements of account. II
n, left collaterals with the brokers, but doosn
us or clerk he never employed, nor ever Ina
b. an office Of his own. OF the several million
he he once had he never kept any accoun
ng but thinks he could tell from memoi
sw where some of it went; he carried sue
If trifing matters in his head. Some of OF
We commercial college men might write
IN, profitable sermon on the fato of the ma
its who thought he could dispense wit
We, method and system in his business.
-. One of the rules Of Mount HOlyol
on Seminary, forbidding one lady from intr
oil ducing gentleman to another lady, W
neatly avoided the. other day by a Mort
-. ampton girl, who, when her father can
. with trunk to her room, while her frien
-, Miss Blank, was present, said, FathC
- am sorry / cannot introduce you to n
~ friend, Miss Blank, of Blank, but the rul
=. forbid it." ayes, said the father, shalxii
Iv hands with the young lady, "and q