, 1879-06-30
a CANTATA IN TEXAS.
1kEttfE Ean.<f Lea

We nre prouo to form 4 bad opinion Of III,
morals OF fcxas By the reports TINT ars con
7cyed 10 Our ears through tie yenaI press, On,
would be led to think that every citizen carrie,
from SIX to ten reyolvers, TO saw nothing Of I
lew dtrka md several torpedocs liz his coat-tsl
pocket Now. am pleased 10 correct this fajst
impression, having but recently returned from
that State. where I attended cantata O,
"Qucen Esther" Will you let nc tell The pos
stoeEs how the affair passed OF | St. ktljad ts
| pleasant town near tho Mexican line Il II
noted for Its docility. No man ID allowed to
carry more than sx pistols At once there, and
lhe Magistrate recently fined dcnd niger for
carrying shotgun concealed about l,Es persou.
The sunday.scl,oo! scholars arc made to deposit
their pistols In tic vcstibu!e before the school
opens: and no minister is permitted to keep
more than two sllot-guns in the pulpit.
The cantata, the first egcr gotten up at st.
ktl'iad, waB a Sublime affair. Hobson Hail was
ilIled at an curly hour During the opening
CHORUS 81 strange noise was heard behind the
mad accidentally shot himse1f while pracljctng
with 4Nordtcnf, md Bill Dirug was substituted.
Bllt forthwith mnde hfs appearance. with pants
% stuek n boots. in tie must nonchalant manner,
anu began to call .Nprdtedf a secondhand cloth
!nE sto1a and other pct naascs I saw at once
Of "uo In, Bill" Give ,'cn,l'' catno from from
fSss M actuny pa g Scee. e q,s hm:c fsry a % bnk tint
he was finally coa1cd from The atagc by tl,c
muzzcs of several shotguns, That werp poked
at linn from the wIncs, aud dhasnerus came on.
"Bu'ly for Ahasp yelled boy In the gal-
Tic A..yrtap King s.op ned sudd.n,, and
loDkcd up ut the enthusiastic youth:
nseo herc,''' be snd, "thts is \ religious play,
and dscency has to be ,observed; That boy for.
Eo!ue to have prder II we'vc 20. to get It With
the pts1ol. I'm plavtnG Aiasuerus lust now.
but after The fhow III be Sun Turner again
nnI II any man wants to see mo then be Gnu
=, The, eantata proceeded, but felt uneasy, I
thought that, for an Atsrrtan, Ahasuerus ha1lilcd
lila revolver an .scry careless manner, but
somebody snia It ,wns natural. Tie Hing Ind
lfar,an rushed from onu Of TIC Wings and said I
that ho understood tin. two Mexfcans wcrn in
tho house, mid tint he wouldn't play until
eoGcor1 tnG uFeasess s'au,Sn;t %Sfo nut ou" sacred
esess Poat " eoups u af'is su.v BY .1 ~
cans+ Ills remarks Wcra greeted with III
multuous applause, aud 4 sudden tussei near
tlls: ,' door followed. The next day the Coroner
aud St.. Jose Miguel, two; Mcxlcuus who lad
displayed bad sense 10 attending sacred con-
cert ii st. Rilltati. Ate. tic tusscl Just rc-
'erred to thu cantata proceeded.
a .nordeeat wasn't the ,mesk.lookIng fellow
with rfratical rnustachc,' who remarked to
Mn1,, hat " Tss the "man-eatn alligator Of
hs1a h,s as, Ac esIFa"ny fn a.pcaranso boro ont
spirited lntesVews, and once, willis Esther Was
singing fur the King, -4orticai's revolver
wa accidentally Discharged. killing the hoy
Mao w. scano.y Was ovsF1,ssrd ns'pnG to manpulate
man approachcd i moved toTarti tho door.
From some side remarks which / heard Naman