The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-03-18
A l.odel Church Cholr.

you nave got it down nle and that eger- member Oi II Is pIoEs and full of true c5od- ness, and m such Q moment as you think Tot you VIII ind that one or more of them is fuII :i tLe old Harry, and it will break ou; when ycu least expectlt There Is no more beauti- iui slght 10 the student of nature than church cholr. To see members sitting to- {; gether, demure, devoted. and pious looking. you think tha' there Is never a thought e:i- :. ters ther mlnd that Is not connected with ;lnging i anthems, but sometimes you get left. I here Is one church choir m Milwaukee that IS about as near perfect as choir c.n be
 has quarreled, and ths con~- nd raver by II. When the cbci- ..;nn ','I sIrsaT. : attitude tt is s~ s'gnt'Sn Sar@t;orsj 1Tc,,, ! ,rI .,ugh to make an ordinary
 think cf the angel band above
 the male singers wear whlskers and the females wear fa-hIonable clothes Non would not think that this choirPlayed | ,yicks on each other during the sermon, oCt sometimes they do. The eholr is furnished with the number of hymns that are to De snnr. by the minister, and they put book marx in the book at the proper place. ohe
 morning. they all got up to sing, when I1e s,u-ano turned pale, as an ace oi spAaeS dropued out of her hymn book, tAe sito near-v fainted when aqueen ot hearts droPl,e at her feet. and the rest of the pack was diS-
 r-ibuted around III the other books. 1hey 'I,i8 II onto the tenor, but he swore, whne the minister was preaching, that he dldil know one card from another.
 1, One morning last summer, after the tenor had been playing tricks all the spring on the rest of the choir, the soprano brought a chuiiA of shoemakeTs' wax to church. The tenor
 was arrayed like Solomon, ID all hls gioIy,
 with white pants. and Seymour coat. me
 tenor got up to see who the glrl was WHO , came m with the old lady, and while he was | up the soprano put the shoelnakers wax on Q the chair and the tenor sat down on It. lhey . ali saw 1t, and they waited for the result n was an awful long prayer, and the churGt
 va. hot. the tenor was no ieohsiS hInseii l a,,J sLosmaIers' wax melts at nlnety-eigh' D dee-r ees Fahrenheit. The minister finally 2 p,t to the amen, read hymn, the choil [ coughed and all rose up The chair tha : the tenor was III stuck to him like brother E and came right along and and nearly broke a his susDenders. IL was the tenor to bat, anC { as the great organ struck up he pushed tht { chair oH his person, looked around to see - he had saved his pants, and began to sing b and the rest of the chor came near bursting . ihs tenor WAS called out on three strikes Dy ,. the umpire. and the alto had to sail III, anc l. while she was singing the tenor the tenor be 2 gan to feel of first base to see what was m s matter. When he got his hand on the shoe C makers warm wax his heart smote him an' n be looked daggers at the soprano, but sh' h nut on a pious look and got her mouth readI 1T to sing s.Hold the Fort" Well. the ten" IL sat down on q white handkerchief, before h j. went home. and he got home without any E. body seeing him, md he..,hss been, as tn d saving is, "iaying" for the sopranoever since 70 tJ get even. VI II is customary in all frst-c!ass chOlrs fo
 the male singers 10 furnish candy for tA
 Ila1v sirVzis. and the other day the tenc
 went to a candy factory and had peppel
 mint lozense made with about hali lea ,a spoonful oi cayenne pepper in the centre
 ,t 1u Christmas he took the lOzenge [
 church and concluded to get even with tI
 Ii soprano 1T he died for 1t. Canoy lad bee .! passed around and just before the hym
 WAS given out m which the soprano was 70 sirg a solo '.Nearer my God to The, q st wicked wretch gave her the lczenge. ''f I put tim her mouth and nibbled o1 the edg' @. and was rolling T. AS sweet morsei un ie 1 her tongue. when the orS4n strucA up, ~
 -s..a--- -..a.a.. -.. a - |. ,,' ] getting scored up for the solo, she cEeE, 'e what was left oi the candy and swallowed i D" Well. Ii a Democratic torchiight processit
 had marched unbidden down her throat si fFf ''i spit the candy out, but there was enoul h pepper left around the selvage of her mOu ., Co have pickled peck of choN chow. It VI u { her turn to sing, and she rose and took tl "l book. her eyes filled with tears. her voi 'o trembled, her face was as red as spankt ? lobster, and the way she sung thateld hyn t- was a caution. With sweet tremulo sl sung Nearer my God to Thee, and u III 'congregati was alm"st melted tO tears. 1 e she stopped, whi Q the organist got IT. a lit
 ' work, sine turned herhead opened her mou, 'y and blew out her breath with ''whoosl -o to cool her mouth. The audience saw h, D., wipe tear away. but did not hear the sOun '' of her voice when she ''whooshed. Sl "s wipped out some of the pepper with h,
 handkerchief and sang the other verses wit 'T a good deal of fervor. and th1 choir sat dow {" al the members looking at the soprano. Si i' called for water. The-noble tenor went oI 'I and got It for her, and after she had drank
 couple of quarts. she whispered to hin i' Young man. l will get even with you i, "' that pepyermipt candy if l have to live
 thousand years, and don't you forget 1t, 's and they all sat down and looked piou eL while the minister preached a most beautifl oi sermon on Faith. We expect that tenC
 will be blowed through the roof some SuI
 day morning, and the Congregation WI
 wonder what he Is in such a hurTyfor. Peek
 Sun.