The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-09-03

homcut - you tntuk not yOl VIII
find that morst Of them are full Of The
old Harry. and il will break out vii n
you least expect il.
There ID no more beautiful sight in
nature than . church choir. To see the
msmbers sitting together. demure. de-
voted and pious looking. you think
there 10 never o thought enters that is
not connected with sirg ns snthsns 5.
but sometimes We get kft Thers, Is
one church choir in Milwaukee that is
about - nssr perfsst % . ehoif can be-
IL has been orgs nissd fof 3 long time.
and never hes quasfslI.d. and the con-
gregstion swesrs by IL. When the
choir strikes . dssotional attitude, itsis
eooash TO make an ordinary Christian
think Of the angel band above, only
the male singers have whiskers aud the
females wesr fashionable clothes.
Yen would not think that this choir
play cd tricks on each other during the
sermon. but sometimes they do. The
choir 10 furnished with the number Of
the hymns to be sung. by the minister.
and they put book mark st the prop
ar place. One morning they all got up
TO sing. when the soprano turned pale
as an nee Of spades dropped out Of her
hymn book. the alto nearly tainted
when q queen of hearts dropped at her
feet. and the rest Of the pack was dis
tributed around in the other books.
They laid it on to the tenor, but he
swore. while the minister WAS preach
ing. that he did not know. one, card
from another. 3rss8 Il
One morning, last summer, after the
tenor had been playing tricks all the
spring on the rest of the choir, the SO
prano brought chunk OF shoemaker S
wax TO church. The tenor was array ed
like Solomon. in all his glory, with
white pants and Seymour coat. The
tenor got up to see who the girl was
who came IN with the old lady, and
while he was mp the soprano put the
shoemaker's wax on the chair. and the
tenor sat down on it They all saw it
and waited for the result. 1t was an
awful long prayer. aud the church was
hot. the tenor was no iceburg himself.
and shoemaker's wax melts at ninety
degrees Fahrenheit. The minister ii
nalIy got to the amen, and read a
hymn. the choir coughed and all rose
up. The chair that the tenor was 10
stuck to him like brother. and it
came right along and nearly broke his
suspenders. II was the tenor to bat,
aud as the great organ struck up he
pushed the chair of his person, looked
furtively around to see if be had saved
his pants. and began TO sing. and the
rest of the choir came near bursting
The tenor was called ont on three
strikes by the umpire. and the alto
had to sail in. and while she was sing
ing the tenor began to feel Of frat base
to see what was the matter. When he
got his hand on the shoemaker's s. warm
wax his heart smote him and he looked
dsggers at the soprano. but she put on
a pious look, and got her mouth ready
to sing Hold the Fort The tenor sat
down on . white handkerchief before
he went home, aud has bsen. as tbs
saying is, laying for the soprano. ever
since. to get even. ..s.f
1t is customary in ell first class choir.
for the male singers to furnish candy
for the lady singers. and the other day
the tenor went TO Q candy factory and
had . peppermint loxsnger made. will
about half . teaspoonfnl OF eayenne pep
per in the center Of it. On Christmas
he took his loxengcr 10 church. and
concluded to ges eyen w;th she soprs.
no, IL be died for it. Candy had been
passed around. and just before the
hymn was given cut. 10 which the so.
prsno VS. 70 sing . selos 'NsAferS ms
God, 10 Thee. tie wicked wrEteh agnvs
her the loaded lozenger.. She put j,
into her mouth snd nibbled u the cd
ges, and was rolling il - o. sweet NOR
eel under her toneuss when the orgsl
struck mp and they all rose. While th'
choir vas skirmsshing o. ths frst par
Of the verse. and getting scored up fol
the solo. she chswed what was left o
the candy. and swallowed u. Well. |
! . Democratic torchlight procession hAt
marched unbidden down her tbroAt sh,
couldn't have been aps more surprised
She leaned over % pick up her hand
ksrchief and spit the candy out, 90
there vas enough pepper left aroans
the salvage Of her mouth 10 have pick
led peck Of chow-chow. Ii was he
turn to sing, and she rose aud took th,
book; her eyes filled with tsafs. be
voice tremblssi, her iscs wa red as
spanked lobster, aud the way that sh
Gang that old hymn was o caution
/ With q sweet tremolo she sang 'Nearel
my God, to Thee. and the congr esatio
we're almost nelted TO tears.
As she stopped. while the orgsnis
got in Q little work. abe tarned ne
head. opened Der mouth and blew on
her breath With woash' to cool be
mouth. The audience saw her wip
q tear. away. but did not hear her voic
as she 'waoshsd. She wiped out som
of the pepper with her haLdkerchie.
and sang the other verses with goo<
deal Of fervor, and the choir sat dowr
ell Of the menbers looking stlthe 90
prano. She called for water. The nc
BILE tenor went and got II for Der, an
after she hsd drank . couple Of quart
she whispered TO him. Young man,
will get even with you for the peppel
mint candy. if-i have TO live = thcusan
years. and dou't you forget u; and the
they oil eat down and looked 'pioe
while the minister preached . me-
beautiful sermon ON Faith We sxpeS
that tenor will be blowed through a
roof soms Sunday morning. and II
congregation will wonder what he
. in such hurry for.