Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-04-09
The Naughty but nice Church Choir.

You may organize a church choir and
think you have got 1t down fine, and that
every member of it is pious and full of
true goodness, and IN such moment as
you think not you will find that one or
more Of them-a-e full of the old Harry,
and it will break out when you least eX-
pect 1t. There, is no more beautiful sight
to the student of nature than a church
choir. To see the members sitting to-
getEer, demure, devoted and pious look
ing, you think that there is never
thought enters their mind that is not con
nected with singing anthems, but some
| times you get left. There is one church
choir in Milwaukee that is about as near
perfect as choir can be. 1t has been or
ganized tor a long time, and never has
| quarreled. and the congregation swears By
it, When the choir strikes devotional at
| tllude it IS enough to make an ordinary
Christian think of the antSe. band above
only the male singers wear whiskcrs, and
the fealales wear fashionable clothes.
You would not think that this choir
| played tricks on each other during the
sermon, but sometimes they do The
choir is furnished with the numbers of the
hymns that are TO be sung, by the minis
ter, and they put book mark in the look
at the proper place. One morning they
all got up 10 sing, when the soprano turned
pale as an ace OF spades dropped out of her
hymn book, the alto nearly tainted when
queen OF hearts dropped at her feet, ahd
the rest of the pack Was distributed around
IN other books. Iney laid it on the tenor,
but he swore, While the minister was
4 Il l-,,.
from another
One morning last summer, after the
tenor had been playing tricks ali the spripg :
en- the rest vi choir, the soprano brough. Ii
chunk of shOenakeTS wax 10 church. The
tenor was arrayed like ) ,lomon, In al! his
glory, with White pants, and q Seymour
coat. lne tenor got up tp see Who the
: glrl was who Came IN with the OLD LADY,
and While he was up the soprano put tAe
shoemahero wax on the char and the tenor
{ sal down on it. They all saw>lt, and they
waited tor the result. 1t was an awiul
5 long pray CT, and the church was hot, the
{ tenor was no iceberg blHsel', and shoe
makers wax E.elts al nlnety-clgAt degree
Fahrenheit. The minister finally got l.
the anon, and read h, mn, The choir
T | cuugAed and ali rose Up. he Chair thit
tls Tenor a. Ia stuCh ~ ulIn llhc a DToller,
t and CAME right along and ueariy broke hls
slspendtrs. 1t Was the tenor to ba. auC
D as tne great organ struck up he pushed III,
. chair on If his person looked around Il
! see II Ao had saved his pans, and b-gau 4
G An1. AID The rvst Of the SYotr CAME Neal
. ouIsting. The tenor was called out 81
Il three slEIAes bv the umpire, and tie all
{ ua4l 10 sail N, ana whiie she "as sing. u
sthc tenU. began 10 feel u hrs; ba e y ~
T VITA, vas the matter. " lea Ae rct hi.
Z naud on the shoenlakers warin "aA l.
II ue4..t suiote him and Le .oOAeti da-Lcrs q
>he soprano, tut sc pat on FlJ4s -!
and gsi her mouth really - sing "uo
& | ne ort. Nel, tie tenor ga WE d
Whit haCdh crcn.ef, before he VI n home
4 anu LIZ xJl home without ybliy .see.a
h aim, ant Le LAS been, - The say-as }:
I. LAY ins' 'or sI4e soqsana, ever sl-cc,
seE even
IL Is customary il 81. first clas. cho.i
for The il4ale singers to furnish candy 4
~ he aly s.n-er,, all tle otacr day L.
j. tenor "tni lo catdy factory All sl4d
= sx-,pesr1IaI lozcnser u-a~le @l.l about
r. .e>.spo,-.2i - of cayenne pepper n The censI
l. 0i i. Oa I Lr-stlllas ne tax his lJz@usi
r IL cnuca aud concluded - get gwen vi
: he soarauo If le dle1 Ior Il. Candy la
j. | Gxen passed ar4QLd, and I'LL te.gEe Il
~, aymn "as given ou. 4 saicu Tie soT.as
u vas 10 sing SOLO, ''Neacer, Ny God,
Thee, tie wicked wretch gave be. &