Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-07-27

BiosoinaH VI u trump. Inc Dand
was scared, cause they thought
be was mad, and some of them
were going to run. thinking he
was going to throw pieces of the
brick house at them, but my chum
and the leader kept them. Then
pa sailed in. He commenced,
Fellow Citizens, and then went
back to Adam and Eve, and
worked up to the present day,
giving history Of the notable
peolpe who had acquired children,
and kept the crowd interested. |
felt sorry for pa cause / knew
how he would feel when he came
to find out he had been sold.
The Bohemians in the band that
couldn't understand Engli-h they
looked at each other, and Won
dered what it was all about, and
finally pa wound up by saving
that it was every citizens duty to
own children Of his own, and then
he invited the band and the crowd
III 10 take some refreshments
Well, you ought to have seen that
band come in the house. They
all fell over each other in getting
in, and the crowd went home,
leaving pa and my chnm and me
and the band. Eat? Well / should
smile They just reached for the
things and talked Bohemian.
Drink. o, no. 1 guessthey didn't
pour it down. Pa opened q doz-
en- bottles of champagne, and
they fairly bathed in it, as though
they had fire inside. Pa tried
to talk with them about the baby,
but they couldn't understand,
and finally they got full and start
ed out, and the leader asked pa
for 50, and that broke him up.
Pa told the leader that the gentle.
man who had got up the serenade
had paid for the music, and the
], leader pointed to me, and said /
was the gentleman who got it up.
Pa paid him, but he had a wicked
look in his eye, and me and my
chum lit out. and the Bohemians
came down the street bilin' full,
with their horns on their arms
and they were talking Bohemian
for all that was out They
stopped in front Of vacant house
and began to play, but you
couldn't tell what tune it was.
they were so full, and police
man came along and drove them
home guess that I will sleep
at the livery stable, TO night,
cause pa is awful unreasonable,
when anything cost him So, besides
the champagne.
well, you have made a pretty
mess Of it. said the groceryman.
cts wonder your pa does not
kill you. But what was it / hear
about the trouble at the church?
They lay that foolishness TO
you.
Its lie. They lay every
thing to me. 1t was some OF them
ducks who sing in the choir. /
was just as much surprised as any
body when it occurred. You see,
our minister is laid up from the
effects Of the ride to the funeral,
when he tride to run over street
car, and an old deacon, who had
symptoms OF being minister in
his youth. was invited to take the
minister's place, and talk a little
He is an absent minded old party.
who don't keep up with the events
of the day. aud who ever played
it on him knew he was too pious
to even read the daily papers.
There was a notice of choir
meeting to be read, and | think
the tenor smuggled in the other
notice between that and the one
about the weekly prayer-meeting
Any way it wasn't me, but it like
to broke up the meeting. After
the deacon read the choir notice
he took up the other and read,
i am requested to announce that
the Y. NJ. g. A. will have an en-
tertainment with soft gloves, ON
| Tuesday to which ALI are inyited