The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-19
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4 There is one good thing about Sue, i
she is girl; she 10 real charitable, and !,
al the time getting people 10 give none,
10 Missionaries and things. She collect
ed mornahundrcd dollars from ever u
many people Last year, and sent Il 20 |
society, aud her name is ia all the papers
as Miss Susan Brown the young lady
that caves hundred dollars 10 noble
cause aud may Others go and do likewise.
| About month ago she began 10 got VI
concert for a noble object forgot
what the object was. for Sue didnt make
up her mind about II until day or two
before the concert; but whatever il was il
didn't get much money.
Sue was TO sing in the concert, and Mr..
Trsvers was to sing. and father was 10
read something, and the Sunday school
was TO sing and the brass band was TO
play lots Of things. Mr.. Tavers Was roal
good about il and attended 10 engaging
the band and getting the tickets printed.
We've got hrst-rats band. You just
ought to hear II once. I'm going to join
il some day. and play on the drum, that
is il they don't find out the mistake ]
made with the music.
When Mr. Travors went TO sec the lead
or Of the band to settle what music was TO
be played at the concert he let mo 60 with
him. The man was aufully polite. and he
showed Mr.. Traver great stacks OF music
for him TO select from. After while he
proposed to go and see man somewhere
who played in the band, and they left me
to wait until they came back.
had nothing TO do, so looked at the
music. The notes were all made with Q
pen and ink. and pretty bad they we're.
l should have been ashamed il had made
them. Just to prove that could have
done it better than tho man who did do II,
took pen and ink and tried it. made
beautiful notes. and as great many Of the
pieces OF music weren't half full Of notes,
l Just filed in the places where there
weren't any notes. l don't know how long
Mr.. Traverse and the leader Of the band
were gone. was SO busy that l did not
miss them, and when ! heard them coming
l sot up as quiet as possible, and never
said anything about what had done, be.
cause we never should praise ourselves or
seem to be proud Of our own work.
Now l solemnly say that i never meant
to do any harm. All ] meant to do was to
improve the music that the man who wrote
it had been too lazy to finish. Why in some
Of those pieces Of music there were places
three or four inches long without single
note, and you cant tell me that was right.
But | sonnet lines think there is no use try.
ing to help people as tried to help our
brass band People are never grateful,
and they always manage to blame boy,
no matter how good he IL. l shall try,
however, not to give way to these feelings,
but to keep on doing right no matter what
happens.
The next night we had the concert or At
any rate we tried to have it. The town
hall was full Of people, and Sue said it did
seem hard that SO much money as the peo-
pie had paid should have to go to charity
when she really needed new seal-skip
coat The performance was to begin with
a song by Sue, and the band was TO play
just like q piano while she was singing.
The song was all about being so weary and
longing 80 hard to die, and Sue was sing.
ing it like anything, when oil Of sudden
the man with the big base drum hit it q
most awful bang, and nearly frightened
everybody to DEATH
People laughed out loud, and Sue could
hardly 60 on with her song. But she took
fresh start, and got along pretty well till
the big drum broke out again. and the man
hammered away at it till the leader went
and took his drum-sticks away from him.
The people just howled and yelled. and
Sue burst ont crying and went right OIL
the stage and longed to die in real earnest.
When things got little bit quiet, and
the man who played the drum had made
it up with the leader. the band began 10
play something on its own account. II be.
gan oil right, but it didn't finish the way
it was meant TO finish. First one played
and then another would blow loud note
in the wrong place, and the leader would
hammer on his music.stand, and the pco-
pie would laugh themselves most sick
After q while the band came to place
where the trombones seemed 10 get crazy,
and the leader just jumped up and knocked
the trombone player down with big horn
that he snatched from another man. Then
somebody hit the leader with cornst and
knocked him into the big drum. and there
was the awfulest fight you ever saw till
somebody turned out the gas.
There wasn't any more concert tbat
night and the people oil got their money
back, and now Mr.. Traverse and the leader
OF the band have offered q reward for "the
persons who maliciously altered ihe
music"--thats what tie notice says But
| wasn't malicious and | do hope nobody
will find out ! did it though ! mean TO
tell father about 1t as soon as he gets over
having his nose pretty near broke by try
ing TO interfere between the trombone.
player and the man with the French horn.
--Hupy's Young People.
Miss Ameateur took part in some pri.
vate tbeatricals and was cast 10 play the
part Of society lady.
s.Hnw did I darn she sske1 her dear /