National Republican., 1883-12-31
rnr MAN on rnr AvrNuE.
Small Taik About Nlen and Measure,

| 9S III thcy hau every one nau Datn III Jne
morning. Moreover, that's one of my ways
of getting even with the fate or providence
that refused to give mo Commodore Wander
bilt for father. haven't had S5 at one time
in my pocket for five years, and Two never
been tired out from working too hard. But
the light that came through the stained win
dows fell just as softly on my eyes. drew
| just as much pleasure from tho trained
voices of the choir, from the preachers talk,
from the carpeted floor, aud cushioned seats,
rs the richest and hardest worked man in
that congregation. ] don't believe the other
fellows enjoyed those things as much. They
cost the other fellows lot of money. ldidn't
pay n cent of IT, Besides that the othor fell
lows were thinking and worrying about their
business aud their politics. haven't got any
business or politics. had nothing ON earth
to do but listen and think and enjoy. 1t
wasn't much of pull on my imagination to
think that the entire entertainment had
been arranged for me. 10 be sure tho
ushers looked little bit contemptu-
Gus and didn't pay mo much
attention, but thoy gave me good seat. I
had chair in the middle aisle, right in the
middle of tho church. l thought l recog-
nized tho faces of two senators and a supreme
court judge close by me- They and mon like
them had spent considerable money getting
up that entertainment for me this morning
1t costs to build handsome church and fur
nish it as luxuriantly as that one is furnished.
They must pay the minister and the organist
good salaries. There were eight ladies and
four gentlemen in the choir, and all those
good voices are expensive. Speaking of
tho choir reminds me that those people
know how TO begin q religious service. 1t
was anything but solemn in the church
before the choir came in. The
Sunday school had just adjourned, and every
body was talking and laughing. The organist
was evidently trying to drown out the con-
versation but he did not succeed. All he did
was to fill the church with musical sounds SO
loud that thought they must be solid, and
that people coming in had to move some Of
the sound in order to clear place to sit
down. Presently the singers took their
places and began to sing something which
wasn't chant but was like chant. 1t was
very low, and wonderfully sweet. The
people stopped talking to listen, the church
grew quiet and before the song was finished
everybody who hadn't, as | have said, his
head full of business or politics was
in mood to worship. The preacher prayed
for everybody but me. That was encourag-
ing He said nothing about tramps, and the
necessary inference was that tramps didn't
need prayer. The preacher said good many
things in his sermon that had heard before,
and some that had never heard before from
Congregational pulpit. He said that a good
many people used the Bible wrong. 1t
wouldn't do to take Abraham and David as
models of morality. If we indorsed them we
Il should ndorse polygamy and murder. People
must not consider all parts fthe Bible as of the
r same authority. He said, too, that some pas
sages of the Bible were SO obscure that
nobody could understand them, and it was a
waste of time and energy to try to unravel
their meaning. These passages were the re-
suit of mans unsuccessful attempt to under.
} stand Gods thought and put it into words.
think l didn't hear all of tho sermon. Invent
to sleep. Soft colored lights, crowd of quie
people, and one man talking right along with
the same tone are enough to put
anybody to sleep, and the wonder IL
that anybody is awake when the
preacher gets through. But a chair isn't
good seat for a sleeper. He is likely to fal
off and cause unseemly disturbance. l pre-
fer cushioned seat, with arms, but perhaps
Pm too particular for a tramp. / liked thu
entertainment very WELL but there was moth
ing pleased me so much as that low song, lik'
chant, at the beginning"
re
The friends of Mr.. L. s. Hewlett are nov
confident that he will be appointed governo
of Washington territory. He has the indorse
! ment of both senators and the entire congress
: sional delegation from Ohio.
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"Gen. Jackson was one of the most urban
Q and courteous gentlemen ever knew" sal
Col. Wintersmith. II remember that once
when he was president, on his return I
Washington from one OF his visits to th
Hermitage, he stopped at Elzabethtown,
a was there at tho time. He hadn't friend i
:. the town, for all the people there were wings
u u They all knew he was coming, and had agree
70 not to pay him any respect But eyerybod
: wanted to sec him, and there was big crow
j. drawn up in front Of the tavern when b
y came in a big old-fashioned carriage draw
n by four white horses The steps of the higl
old carriage were let down; and out came til
president. He was six feet two inches ia
and an imposing-lo man. l remembe
= that he wore box coat with the red stem
d pipe sticking out of his side pocket"
:" Here the colonel measured off about tw
4. feet with his cane. "IIe had on tall, whit
" hat of long fur" continued the colonel, IAN
when he raised that hat and made us COURT
bow we all came down. Everybody bowed
low as he and rushed into the tavern aft
,e him to see him nearer"
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~ "Talk about gambling" said the old spor
,e "mebbe you think they didn't gamble
re Leadville when was there two years ag
Everybody bet on everything, and cards
Well, there wasn't any game of cards tn
they didn't know and play as big as b.
=, car. The limit was the ceiling every tim
no You know about the luck it alwa
II. gives a man to rub humpback
IA mans hump Well, there was dealer
ni' ono o. them Leadville faro rooms til
i'' brought humpbacked man on from t
east in the fall an hired him to stay arou
where the boys could touch his hump ocC
sonally. Now, this is the dead, shotg'
en- truth Pm tellin' ye, in the spring that maj
m ~, back was as straight as anybody's. t
,ot sports had rubbed his hump all away"
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