Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-31
TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH.
Ho,c Ct Yowm5 Minister Was Made to ca
His Eye Teeth.

Ho,c q Yown5 Minister Was Made to Cut
His Eye-TeetI
The Methodist Episcopal church, of
Locust Valley, L. l., was placed in charge
of the Rev. w. N. Taft last May. MIR. Taft
had just left college and was very young.
Mrs. Henry P. Bond was among the par
ishioners of the youthful dominic. She
casually remarked to Mrs. Stacey and
select few who were discussing the coming
of the young pastor: IF ne hasn't cut his
eye-teeth yet he'll do it before he leaves
here or it won't be my fault" Shortly
after Mr.. Taft's arrival the church found
itself in need of an organist. Mrs.
Stacey's daughter, Lena, offered her
services, and, after trial, was made
organist by the trustees, at salary of
nothing a month and ''fnd' herself. The
young minister was accustomed to send
Miss Stacey the numbers of the hymns early
in the week, so that she might pracUice
them for Sunday. In the meantime Mrs.
Bond, in watchfully caring for her pastors
eye-teeth, came into collision somehow
with Mrs. Stacey and her musical daughter.
The feud grew apace until Mrs. Bond be-
came outspoken in her criticisms of Miss
Lena's organ playing. She went so far as
to assert that Cecilia Smith ought to play
that organ. Why, she can just make it
talk" The young minister seemed to fear
the rivalry of a talking organ, and he re-
manned faithful to Lena Stacey.
MIXING THE HYMNS.
One day Mrs. Bond carried the note
from the pastor to Miss Stacey which con-
tanned the hymns. Lena practiced dill
gently on them, only to find at the last
changed in some mysterious way in their
Journey from her pastor. This caused
trouble. Mrs. Stacey intimated to Mrs.
Bond in a significant manner what she
tn fought about the changed hymns, and
about any one who would do such thing.
Mrs. Bond retaliated by heaping upon
Mrs. Stacey epithets of strong but high
ly indelicate nature.
From time to time Mrs Bond would
laugh in meeting, in a manner that led
Miss Stacey to think that her playing was
not appreciated. Finally Celia Smith was
put forward by Mrs. Bond to 'make the
organ talk" After Celia had been there
few weeks Miss Stacey came to the con-
clusion that talking organ was not what
Methodist church wanted. She decided
to be magnanimous and to play the
organ again. So she asked the pastor for
the hymns for Sunday week ago. She
found him changed and cold. He said
that Celia Smith was good enough at tho
organ for him.
A SCENE IN CHURCH,
Miss Stacey went to church on that Sun
day morning and took her old place at the
instrument. The pastor ordered her to
give the seat to Celia Smith. She refused,
and the service was brokea up. In the
evening Miss Stacey again took her seat
before the instrument. The pastor told
Miss Stacey to leave the organ, and gave
out the first hymn. She replied that if
there was music in that church on that oc-
casion she would be the one who would
make it. The pastor differed with her,
and proceeded to make considerable
music himself by shouting at the girl
| to get away from the organ. The
congregation became wildly ex-
cited. especially when the dominic began
| putting on his overcoat and overshoes. He
called for volunteers to get the deputy
| sheriff. youth hurried off for an officer
of the law. The minister still continued to
stand and shout, while Lena Stacey sat
immovable at the organ. Finally she
| seemed to become wearied of the pastors
music, so she began to play "Jesus lover
of my SOUL" to amuse the congregation
| while the boy was gone for an officer.
MISS sTACEY's PLUCK.
When the officer arrived she refused to
leave the place for some time, maintain
ing that she had been made organist, tina t
she had not resigned, and that
the minister had no right to remove
her without the consent of the trustees.
She finally gave up the organ to Celia
Smith and sat in one of the pews. Yes
| terday a letter was received by Miss
Stacey purporting to come from two of
the trustees, and ordering her not to play
the organ any longer. The letter was
dated at neighboring town which Mrs.
Bond visited the day that it was mailed.
The two signatures we're in the same hand
writing, which Miss Stacey and her mother
say was Enthusiastically that of Celia Smith.
Miss Stacey announces that if the trustees
do not discharge her before next Sunday
she will 60 to the church and play the