The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-06-12

I'd my little piece of ticket after me,
and was gone before you could say
sack Robinson
1t seemed a pretty hard case that
with people insultin' him right and left
a Georgy man couldn't get a chance to
knock one of EN- down. But so it was,
aud l tried to kind devirt my thoughts
from my aggrawations by lookin'
round. 1t certainly was a slightly place,
and what with the big chandelier up
in the ceiin', and the little chandeliers
all around, it sorter looked like a sun.
shiny day; and then the lights elitterin
on the diamonds and pearls and chalce-
donies and jacinths that was hangin
round the women would put the
foundations of the celestial city out o.
countenance. The men was mostly
bald headed and wared swallow tail
coats, and men and women was armed
with double barrel spy glasses, which
they gave them comical appearance.
Some of these said spy glasses was so
large in proportion to the mer thai they
looked like steam engines with dou-
bic light One little bal d headed gen.
tleman sitting next to me had the big
gest pair in the house. He actually
looked as if he was htched onto them
instead of them being hitched on to
him and again, as | turned my eyes
on his white bald head with the ma
chinery in front he might have been
mistaken for bomb shell, and the
idea come into my head that slight
tap would explode him, but being a
stranger in strange land had better
keep quiet or l might get arrested for
dynamiter. Up in the top of the room
was hanging a TREMENDOUS curting,
with fine pictures on it, and just on the
floor close to it was row of candles,
which seem to be set down in trough,
sorter, with the wicks above the floor.
In front Of the candles was what looked
like music school, the schoolmaster
setting up on high three-legged
stool with big stick in his hand,
though it did look TO me as if them
boys was too old to be whipped. There
was every kind of musical instrument
you ever heard of. There was drums
as big as hogshead, drums as big as
flour barrels, and drums as big as pals.
Then there was big fiddles, middle siz'
ed, and little fddles, aud long horns
twisted up like the brazen serpant, aud
all sizes from that down TO baby
whistle and there was every size and
sourt of tambourines, besides plenty of
instruments | never see or hear of be-
fore. 1t altogether reminded me of
that consort of Nebuchadnazzars we
read Of in the Holy Bible, and have
no doubt they had the sackbut, psalta-
ry, dulcimer and so forth, among the
machinery l dirn't know the names
of.
Well, while | was workin' out these
here thoughts the old music teacher
give his stick a watt, as much as to
say, "Now, my fine fellows, do your
best, or you will get taste of this.
And l tell you they went at it neck
and heel, each one of 'em tryin' to beat
the other. | never heard such din
1t was like happenin' in at menagerie
at feedin' time, and all the lions, IT,
gers, hyenas and Jackasses was below.
ing at one and the same time; and the
old music teacher he swung that stick
threatening them old boys, until il
seemed like he got so wore out he
could just manageto move it soft like
I md haliaUn mo no 10 than hnus
see he was sorter disabled they took {
rest too, and the noise got lesser anG
lesser, until you could hear only tn,
little baby whistle, and it sounded rea
sweet. Eff it had Just lasted a minute
longer | think L might have caugh
that chune, if there was one; but th,
old man got up his wind too soon, anC
away they all went again like pacl
of hounds in full cry. At last human
natur could stand no more, and they
blowed and beat therselves cleon out
the school-master dropped his stick
and the boys fell back breathless, anC
before they could get up more steam
the curling went up and the Opery be
| gan.
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