The Irish standard., 1886-10-16
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faded old programme that Samuel Sharp
had Il very heavy part IN this opening
concert, but Samuel Sharp was no ordi-
nary man Out of base timber. SO to
speak, he had manufactured polished
| furniture. And now behold, the great
day has come-much shifting Of chairs
into an ancient Hall, mysterious noise
Of hammering. twenty-five strong men
CARRYING with many laborous grunts al
old time piano, and g.reat disnay at the
fact. that they had broken the pedals
and that something was heard to snap
aud twang in its capacious inside;-
certain of the ladies advised by Samuel
Sharp to use large woollen mutflers
round their throats whenever they
stepped abroad-the Basso profundo
declaring at his boarding house that he
could not touch any supper-these rwee
all faithfully noted by the people Of our
place, as premonitory symptoms OF
great goings on
Six o'clock. hall opened, lights all
glaring;-seven o'clock, hall beginning
to hll;--each member of our choir
could invite two friends-seven and a
half o'clock, hall jammed and much con-
fusion at the door. Eight O'Clock, Or
chestra bursting out with the Star
Spangled Banner and Marching through
Georgia, a medley by Samuel Sharp
Eig ght clock and twenty minutes, cur
tain rises, ladies and gentlemen OF our
choir all arranged in a half circle with
Samuel Sharp holding q baton in bis
hand right in, the center OF the half
circle and bowing profnselg to the vo-
ciferous cheers Of the vast audience.
Promptly at the waving OF his magic
wand, out sprang the chorus, promptly
also the ''yodels'' by the renowned
Samuel himself and amid many
'angcores" and braves, he had to do it
again. Immediately Samuel Was seen
to Walk over to the piano. touch on a.,
and then came 1.-THE Heart Bowed
Down" Samuel's chest was seen to
heave in brayura style, and when he
threw back his head at the close and
emitted sounds the people of our place
never heard before, then came the
clapping OF hands, the whistling of
small boys and the waving OF pro-
gram by the fair sex.
| 1t was q triumph. But glints Of
Sunshine shoot into darkest clouds;
bright green fiecks the ocean before
the stornl,-it tickling in the throat
precedes pneumonia, and now comes
Oh the catastrophe. It was the simple
little duet. when a Little Farm we
Keep that caused all the trouble.
Miss Glare was not popular, she had
assumed airs OF her being selected by
SAMUEL; hex dress was outrageous, and
her demeanor was altogether unbecom-
ing.
All the other members of our choir
called her in private conversation, "a
hateful old thing" and vowed they
would not sing with her any more.
Eleven of the bassos WHO wanted to
sing solos joined in the revolt. and in
the last chorus Samuel Sharp had his
limitations pretty much to himself.
The crowd dispersed highly delighted,
but behind the scenes there were tears
and symptoms Of distress. The two
altos tried to make harmony without
success.
There were three vows of eternal ha-
tired, four naughty words and a thun-
dering big swear from the Basso, and
that ended the musical career OF
Samuel Sharp in our place.
But what on earth was tit cause of
the row Who can teil Jealousy, and
the misery of poor human nature, the
philosophers would say.
Late one evening q gentleman was
seen, carpet bag in hand and with
gloves Oh, to purchase ticket TOR Bos-
ton, and get On the train. That gentle
man was Samuel Sharp. KATE.