The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-14
Knight OF the Grip.
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cargo up the isle. He emptied the plate
and the remaining boys filled her up
again. ......
In the closing prayer the minister
prayed fervently for" His divine blessings
to rest upon our guests, the cheerful
givers, for their goodness in contributing
to the good work of the Lord" and, at
the close OF the services every good sis
ter and brother present insisted that they
90 home with them and take dinner with
them. They felt constrained to decline,
with thanks.
BY this time we had reached the
church. There was good choir, lots OF
people and a good sermon. Did you
ever see birthday missionary box? 1t
is run thusly: Every time member OF
the church has a birthday, he or she
gives penny for every year of his age.
The box is made of tin and whenever a
coin drops, persons all over the church
can hear it fall and it is no trouble to as
certain ones age if pennies alone are
used and dropped one at time. The
nickles, quarters and dimes are what
lead us astray, when counting for girl
donors age. The "cigar man" had
about 81 so in pennies in his pocket and
when the box came to him he deliber.
ately began dropping in penny at q
time,-clink, clink, every time penny
fell. l thought he never was going to
quit. Every one in the house grew rest.
less and still he kept chipping them in,
one at time. suppose he must have
put in about a dollar and quarter in
pennies, then he remembered, as he
afterward said, it would make dinner
late and he quit, much to the relief Of
the congregation and minister, who be-
gan to grow very restless. ....
After dinner we loafed, talked, smoked
and read the papers. Toward evening
the milwaukee man" and went to the
cemetery and found shady place tc
lounge on the grass. He lit his cigar
I don't smoke-and asked me how lik
ed the choir this morning? l gave hin
a favorable opinion and then he says
Speaking Of choirs reminds me of an
incident at home, in Milwaukee, moi
many years ago; l think the papers
got onto it. at the time and had some
fun out of it. The choir had been or
ganized long time and never has quar-
relied and the congregation swear by it
"One would not think that this choil
played tricks on each other during tht
sermon but sometimes they do. On ont
summer morning, after the tenor hat
been playing tricks all spring on the res
of the choir, the soprano brought 1
chunk of shoemaker's wax to church
The tenor was arranged like Solomon
in all his glory, with white pants and I
Seymour coat. He got up to see wht
the girl was that came in with the ole
lady, and while he was up the soprano
put the shoemaker's wax on the chair
and he sat down upon it. They all saw
it and they waited for the result. II
was an awful long prayer, and the
church was hot, and the tenor, no ice
berg himself, and wax melts at 90 Fahr
enheit. The minister finally got to th'
'amen,' and read hymn. The choi
coughed and all rose up.
"The chair that the tenor was il
stuck to him like brother and cam'
right along and nearly broke his suspen
ders. 1t was the tenor to bat, and al
the great organ struck up he pushed the
chair off his person, looked around tt
see if he had saved his pants, and be
gan to sing and the rest of the choil
came near bursting. Well, the tenol
sat down on white handkerchief, be
fore he went home and got home with
out anybody seeing him, and has sine,
been "laying for'' the soprano to ge
even with her.
ut is customary, in all first-clas.
choirs, for the male singers to furnish
candy for the lady members, and, no
long after the wax episode, the tenol
went to candy factory and had pep
permint lozenge made with teaspoon
full OF cayenne pepper in the center o
it, On Christmas he took his lozenge t.
church and concluded to get even will
the soprano if he had to die for it
Candy had been passed around, and jus
before the hymn was given out, in which
the soprano was to sing solo, Nearer
my God to Thee the wicked wretct
gave her the loaded lozenge. She pu
it in her mouth and nibbled off tn,
edges, and was rolling it as sweet NOR
sci under her tongue when the organ
struck up and they all arose.
"While the choir was skirnishing OF
the first part of the verse she chewet
up what was left OF the candy ant
swallowed it. Well, if q Democrats
torchlight procession had marched, un
hidden down her throat, she couldn'
have been more astonished. She lean
ed over to pick up her handkerchief and
spit the candy out, but there wa
enough pepper left to pickle peck o
chow-chow. 1t was her turn to sing
and she arose and took the book, he
eyes filled with tears, her voice trembled
and her face was as red as spanke,
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