Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-10-13
TALMAeE AND HIS BANJO.
why His Neighbors i'm Brooklyn Miss Him
When He Takes His Xacation.

Why His NcighbOrs i'm Brooklyn Miss Him
when He Takes His Vacation.
The Rev. DIR. Talmage is sadly missed
by his neighbors in Brooklyn in more
ways than one. So if it is pleasant
thing to be missed" the popular preach
er probably has plenty of pleasure.
Everybody knows that the doctor is
fond of music, but they are unaware
that he can expertly play the banjo.
Yet it is true.
Before he departed on his vacation
he pretty regularly made the early
evenings melodious with the mel
low 'pink-a-punk, pank-a-punE, pank-
pank-panlz, thrum-m-m" of his favorite
musical instrument as he sat in the
back parlor of his residence on South
Oxford street. The windows were
usually open, and the touching strains
of some old time melody floated out
upon the air.
When he began strollers i'm the adj
jacent park paused to listen, and peo-
pie in nearby houses came to their
windows in order that they should not
miss a single note. Such sweetly tune
Through the Rye" and "Away Down
Upon the Suwanee Ribber" were fa-
vorites with him, and when he played
them his eager auditors always felt like
Joining in the refrain. But now the
house is silent and the banjo laid away.
No wonder he is missed
During his absence a young man
81
street, has seemingly tried to fill the
vacancy. He is not an expert, and the
way he can murder music would be
amusing if it was not so awful. Every
blast he gives with his cornet sounds
like the wall of a lost soul or a clam
peddler in distress. Still he has been
persistent. Even during the hot, humid
nights of the present month he has
chung to his post at an open window
and kept up a steady, ear rasping blare.
People in the vicinity closed their
windows with a vicious "bangw but
still he kept up the fusilade of mutilat-
ed and discordant notes. There seemed
to be no relief from the infection until
a happy idea struck a man across the
an energy born only of despair bawled
out:
''Fishl Fish, Fish, Nice, fresh
fish,"
The cornet player did not at first
seem to understand the meaning of the
cry, for after a brief cessation of tor
ture he resumed his work. But the
!,
before, and the young man stopped,
closed his window and went away, and
his cornet has not since been heard. If
he practices now he probably plays in
the cellar.
The neighbors long for the return of
Talmage and his banjo.-New York
Herald.
several engagements tor sacred con.
ces, ON Sunday evenings at the Acad-
envy of Music, New York, were can
celed by the management, as the house
has been leased to The Christian Her
aid for the remaining Sunday evenings
of the present year.
Considerable speculation was in
dulged in as to the object of this move
on the part of a religious journal A
reporter called at the offices of The
Christian Herald, at the Bible House,
and saw Mr.. Sandison, the business
manager, in regard to the matter
1--WE have nothing more or less in
view," said Mr.. Sandison. ethan to af-
ford New York audiences convenient
opportunity to hear DIR. Talmage, who
has preached nearly everywhere except
in this city. When we first learned
that the Tabernacle trustees had de-
cided not to resume evening services in
Brooklyn until the completion of the
new Tabernacle, we determined to per-
suade him to come over to New York
for whatever number of Sunday even
fngs he may have at his disposal. We
found it very easy work. The doctor
was glad of the opportunity and prompt
ly embraced it.
''He positively refused to accept any
compensation, and, moreover, agreed
to induce Professor Eyre Brown. the
Tabernacle organist, and the cornetist,
choir and ushers of his congregation to
volunteer their services on these occa-
sions. The expense for the academy
about S3,000-wil be provided for by
The Christian Herald, and the entire
plate collections and whatever other
surplus may arise from voluntary con-
tributions will be distributed among
the hospitals of New York city without
regard to religious preference.
''The trustees of the Tabernacle are
delighted with this arrangement, as
they realize that while not at all inter
fering with the morning services, which
will be continued at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, it affords to New
Workers a more convenient opportunity
than any they have ever had of hear
ing DIR. Talmage without crossing the
bridge"