The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-08-18
He FCLT LIKE SINGING.
So tkc Warbler FROM had Axe Kept "a
TIP in Spite OF All Corners.

lie WAS a qnccr looking Old man,
! and Nv he sat in the waiting-room at
the Third street depot with sache.
bei tween his cow-hide boots. he sud-
denly tuned up and began singing:
Tllars .anG that Is faircr than DAY.
Al q by tait! wc shall see her aIar;
Oar Father
~rhey won't allow that here. old
man." interrupted man who sal next
to him.
"rhev wont. ELI? What have they
got agin it? I've travelled in seven
teen different states and | never had
an, body try to stop me from singing !"
And he cleared his throat. lifted his
eyes TO the ceiling and sang
n the sweet birleby bmeby-
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
ia the sweet
Ne don't allow that here, sir!" said
Officer Button, whose attention had
been called to the disturbance.
"You don't allow no singin in here?"
mo, sir"
"No singin' of religious songs?"
"No, sir"
"lSok-a-here," said the old man as
he turned around to face the officer
Eve bin travelin' up and down this
kentry fur years and this is the fust
time any body has ever told me to shet
my head when | was a-singin' a
hymn"
I'VE can't allow no disturbance
here, replied the officer.
Disturbance? Does it disturb any
body for me to sing:
We shall meet-we shall meet
We shall meet on that beautiful shore"
You'll have to stop that, sir" COM
manded Button.
# will, ch? I've lived in Michigan,
exactly seven miles from Bad Axe, fur
over sixteen years, and I've never
heard of no law to stop a feller from
singin' when the spirit moved him. |
wasn't singin' no sportin' song like:
cob, ButIa!o geis,are you comm out tonight
Ate y0u eol9.in out tonight
you must obey the rules and reou-
lations here and keep quiet said the
officer, while everybody in the room
pressed forward.
Must, ELI, I've been in over forty
different depots this summer, but no.
body objected to my singin' "a hymn.
Had you druther I'd sing:
oh, think of the home over thar;
lSy S the SD SIDE OF the river of life
"You'll have to 90 out or stop," said
the officer, as he took the old man by
the arm.
as that accordin' to Michigan law ?"
Its according to my Instructions
here"
rs this railroad down on religious
son9sa" asked the old man as he Slow
ly got up.
ANY singing or boisterous talk in
here is forbidden, replied the officer
"W all, feel like singin'. rve had
the quinsy fur the last four weeks and
couldn't hardly Git my jaws open, but
I'm better now and want to sing.
don't keer to sing any sich sportive
song as:
The, old oaken bucket-the iron-bound
The mosskivered bucket-which lung in the
we'll"
The officer took him bv the arm and
led him outdoors, and told him to stay
out until he got through singing and
could quiet down, says the Detroit
Free Press.
"All right" responded the old man.
as he opened his sachel and took out a
piece OF saSsafraS to chew on. You
folks here in Detroit are mighty techy
on the subject of singin' and | amt
goin' 10 have no row and Git in Jail
over it. I'll do my singin' out here
whar' thar hain't no law to prevent,
and anybody who don't like it needn't
listen"
And he went down to the foot of the
street and walked to and fro and
struck up anew and in higher key:
In the swCct-in the sweet
In the sweet Bimeby-himeby.