Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-09

were followed by musical wranging, coarse
ness. and vulgarity.'
81 did not heed Gainess fiattery in re
! gard to my poor sermons. / asked him at
! once: Did you ever quarrel with Solomon
Potter?'
4" Never. though he gave me the oppOr-
| tunity; and pray excuse my impulsive
WAYS for ] wanted to break his head.
"'This is very bad, young man: and
might / ask the reason for this outburst of
temper"
''He was rude to a LADY,
"'Aud, pray, to whom"
"'l would rather not give you the lady's
namc
"'But you must
Last Sunday, then. his manner to
Miss Austin was wanting in courtesy he
replied, holly -
"'I did not know you were sufficiently
acquainted with my daughter to act as her
defender This will require further eX-
! plantations ! was beginning to be angry,
too.
"'I never have exchanged five words
with Miss Austin. She has a sweet voice,
a true ear, and she sang the proper note,
while his playing was false. ! was in the
! gallery, taking no part in the music. Aft
er the service Potter certainly said some
thing to Miss Austin which was offensive;
otherwise. it would not have brought the
color TO her face.
Evidently / was getting ont of my
depth. Miss Austin is not easily irritat-
ed. and besides that. never tells me any of
| these insignificant details. Whether Pot
ter was right or wrong has nothing to do
with your application. 1t is true we may
be very much put out for a while. We
may have TO dispense with the services of
an organist. Reasons of economy might
oblige us TO do away with music for months
to come. Now, you say the organ is out
of tune. Could you repair il? And at
what cost?
"'That l could not tell. A reed may be
out of place or sprung the woodwork
warped. 1t might be the work OF hours
or days. | must look at the organ.
"'Have YOU ever worked Oh one?' / in
quired
Certainly | have; otherwise l would
not be talking organ to you. Potter ought
to have had sense enough, when he knew
a pipe was false, not TO have spoiled his
music.
"'And how? l inquired
Simply by not playing that particular
note He ought to have evaded it. a
false note is like yice-and vice may be
inherent Ii is the part of a wise man
never to give his special vice prominence.
somehow Matthew Gaines had touched
on a particular doctrinal point of mine
What was better TO my mind was that he
undoubtedly knew about the doctoring OF
organs.
10y on want to play Tor us then? l ask
ed.
'''Only until you have the means to hire
a regular organist. / am a bell founder, a
brass worker. and not a musician.
"'Well, l thank you. Let me tl1ink it
over a little. / will send for YOU if we
come to a decision. but / am not the only
one to be consulted
"Thereupon Gaines left When Mary
came in. at once | asked her: Did You ev-
er have any dispute with Mr.. Potter
"'W hat reason have you for thinking
so? she inquired.
"'Did it happen last Sunday?
"'How did YOU know it, father? took
that for an affirmative reply.
"'Do YOU know how Mr.. Gaines can &C
quit himself on the organ?'
, ooh, / know he can play very well.
Almost year ago there was something
amiss with the organ. Don't you recolleci
the horrid squawk it made. and how the it,
tie boys, and as for that the whole congre-
, CATION, misbehaved themselves? Mr. Pot
, ter made a great TODD about IL. Mr.
Hobbs sent MI Gaines to the church.
, was walking in the street when l heard the
, organ peal out grandly, in a way had new
er heard before. knew ii was not Mr.
p Potter playing for l had seen him loung-
I ing about somewhere.
! "'Then Gaines must be prohcient?'
7 ~ should think So.
I "'You know nothing prejudicial tC
5 Mr. Gaines's character. Mary?'
"'What can You mean. father2 ! know
f nothing about him. only that he is more
I OF a musician than anybody in the town
I You remember that old hymnal of 1886, q
p stray copy of which has been in one OF the
l. pewS so long, / happened to open it a
8 few days ago. and found many of tn,
f chords corrected in il. marked with a pen
( Gil. and l am TO suppose Mr.. Gaines did it,
y because-nobody else could
4 "Mr. Gaines played for us that Sunday
e and for many other Sundays and the music
o was pleasant to my ear, and the congreGa
e ton praised his performance. SO it cam,
i about that my Mary and Matthew becam,
j. better acquainted. l really did not appre
o ciate him at his worth until a highly cul
= tured Boston clergyman, who had brough
n a letter of Introduction to me. went quit,
n wild over Matthew playing OF a volun
j. tary.
Il "'Mr Austin. he said, where did yol
It find such a proficient organst? In m,
d church he would be worth $1,000 a year
If he ever wants to change, give him
d word TO me, and OF course you would in
O doTse his character.
+ "SOme of the congregation then mad
r, up a purse. / was told about it, and ar
l. rangements were made TO give the none,
e TO Gaines ! sounded him about it an,
e met with a fiat refusal.
e d" Il have no desire 10 be your organist
y If l have to overhaul your organ, which
!. may have to do before long. that is 5,
d much time taken from Mr. Hobbs, an,
{, YOU will have TO pay him for that. / an
1t more interested at present in my work il
the foundry than organs. Mr.. Hobbs
as bells are wretched A bell TO him is as
a- stove, casting worth so much a pound.
,r But you have improved our organ
a Nj Gaines.
,e "'Oh, l doctored the flute stop; it smut
e fed. The tone is, perhaps better. but in
If crease OF sorority brings with it harsh
d ness. Migratory impulses have their lin
A itations. Nou can't crowd a pipe OF a bell
ID Put too much stress on the one or the 9th
IS er, and the purity vanishes. The grea
ar lungs OF a lion, the delicate larynX OF
A. lark, both require their exact volumes O
r air
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