Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-01-02
BUCKSPURr MUSICAL TROUBLES.
They We're Caused By Q Misiit Tune
Proposed BY the Pastor.

Proposed BY the Pastor.
New York Tribune.l
1t is unfortunate that the usua
Christmas Eve celebration ut Bucks
port, New Jersey, should be given up
but it the account printed in the
Buckspo,t Patriot and Weekly Free.
man is to be relied on, such would
seem to be- the case. For year.
Bucksport has had . Christmas tree .,
the Methodist Church, with singing
rotations and 50 forth by the chill.
dren and young folks, and it will be
too bad if al of this has to be dropped
simply because Superintendent Hcr'
sey and Miss Bean have differen,
ideas in regard to the music.
There appears to have been some
what of . conflict of authority be.
tween Mr.. Her.ey aud Miss Bean
Mr.. Hersey is superinte ndent of the
Sunday school, an ex-oi1icio manage,
of the Christmas celebration, but Miss
Bean claims authority in all matters
relating to music in the church at any
time. Nj. Hersey himself is must
clan Of no mean ability. OF course
Miss Bean understands music thor.
oughly. She plays the organ in the
church and sings "by ncte," either
alto or soprano as the occasion de-
mands. The trouble arose with the
fact that the pastor of the church, the
Rev. Mr.. Doe, is . poet, and had
written the words of q song for the
infant class to sing At the Christmas
entertainment. The reverend gentle.
man. though = fine poet, Is no must
clan, and he announced that he would
leave the providing of = tune for his
song to M. Hersey and Miss Bean.
Mr.. Hersey Immediately took the
matter in hand and soon announced
that the pastors song would be sung
to the tune Of "Up in the morning"
Miss Bean promptly called his at,en-
ton to the fact that the tune did not
fit tho words, being altogether too
small. The minister's song starts out
with these words: ITO night we hang
our stockings up" When Miss Bean
attempted to sing this to the tune SCI
lected by Mr.. Mersey she found that
1t became exhausted with the syllable
"ssock leaving "ines up" utterly
unprovided fer. Mr.. H-rsey had an
idea that the 'ings up" could be
spoken" after the manner Of certain
negro minstrel songs, but Miss Bean
laughed 1T him, aud asked him if he
thought that was art. Miss Brown,
teacher Of the infant class, which was
to sing, tried to oil the troubled wa
tiers by an appeal to Mr.. Doe to
change his line to "To-night We hang
our socks" thus making it fit the tune
admirably. but the pastor refused to
do SO. Mr.. Hersey then asked Miss
Bean what tune she had to offer il she
objected to his. This lady replied
that the proper tune was "The Even.
ing Comes" Mr.. Hersey tried it and
answered that this tune was a worse
misit than his, being altogether too
big. 1t fitted pr. tty we'll along the
line, but when he got to the end he
found large and choice assortment
Of tune still on hand. He would re-
'pectful!y ask tho ablo and artistic
Miss Bean what she proposed to do
with this remnant. Would it be art,
he inquired, to toss those three or four
bars of good tune out Of the window
Dr. chuck them in the ash-can? This
made Miss Bean angry, but she replied
hat the correct and only sane way
was to add a sort OF a refrain to each
line, thus: "ro-night we hang our
up, la, la, Ia, tumetyum."
At this Mr.. Hersey laughed loud and
'arcssticslly, and said that his own plan
was much better. Miss Bean replied
hat she would never consent to see
The Christmas entertainment made n
minstrel show. Mr.. H+rsey answered
hat he could not stand idly by and
Zee 1t turned into a beer garden per.
Torrance. They then both went home
md declared there should be no Christ
mas entertainment at all. 1t looks
now as it they were light, and that it
will all have to be given up, though
The Rev. Mr.. Doe has written to a
musical friend who lives in Camd.n
and he may yet furnish a tune Of the
exact dimensions required, though it
is doubtful if Mr.. Hersey and Miss
Bean would accept anything now.
We certainly hope that some sort
81 a ooTpromise may be patched up.
The glad Christmas season is not a