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- flj)1 TV D oxaeCI oriT 41 141 n lr 4W U;.r f ( l ii,. A.--: : y, .. u-j-A li:r. vui ai .ul hl t-trn h. i:ii- 1' ini W. J. YATES, Editor 'AWD Psopkixtob C, FKlpAPIi FEBUUARY 18, 1881. TWENTY-NINTH T0LU11E NUilBEH 147 1; Ttrmtoj aubtcnptionw, UU aavancs. 1 1 3m wrar.is vsvwvt J II V J 11 111 r AV VI II Wll vji Hl u & mi LI a sr ' ; J " j '--- : . : -- ... - , I Jm T m T-r Charlotte Democrat,, PUBLISHED BT ' , , ; ; .VILLI AM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor - Lo - Terms TWO DOLLARS for one year, or One Dollar for six' months. , , Subscription must be paid in advance. " Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N, C, s second rUsa nostal matter, according to tne rules of the P. O. Department. ' ROBERT GIBBON, M. D. CHARLOTTE, N. C, . .. (OJJlce orneroth and Trypji Streets,) , Tenders lite professional services to the public;asa nmct cal Surarton. Will advise, treat or operate in all the crflere: t deoartments of Surgery. Patients from a distant' , when necessary, will be furnished comfortable o.tarUrs. and experienced nurses, at reasonable rates. Address Lock Bo No. 33. March 5. 1880. y Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Has on hand a large and well selected stock of PURE DRUGS, Chemicals, Patent Medicine, Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. Jan 1, 1879. ,. DR. T. C. SMITH, Druggist and Pharmacist, Keeps a full line of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, White Lead and Colors, Machine and Tanners' Oils, Patent Medicines, Garden Seeds, and every thing pertaining to the Drug business, which he will sell at low prices. March 23, 1879. J. P. McCombs, M. D., ffers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both night and day, promptly attended to. OIF.ce in Brown's building, up stairs, opposite the harlotte Hotel. Jan. 1, 1873. DR. J. M. MILLER, Charlotte, N. C All calls promptly answered day and night Office over Traders' National Bank Residence opposite W. R. Myers'. Jan. 18,1878. " DR. M. A. BLAND, Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office in Brown's building, opposite Charlotte Hotel. Gas used for the painless extraction of teeth. Feb. 15. 1878. A. IJUnWELX. P. D. WALKER. BURWELL & WALKER, Attorneys at Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office adjoining Court House. Nov. 5, 1880. ROBERT D.' GRAHAM, Attorney at Law In the State and United States Courts. Collections, home and foreign, solicited. Abstracts of Titles, Surveys, &c, furnished for compensation. Office: corner Trade and Tryon Streets, Jan. 9, 1880. yr Charlotte, N. C. T. M. PITTMAN, Attorney at Law, Opposite the Court House, Charlotte, N. C.,) Practices in the State and U. S. Courts, and gives prompt attention to business. Will negotiate loans. May 28, 1880. y WILSON & BURWELL, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Trade Street, Chablotte, N. C, Have a large and complete Stock of everything per taining to the Drug Business, to which they invite the attention of all buyers both wholesale and retail. Oct. 8. 1880. HALES & FARRIOR, Practical Watch-dealers and Jewelers, Charlotte, N. C, Keep a full stock of handsome Jewelry, and Clocks, Spectacles, &c, which they sell at fair prices. Repairing of Jewelry, Watches. Clocks, &c, done promptly, and satisfaction assured. Store next to Springs' corner building. Tnly 1, 1879. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Grocers and Provision Dealers, Have always in stock Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrup? Mackerel, Soaps, Starch, Meat, Lard, Hams, Flour, tuass Seeds, Plows, &c., which we offer to both the Wholesale ard Retail trade. All are in vited to try us from the smallest to the largest buyers. fan. 17. 1880. j. Mclaughlin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, &c, College Street, Charlotte, N. C, Sells Groceries at lowest rates for Cash, and buys Country Produce at highest market price. 13T Cotton and other country Produce sold on commission and prompt returns made. Nov. 1, 1880. HARRISON WATTS, COTTON BUYER, Comer Trade and College Sts., vp Stairs, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Oct. 24. 1880 ly DR. A. W. ALEXANDER, Dentist. Office over L. R. Wriston & Co.'s Drug Store. I am working at prices to suit the times, for Cash. With 25 years' experience I guarantee entire a tisf action. Jan. 18,1878. :- ' Notice of Dissolution. The firm of J. McLaughlin & Co. is this day dis solved by mutual consent W. W. Grier having withdrawn. The business of the firm will be set tled at the office of J. McLaughlin. j. Mclaughlin & co. Nov. 1,1880. $gt AvmV W lvfirt jpartSf the hair cat from the-heads of the French peasant-Tje. bftii; ; b&rrest .ir Prance is o.ow in fujl activity, and, dealers are attend ing the different, fairs; and : persuading thje youg women to parL,with, their, tresses., , ,Ip certain . districts. the , girls, regularly joulti vate their hair for the, market, the crop be ill m yj. ing, ready .for cutting, every , three ; years Nirman omen's hair is ,the finest; j and Bretonne, or thjf CODtraryis the coarsest;; while the longest locks come from Limousin. Hair, io the north U bleached, by the sea air and in the nountainous districts it is. dark and curly Germany takes tons'of fair hair apd niocjf J,heaine hoe' js sent to Eng- InnT ' a""' r.in ill KEW-3TORH- NEW GOODS. . RtflplA7. Fancy" Groceries. ' I take pleasure ' in informing the public that I have opened at the Old Post Office, near the Court House, and have a choice Stock of t : Family Supplies. JUST RECEIVED, a very select lot of Crack ers. .,.:! . i. v : . . Just received a line lot of CANNED GOODS. Besides Groceries we keep constantly on hand, Bran, Mill Feed, Peas arid Corn.' ,J l i JAMES P. IRWIN, Jan. 28, 1881. Near the Court House. TTT Just Received ! CAR LOAD White Corn, " White Virginia Meal, " " Silver Drip Syrup, " " N. O. Molasses, ,L " " Flour, " " Bacon, " " Choice Apples, " M Vinegar, . , " " Mott's Genuine Apple Cider, Cases Bananas and 10 Barrels Oranges, 5 And a full stock of everything else in the Heavy and Fancy Grocery line. . We respectfully solicit the inspection of both the Wholesale and Retail Trade to our stock before purchasing elsewhere, as we are sure we can make it to your interests to do so. DAVIDSON & BEALL. Feb. 4, 1881. Oats ! Oats ! ! One Car load Seed Oats just received at- J. MCLAUGHLIN'S. Feb.. 4, 1880. HARDWARE. brem & Mcdowell. (Successors to Walter Brem, Agent,) Have a full and new Stock of Hardware for the Wholesale and Retail trade and invite an inspection before purchasing elsewhere. ; Corner Trade and Tryon Streets, Charlotte. Oct. 8, 1880, ' . - ' ' AT MRS. QUERYS. Larere additions to the stock of Hositrv. Gloves. Neck Wear, Cloaks, Ladies' Underwear and Child rens' Goods. Just received a full line of Silks, Satins. Frinsres. Passmentrics for Dress Trimming. Hats and Bonnets, For Ladies, Misses and Children, of every shape and quality. Have now on hand the mst complete stock of Ladies' and Childrens' Goods to be found in the City. A new lot of 2 Button Kid Gloves at 25 cents a pair. . Oct. 29. 1880. MRS. P. QUERY. Just Received, Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys, Butter, Eggs, Cranber ries, Barrel Pickels and Pickled Salmon. 8. M. HOWELL. Jan. 12.1881. ... SEASONABLE GOODS We have a large stock of Ladies'. Misses' and Children's Cloaks and Dolmans, very cheap. We have a full line of Repellants, Water-Proof Goods, &c, very cheap. We have a beautiful line of Basket Flannels, and all other kinds of Flannels, cheap. We have a large stock of DRESS G O ODS, Pretty and at low figures. We have a large stock of Blankets, very cheap. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Hosiery, in all shades and sizes. , Shirts , Laundried and unlaundried all kinds for men and boys. A splendid line of Flannel Shirts for Ladies, Gents and Children. Just received a nice line of WOOL SHIRTS for Children. A large stock of Ready-Made Clothing. The best stocked Carpet Department in Western North Carolina. . ALEXANDER & HARRIS. Nov. 5, 1880. .SimmoDs' Hepatic Compound Is a scientific preparation of the most approved Medicines in the vegetable world. It will cure Liver Complaint, Bowel Affections, Skin Diseases, Kidney Affections, Billious and Malarial Fevers, Cholic, Jaundice, Indigestion and Dyspepsia, and many regard it as a "Family Medicine Chest" in itself. For sale by WILSON & BURWELL, Jan. 23, 1881. . ' Druggists. Just Received, A large lot of Black Silks,-very cheap. ; Also, a lot of beautiful Spring Saques for Ladies and Misses, At WITTKOWSKX & BARUCH'S. Feb. 11, 18811 Just Received. OKCi BARRELS C. WEST'S KEROSENE fcOVy0IL, for Wholesale trade. 240 Dozen Toilet Soap, fine English and American, Toilet and Laundry Soap. 10,000 Pounds St. Louis Southern White Lead, at ' iO rriJ, aiMcADEN'S, Feb. 4, 1881. Wholesale and Retail Druggist. Toilet Setts, Puff Boxes, Hair Brushes, .Tooth Brushes, Nail Brushes, Fine Toilet Soaps, just received by . , . WILSOK & BURWELL. . ..Oct, 29, 1880. v. Druggists. TTZTTT An Upright Jud?e. I' After Bob' In&erJoll, the notorious infidel, recently delivered!: one of ; bis' blasphemouf narangoes at Wilmington, Lle ware, Jadgt Joraegys spoke to the. Grand J.ary ; on.ttj object as follows : r ' ' ' '"Bob Inge?soll, the infidel, recently, lec-j tared at -Wilmington, Delaware, .on "Whati Shall I:d6 to Be Saved." ! And now hiefi Justice Comecrts comes back at ? him in a charge to the Grand Jury as follows "Thisi city not long ago was used as a theatre for the promulgation of sentiments at war with tne religion oi me iiDie. Dtaspneraoas language was.ased near where . we "are; as sembled, bv an' audacious discdole of the deamers of; , revealed religion? for the par! pose of exposing Us - doctrine; , to contempt and ridicule, and, to what some consider tne reproach of the people of this city, no mas stepped forward to call him to account for his defiance of the law of the State. I say to you that the law of this State is against the insulting of God by reproachful or de rogatory language or expressions and ex citing the passions of the people by'treating their religion with contempt. No commu nity, such as ours, can exist as a healthy, moral organization, where men are allowed to speak without challenge against the very and only foundation upon which it securely rests theoverruling power of God. When we dethrone His majesty and erect in His place our own notions of right and wrong, we shall soon pass into a state of life not restraining, but, in effect, promoting our in herent propensity to evil, for no candid man can pretend that our impulses are not to wards the gratification rather than in re straint of our passions. This crime ol blas phemy is an ancient common law offense and was also punished by statute passed so long ago as 1740 by our Colonial Legisla ture, and such enactment, in ' its essetial form, has been continued down to this day. Under the act above mentioned the punish ment for the outrage was the pillory, the brand and stripes. After the Constitution of the State went into effect, but not until the year 1826, the punishment was changed to fine and imprisonment, but the offense re mained and is the same to-day as it was in the thirteenth year of the reign of George II, when the old act was passed." We hope other Judges will follow the good example of Judge Comegys. . - 1 1 1 Tiiey all Contributed. We are reliably informed that a preacher at one of the Churches in Chatham county, holding a meeting in a neighborhood where a turkey bad been stolen a day or two before by some unknown person, announced that he was about to take up a collection for missionary purposes and he sincerely desired that the person who had stolen the turkey would not contribute anything. The collection box was placed in front of the sacred desk and those who desired to contribute to the cause were requested to come up and deposit their pittance therein, except the turkey rogue. Our informant says every man, woman and child went forward and deposited some amount in the box. -Laurenburq Enterprise. TAX NOTICE. All persons who have not paid their State and County taxes, are notified that if not paid by the 21st inst., I will be compelled to force collections, which will be very disagreeable to me. 1 hope you will take due notice and govern yourselves accord ingly. M. E. ALEXANDER, Feb. 11, 1881 2w Sheriff. OUR FRIENDS Will please remember that we now occupy the commodious Store Room on West Trade Street, Recently remodelled so as to make it as convenient and well lighted a room as any in the city. We shall keep, as we have always kept, A Line of Goods Adapted to the wants of all classes of trade. Friends and customers are invited to pay us a call at our hew stand. T. L. SEIGLE & CO. Feb. 11, 1881. . Executor's Notice. Having qualified as Executor of the last Will and Testament of Dr. Isaac Wilson, deceased, I hereby noury all persons indebted to the .Estate of the said Or. Isaac Wilson to make early settlement, and those having claims against said Estate must pre sent them before the 12th day of February, 1882, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. UD. JH.. VY liioUiN , . Feb. 11, 1881 ' 6w Executor. BAD ROADS Have been a great annoyance to all of us, but we hope they will soon get better and trade open up lively. Then don't forget to call at BARRIN GER - TROTTE R'S, . f Where you will find a good assortment of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, SHOES, II A TS AND CLO THING, Which we offer at low prices. Those who have not settled for last year will oblige us by calling. BARRINGER & TROTTER. Feb. 11,1881. CONFECTIONERIES, GROCERIES, &e. Cakes and Bread. C. S. HOLTON, at the Rising Sun Store, oppo site the Old Market, still keeps a large assortment of Confectioneries, &c, and a good selection of choice Family Groceries all of the freshest and best quality. Br6ad and Cakes. His Bread is considered superior by all who use it, and his assortment of Cakes is fine. J5f Wedding Cakes and Cakes for Parties pre pared in the best stile at short notice. ' . Give me a trial when you need anything in my line. -y 5 C. S. HOLTON. Jan. 14,1881. " Tailor-Made Men. : From the New' York Sun. "The fact is that there are very few men who are formed regularly. ' W hat a profes sional cutter would call a 'regular propor tion is a measurement of thirty-six inches to the breast and thirty-three iuches to the waist. But those measurements are seldom met . with. ' Experienced cutters say that tbey are obliged' to make allowance for pe culiar forms in almost every case.. Many men have one shoulder higher than the other. This is particularly the case with those who do much writing. The right arm' is oftenest kept contii ually on the 'desk, while the left arm is rested and low ered.' Naturally, in such cases, a man's right shoulder is raised and his left shoul der depressed. To remedy this slight de formity the expert cutter must r sort to padding. L i ... ..... - "Talk about padding," said an old cutter; "the men are really padded as much as the omen. Put your hand on the shoulder of the first man yon meet; you will find prob ably that instead of a bony shoulder-blade you will feel a soft cushion. Watch the men walking on Broadway. You will no tice that many of them swing their arms under eaves of padding. Look at the pad ding in the breasts of coats and vests. A tailor finds a man 'caved in,' and he has to build him out." "How about the legs?" "The cutter who cannot conceal the im perfections of a man's legs is unworthy of his profession. If a man is bandy-legged, the cutter will make him wide and roomy pantaloons, in which his crooked limbs may wander without detection. If he is short legged, the cutter will fit him snugly, so that his nether extremities shall not offend the eye. If he is long-legged, the cutter aids a little to the length of his body and brings him apparently into proportion. It is a very common occurrence for a man's right leg to be a little longer than his left. Often one arm is a little longer than the ether. Very often a man's occupation gives him a stooping position, so that he seems almost humpbacked. The expert cutter attends to all these peculiarities, and sees to it that they are, as far as possible, concealed." "Do you think that men are as particular about their dress as women?" "When they care at all, they are more fastidious. The trouble with men is that they do not always know what they want. Women are more apt to know exactly what they want, because they make a study of dress. They think of it from childhood. Tbey see something they like and say: 'Make it like that.' They know how goods will look when made up. But many men are unreasonably fastidious. One thinks he has a full breast. When you measure him he puffs and swells out to undue pro portions. When the coat is finished and he tries it on he says it don't fit, when the real trouble is that he does not swell himself out as he did when he was measured. "Do you find that men are much influ enced by their wives as to the cut and ma terial of their clothes ?" "Influenced ! Why, sir, it amounts to slavery' in many cases. I have had men make me contract to please their wives in the cut of a coat. They come here filled with instructions. They have orders for the style of cloth, the style of cut, the style of buttons, the lining, trimmings, and price. When I cut a coat for a married man I know that, in most cases, I have got to please the wife. Frequently a man goes away per fectly satisfied with a garment and comes back the next day running over with com plaints. Then I know who has been criti cising the work. Sometimes, when I know there is nothing wrong, I put the garment away in a closet, never touch it, and when I send it back in a few days it is pronounced very much better and all right." "What does it cost to dress a man in the height of fashion ?" was asked of a Fifth avenue tailor. "About $700 a year," was the reply; "but if a man is to indulge in $300 fur coats and a variety of fine silk necties . and an assortment of fancy pantaloons, his bill will run up much higher. Notwithstand ing all that is said of the extravagance of woman's dress, it costs quite as much to furnish stylish clothes to men as to women. The reason is that a man cannot have his clothes made over as women can. If his clothes get out of fashion they are useless to him ; but the clothing of women can be made over to suit new fashions year after year. UrlF While miracles are alleged to have occurred during the last few years abroad, we had supposed that they were out of place among the sober-minded and practical peo ple of these States, but news cumes to ns of the miraculous recovery of her speech by Mrs. Elias Jordan, near Rochester, New York. : She had been perfectly dumb tor eight years, but had faith that she could be restored through prayer. Accordingly a meeting was called at her house, and while the pastor of the Church was engaged in prayer, she suddenly recovered her speech and shouted "Glory to God !" and fainted. It is Wai 1 sh has beeu able since then to con s' erse freely. 13?" It is a delightful passion, hope; it i the life ot society and of the individual. Every species of hope is useful, whether it be individual hope, or family hope, or na tional hope, or humanitarian hope. A man or woman who is under the cheering influ ence of this passion is always rained a few degrees in the scale of being. The under standing is strengthened, the imagination is enlivened, the memory is rendered more im pressive and tenacious, by hope ; and what is still of more importance, the honorable feelings are cultivated. We, therefore, re joice to see the " beaming eyes and elastic steps of the fairest, if not the most faithful, of the three graces. it... Nteht Life of Youd ' Men:; ' One night often destrovs a .whole life. The leakage of the night keeps the- day for time. More sin and crime are. committed in one night than in all the days of the week. This is more emphatically true . of city tnan of the country. The street lamps, like a file of soldiers,; with torch in hand, stretch away in long lines ion either side walk ; the gay colored transparencies are ablaze with attractions; the saloon and. bil liard halls are brilliantly illuminated ; mu sic sends forth its ' enchantment ; the gay company begin to gather to the haunts and houses of pleasure ; the gambling dens are aflame with palatial splendor; the theatres are wide open ; ' the mills of destruction are grinding health, honor, happiness, hope, out of thousands of lives. The city under the gaslight is not. the same as under God's sunlight. The allurements and perils and pitfalls of night are a hundred-fold deeper and darker and more destructive. ; Night life in our cities is a dark problem, whose depth and abysses and whirlpools make us start back with horror. All night long tears are falling, blood is streaming. Young men, tell me how and where you spend your evenings, and I will write out the chart of your character and final desti ny, with blanks to insert your, names. It seems to me an appropriate text would be, "Watchman, what of the nignt?" Police man pacing the beat, what of the night? What are the young men of the city doing at night ? Where do they spend their even ings? Who are their associates? What are their habits ? When do they go in, and what time do you see them come out? Policeman, would the night life of young men commend them to the confidence of their employers ? Would it be to their credit? Make a record of the nights of one week. Put in the morning paper the names of all the young men, their: habits and haunts, that are on the street for sinful pleasure. Would there not be shame and confusion ? Some would not dare to go to their places of business ; some would return home at night; some would leave the city; some would commit suicide. Remember, young men, that in the retina of the all-seeing Eye there is nothing hid but shall be revealed on the last day. Baptist Weekly. mm What it Costs to be a Bridemaid. "It is no trifling expense to be a bride maid at a fashion wedding," says a Wash ington correspondent of the Hartford (Conn) Evening Post. "Lately a lady hearing another ask her daughter if she was to be an attendant at a certain wedding, prompt ly answered : 'No ; I am tired of paying at least $100 for the dress she wears when ever she is a bridemaid. She has bought dresses for that purpose seven times, and that is enough.' Of course a handsome present is always given by a bridemaid to a bride, which adds considerably to the cost of her attendance on her friend. The 'best man' at some weddings is forced to pay out a good round sum -for bouquets for the bridemaids. I know of one instance where a young gentleman, who could . ill afford it, was told that he would be expected to pre sent each of the twelve bridemaids with a bouquet of rosebuds. There were no groomsmen at that wedding, and only six ushers, so the unfortunate best man, ' after he had accepted the post, was coolly told that he would be required to provide the round dozen of bouquets." Home Politeness. A boy who is polite to his father and mother is likely to be polite to every one else. A boy lacking politeness to his par ents may have the semblance of courtesy in society, but is never truly polite in spirit, and is in danger, as he becomes familiar, of betraying his real want of courtesy. We are all in danger of living too much for the outside world, for the impression which we make in society, coveting the good opinions of those who are in a sense a part of our selves, and who will continue to sustain and be interested in us, notwithstanding these defects of deportment and character. We say to every boy and to every girl, culti vate the habits of courtesy and propriety at home in the sitting-room and the kitchen, as well as in the parlor, and you will be sure in other places to deport yourself in a be coming and attractive manner. When one has a pleasant smile and a grace demeanor, it is a satisfaction to know that these are not put on, but that tbey belong to the char acter, and are manifest at all times and under all circumstances. 1-HF" "Who buys and who wears these gor geous dresseo, with their bewildering trim mings and overlayings ?" asked a lady of a shopkeeper in New York. "I hey are not worn in 'society.' The middle class, profes sional people, and those who live on salaries cannot afford to buy them. Who, then, wears them?" "Well," returned the pro prietor of the very fashionable ladies' fur nishing establishment, "we do not expect to sell such dresses to 'real' ladies ; they are usually sold for the stage at a reduced pric-, or to the wives ol rich men who spend the winter in New lork, stopa? hotels, at.l g t themselves up in stunning costumes for dinner and the opera." JrF A gentleman walking on the street at Cedartown, Georgia, smoking a cigaiette, was the victim a gust of wind blew a spark into his whiskers, which by some unknown cause, supposed to be a dangerous hair-dye, were ignited, the flame communicated to his hair and burned it all off, leaving him bald as an eagle and badly blistered. ' " ..i - 12?" We still hear of; the burning of Churches in various places. : Cause ? "De fective flues" of .course. , That report is becoming monotonous. Suppose we change it and say, Defective workmen 1 ( The Nanjrnty r hat Nice , Church tJhdlf . 'lirou.maTV.organue Ja chunm cnbtr, and think you have got it 'down fijie.aml. that every iqem?ori is mouandr full of lipe goodness, andr in .'such a'v moment "u; ybtt thinlr not you 'will find that one or, more 'of the,m are full of the old(l Harry,' and' it will brtak out when vou least . expect it. TJiere is nq more beautiful sight to the student of nature,,' ttan' t church, clipir. ;Tp , seV the members sitting together, demure deyoted and pious' looking ypu .think'that .tRerfe is never a thought enters their, not connected , with , si ngipg,' anttierp s bot sometimes t you ' get left; , , .Tbr is ('.pp.e church choir in' Milwaukee that, is about as near perfect as a choir can l?e. V.Tt'haA.fceen organized for a long time," and . nelr'er ' 'haa quarreled, and the congregation 'swears by it. 'When the ctioir strikes a, devotional at titude it is enough to make an ordinary Christian Jlbirik of the atijf el ' -band above, only the male singers wear wnlslcefs "and the females wear fashionable clothes, You would not think that ..this choir played tricks on each other during the ser mon, but sometimes they do. .The choir is furnished with the numbers of the ljy tons that are to be sung, by the minister, and they put a book mark in the book' at the proper place. One morning they all'got Up to sing, when the soprano turned pale, ad an ace of spades dropped out of her hymn book, the alto nearly fainted when a queen of hearts dropped at her feet, and the rest of the pack was distributed around in the other books. They laid it' onto the' tenor, but he swore, while the minister was preaching, that he didn't know' one1 Card from another. . ' One morning last summer, after the tenor had been playing tricks all the spring on the rest of the. choir, the soprano brought a chunk of shoemakers' wax to church. , .The tenor was arrayed like Solomon, in all his glory, with white pants, and 4 Seymour coat. The tenor got up to see wbb the girl was who came in with the old lady, and while he was up the soprano put the-."shoemakers' wax on the chair, and the tenor sat down on it. They all saw. it,' and they waited for the result. It was an awful long prayer, and the church was hot, the- tenor was no iceberg himself, and shoemakers wax melts at ninety-eight degrees Fahren heit. The minister finally got to the amen, and read a hymn, the choir coughed and all rose up. The chair that the 1 tenor was ! in stuck to him like a brother, and came right along and nearly broke his suspenders. - It was the tenor to bat, and as the great organ struck up he pushed the chair oil of his per son, looked around to see if be had . saved his pants, and began to sing, and the rest of the choir came near bursting. The teuor was called out on three strikes by the um pire, and the alto had to sail in, and - while she was singing the tenor began to feel of first base to see what was the matter. When he got his hand on the shoemakers' warm wax his heart smote him and he loooked daggers at the soprano, but she put on a pious look and opened her mouth ready to sing "Hold the Fort." j Well, the tenor sat down on a white badkerchief, be fore he went home, and he got home- with out anybody seeing him, and h& has been, as the saying is, "laying" - for the soprano ever since to get even. , r., v k - ( l . . : It is customary in all first-class: choirs for the male singers to furnish i candy for the lady singers, and the: other day the .tenor went to a candy factory o and had pepper mint lozenger made: with, about, a teaspoon ful of cayenne . pepper I in the . centre of it. On Christmas he took, hi lozenger to church and concluded to get even with the. soprano if he died for it. : . Candy; had been , passed around, and just before the hyrati was given out in which the soprano was to sidga solo, "Nearer, My God, to TheB,"fvthe wicked wretch gave her the loaded lozenger. 1 iShe put it in her mouth and nibbled off the edges, and was rolling it as a swedt . morsel under her tongue, when the i organ strnck up, and they., all- arose, i While the choir was skirmishing on the first i part ot the verse and getting scored up for the solo, she chewed what was left of the (iandy.aod swallowed it. Well, if a Democratic:' torch light procession . had marched nnbidden down her throat she couldn't have been any more astonished. She leaned: overt, to pick up her handkerchief and spit tha candy out, but there was enough .pepper Jeft around the selvage of her mouth to have pickled a peck oi chow-chow. It-was her torn to fling, and she rose and took the boolr, her1 eyes filled with tears, her voice: trembled, her face was as red as a spanked lobster, and the way she sang that old hymn. was a. cau tion. . With-a., sweet tremulo i she sang "Nearer,: my God; to-Thee,'Vand the con gregation was almost melted to teara. . As she stopped, while the organist got m a lit tle work, she turned her head, opened her mouth and blew- out. her breath' with a "whoosh," to cool her mouth.'1 The, and ience saw her wipe a tear a way but did not hear the sound of her voice as she "whoosh ed." . She wiped out some of the' pepper with her hankercbief and ' sang the other verses with a good deal of fervor; and-. the choir sat down, all of the members looking at the soprano.- . She called I for .'i water. The noble tenor went and cot, it, for .hKr, and after nhc h id'li aik a evopk f quart ay she whispered t him, "Yf-ung man, I ,Will get even with you for thafcpeppeimint candy if I have, to live a thousand years, and don't you forget it,'' and they - all sat down nd looked pious, while the minister preached a most beautiful sermon on "Faith J?I We ex pect that tenor will be blowed through the roof some Sunday morning and the congre gation will wonderwhat he is ?tr : such A hurry tor, x"cfc4 oun. ?- ;i m - IST Smith : "I once possessed ajendid do-which i could always dUtinRbh 'be tween a vagabond and a.respectabjs ; per son." . .'Jones $ , i Well, . what , becom of him ?". j Smith : "O, I was compelled to git 0 him away! He bit me"- j 1 Jin 1
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 18, 1881, edition 1
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