V
"it JU". '.UiUS'l ! ,- LB!?.
"There's many a lass with blooming cheeky
And many an cyo that has learnciTlp'Jp'cak,
There's many a beauty jewelled out,
And many a wit nt ball and rout,
And many a head for such witl whir',
But give mc a besmtifal quakcr girl!
There ato those thaLplease ondthoSc thaYcharrn,
ThCTe.awr those. "(Kit boast of a lovely form-,
Of pcaily teeth or a pretty foot,
Or of having spfung-from-uu honorM'roo't,
'Or of heads all drck'd'whh gems 'and curls,
Dut these are unlike the quakcr girls!
Have you ever gazed on a pretty face,
Uy nature deck'd with every grace,
That told of a soul all pure and bright,
Of a mind that glowed with virtuo's light,
Thai spoke 6f a heart to naturctruel
Tis the quakcr girl exposed to view!
'Ilavcytm ever left T rtlillyhknil
That shrinking, gave you a reprimand
Havc you ever chatted, (wo all know hovr,J
And smilo at her simplo 'thee" and "thou,"
Or laughed, when sho frankly told you "yeri"
'Tisthe fashion you know with tho quakercss.
There is kindness learning from every eye,
AhdHruiri on every look Smd sigh';
There is honesty breathed in every vow,
And it sbuhds no 'Worse for its "thee" and'thou
So boast if you will, of each lass you sec,
13 ut the quakercss is the one for nicl
VILLAGE CHORISTERS.
A pig in a string is rather a troublesome
article to manage, two pigs in a string are
more troublesome still, to a degree, perhaps,
In propoition to the squares of their dis
tances a ram in a halter is also proverbial
for obstinacy mules are celebrated for
rtlieir pertinacity, and donkeys for their stu
pidity; but all pigs, rams, mules, and asses
in the world, put together, would be more
easily managed than a company of singers
In a village church About four miles from
Loppington there is a village called Snatch
am. And you cannot imagine a milder and
'more "gentle creature thantTifrercellcnt cler
gyman of Snatclmm church. He is quite
a picture, either for pen oV pencil. Ho is
not more than -fitt) feet four Inches in
?ieight, somewhat stout but not very ro
bust; he is nearly seventy years of age
perhaps quite by this time; his hair, what
-little is loft of it, is as white as -silver; his
facc is free from wrinkles either of care or
"age; his voice is slender, but musical with
xrrieckttess. The practical principal of his
demeanor has always been any thing for a
quiet life. The present state of Snatcham
choir is as follows. In the first place there
is Martin Grubb, the butcher, a stout ro
bust man Tjf about fifty years of age, hav
ing a roUna"head and a'fed face, with strong,
straight, thick brownish grey hair, combed
over his forehead, and reaching to his very
eyebrows. He is the oldest, tho wealthi
est, and the most influential man in the
choir. He sings bass, and is said to be the
'life and soul in his face, which is about-as
full of expression as a bul!ockvs liver.
Then there is young Martin Grubb, who
?4 a b't ia dandy, with black curling hair,
; ana wnisuers oi me same pattern, paiu iacu.
M 'p3f 'onff cmn anu short nose; his in
strument is the violinccllot James Gripe
is leader of the treble voices, with occasion
al digressions! as above noticed. And, in
addition to the two younger Gripes, Absa
lorn and Peter, who play the two clario
netls, there are Oncsiphorus Bang, the
shoemaker, who plays the first flute; Issa
char Crack, a rival shoemaker, wild plays
the second fluto; Cornelius Pike, the tobac
co pipe-maker, -who 'plays the Ijussoon;
Alexandor Rodolpho Crabbe, the baker,
who plays thehautboyj'GrcgeVy'PIush, the
tailor, who playw the serpent, together with
divers others, men, boys, and girls who
make up the whole band.
This celebrated Snatcham 'choir made it
a great point to obtain leave from their in in
ister for all tire abominations and absnrdi
ties which they were accustomed to inflict
upon the parish under the guise of music
but the arraguut'lmportunhy of their solid
tation was such that they seemed to bid de
fiance to refusal, so that their asking leave
was after the fashion 'of the Beggar in Gil
Bias, who held his musket in the direction
'i f I -of the donor's head. At a large town in the
i ...: ...i.ji. .,i,,i,o... t :i..i,t ii
had been a musical festival, (he directors o
which, in-order to" give ecldt to thoir sdver
tisemcntSf had Used all manner of means to
pwcll the number of the ilerformers For
this purpose they had sought every Ircdgi
and ditch, and highway and by-way 'in the
1 xonntry, to pick up everv individual wh
i ' had the sliahtest pretension whatever lo
U musical talent. 'In -such a search, of course
tdt the Snafcham choir could not by any ptfss!
'$ lility bff ovorlooked TheV wore accord
ingly.retaincd'for- thcclroruVcsilicorieE1
quenco of which they underwent nfuch
musical drilling; nor" were' 'they a -little
pleased at the hbnbr'thus thrust upon them.
Fhcy of course distinguished themselves,
though I milst'say tho wisest thing singers
can do is not to distinguish themselves; but
the Snalchain choir, it is said, actually did
distinguish themselves, especially in tho
Hallelujah Chorus, and so fascinated were
they wRli that chorus, and their own dis
tinguished manner of singing it, that they
resolved unanimously to perform it at
Snatcham church. This was bad enough;
but this was not the worst, for nothing
would serve them but they would have it,
of all days in tho year, on Good Friday!
On the evening of the day before, the
whole body of the choristers-, vocal and in-
trumental, went up lo the vestry room,
and demanded an audience of their worthy
pastor. The good man trembled at their
pproach, and his heart sank within him at
the announcement that they had something
cry particular to say to him. He 'thought
'of harp, fluto, psaltery, dulcimer, sackbut,
and all kinds of music and his cars tingled
with apprehension of some new enormity
about tn be added to the choir, in shape of
some heathenish instrument. It was a lii-
icrous sight, and enough to make the. pas
tor laugh) had he been at all disposed to
merriment, lo sec the wholc'choir seated in
is parlour, and occupying, after a fashion,
every cnair in the room; tor tnoy were
never harmonious in any thing else; as to
their mode of sitting, they were all precisely
in the same attitude, and that attitude was
silting on the veryputward edge of the
chair,4whh their hats carefully held between
their knees, thcii mouths wide open, and
their eyes fixed upon vacancy. At the en
trance of the clergyman Uriry all rose, bow
ed with simultaneous politeness, and look-
d toward Martin Grubb as their m'dAlth-
piece. luarun uiuuu, witn nis oroau nca-
y hand, smoothed his locks over his fore
head, and said "Hem!"
'Well, Mr. Grubb," replied the minis
ter, "you and your friends, I understand,
have something particular to say to me."
"Why yes, Sir," said Air. Urubrj, "we
have called upon you by way of deputation
IikPi just to say a worn or two about singing
and for the matter of that, we have been
practising a prcttyish bit of music out of
Handel, what they sung at the musical fbs
tival, called the Hallelujah Chorus; and as
our choir sung it so well at the festival as to
draw all eyes upon us, wc have been think
ing, sir, with yotlr leave, if you please, and
f vou have no objection, that we should
just like to sing it at church."
"At Church?"
"Yes, Sir, if you please, at Church,, to
morrow, the Hallelujah unorus, you
know, Sir, being part of the Messiah, we
thought it wduld be particularly appropri
ate, and wc are all perfect in our parts, and
there s two or three chaps out of trio next
parish that are coming ovcir lo Snatcham to
see their friends, and they'll help us you
knowj Sir, and every thing is quite ready
and rehearsed and all that; and wc hope,
Sir, you won't have no objection, because
we can never do it so proper as with them
additional voices what's poming to-morrow,
and there will be such lots of people coino
to church On purpose to htfar us, that thdy
will be all so disappointed if we don't sing
it."
Itcre James Gripe, somewhat jealous of
his rival's eloquence, and taking advantage
of Martin s pausing for a moment to rccov
er breath) stepped forward, saying ''No
Sir, we hope you won't refuse your leave
because an the people so calculate upon
hearing it, that they will go away in dudg
eon, if so be as they are disappointed) and
maylrap they will never come to churcl
again, outgo among ine mcuiotiisiics or
some of them outlandish sexes; and it would
be a pity to overthrow tho established
church just tot the matter of a stavo or tw
of music"
The minister sighed deeply but riot ail
dibly, and replied, saying in a tone of mi
expostulation. 'But to-morrow, my friend
is Good Friday, a day of extraordinary so
lemnity, and scarcely admitting even the
most solemn music in its service."
Exactly so,' interrupted Martin Grnbh
"that's tho very thing I say, Sir and (here
fore the Hallelujah Chorus js the most pe
eulrar appropriate it's one of the most so!
lumest things I over heard its qnito aw
ful and grand enough to make hair of
ono's hDad'fetand urtrtght With sublimity.1
'Tis indeed, Sir," added James Giippo
you may take my word for it, Sin"
'Perhaps,' returned Martin Grubb, your
reverence never heard ii; How if so bo as
you never heard it, mayhap you don't know
nothing about it, in which case wc can, if
you please, yvim your permission, sing you
iittlc bit of it just to give you an idea of
the tiling.'
Tho poor persecuted pastor looked a-
round upon his tormentors in blank amaze
ment, and saw them with their ruthless
mouths wide open, and ready to inflict
rrpon him the Htifr5BIteprcrhaIly of their awful
voices, in tremulous tones tnc wormy
man exclaimed
pray don't don't
No, no, pray don't
.t . .
trouble yourselves 1
beg you will not. I know the piece ol minister could hardly be heard. 1 lie cho
music ydu rc!6r to very Well, and I think if risters had arranged that the Hallelujah
ou could perform it on any other day than
Good Friday "
Singers arc a peculiar irritable class of
persons, and tlie slightest opposition or
dontradiction irritates and disturbs them, so
t at the very moment that the minister
ttered a sentence at all interfering with
t
lcir will, they all surrounded him with
clamorous and sulky importunity, and set
to work with all diligence to demolish his
objections.
'Please, Sir,' said Martin Grubb, sha-
ki
mg ins big head with a iook 01 doggcu
wilfulness, 'I dont sec how it's to bo done.
I'lic Hallelujah Chorus requires a lot of ex
tra voices that isn't to be got every day;
. ill
anu il we tells them chaps as is coming
over hero to-morrow to help us, that wc
uuu t aiit itiuii ijui, iiiuy limy luivu 1111,
.i..!. ....,. i,i ..!. i:ir
and never come over to Snalcham again,
But, perhaps,' tho pastor meekly repli-
d, 4 they may assist you in the grave and
sober singing of soirio serious and well
known psalms in which all tho congrega
lion may unite.
On hearing this the broad faced biilchcr
expanded his features into a contemptuous
sort of grin, and said "Come, now, that's
good one, as ifrcg'lar scientific" singers
would come all the way to Snatcham just
to sing old psalm tunes!"
Mr. Grippe also said "He! ho! he!"
"He! he! he! is a very conclusive kind of
jument and so the minister of Snatcham
felt it to be, for he could not answer it, nor
refute it, nor evade it. He looked this way
and that Wayj up to the ceiling and down
to the floor, towards Mr. Gripe and tow-
arus iir. uruoo; mil neither ceiling nor
floor, Gripe nor Grubb, afforded him any
relief front his painful embarrassment The
exulting singers saW that he was pdsed, and
now was the time to push their victory, and
overwhelm the minister by their united im
portunities. So they all crowded round
him atdii.-.e, and almost all at once began to
assail himwith such a torrent of reasons and
argumentation that he had not time to say a
word for hihlself.
"Please, Sir." said Oncsiphorus Bang,
'I han't got nothing else ready to play."
Nor I neither," said Issacher Crack
Please, Sir," said Alexander Rodolphe
oraooe, "wc never like to uo nothing
without your leave, and we hope you
wont compel us to do so now. My wife
says she'll never come to church again, if
the Hallelujah Chorus is not performed to-
morrow; '
. ,
ii A ...1 T .1 l i.i n-- tii-.ui
Aim i ucuuie, bum urugory l-iusu
"that forniy part I never wish to touch the
serpent again, il we mayn't do that piece bf
inilSIC.
.. . . -
Absoiom and Peter Gripe also said the
same as touching the clarionets; and James
unpe then looked at tho minister with a
quaintly interrogative aspect, which, with-
. . . .
out uttering a word. seemed to say "There
wnat win you do without Absalom and
i uiur b clarionets. inow. lor his own
.... , .. , .
pan, wormy pasior woum have been
glad to get rid of tho whole clamour of their
music, lor these choristers Were always at
1 1 l . . ..
'"BS"""1" """" anoincrj or
with the rest ot the parish.
'Pi, A. l.-i I..-..
uvuiwHuimuu wiiu ar-
guiuuin a..u u,o4uum:e, wmi pamos and im-
. . 1 . .! , , .
portuniiy.ioundhimsell compelled to yield,
u. , wuraigruce imagi.
u. VI . monsters, rejoi-
cmg in tho triumph ol music, and full of
gice.at the thought ot the wonderful figure
they shoUhl Cut oil the morrow) when as
sisted by the "chaps from the next village,
they astonished tho natives with tho Halle
lujah Chorus.
1 hat night neither the singers rior the
minister BlepU tho forrnor were kept awake
,..,,,. giory.aiiutnc
latter was made restless by the drOad of
rJ"-
r r "7 7i 7 r . u a 6Ccno
of festivity than of fast ng. Tim "pi. J
from tlie next village,' as Martin uruuu
called tlnmi, wcro as gay as so many larks:
there was such a display of blue coals and
yellow buttons as never was scon before.
Tho singing gallery was full to suflocation,
and the church itself was crowded. The
squire of the parish was present, and his
family also were with him, and tho singers
were so happy Out they could hardly con
tain themselves. Th'cy did not niind tho
prayers; they heard them before, and did
not think them half so well worth hearing
as the Halleluiah Chorus. There was such
a rustling of leaves of music books, and such
b. ' . i ! : .l.'i'i'.s.- .1...
a duzz oi wispenng voices, inaiiuu wtmuy
Chorus should be sung immediately bclorc
the sermon, and they thought that Uiepray-
crs would never bo over. Ihcy were, as mipa-
ticnt as young norso in Harness,
At length tnc prayers were finished, anil
the merciless choristers let loose upon tho
congregation to inflict whatever musical tor-
hire they pleased. Away they burst with
relentless and resistless fury. There was
such scraping, ahl blowing, and roaring,
and growling, and screaming, as Was nev
er heard; tho powers of every instilment
were exerted to the utmost of their capabil-
ity; there was such an infinite variety of
articulation of Hallelowya, Ilolleluyear,
Allylugef, and Ahmen, and Awmen, and
Amecn; that none but initiated could form a
guess what the singers Were about. The
patient snd afllictcd minister sat still in the
pulpit, waiting till the storm should be over:
he knew that it could not last for ever, and
that they must soon sing themselves hoarse
or out of breath. There is an Irish provcib
which says "Single misfortunes never come
alone;" this was verified in the present case
for a misunderstanding occurred which
produced a double infliction of the music.
Messrs. Grubb, Gripe, Crabbe, Bang
Crack, and their friends, when performing
at the cathedral; hall observed that one or
two parts of the performance had been en
countered
Now, unfortunately, just as the band
was bringing its mighty pcriormance 10 a
close, the squire of the parish most inno
ctinlly drew his handkerchief out of his
pocket; but happening to draw it forth with
a peculiar grace, or with what Mr. Grubb
and his friends thought a peculiar grace,
they were most graciously pleased to take
it for granted that it must be a signal for a
repetition df the chorus, and therefore, just
at the moment when the good minister,
was pleasing himself with the thought that
the absurd display was over, they all burst
forth again with renewed vigtJr. He
thought that they were absolutely mad; he
looked, but he was only answered by Hal
leluycar, Allylugcr; and when they had
finished Hie second time, he was half afraid
that thev would begin again, and sing it
the third time. When the service was
over the good man took the liberty to hint
to his musical parishioners that he thought
they had performed a work of Uperogation
in performing the chorus twice. Thev
themselves felt that they had somewhat en
croached, but they laid the blame upon the
smiirn. whose slichtet rVisfii tlinv tlinnirht.
i i o - ' j rj 1
I . ...
shotilU beoboyeu. The squire was very
sorry when he found what mischief lie had
inadvertently done, and promised that he
wnnlil tnlrn p.nrn. in fnlurn tint (n null mil
' "
his handkerchief again in singing time.
Socicti. When neighbors dwell tofrctl
er in peace, visit in frieiidsliip, converse
I a a
for useful improvement, or harmless amuse
nlCnts take part in each other's prosperity
nm ..iWrcW,. nnnnr ;.. i. .
- ...u BU.....B.u u
their families, arc candid to excuse and
careful to conceal each others trivial or at".
cidental failings: studious to reform real :.nd
. "
dangerous faults: when all abide in tl.nir
caililliri aill au tollv ncrform .,.;,. ow1 i ills
"...
nes3. ai d medd e not w th t in inmnnml
concerns of others, a blessing will attend
I ' . - I
their labors, and success will finfilB upo
their designs. Their intercourse will be
easy, pleasant and virtuous; and a fouuda
lion will be laid for the happiness of sue
ceeding generations But if each is btiund
up within himself and looks with indiffer
ence on all around him or beholds his info
rior with contempt, and his superior wil
envy; if every meeting is filled with1 Imner
(imCnt anil angry controversy, and every
visit employed in tattling and backbiting
if neighbor defames neighbor and watches
for advantage against the other-if an ac
r'youwilhfeignedsmiles
01 Pleasure and friend y greeting, but deba.
.. i , ib J' . 1 UU)a
i, i , . w 0,
chapscs yourcharactor when your back is turn
tdif 'eVci' "Urolhcr "will " cTidcayiyur" v
supplant, and every neighbor to walk in
slanders, one had better flco to the solita
ry mountains, and dwell nlono in the
earth.
Breakfast in Alabama. The following
conversation is said to have taken place
somewhere in that State:
"Alarm what do you charge for a break
fast here!" "Why. if you have corn bread
and common trimmens it will be two bits,
(twenty-five cents.) But if yon hare wheat
bread and chicken fixens, it will be three
bits." "Let's have the chicken fixens.';
Jl new one. Ono day last week, while
a cloud was every moment threatening us
with a deluge, we saw an honest Irishman
carrying water with great apparent haste.
"What is the matter, Dennis?" said wc,
"is the house on fin5?" "Och, no sir,"
said he, "not at alt, but it's my cabbages
that I'm after gelling watered before h
rains."
A fellow passing down town the other
day, with a shocking bad Umbrella, was
addressed by a wag "Look here feller you
had better get that 'ere umbrella shin
gled. "When I came into the pulpit, and ma
ny years after," says an eccentic minister
of the old school, "Religion used to be the
principal topic preached upon; now, it is alt
rum and niggers!"
Real refinement of manners will be in
proportion to the refinement of intellect and
purity of heart a pale check and invisible
waist, arc no certain indications of a delicate
mind.
There is no earthly motive which nan
stimulate a good mind to such unwearied
exertions as the thought that these arc con
tributing to the happiness of beloved ob
jects. And this generous love, prompting
to exertion, can give dignity to any honest
employment, and it docs impart sentiment
and delicacy to the character of thSSo whd
cherish it, elevating thu heart and mind of
the poorest person far, far-above the rich
and luxurious, who live only for their own
fcclfish enjoyment.
The applause of the world may satisfy
the ambition of man; hut woman, pious and
virtuous woman, can never be happy, unless
she is herself satisfied that her conduct has
been regulated by propriety and truth; un
lets her ovvii heart whisper's her cause is
right.
There is sound philosophy in the posi
tion, that the more a man has the more he
wants. It is our nature. But wc need not
have this propensity dirt-cted towards rich
es: Let the object of desire be liberty;
knowledge, virtue, or religion, and the jlcd
ple may go on seeking, gaining, improv-
ng, and laying up treasure, as eagerly as
tlldy please.
High Fashion. A New York writer
gives the following as a definition df high
fashion.
'Tight sleeve's to the. elbows long waist
full skirt sweet smile curling lip
bright eye pearly teeth tongue of music
heart of d V
How to treat Slander. The only prop
er and effectual mode of dealing with mal
ice is invariably to despise it; for it has
been justly remarked by an old writer,
"malice scorned, puts itself otil; but argued
gives a kind of credit to a false accusation."
Matrimony. little before the revola
tidnary war, when parsons were scarce iri
the upper part of Virginia, a certain Eng
lish parson relates that having to slop there
once, seven couples came from a distance to
be married at the same time, and accommo
dations were so scarce, that the seven coy
ples, "did sleep that night in an old barn
upon a pilo of straw."
Laws. Paley says: "Tho care of the
poor ought td be" the principal object of all
laws, fortius plain reason, that the richare
nliln 1 41... , ..
iuiu iu muu care oi tncmseivcs.
Parson Taylor says, thai (ho Hist land speculator
was tho Dovil. For, on a certain occasion, tho
Devil took our Saviour up into an exceeding high'
mountain, and showed all the kingdoms of tho earth'
and tho glory of them, and said to him, all then will
I givo thrc.ifthou will fall down and worship me;
when, in fact, tho Dovil had not one inch to give!
. . inio, uu ice iias ueen co
jjnil at Buffalo, as an incendiary.
A Mrs. Durfce has been committed ta