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Meats iii Vegetables
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Lenol' ADAMS.
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PAKULSKI’S.
T0 .\' SORIAL PALACE,
LADIES BANI.‘ \‘t‘T IN THE LATE“? STYLES
an! and (Wail “'airf IVY Baths iii iii: Lines
t‘oriis. Hanna!“ and IliJf‘u“ in: units "cured in n
s... it-n-tu. manner n! tin shop or iii Elev midt'lll‘t‘ of
pic rule. The lit-l of ritrrviicm inn he gain and
“halal :iuu guarautmd.
Hair Cutting and Sharing
A; Final. Pk-niv of warn. the best artists. and
nerythin: in the best of order.
CHILDRIN‘S HAIR Ct‘l’i‘ixo A SPECIALTY.
chmo Hoteli South Norwalk.
South Namath. July ad.
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smith Ni';\.l..t:, hlltf.
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Baud. scroll and ”Hill - Sawing.
WATER-S11. SDI'TH NURWALK.
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WIIOLE NO. 790.
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HOLDEN BROTHERS, l'ropricllors.
OH-‘It‘b‘ IN “SENTINEL” BI‘ILDINO
ELIIABETII srerr.
UNF YEAR. . ..$2.00 | Six Moxms. “$1.00
SINGLE t‘orins. 5 t‘izs'rs.
TERMS STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
'l‘crlns ol‘ .hlt'crllslng:
rinr find»: .ll 1i ill. 4 :ii, 1; i‘ol. lg co: li-o:
[\V‘k. $100 stilt S 'on Stud shot 5? on $200
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t0 " 12’ M com L‘l on retro '1'. no moo room
I: “ tfxiio 25m 'mm mm 45m moo 1mm
Maniac": and Dmitlis lllFt'f'Il‘t] gratuitously.
Local Nufin-r 15 centr- pcr linc.
Entered at the Post Office at South Norwnlk an Sec
6nd Class latter.
.IOIIS II. Lllill'll‘.
Atterrer and Cerrreller at Let,
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Agent for RUBBER PAINT
Yards foot of “'usliiirgton and Blair-
sliull strci-ts. llruiicli otlicc iii Stilson‘.
llrug Storc. Glltii
llre Mattel Market.
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MEATS
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Perltrr at all Ktrtls,
IN ITS SEASUN.
F. HAYES.
IlllilllJ-Z’S liLUt‘K. SUI’TII NOR‘VALK.
HARDWARE.
The 3381‘ AS‘URTM EXT in TOWN of
General Hardware
Mechanics Tools.
“’hlte Lead. Paints,
Oils and “'lndow Glass
A full Assortment of
Lock- and Knobs,
Table and Pocket Culteu‘
of the bee! Quality. Cheap for Cash
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JAPANESE PAPER WERE.
Agent for the
Dovt‘l Verdical‘ Boiler and Hall's Patten
Fire and Burglar Proof Safe.
Agricultural Implements.
Ship Cbnndlery, Rope. ac
W. C. Quintard.
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unit stapriimi nil tlrc i'otislrrt {ion or" liriiiiliiigs.
TERMS REASONA “LIT.
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CARPENTER arrl BUILDER.
l‘fiiiis ftlT‘iil“ii‘tI iind I‘:~l;llllllt'~‘ crycn
.liibb‘ui; i-f .‘ll kinds ptoiiiptii :l!ll‘lltl\‘(l to.
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P. 0. Box art 404::
A. Inc“ a: trim.
Office
Water.
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PRACTICAL STATE ROOFERS
wuorusALE Asp nitriii iii;.\i.i:i:s is
ROOFING SLATE and all Kinds 0f
SLATE “Dons.
With J. R. RAYMOND. Water Sinicl.
Niirwulk. Conn. l'. n. Box 73].
\V. R. RIDER,
HYDRAI’LIC ENGINEER- and
SI'REI‘OR.~
SUI}! h Nt‘l’Walk._C%n.
South
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Rce’idcm‘c. West Avenue.
Water works and Sureisa Spccialty.
2'62 tf
JOHN l-‘ILSISGEII.
Merchant Tailor.
12 Railroad Place. So. Not-walk.
Pants to order 85.00; Suite to order for 31300 Re—
pairing and cleaning nicely done. I 716 tf
THE
The oct In ruervl Al In-
beucznll’y. "SIfiIleccOI-afandgmr
rpm. a complete File for our
new-p.
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roleca. Send for Catalogue of
other Labor- vinz Office Devices.
EHIJCHT t FIELD. No. 8 Broadway. Ila. York.
l‘N(‘1.E JOHN OK now 1‘" HAVE cos~
(IRRIGATIONAI.SINGING.
“'c promised in our article on our
church choirs to endeavor at a future
writing to show Whether our choirs are
wholly rcsponsihle for not having bettcr
singing. or whether the pulpit and pow
were not somewhat to lilillllt‘ also. and
how congregational singing could be
had. _
Congregational singing. iisi wo under-
siiiiiii it. is that in which itll ")0 people.
or :i grout portion of them iii lcust. sing.
lint tliierii Hrv‘ a great many kinds of corn
grcgzitioiizil singing. In our p'rcsnit
writing wo shall consider but onc. nlllllv
cly. IIH‘ bcst kind. that. in which all the
pcoplc sing intelligently. Now. we an-
all in a gri-atcr of less dcgrcc imitators.
There is but vcry lllflc originality in thi-
market nowadays, lllI it. wlii-n found.
commands a high figure generally. lie—
licving this to betm‘c. we say the bcst
way to go about buying good congrega—
tional singing is to have a choir that can
show the pcoplc how to sing. In otlicr
words. not them a good example. And
it is equally essential that the intention
of the pea a should very frequentl be
called to t ic sent; . out-J! the hymn Iron!
the pulpit. The number of ministers
who can rcad a hymn so as to prepurc tho
pcopli- to sing ll “with tho spirit and tho
tllltlt‘fcl‘llitllllg.“ :irc :i‘..irriiiiigly siiiull.
Iliil, occasionally. who” you find our
u liostops in the: tiiiddlc of tho liytiiti and
drops it fi-w simplc. but will chosen rc-
urarks about ll. ilius :iwulii-nitiy: tho mind
of Illt' ponplc to its liiriirifics. just obsi-rvi-
how quickly they wrll catch tlic iii
spiratiuri and how \"t‘ll lll:'\'
\\ ill sing it out. S i c irif‘idvtit do we {mil
of ilw lillIll i-f IIII“I' iissiirtiwzis tlirit “mi
i-nltily say, ._\\'.-r.- \c.- only :i fcw yours :
young” . gin- us ii good chains or‘
iiiiriiti-ttc t'lli'll‘." cunt organist, plit‘v‘
Ilit'lll lll front of or iii-:ir tlic pvmp‘m
'iiiicli plan is lit-inc, :idwplcd lion in
trinity cliiirclii-s-. u lllllllfilt’r who lil’
sh-rizl of IflklIlL: up so iiiii ‘li Illllt‘ iii tlw
Il"'lllfl_i.: prriyv-i‘ :tllll scrvrccs. arid iii-.ili
fill: up Yuri: l-y lilklllg out [wit or Illfm‘
vi~r<c< of it Iii-dutiful Iiymri. itikc llli‘
llllli' to ixpl'iiti it friilv lotlicpi-opli»,
rlitis chi-l-ipiiii: its I'lt‘ll tliniiglitsiirid
I'Klllt‘1Illlé tlic cough-gluon up I<II\ Iiigli~ .
i'r sluiiilir-l "f:ll|lllin‘.1llvlll of tlivsw il- ~
liglitftil si-t'vtc. s of Illt‘ s iuctiiary «.zri‘c
ll~ iiii~si- :ltltl \i-- won? t lw Willing III g i
Ilalw tlae- illl{~‘\\‘.’lllltv «! i’ Itizi'i'uiilinii il::i'
t‘illll be found. lilt >\\l."_' that iii iv“
this: sr\ iii Willi“ “m .~ ii vl stir up i. It‘ll;-
It‘ll‘ iirv Ill it \\« iii: ~t'IHI its glnw
ll.!‘-v‘iigli l"‘Ili ;ii‘.;»:t Jill-l li-w.
.\ii- \\ c HlIlIl“ li'iu’l‘.
\lii‘ iii‘th‘fi i-ti Illt‘ singing \‘Itlllfi‘ilr:
our church i'it: ifs iii \ ill‘ ls‘slli‘ of Jun. ‘
‘Jlli N‘I‘llis l - li.i\'z- ni‘i‘JstHlIi‘iI I
s-iiiiv c ‘llllilr tit. \ - fit :is wc \"lll l-‘ilfll
l‘rn'ii tlm {my wine l- l1~ or li:i\‘c limiril rx .
imwxi-il tlicrv is 'i in \ iiitvrclii-nsi m of [lit‘
_ill“l-. ll'i"li~ilii f i\iri i‘:isii.Ii\irri—
tutti -:i or Lo l\l'1lllilllll'l .it till.
l'i i‘t‘ Ir: ll." .Lsu .‘Il Ili.I“f‘
iiitl lll‘ cb II‘ to i .ii rift-fully lllt"
\\ll'-it' with li' Il’."li~ iii fully rixid i'\l‘l‘
iti‘tlll Uzi! i. itiiti 1':le Ill“ linuilmg
“t lzii Ifriili-zivurf tli- ll Ilt\\i\ll to tho crit~
t'lslll. ll lll"_\' Will it . fltH \\‘i-\\‘illclici‘i’- .
ftilli :i\\;iit tl‘v cutisiut It’llt‘i‘s allcrwnrd.
.\lul if wc li i\'i- got ixll’ tlivtnick “‘o flt'Il’
tsili' ~:i_\ right lli‘fi' \t v \\"ll‘=I to LU! I‘lll‘k '
.iquiri. IliI-Ilt‘ pawn-.1 from this lit‘.til
\ii- irritit to to llI'Iii‘ ‘ )Ir. l‘liicc's stigma» ‘
In your lust Issllt‘. cotiipriscd in two
thoughts. 'l‘o t..- first am will say “u
can \Il‘i‘th‘I on .t‘ l'l‘l'l‘l‘it‘t‘ iii sit-wilting
of Illt‘ singing of i t‘llillf‘ \\ll“llli‘r it bu ll
\itliitiim r or it pod t‘lit‘. \\'c i‘r‘IlllllllY
:iil'ii‘iL \\ illi llti- \\l’llt‘r. ilizrl llii- \‘illllllv!
It‘l'l s iiai-i- l‘ :crici‘ully l“‘Ifi‘IlIll“I ‘
lf‘l ‘ll.:;l :i m ll" of dmy. but full t t. v
\\ Ly rt .‘lli‘lljxl in
\Ih‘ht‘ll of HF UNIV
this. llt‘lll llLit \\
ll i~_p:ir«l for.
l‘txssildy tlio s ll‘Jt‘x‘I lll.t_\' Hot n‘
FIVI'I'TUIIVIUI c: Eli“.\lll illitl lliiit Ilir’li‘
tin llt‘t‘il of ii .it :ill. liiil llltll iiiost _
rt. rytliiiiy; is ii; i. or iii lciis‘t lllllilt‘. l r .
criticism. “Muri- willing to burr Illt‘t
\‘l‘lillt‘l on llils ln'lllf \\‘llli your limb-is
\xlicllicr lllt‘lt‘ lvv :itiy dril‘cri-iici- in tlw
f\\ o its to propi ii :\ of criticism. .’\lll|\\
ouc intuition
(Iiii ri~ llcpiu-tuicnt.
\Yc liiivc in our city it \‘olulitccr fin-
tIt'p‘lI‘IllH‘lll. 'I‘lii sc noblc young tin-ti of
whom it is inuiuly coiiiprtscd llt‘t‘ulllt‘
lllt‘lilllt‘lN largcly frotiia sons» of duty.
trio horn-lit of I'Illt'f's‘, tlic saving of prop—
criy. :iiiil lil‘ltli‘ tltcy takc in our city,
And we iiiiist my right hero wc iirc :ill
proud of lllt'lll. It is ii durlt. cold night.
Listcti! tho the In at siiikcs. These young
llli'll jump out .xt‘ bod. hurry on tlii ir
uairriictits. :twuy vii-i: go on a run. 'l‘lic
truck and Illl‘ Ii we t‘fll’rllhzt‘ arc pulli-d
out with u rush. kill, off Hwy go for lllt‘
tirc. 'l‘licy Work liiuvcly iill thcy liavc
uvcrcoiiii- it and all is undo stitc—«tlicy
St‘lllt‘llllll‘fl rpm-unit: bruiscs and burns.
spotlcil cloth-rs. i-tc. “Tin-y do it front ii
scrisc of duty." lti a day or two our
patwrs come out. “'9 rcad tlic :iccoiitit.
lll “‘lllt‘ll wc si-c tlii-sc young iiicti oflcii-
tiiiics criticiscil :ind coinincntcd oii- Iiow
tlicy could havo donc a littlc ilitfi-t‘ctit
and produccil bcttcr results: and \\'i- rc-
mcmbirof sci-iii: individual lcttcis in
these papcrs somctimcs cvcti coiidctiminx:
thi-ir mode of action and position takcn
\Vllllr‘ doing their duty.
What is lll!‘ rcsiilt? The boys rcad
tliciii.aiid if they iircjust comments. and
proper suggcstiiiiis. and roasonnble hints.
tlicy profit by flu-iii. and at the next fire
they are preparcd to do Dt‘llt‘l‘ scrvtce
than before. Thus they go on improving
till they have rciiched a. high standard.
“We never rcnii-inbcr seeing or hearing
from the foreman of the companies. he-
ci-iusc they wim- a volunteer department.
it was not proper to criticise or coiii~
mom on the way the service was ren-
dcrcd. We will not write our moral but
pass to the second.
Thg In“ Source and (linuiiel through
‘hlch to Crltislse.
We are led to think from Mr. Placc‘s
second suggestion that Ill-3 best way [0
pass a criticism is In a private way. so
that a greater benefit iiiiiy he realizad.
But this looses a good deal of its force
with us when we see that he does not
adopt the way himself which he advo
catcs for others. but sails out in our own
same kind of ‘craft. "the newspaper.“
However. let us reason a little together
on this line. Suppose we call the sopranos
one side and say to them: “In your
singing you force the time a little too
much which causes uncvcness." tell the
tenor of his fault; the alto and the basso
likewise. At the next Saturdays night’s
rehearsal in comes the sopranos saying
“Uncle John" told us so and so; the ten-
or follows: the altorcpeats the same
story upon their arrival: the basses the
same when they come. We could not
say one word then if the gentleman
should write a sharp letter to us through
your columns or even look for us that
he might give us a hit of private person-
al advice about meddling with his vol-
unteer choir. We forego illustrating this
point. yet we feel we could do it very
vividly from one of our own personal
experiences in this line in our younger
days.
We beg to be allowed a few words
more on criticism, and then we cease for
the t. Cert-inly we must admit
.iiiv Illi‘ liss Rubia-t iiw
‘llt‘llll d on humour of
.. la is rt ivilcrcil In criiisc
Inl
i\
that criticism u the one same thing
whether pointing out a fault or bringing
‘ (‘lllll'i‘lli“.‘lllll ll":II‘ for tliciiisi-Ivcs.
‘ \\'i:
.\\itii i‘lirii‘i‘li sv‘l'Yli‘” cnilil:iccoiiiplisli.
.
_ li;i\=~ all
It -iir:t_'~- 'li Kc things that plcusc (lii' t’\‘t‘
. tiyziii-
to notice a pruiscwortliy action. Let us
supposc our article had read something
like this: the singing of the choir was
very niccly rendered. the sopranos bcing
the host we havc heard in a long time.
truciii their time. splendid in expres-
sion of sentiment. etc. the tenors. altos
and humus also were thesamc. and so on.
\\'c siiiccrcly wish this might be impar-
tial criticism of every one of our church
choirs. and we believe otir choir can
attain to this. and when it is reached all
our churches Will make much more rap-
id progress in their work.i Had this
Iii-en tliotonc of the article would wc
liiivc heard that a volunteer choir was
Iltl! a proper subject for public criticism?
“‘c Ilcllci c In Nothing lull Volunteer
(‘hoirs and Singing In the House of (lull.
\Vc arc a llltlr‘ inclined to be sociable
as \vcll as lcnglity in this prcscnt writ~
log. all of which we bog to ho excused.
.‘Ir. H-litor. we would hardly bc afraid
of making a wager of one of our silk
baits of the style of 18:15 against one of
the prcscnt date. that if such had been
the case. the leader and all of his choir
would have each wanted several copies
of your pa 1', and after they got them
they won d have turned to “Uncle
John‘s“ letter. and putting pencil marks
to this sentence. iiiidcrlining another
Spt‘l‘llll tiiontion. i-tc. tlicn son! tliviii
through tlic mail to the fricnds who
wriiild faiki- plczisurc in ri-ailitu: tlicsc
plciiszitit tlu'ngs. \\'i- had visitcd :inotli~
cr one of our churches and listcncil iii
flit-singing. pri-purcil :iti llrlll‘lt'. also am
:irticii- on “dress.“ but both arc of voL
llllll't‘l‘ llllllifi’. so we wrthlu lil Illt‘lll till
tlii y lift‘ cullied for. Iii-caiiisi- wv :irc aux
'iv‘tlc‘ and Willing
To gi-l on the Right Track.
-\nd if our rcports :ll‘t‘ thought t4 lw
Unjust. 1-! :iii)‘ “no so ilrspnsi-d Visit ill.-
and if
\\‘i‘ t‘;lfl lll‘ t'iillVllu‘i‘il iif iillf‘ i-l‘fiil' “‘i- “‘1“
spci-ililv try to got right: p3: i~\'i-r_\'lso.iy
IIII‘ buck: throw up our liiit tin-l dw
l‘lill't' our choirs sin; ililllllr‘tlblj iiuil lllt~
prawn-mint i~ iiiipissrlilc.
“i trust y on wall on r‘ionk our drying
Ill‘rl‘ llllil [Ill‘rl‘ in our picsi-iit l-‘tlcr. lint
lll" sulijuct grows “4 wo look. into it.
li‘ivi- Illt‘I With one iiiinistcr \\‘li-i
s- vim ll to tiittik of llh‘ choir. and lli‘
;.Iw.iys priyml for lllt‘lll in tlin opening
iii:
llffi} ix ll|\ srutpli‘ Words. “liiiil lllt‘\~«‘
mu t‘liillr . fsiriuc rs." had it won Icrful
itl~ ill. 'l‘n-nrw unis no wliispc-ritii: and
=li~urdcr in th II cIi-iir: lt-‘ltllt‘r was it
surprising to sow s duo of llir‘mc-inyi-it vil
[ill for his lirii-f iiiitiistryt,
l‘rolt iltly Illt‘ lit-st singing to be lit :u‘d
lll ll‘n- c ‘llllIf‘y is Til Iiui c‘lici‘s church in
Iiro-tklyii. \\'lry': lii‘cuusi- for thirty
\‘vars or IlIiII‘t‘ the ‘\{l\l='f‘ has doiii- all iti
his ll<i\\'t‘r to ctrimiirugi- music both in
i‘li or JlliiI tw iplr: to vilitixitc tlii-iii mus-
lt‘ illy. 'l‘lii-y ll.l\'i’ Jilt‘ of tlic hcs! organs
.irid organises in t‘: i- country. :is‘ pond at
l“l-l't“II" :is l' in it a Iz'lllil. and :i \‘itlllll’
tit-1’ vlt~ir of vein lllllltllt'il viiicc‘. rind
‘I‘ll‘ll‘IltIl} litre: ml at llitil Stii‘li 'i glor—
la lls‘ Ii ily 1It"""'.:“ that choir and con-
glh‘giill ill prolriccs i-fli-iitliiii-s brings
l"~lll'i~ Illill Ilvt «vth-vr lifiv'l'F)‘ i‘otitii-i‘tcil
\\'.> d \
lii'lli‘Vi'
ginul
lll Icttiti; Ilii‘ lIt'VlI
things. lmt its t‘I\~
Ilt‘I
III!‘
or cur. not that l|2|\t‘ :i lt'lllIl‘fIt'V to ciil~
ii go d IIl‘lt‘ :ir'd assist in tlic
piuiso of Hod, \\'i- \\ rllt' this willi but
tillt‘ tiiiitivi- tlii- licst wislii-s to all. that
Ill“ 2i '4 ii~~iilrs iii iv lw olituitii-d by :.ll
lil'«l llils is ”to tow iliii Illill pii-riipts
i-\i r) “mid wrrlii-ii l=y l‘\»- I" ll of
~ 1 \i l.| .liill\.
N lllit‘ kind Iliv'lliI. itiii iwii-il lll \‘lrtlli‘ll
music. has .‘i’lll us t'tm loliouirig “lili‘ll
\\'r .iH-ivii I
“ l‘lli‘ i‘llJllf‘J‘i through which SQ‘K'III'AI'
istii in -~! c.i~ily lll\'.lilt‘~ “ill"wlllll is Illt‘
music ivl Ill“ \‘lllll't‘ll. \\‘licrc Illt‘rt‘ is :i
iIl\l‘l iri I‘V‘I\\l‘\ ri church and s ~cii~ty Iii
ilii- iii:iti:i;:i~iii--iit of :ilI.tll‘<. :itid Q‘F‘XHV‘
telly if (how is lit tiny Ji‘iilt‘ll‘) l-ctwccii
“in two. t‘iv music is ii-lcgiitod to I'll‘
si-viciy. \ music coiiinirtb .- is lit hlt‘ rip
out of iiicriilicrs of tlic socti-ly \\‘h I (irc
not lllt‘iltl‘i‘l‘)‘ of tlic church. and not
infri'iluciitly llic tiioiii-y for tho cliiiir is
miscit outsidc ”to ordinary rcvciiui‘s of
tlio church. Tlic tcndcncy is to tiiako
Illt‘ \\ lioli- :itfiur ii pi-cuuiary transaction.
'l‘liosc who pay for lllt' music of tlic sci”
\‘rci- wish to scc it full l‘t‘lllrll for thcir
iiivcstiiiciit. As :i rcsult. tlic morning
si‘ri'icc is up! to ho crowded wrili musi-
ciil cxcrciscs. oftcn Iittlc Ill‘IIt‘r fliim
ln-rforiiiiiiii‘i-s. wliilc tlicotlu-r scrviccs
of tho day and Wool; :irc loft to faki- tlt’ti
(‘llllllt‘i‘ of tlic iiiusiciil ciillurc of the
congrcisifion. \\'K.‘ have no dcsirc to
put any rcstrictioii upon the rights of
lllt‘ siicicly ttudcr the New England pur-
isli systi-iii. “'c liclicvc that its rights
should be fully Iioiiorcd; but why this
distinction lit‘tWt‘i‘ll the music and
prcacliing. if II. is not conccdcd that the
music is :t scculiir clcuicnt in worship?
Tho diingi-r lics in the low cstiiitiitc
which is placed by lIlt‘ church itself up-
on music :is it spiritual pair! of its wur~
ship. and thcdaiigcr will not be removed
until the cstiiiiiite is changed. “‘orship
as cxprcsscd in music. is too sacred a
thing to be iiitrustcd either to an
unsytiipiitlictic choir or to an untrained
coiigrcgiition. (ind is not worshiped by
unstiiritual performcrs. ncitlicr is He
worshiped by careless. indifl'crcnt. and
unskilled belicvcrs. Congregational
singing. when introduced as a more
economy. or as a substitute for true
musical expression. is not worship. “'8
submit that it is time for the church to
do more than to criticise the choir.
Faultfinding is a confession of weakness.
The choir is at best an instrument. and
if at any time it assumes an unnatural
prominence in worship. the fact is dun
to the helplessness or ignorance of the
congrcgation. \"c look for relief, in
the present hclplem condition of so
many of our churches. to those who are
seeking to illustrate the proper function
of music. in the service of the sanctuary.
The better organists and musical dircc
tors are beginning to educate the
churchcs in the idea of church music.
if left to their own choices. they will
elevate mustcal taste and develop musi-
cal ability in the congregation. Their
artistic perceptions are of great value to
the church. for true art always seeks to
magnify the end, not the means. A
musical performance in achnrch service
is not artistic: it violates the first rinci-
ple of good art. and a good artist hows
it. Ina recent conversation with one
of the most successful organism and
musical directors in New England. he
insisted upon these two points in the
rendering of the music of the service:
first. that the anthem by the choir
should never precede the invocation.
lest the rendering of it should be used
or mistaken for a performance; and
second, that. the hymns of the service
should all be sung by the congregation.
the chair leading. As the music of the
church under his direction is church
music. and ache has been most success»
ful in developing congregational singing.
«be employs also nqunrtetnnd a chorus
chain—it may be stated that the present
result was gained by the preparation
by the pastor and organist of a hymn-
book for the use of the congregation.
This may not be necessary in other
churches, but the principle roinaina that
if a church in to develop the function of
worship through mode, it must educate
, It‘.‘ltl\ tln- brigade with ‘7.
;:iri- it“ follows:
l
:t‘lllllt‘lillll platoon 76.30.
itself in someway to act intelligently
andwith cutliusiiLsm.
“\Vo have written these words in our
zeal for the local church. If the local
church is the source and unit of power.
it can grow and do its work only as it
enlarges and multiplies its functions. It
cannot afford. in justice to the system
which it represents. to evade its rcsponsi~
bilities. or to take refuge from them in
criticism or complaint. “‘9 advocate
no mere individualism. but we do plead
for as much couragc and originality in
the administration of thrA local church
as may cnablc it to take advantage of
its opportunity. and to make use of 'its
latent. or undeveloped powers.“
'I‘III'Z ANGEL GABRIEL.
.\ \lcriden Congregation Advlned to Give
llluin (all.
The good miple of Mcridcn are making
tncrry over some of their Congregational
brethren. who. in the story goes marm—
ly returned from about fora minister
bringing back a recommendation quite
out of the usual line.
Since the splendid granite church on
Main street has been pantorlesn grunt ef-
forts have been put forth to find an no-
ceptnblc and- accepting shepherd. Not
long nun some of the leading sheep of the
flock. learning that many eminent di-
vrm s \\‘vl‘t‘ to gather in council.dctcrmin-
cd to ln't‘t Illt’lll if liaply they might find
among tlii- ntiiiibcr hint for whom Illt‘"
:ill yi-arncd. Accordingly thi-y \‘isitcd
IIlt‘ :issi-tiilily. listened to its di‘lthfira-
tiuiis :iiid t‘illllt‘ to tho unanimi us con<
i‘lllslull that this body of wise and dc-
\'i-ut viicii must bc able to mimic just the
man for whom tlio‘y “‘crc seeking.
.\t a tiicutiiii: of the coiiimittcc and
iiuiti- ii lllllllh~’l‘ of tlic pastors. the for-
llll'f' told Illt‘ll" object and asks-d. “\Vlicrc
can .iur iiiziti lu- found?" They were told
to striti- fully what qualifications thcir
p-istor must possess. and TQ’lef‘d.‘ "He
must Ii't\'v‘ a fine. commanding presence:
lu‘ lllll\I Iii- gciiial. [Iii-roughly \Vt‘lI‘IH‘t‘tI.
out. in fact. at gi-ntlcmdn: he must have
I irgi- burning. grcait cloipiciicc and hc it
\\\‘tw‘l sinner: lii- must lie- gtftcd in prayer
and Ill t‘tllll'i‘l'salltlll. and posscss a fine
t'illiiflufll‘ll nature."
'l‘lic Iistcning divincs heard all this and
lllfll‘t‘, "llain- you nothing more to ask?"
tli~ \' inquircd. Uri luring told “that is
:ill." tlii-y sat :i "Ruhr"! in profound si-
It‘lH‘i‘. and Much llllt‘ of “mm. after glanc-
:it his brothers. said: “( in back and t--|l
your pctipli‘ to send an immediate invita-
tion to the angel Gabriel."
IIKIIJ. lilll'llll'l‘s FUR llIK‘I‘LDIBER.
"on the lh-giincnls and (‘nlnpanlea of the
National titriril Stand.
licm-rul tlrdcrs No. l. issued from the
iilliccof tlicadjutant gcncral. givc the
stand-m: of thc rcgiiiicnts and companies
of tho t‘oliiii-cticut National Guard for
I‘t'i‘t'lllllt‘r. Hf tlii- ri‘gln‘h'llls‘ tlic First
96. Tllt’ntlh‘l‘fl
St’t‘nllll. Nil “3; Fulll’lll.
57:.Hl11‘tftli battalion. Niflfl: liittcry .\.
T‘llleiird. 71:14.
t‘i-iiipziny I” lcads IIlt‘ companies of tlio ,
Tlic .‘lucliinc '
l-‘irst r-‘gimcrit Willi 93.97.
thin plitouii is still rcportcd as" "unor—
ground." 'l‘lirci- conipiinics of the First
Iii-Id ll\'t‘ drills t‘flt‘ll during the month.
and tho othcrs four drills cacli.
(if the Socond rcgiiiicnt companies A
i\\':itcrburyi is tlic first with 96.52. also
loading the brizadv. and t‘oiiipany I“
iNi-w llavcti t‘vriiysi Sillti. and lowest in
tho It‘glllli‘lll. The Machine Gun platoon
sliiivs 71.30. chon companics drillcd
Il\'t‘ Illllt‘ t‘ut‘ll and four drilled four
titiii-s.
t‘oiiip’iii)’ .\ 2.\I_\'Sll(“ ratcs higliost in
tho 'l‘liirtt rt':llllt'n[ iit ‘3 ill. and t‘oui~
puny tl tI’ilIllllIll‘ lowest with thin? Ma-
(‘onipany (‘
drillcil tivc tiiiii-s. .\ four tiuics and the
rciiiuininu tlircc coiiiputiics ilrillcd thrcc
tinws cacli.
t‘otiipany t‘ \Stiiiiifordi shows 93.19
and is liiulicst in tho Fourth ri‘gimcnt.
t‘.iiiip;in\' It iliridgcpiirtl is luwcst Wllh
Tbs)". .\ll tliccompanicscxccpt B had
four drills cacli. lidrillcd thrcc llmO‘S.
trio iiiiicliiiic gun platoon shows 817“.
\‘oiiipuny Ii \llartfordl of the Fifth
battalion nitcs highcst at fill 63 and the
scciind platoon iBranfordiof Battery .\.
stands SR“. (‘oiiipanics ll and l thw
Londont of thc Third n-gimcnt. show
only ~t'.‘ and 41 mcmhcrs respectively.
which is it vcry poor showing. ~
Tlic resignation of Captain C. E. Hall
of t‘onipiitiy .\. Sccotid negimcnt. is ac-
ccptcd and he is honorably discharged.
as is also Second Licutcnant 1-). J. Nara~
more of thc Fourth machine gun platonn.
In accordance with the Regulations.
t‘. N. 6.. 1884. I’rivatclsaac M. Harrison.
t‘oiiipany D. Second regiment. t‘. N. 6..
is announced as a downer. and he has
lwcn dislionorubly dischargcd from the
the military scrvico of the state. in ac
cot-dance with thc scntcncc of the field
oilicci‘s court martial held November 9.
1385.
(‘oiincctcil with the Derby strike.
It may be remembered that a certain
Mr. Anderson of Birmingham recently
made a rather abject and groveling
apology in print to the Knights of Labor.
tlicohjcct being to retain their custom
at his meat market. Here is a little
story from the Ansonin Sentinel that
relates to him:—
Thc followrng as showing how the
boycott business works may be worth
noting: Scene: The office of one of our
public institutions. Enters a woman
witlinbank book when the following
conversation ensued: "Sir. I wish to
draw a little money. I have had to
boycott my butcher and must rchase
my tiicats of other parties “ “ Vhat is
the butcher‘s name that you have boy-
cotted?" “Anderson. sir." "Do you
owehimanything?“ “Yes.nir." “How
much ?“ “Forty~eigbt dollars: sir,“
“How long have you owed Mr. Anderson
that sum '3“ "Over a year. sir; you see
my husband was out of work for three
months and we couldn‘t pay him.”
“And yet this man that was so kind as
to feed you during all that period of
misfortune you now propose to boycott.
do you i“ “I am obliged to do it. sir,"
said the woman, “because my husband
is a Knight of Labor and we are ordered
to obey." In view of this statement the
inquiry will naturally arise as to what
benefit Mr. Anderson has derived from
the remarkably humiliating confemion
of sin and apology therefor published a
few weeks since over his signature?
The Sentinel has also interviewed
Friu Moon. the young German whose
destitute condition has been recently
described. He confirms the story as mt
first printed except that he says in addi~
tion to the money said to have been
given him by the association be received
a barrel of coal, and in place of $3
promised for Monday. a few crackers
and a half a pound of butter. He baa
gone back to work. Stories an to hm
being dissipated and improvident are de-
nied by his friends.
A Very Narrow nape.
“Yea. I but aver, narrow escape.“
said a prominent citiun to a friend. "I
wuconfiuedtomy bedfor a year and
my frieodngavemeup for a comma
tive‘a grave. until I began using Kemp
Balsam for them and Lance, and
ear: ! "r 2%???" m...“ at“
It or 0
Price 503. and .l.’ “788-”
Italian flatter. en route for Orange.
The Hat Makers‘ Association. of this
City. state that they have mocked, infor—
mation to the effect that a large number
of pauper. Italian batters are on their
way to this country for the purpnae of
working on a contract for batters here.
and are taking steps to prevent them
from so doing. Recently the bat makers
in Italy. who have a regularly organized
association. became involved in lone
difficulty among themeclvea which
caused a large number of them to “so
foul.“ The names of about 150 of those
men have been sent to the Hakern‘
Association in Orange. with the additi-
onal information that they should not be
rccogniud by the fair men. The fair
makers have decided to romantic no
more Italian “checks" or “banks“ until
the difficulty in Italy has been adjusted.
At a meeting of the Trades Assembly of
the country. held on \Vedneadny even-
ing. delegates were present from the
Orange Makcm‘ Amocintion. and Score-
tary Frank McAully laid before the- body
the reported coming influx of pauper
Italian batten. It was reached to ask
the (baud labor Union of New York
to call the attention of Diatrict Attorney
Dorshcimer to the matter and ask him to
see that the law prohibiting the impor-
tation of contract pauper laborers into
this country be strictly enforced. A
committee consisting of Delegates
Michael Murray. Gray and Crazie. Iran
appointed to taki- the matter in band.—
t‘lironiclc.
The Loss of the Lexington.
The stoami-r I.»xington on her trip
from Now York to Stonincton. Monday
night. January 13th. 1840. 46 yearsago
was burned off Staiiiiord. and all on
board, save four. ware lost. News
travelled slowly at that time. and the
intelligence of the terrible disaster did
not spread rapidly. “'hcn it became
known thu most intense excitement en-
sued. Many had friends on board the
Isixing'on. and others- wcre in ugonized
doubt as to whether thi-y had or not.
The anxicty and horror of the next. few
days exceed description. Even at this
day. after the lapse- of over forty years,
the loss of the Lexington is scarcely
mentioned without a shudder.
The night of Jan. 13th was intensely
cold. Th9 thermometer was below zero
and ice was rapidly accumulating in the
Sound. The lrxmgtnn had begun to
burn coal. There had been trouble with
Ilt‘l’ blowers on her last trip from Ston-
ington. and she had been laid up at the
dock for repairs. The Lexington was
expected to corm- out Tuesday night, but
Illt' accumulation of ice. with the fact
that the Ipxrngton was one of the
strongest boats on the line. caused her
to be (\ltIr‘lt‘d out Monday night. in place
of tho ri-culiir boat.
Siii- li-ft New York at 4 p. m. with at
tlic lowest estimate. ltk’i persons on
inward and a large quantity of freight.
Thu space under the promenade deck
was packed full of cotton. and freight
was piled up to within two or thrce feet
of the covcnng of the engine. Supper
' was served at 6 o‘clock. and there were
‘two tables surrounded by passengers.
About 7 o‘clock there was an alarm of
tire. No one living knows where the
tiny blaze first leaped upon the wood.
Tliosi- who lived to tell the story of that
fearful night saw the fire first in the m
ing around the amokcstnck. Inn few
minutes it began to burn fiercely along
the promenade deck. The pilot. Capt.
Manchester. stepped from the wheel
lions». gave one ook at the volume of
flame and smoke. and headed the boat
for the Long Island above. One of the
lillt‘l" ropes burned. and the Lexington
driftcd down the Sound. and nll on board
but four were drowned or burned.—
Stamford Herald.
tirade (‘NMII'S-
The way to abolish grade czcminzs
which abound in this State is for the
prcss and public to continually Iain“
the matter. and to bring such pro-aura
to bear upon our legislators as will re
suit in the passage of a law that will
have a tcndcncy to cause a speedy
abolishmcnt of more dangerous creel-
iiigs at least. According to the present
liiw. the commissioners are hampered
by the absurd rcstriction that forbids
them abolishing more than one crossing
on a single track in a year. re
are upwards of atbousand such grade
crossings on roads of this class in
thc State and the deaths and casualties
caused by them are increasing each
year. It is clearly manifest that vigor-
ous legislation in this matter is impera-
tive. and Gov. Harrison‘s recommenda-
tion relative to this important subject
should rcceive the Legislature‘s prompt
and careful attention. In thiscasede-
lays are not only dangerous but fatal.
The public safety should be “amount
to every other consideration.—Anwnin
Sentinel.
THE GRAND ARI".
Annual Encampment at New novel.
The annual encampment of the Con-
necticut Grand Army organization will
be held at New Haven, \Vedneeday.
January 27, beginning It 31). In., the
sessions occurring at Athenaenm .
The council of administration will meet
during the fort-noon. The department
headquarters will be located at the New
Haven house. Assistant William B.
Stowe of New Haven. I-‘. E. Camp and
R. A. Beldcn have been appointed a com-
mittee on credentials. The department
session will be held under the auspices
of Admiral Foote poet. Arrangements
have been made for reduced fares for
delegates and members of the order both
pith]. the railroad companies and the
te s.
[In Predicted Illa 0:. Bath.
About the lst of Deccan:- Daniel G.
Sperry. father of Coroner Span-yo! Hart-
ford countv. and one of the leading men
of South \‘Vindsor.. startled hie friend.
todrivethcnouonontofhiahead. Ea
paidno attention to tnem. but
ticallyto fordeath. Ba
.fl.mtmthatdnybovnnil
health and visiting friends in
ton. Ham. Bil deluiim had
time oomevvhat '
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