. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . to a bean and lowered itdown by a string to the open mouth, like a bucket into a well. When the tall Elder saw it he didnt rebuke the boys, but seizing the Bible,slammed it down on the pulpit with a cannon shake, at the same time callingout to the poor man : Wake up ! wake up ! The industrious farmers slumbers were broken by these gentle circum-stances, and he was enabled to follow the wanderings of the Jews during therest of the sermon. But Singer Brown, on one Sunday, fell asleep beside the old bass-viol amidsuc
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . to a bean and lowered itdown by a string to the open mouth, like a bucket into a well. When the tall Elder saw it he didnt rebuke the boys, but seizing the Bible,slammed it down on the pulpit with a cannon shake, at the same time callingout to the poor man : Wake up ! wake up ! The industrious farmers slumbers were broken by these gentle circum-stances, and he was enabled to follow the wanderings of the Jews during therest of the sermon. But Singer Brown, on one Sunday, fell asleep beside the old bass-viol amidsuch scandalous consequences that the tithing-man, the clerk, and the venerabledeacons never forgave him. It all is supposed to have happened in the summer of 1803, the third yearof the reign of the universal Kings under the good King Commoner, ThomasJefferson, when ambitious people of Cheshire had put their heads together tomake a bigger cheese than the one that had been made for their chosen Presi-dent. The history of this cheese is often confused with the FOLK-LORE TALES IN THE OLD COLONIAL KITCHEN. 207 One Sunday morning in June, Goody Brown gave to her consort, SingerBilly, the long-necked pitcher, and sent him to the neighbors for milk. Billywent from house to house, but was refused. Not to-day, Billy, said everyone; we are saving our milk for the bigcheese, you know. After Billy had wandered about amid the dews to the Masons, the Wag-goners, and others, without success, although all the pantries were overflowing,he obtained a pint of milk at last from a Federalist, who was not in full sym-pathy even with the enterprises of the community. It was now church time, and he was to sing bass to The Lord descendedfrom above that day, in his view a stupendous performance. So he tookhis milk-pitcher along with him to the church, and up into the choir-loft. A red curtain hung on rings ran before the singers in the choir. Themusic books were placed on racks, and t
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