Peck's Sunshine: Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun,; Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
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Peck's Sunshine: Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun,; Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882
Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
American wit and humor
They sing, “Take me just as I am,” and then try to prove that the one
who made charges against the other is not altogether holy, because he is
alleged to have confessed to passing the night in a room with a female
church member, in silent devotion, when he swears it is a lie,--that he
only laid on a lounge.
Prominent Methodists collect at the bull-fight in Oshkosh, take sides
with one or the other, and lay their bottom prayer that their champion
will come out on top, with not a stripe polluted nor a star erased:
One side sings, “Jesus caught me when a stranger,” and the other side
smiles and winks and whispers that they are glad he was caught.
They sing, “Rock of ages, cleft for me,” and proceed to cleave the rock
of each other's character. They cast one eye heavenward in prayer, while
with the other they watch the other side to see that they don't steal
the testimony.
Some one starts “Little drops of water,” and big drops of perspiration
appear on truly good foreheads for fear proof will be adduced to show
that money has been obtained under false pretenses.
And this goes by the name of religion!
There should be honor among ministers. Both of the principals in
this suit should be bounced. If the charges are true, Carhart should
emigrate. If they are not true, Haddock should emigrate.
MUSIC ON THE WATERS.
Our readers have no doubt noticed in the papers that the Goodrich
Transportation Company had secured a band from Waupun to make music on
the boats of that line between Milwaukee and Chicago this summer. Well,
there is trouble going on in consequence. Mr. Hurson, of the Goodrich
line, entrusted the organization of the band to Mr. Nick Jarvis, of
Waupun, a gentleman whose reputation as a scientific pounder of the
bass drum has received encomiums from the crowned heads of Oshkosh and
Hazen's cheese factory.
Having such confidence in Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Hurson gave him a roving
commission, with authority to secure the best talent in the known world.
He organized the band, and then it occurred to Mr. Jarvis that the
musicians had always been accustomed to playing on land, and they
might be sick on the water, so he took measures to accustom them to a
sea-faring life before leaving Waupun. He got them to practicing in
a building, and hired some boys to throw water up on the side of the
house, to see if they would be seasick. The band fellows would have
stood the sea first-rate, only the villains who had been hired to throw
the water used a lot of dirty stuff they found back of a hotel, which
smelled powerful.
A number of the band members felt the swash of the waves against the
bulwarks of the house, and smelled what they supposed to be salt sea
air, and they leaned out of the windows and wanted to throw up their
situations, but a German in the party had a lemon and some cheese, which
was given around to taste and smell, and they came out of it all right.
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