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Show Fiddle Rescued at Newburyport. After a heated discussion at n pa Ish meeting In Newburyport Mass., regarding choir or congregational singing, which resulted m favor of the former, the question arose what Instruments should bo used. For nearly near-ly a week tho members bad dliciibsed tho matter, and they favored all i ut tho fiddle, objecilng to that because If was "tho devil's iusti anient." used mostly at dances, etc. As the vote was about to be called-for. called-for. Elder Hale, who had occupied a var seat, said: "1 navf llstenoi as patiently as the ox In the furrow to tho pros nnd cons of this long dU'cus-slon. dU'cus-slon. You have accepted all but tho liddle, the leading Instrument. Your only objection to It is that the devil has It. Now. I think ho has hart It long enoiiKh, and think we ought to take it from him and use it our-selves." our-selves." He then moved for a vote, and the voters were unaulniiius for tho nddlo I |
