Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1904 — PINED FOR DISTURBING MEETING. [ARTICLE]

PINED FOR DISTURBING MEETING.

Two Woman of Parr Arreatod for Banting ■ Drum In Church. An unusual thing happened up at Parr recently, two women being arrested and fined for disturbing a religious meeting. Their fine and costs amounted to $7.90 each, and they plead guilty to the charge against them, before Squire Fay. It seems that the meetings of one denomination at Parr is held in the town school building. It also appears that the teachers have a snare drum in the school building for beating time in making the “kids” come down heavy on the left foot; a sort of hay foot, straw foot, etc., time in marching in and out of the building. On the occasion of the aforesaid meeting two females in the congregation sat near the said snare drum and, becoming imbued with the spirit of jubilation, could not resist —or did not, at least — the temptation to beat a few taps on the drum while the organ and choir was calling the sinners to repentance. Whether the inexperience of these two particular females with the drum-sticks—they had never having traveled with “Uncle Mac’s famous sheepskin band” and “Sweet Singers of Israel” or even with a Salvation Army squad—caused a discord in the music or not, we have not been able to learn, but a warrant was sworn out for their arrest by one Reed of that burg and on being marched to the “Captain’s office” they plead guilty and took their medicine. Not having enough of the filthy lucre about them to appease the wrath of the State of Indiana they gave bond for same and were released. One of the women is married and the other is a girl just entering the twenties. We sometimes hear of some young fellows filling up on booze and going into a meeting and raising a disturbance, but it is a practically unheard of thing for women to disturb a religious meeting. The best selected stock of pure candies and tons of it, 5 cts to 40 cts per lb. Chicago Bargain Store.