Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1894 — A Small, Shrill Voice. [ARTICLE]

A Small, Shrill Voice.

A curious incident occurred a few Sundays ago at old Trinity, says the N. Y. Star. The actors were two well-known and wealthy society ladies. It was at a morning service and the church was crowded. During the early part of the service—the psalter and responses—they had maintained nn attitude of rapt devotion, with profoundly solemn faces and bowed heads. The te deuni was arranged to a long and unusually elaborate musical accompaniment, and these ladies had remained seated. The lines “Let us never be confounded” were sung with a flourish and an operatic staccato which came to a sudden and pronounced close. The silence was heightened by the loud burst of harmony which had preceded. There was no gradual dying away, but a quick, petrifying stop. And in the solemn hush, came the words: “But. my dear, we fry ours in butter.” Mr. Dix raised his hand in a quick gesture of horror; an acolyte laughed aloud; the faces of the congregation variously expressed amusement, chagrin, and anger, and amidst the commotion which ensued the very charming Mrs. was borne, faint and sick, from the church.

A Londoner advertises that he is “Porous Plaster Manufacturer to Her Majesty the Queen.” - -