Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1899 — He Was Ready to Sing. [ARTICLE]

He Was Ready to Sing.

Brignoll once agreed to sing a solo at St Agnes’ Church, New York City. He came in late, and after divesting himself of many coverings, tumbling over music racks, and exasperating the choir by trying his voice, he came to the conclusion that he was ready, says the National Review. By this time, however, the sermon bad commenced, but Brignoll, unabashed, leaned over the choir railings and tried to attract the attention of the preacher by shaking his bead and gesticulating with his hands. At last he called out in a voice which was audible for some distance: "Me ready for ze sing! fitoppn ze preach! Stoppa ze preachF And the priest actually cut the sermon tn order to accommodate the impatient tenor, whose voice now rang out with such fervor as to thrill the worshipers and justify the sacrifice.—Pittsburg Disnatch. ■ A man’s favorite dish is tbe one his wife thinks too much to throw at him.' ' . ■ ■ s