The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-07-08

- ssion OF a musical wife, for he must ex-
peel To pay Tor the luxury 10 proportion Ia
IT. annoyance n computation which rem
ders il cAtfavagant indeed. fever Il con.
grpss of sosercigns iiud themselves in my
pocket, thy ate presently dispersed for
benefit tickets mud subscription concerts.
One meeting IS no sooner over than anoth
Ct Is announced i; singers are never out OF
breath, iddlcrs' arms never ache, my
wile's tsrantula IL never cured, her fingers
are never ont of her hnrpsichord, aud mine
nescrout of my ptirse. lfhc f" No Songno
SUPPER" ol former days is now converted
into " no Dinuefno Song,n for my table is
beleaguered, two or three times week
with whole irrllpton of hungry harmo-
nlsls, who commit gliesous havoc upon
fish, flesh and poultry, aud cultivate the
decanter as VI they were drinking for Il
voice. At first had no conception that
song could EVER emerge from such n super
incumbent mass of siands, deeming IL "a
Improbable an event rs thai the giants
should uphcave from beneath Mount Pc
lion, or that the bottom shelf Of tavern
should warbc forth one OF Moorc's melu-
dies found malicious pleasure IN be.
l'esiog that even the ghost of Il voice WAS
| laid, when 10 with no other conlufaton
than preliminary +" Hem" these yentr-
potent meIodists called up from the Red
Sea of my port and claret, all their buried
swells, shakes and cudencns, as loud, clear
aud lively as ever they existed before din
ner.
But the GROWING misery, the master mis-
chief of the musiro mania Is the converting
my dwelling into IN opern-housc or com
mon hotel, for the lsalieiit concert OF some
squaling Italian, when hundreds cf utter
strangers upon the strength of thcr guinea
tickets, stare me out Of countenance IN my
own abode, hustliue, elbowing and piniou-
Ing me up into Il corner where | can see
and hear nothing, or compelling nae TO take
my stand halfway down stairs with cold
wind blowing upon my back, and some gap
ing vulgarlan Ireading upon my tocsin trout.
This hold to be 80 degrading, as we'll as
offensive proceeding, that should never
submit to be- personal witness of the out
rage, but for certain Considerations which
! hardly know how 10 mention TO ears
! polite" Suffice il to say, that | find IL
necessary TO look, as well as listen, upon
these occasions, for among my ylstants
have had amateurs Of other things than mu'
sic gentlemen who have learned the new
ART of lingering without the assistance of
the chiropasl shrewd conyeyancers, who
can make a transfer from u chimney piece
10 pocket in deIni semiquayer. nc.
cuse nobody-~tle whole six hundred all
my last Invasion were doubtless "hono-
rable mem" though have not the honor Of
knowing them.
My wife remarks with great originality
aud shfewdness that things cannot 20
without hands. Not even harpeichords,
replied and yet they are constantly go-
/ INK However, am "A Recognised amateur,
aud, of course, bound TO like music, what
ever effects itproduces though confess
should be better pleased II every yisitant
were compelled 10 give concert IN return,
! by which arrangement our moycablrs might
justify their name, and after performing
! the tour Of our circle, return 10 their
original quarters. AT ali events J am an
| nYetcrafe amateur, and therefore exclaim
con amore, and with infinite bitterness
Hail 10 the bewitchng art, which llsblens
pur bosoms MS well AS our pockets, eases
Us Of our cares and candlesticks, lnperccp-
| t.bly steals away our sexaiions and yaua-
|
minds aud our mantle pieces
-,s6s..
GuHJihty.-AA few years ago Isays the
Charleston City Gazeitc) an ingenious
mechanic IN New England thought he had
invented sort of mdaybid type lonad,y
or method Of casting many types at once,
or whole words or lines Of thcin, instead
Of the tedious manner, still in use, OF ma
king them one Mt time. Full Of this
idea, he proceeded to London, and offered
his plan TO the Caslons, Wilson's, and other
type founders IN the British capital, for
their examination, and purchase. After
deliberate, repealed and satisfactory ex-
perilncnts, the EngIshmen give tue Yan-
kec ten thousand doiiors for his right 10 the
discovery, aud he returned home with the
money IN bis pocket A few years after
another son Of the punch and matrix visit
ed the Tendon printing houses, where he
obtained fiOm them the art OF casting
stereotype plates and among other curl
oslties ofthe place, had his attention direct.
cd TO some small pieces Of printed paper
pasted against the walls, which he found
to be nothing more nor less than proof
( Impressions Of few lines Of type east by
! the aforesaid machine, headed by label
or inscription, stating that il was a speci
men on memento Of 1nnkce ingenuity, for
which ten thousand dollars had been paid
in London But it appears tliat all the
skill OF the inventor aud the purchaser had
been exhausted in the frst effort, Ms neither
of them had been able to extend il SO far
as to the successful formation of two types
at one process, all the parties continuing To
cast even hav space5 sinsly and separately
TO this day
Whether Df. Church will be able to
play off his pIAao FoHrE printing .fotndry,
case, pregs, and parliamentary reporter, to
MS good a TUNE, johnny Bull and he must