Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-07-29

| by Sut1lclent personal security, that Inc
said land shsnld be worth Inc cost 0f The the
said road, between Manhattan and San.
dusky, to wit, $500. 900, when thes Rail.
road shall be completed. and ninety days
were given for the completion Of the
contracts and the putting in of the
sureties for that purpose, and it Isl also
understood, thatif such contracts and su-
reties are not put in as specified, that
the Railroad will run in a direct line
from Sandusky to Perrysburg, its place
of final termination. We would further
remark, that the ninety days are nearly
expired, and that no such suretIes have
been completed, neither do we believe
they are likely lobe.
MILITARY BANDS Some people are
particularly fond Of blowing their own
trumpet, some, Of having il blown for
them, and some Tor p,owmg that ofoth-i
ers. We shall not quarrel with, nor
phiosophize upon any of these different
tastes, nor shall we endeavor to account
for their origin, but shall merely beg
leave to deduce from the facts, the fol-
lowing simple proposition, that all men
and women loo, if you please. arc nat
urally fond of music. Why does the
parson quicken his step as he passes
train band where
Pealing pipe and laundering drum,
are playing up what old John Wesley
called one of the devils tunes Ali the
old Ieaven, like original sin hangs to him,
and although he may control his rigid
physiognomy and compress his features
into a solemn scowl, still the enemy
keeps possession Of his feet, and away
he trots to the time Of the music. What
makes pretty Miss Prim, the Quaker
ess so mince her steps as she passes by
the house where that wicked instrumen.
is pouring forth its squeaking tones p
Alas Miss Prim's feet are like every
body's feet, and that she can't help, and
so on she dances. We'll we have dane
ed too, though we don't like to own it,
for fear that when we are nominated
for the presidency, some little editor
may see fit to produce this in evidence
against us and so defeat our election
But we haze danced, and that too
In lofty halls, with stately danes, y
and in more humble locality, where it
was considered an evidence of correct
to be able to take chip,
lalf an inch in thickness, from the punch
IONS. at every kick of the double shuttle,
without turning the edge of cow-hide
,oot, in the operation. Those are the
lines for you. rs 3. afar.n --I.
And where the mrth grows fast and furious
when whiskey toddy sweetened with ma
Die sugar becomes lawful ten,ier to
he tender hearts Of the ladies' -but
We commenced talking about music. All
nen are more or less atfectedby music.
Some prefer, "a ~ T. @'''ts r
A voice, flute, a dreamy ihy, '.i4
Such as the southern breeze r
Might watt at golden fall of day, 8
Der blue transparent seas,
And some
As bursting from thunder cloud,
The crash of arms, the neighing proud
Ofsteeds of generous blood. afa
And some again ~ a1f''H daa
The lively air the cadence sweet, die5
That speaks of many busy feet. II
md some perhaps, poor exceptions to
he general rule, love no music at all.
md are fit according TO Shakespeare.
cry good authority, for nothing in the
he world but roguery. "a g,l III ti.a.a
But we are speaking Of Martial Mu-
ic. How various have been the tastes
# the world in relation to this article.
Fhe Sparlansmarched to the battle field,
. the sound Of Dorian flutes and soft Re-
orders, for their courage was too high
nd their patriotism too devoted TO need
he deafening clangor Of brazen. instru-
1ents. The North American Indian, on
he contrary fires his martial spirit with
he sound ofheavy blows upon hollow
rec filled with water,to render the plun-
es more deep and solemn, StirlupaYan-
ee withYankee Doodle smartly touched
if with the fife and drum,and he will fight
III doomsday, withno other stimulant, A
wants the best kind ofmusic,
nd then he is ready to.6ght, or throw
imself into the Seine, for glory.f,oA
)utchman needs. music as crooked and
metaphysical as his eternal philosophy, .
nd an EngIisman wants f" God save the ,
ling," and he would fight for the Devil, ,
nd ask no questions.
We'll, we are going TO have Band
j this place, and if the good people Of
he town will only. poney up they can I
ave their trumpets blown, for them, and
they can't. why thew must blow them