The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-03

ora ReniIeIndn MS ldlneT, WHICH the HOIhenl
it met the view of the Grand Maestro, be-
came fit subject for the following Gas the Sc
quel will proye) not undressing converse
| ton:
Viotti--Ah ali! what is dat! by gar, you
have Straduarius how you get him
Young Belis-lt is present from my
father
Viotti-From your fazaar! All, your ia
zaar is yer good fazaar; love you yer much
to give little shilds de grand Slraduarus,
cost yer mush money.
Young B.--Oh, il did not cost my father
any thing, sir with the exception OF the wood
and the time 10 make it.
Viotti--Whal the devil you mean! You
are make de shoke of me to tell me "a,
your iazaar shall make dis violin.
Young Bits true, assure you, sir, my
father has made great many, ard this one
being something superior to the rest, why he
gave il to me.
Fiotti--By gar, your faznar is yer grand
fazaar for you, mine little shds; parblue, he
is yer big homme zat make him; mails MIN
porte pour le present, you shall take dis
lesson; apres, must see your fazaar for
make me something yer great.
During this conversation, Yiotti had caught
at an idea, which he was determined on car
rylng into execution. Despatching therefore
his pupil as soon as decency would permit, he
went out, hired coach, and babe the smiling
Jehu drive SO fast as de riads is bioto to the
Royal Exchange, attached to the wall of
when stands the ancient store house Of The
Deus; arriving at the spot, out he Jumped,
aud with him (by accident of course) out
jumped his noble pupils original Straduarius,
safely slowed IN its neat mahogany case.
Viotii-Ah, Mon. Bets, how you do ? yer
well dat is good now sail tell you some
t'ngs yer particular; you must know, mon
cher Mon. Belts, dat have yer grand pupil
wis yer grand feeble, mais, restex, show you
-dere-what you sink Of Eat feeble, eh, Mon
Belts.
Old Betts-Capia violin, Mr. Viotti-
capilal-capital indeed-ahem pray, sir, do
you happen to know-that is-have you
ahem-any idea who Is the maker!
Iiotti-Ah oui, oui, yes It is copy.
Old B.-Oh, IFS a copy. is it
Vioti-Oui, Eat is a copy dun Stradua-
rius.
Old B.-But-ahem-you'll excuse me,
Mr.. Viotti, but-ahem-are you quite, quite
sure IFS copy!
Violli-Oh yes-oui-I am yer certain for
him; It is make pa: i'm gcntilhomme of Paris.
Mons'r-Mons'r-ah, bless me BODY dat |
forget his name mais n'mporte, c'este egale,
| am yer sure It's only copy.
Old B.-Well, Mr.. Viotti-ahem-wh
am to do with it!
Viotti-Why, YOU sail see. Mr.. Belts, Eat
feeble is yer good feeble, and | should like yer
mush TO have one made SO like him, Eat no.
body not at all should perceive re difference
between him never, by gar.
Old b. twinkng his eye at his foreman, )
Oh know what you mean, Mr.. Votti you
want me to make you violin in every way,
and in each particular resembling this one
that now hold in my hand--ahem---e
Viotti---Ah, oui, Mon. Belts, dat is him;
suppose he have crack, you must crack him
de same; suppose HIM to be scrape off de
varnishes, you must scrape his varnishes so
mush dat nobody must tell de difference
never, not at all, jamais.
Old B.---You may depend upon its being
done, Mr.. VIotii.
VotG---Ah dat sh good, yer good but
when he sail be finish, Mon. Bets
Old BIN about three weeks or month,
| will take care to have it ready for you, or
sooner if possible.
Voti---Ver good, yer good; adieu, mon
ami, je suis, | am so much oblige to you, by
gar, AS you sail never know adieu---adieu.
And away went Vio,ti, perfectly well salts
fed with the arrangement he had effected, the
ultimate conclusion of which no doubt my
readers can guess at as well as can inform
them; it was this 1.-THE grand maestro had
not the slightest idea but that he could with
care and safety pass off the counterfeit riolin
on "miior," whilst he himself was determin-
ed to retain possession of the genuine; but,
as the old proverb has it, there is many
Slip" &c In short, Vioti could not lave
fixed upon n worse person than Bets 10 AID
him, even "6ehiad cloud" as he vainly
imagined it to be; for the old ecnleman'S
pc etraiion soon discovered, or what was pro-
badly as good, soon imagined the true motive
for the new violin being thus so suddenly as il
were called into existence; therefore, said he,
as it is pretty evident that "mior'' is not to
have the original, why Mr.. Vioti may just as
well put up with copy, as it is plain his lord
ship is destined 10 do. 1t may not be perhaps
the most honorable course to pursue, but if
foxes will fall into the snares they have pre-
pared for others, why that's no fault Of mine
here Fent--
Fent, (his forcman) Yes, sir.
Old B.-Eiere Fent, take this Slrand-ahem
and dye hear, make for me as soon as pos
sible, at least within month, two violins-
ahem--undrestand me now, two violins, pre-
cisely the same-patern, varnish, in short,
want you 10 cheat and deceive even me il
you can.
Fent.-That will be rather difficult job,
Mr.. Belts, however, LII try my best
Old B.-Well, well, the best can do no
more; so about it directly, as | have promis-
ed to finish them within given time.
Suffice il 10 say, the vions were made and
distributed in the following order: "miior'
had coPy Viotii copy, and old Arthur Belts
retained the nrininuL Il is true Ii Grand