The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-25

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aver ..rrst thr sEritetu'sst whieh
M sbahruris &C ira 5rts siiiasss 81
10 rhs rvrau anis1d faroush tha
I'D -sas Piano aaa 8ctS,ay nrfived
M rrts suuruiatian wa tG1aI a. 20
mi -rd use. The nuEas vts f4m liar
X -.. Hat shai % preuiseil ncaut none
r4- lf,6 l-gs was ueru 90 ,tCra siray
% .a Wl-rtu-s .Diary. sai 1ua 81 iae
s. s.-~. ~ the sasfing hhrsry of
t-. r1rr " -~sF wat,d thar be
NJ r..vr-r n Nev Engiand, with
Al H.o IHfs 60 puFor wus brought
RI m rn.rn .t,err was ~ advertisement hea-
Nj ,--r .yt,ch informed the citizens generally
-s would Preside a. the Piano. '--
N -.. presumed 20 moan, BY several wiscarres,
n had been .a a -nrnugrrie, that Mr. nvholink
..s ..- -anr ur with a long pole in tho same
b., .r Snowman did iitc lions aud RIA no-ce rus.
s. .g5.c sr.riou was IN favor Of IT'S being ami
n -,. .acula harmless one, for there had been a
nd recla,or- through the village a few weeks
sefr- VINO i,.,u1uted circulars Of a Female Ac-
h ,aemy 7r 'he lccornplishulent Of young ladies
These circulars distinctly stated 'the Of the
EPsno To- be one dollar a month One knowing
..-7 ,lid that IL they would tell HIM what Il
N a.r.s meant. he would tell them what j piano
\ ,. ,od no mistake.
TIE owner Of this strange instrument was no
\ - han very quiet, and very respectable, late
-rr.sa. To- q title town somewhere down east,
a ", i,.7- allied a. home, mad sm'gratsd into
"a Pew country Of Arkansas, for the purpose Of
"a u-as h.s iurtune, and escaping the heHrtIes'
M sr,lay v lis more lucky ueighbors, who seem
~ rusier him an Indifferent and degraded
N ~ senu,e Ire had become honestly posr.
81 II, rev corners were strangers Of course The
,qs winch lhev wern setting up their fuEni-
< s va. 100 little arranged 80 ldmit az cAIIs, and
s .sy seemed .;'c disposd to court society, NIL
ny p.s-y, al --~alia'sIy solviug me mystery that
SSkS ar. .,r' ne 1auo, seemed hopeless. IN the
x srpa.rg rrbg opinion was 'rife the sc 0osiroTy
|F ms U-'rgs rsIug was looked upon with ndeti.
NJ lvs. md ~ noises uniamiiiar sometimes
pc. 'ss stree, Il was presumed this tie
W n1 aHa Inc CXcitoment rose higher than ever.
r. 70 'sa I'D ladies' prasuming on their age and
r,a5.i 'v called upon The strangers and enqui.
isr .heir heaIths, and offered their services
~ otship. In the mean time they eyed eve>
"a 7g The house with intensity, hat seeing
n strange they enqnred about the piano. -
he new family observed earelessly, that il
zen much injured in bringing 1t out, that the
4. al Effected It's tones, and that for the pres
would not ornament the parlor.
N Iss was an explanation indeed-inluTed in
u 'Trg 1at-damp affecting its tones--Isg bro
#'-noor hing calculated the old ladies they
rs.ied To- lheir homes, travelling has evident
la-ued b., The Mass sis--iP fngs has given il a
7ocr th.ng, and they all wanted to see il
lcreased curiosity. The village agreed
a Is Moses Mercer familiarity called Mo Mercer,
town, they would soon have description
e.iaaoi and the uses 10 which il was put, and
'rlaa,e'y IN the midst OF the excitement, Mo-
Do lil been Ut on hunting expedition arrived
u lvn.
noses Mercer was the son of Old Marcer who
IS and lad been ia the State Senate ever since
'4'"'a' was admitted into the Union. no, from
ACT received srea; glory, Of course his father :
-'-e'A would have been glory enough, bat HE
M s 'eeo Twice 20 the Capital when the Lsgsla-
III session siamPed his claim TO pre- emf
"A ''s' O." other competitors, and Mo Mercer
'iaeie u The village. 80 knew every
"A 4'd al the consequence and compIacen.
n 'A who had never seen his equai and ne
a 70. Mo dragged extensively OF his
''e' 10 tbs Capital twice,--of his having
n 'De most 'ashionzble soeiety,--0f having
world. HIS return to town was received
'u' The arrival OF the piano was an
WI 20 hi land he alon of all The community
'' '''onished At The news. His insensibility
u 'e''1i' he treated the thing as matter he
~ and went On TO say be HAD seen more
# The Capital than he had seen wood
~ 'A'' Il was not an animal, brt musical
II played on by the ladies'; and he wound
b.. Pt'on by saying that 'the way the dear
~ g.. O'a pull the music oul OF i was caution
- -" Turn given in the piano e1citemsni in
by Mo Mercer was like pouring oil
-, 'nsuish It, for it bIazed out with more
- yer. That it was u musical instru
n. a. rarer thing than IL had been an
- u hat Wild country and people of all sizes,
ia G, ssfsrs, We're dying to see and hear A.
,,-,.- no MeTcer's right hand man--iu
I. a tAs IS % refined society, he was Mos toady
h., "ssage Of Hardscrsb5le he wa. Mos
~ Cssh believed in No Mercer with