The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-06-10
aOLD ZIp Coosn AND .UscLE NED" A

! 10 on his travels through u ra, and at tn
Hast accounts had reached the ancient Cit,
If B,albek or Hel;opois, gives the follow
ing description Of the effect, which his flu;'
and the negro melody had upon the de
sccndants or lsmael:
Ia travelling through Syria. as in o,het
parts of the world, always carry my fnft
with me to relieve the lonely hours a, nigh
and excite a social feeling among the ma
lives. had futed my way after the fash
ion Of Goldsmith, through many Difficult
iy; and now | was resolved 10 see what
The magic of music would d. in removing
the prejudces Of the Arabs. As soon as
/, was dark we had good fire lii in the
corner, and, pulling of our shoes, as Gus
tom required, we spread our mats close b.
and sal down cozly TO enjoy the cheerfui
blaze. my friends {,he Southern and the
English Captain) smoking their chlbouks,
while brought forth my knapsack nnd
CONNIE need putting the pieces OF my flute
together The Araba, who had begun 10
crowd in, were greatly interested in The
strange instrument ,ha, | was getting un-
der way; and Ynsef, who was rather proud
of his superior civilization, SIT BY enjoy ing
their remarks and giving US a running IN
depreciation. Some thought il was sort
Il pistol. with large touch hole; but this
aotce was ridicolcd by the more knowing
ones, who said il was plain enough 10 see
that it was a new-fashioned pipe and thai
they would soon see me put the bowl 10 il,
aud begin TO smoke. Al last ! got al the
pieces adjusted, and commanding silence
| by nv slerious motion OF the hand, com
menced PLAYING that classical air of .'Old
| Zip Coan." which dare say never was
heard before amanr the ruins OF Eaulbek
There was The mos, breathess attention
On all sides, interrupted bv suppressed ex-
camations Of tahib! tahib.' tgood! good J
aud soon the women or children from the
neighboriug houses began to crowd in, and
here was gradually large circle formed
around the room, The audience squaitlng
DOWN IN rows till there was scarcely space
enough 10 breathe. blew away with all
my might, for not only was excited b,
he success of nv experiment. but rather
inspired by the music was ,aaking, which
assure you was not bad. The familiar
airs at home made me feel sentimental
md merged into the do!efJl air Of "Gise
me back my hear, again; obi give it back
ngsinw which was a miserable failure; mol
a damsel seemed disposed to it. They com
menced, il the very middle Of the most pa
,helic strain, u call for the first tune: SO
had to return TO ..Old Zip Coon'' When
had concluded, there was no end to the
tahibs: Mr. Coon was decided hit. In or
der to vary the entertainment, silence was
comma nied again, and Yusef was desired
to explain that there would be song of ali
old black gentleman who lived in America
who was Pasha among the blacks; thai
he was called Uncle Ned because be was $,
venerable. and being very old, the hair all
fell out of his head, aud there was 40 hair
at all in the place where the hair ought tc
grow that he hadn', any eyes TO see with,
and consequently, was as blind as a post,
or stone wall, or anything else that is
supposed TO be deficient ia e., es; that nei
lher he had teeth to eat bread with, aud he
had TO let the bread alone and eat something
else; that his fingers were as long as canes
in the brake, which was about m aver age
Of sixteen feet; and, eventually, that one
dav when he was cut in the field, a horrible
moser called Grim Death came along aud
caught him BY the heel and carried him
away, and te was never heard Of any more
excep, in the song which was written in
commemoraicn Of all these facts. There
upon. having excited the most profound in
'erest ia the history of Uncle Ned. launch
ed forth in the song, keeping as nenr the
tune as possible, and going through all
the motions descriptive Of the badness Of
his head. tho ab.ence of his teeth, and the
length Of his fingers. At length, when |
arrived at the final catastrophe, where
Grim Death seizes the old genteman bs
the heel, / made sudden motion at The
heel of our worthy host, who was sitting
near by. completely npseiting him with
fright, aud causing laugh from the audi.
ence that seemed as ifit would never come
to an end. II was the bes; hii Of the even
ing, and completely removed ali consiran'
The women had gradually uncovered
their faces, and the men were ID such good
humor that they paid no attention TO !, !;
and we we're all as javial as possible
showing that people all over tie world are
pretty much the same bv nature, ard tha,
there are few races are so haFbarous ss no,
10 he moved hy music and spiri. Of soci,-
hilty.
ONE OF TIE W ,iES-The Rhode Island
Temperance Advocate tells the follow ,ng
good story Of a woman whn is worth her
weight in gold: In Foster there was an ia
temperate man who bad promised his wife
,hst he would vote Tor the Maine Law can,
didates for The Senate and House. On the
morning nf election day. he was en,iced Il,
the tavern. and treated by his sntilaw as
sociaies ill be was dfuak. His wife heard
of it, searched him ou, aud 90, him home
Here she gave him an eme;c, md GOT him
sober, md then borrowed horse and wag
on and drove him TO The polls.
He voted lor the Maine Law candidate.
md his single vote prevented The election
&c rum Representative. The result, Of i
i, that We got one, and possibly two Maiue
Law men from that town"