The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-04-11
The Unceasing Piano.

In the Paris correspondence OF the New
York Express we find this story
All Of us have been more or less annoyed /
hv ardent musicians. don't mean the gen. |
trv who toot away at the trombone or coInet- |
a-piston. during the day and night lhat IS
not an annoyance, but a torture, and IN sucp
cases homicide becomes excusable. The plano7
is the infiction-or, perhaps | should say, the
vounp lady who lives in the same house with
You. and who is taking lessons which her
professor enioins it upon her to practices at
Ioast two hours before breakfast Is such
Who is there among the luckless and unfortu-
ns to of your readers, who have not had terrible
experience in this sort OF thing nave
hit of consolation for them. Inc business Is
not confined to our own blessed country IL
exists even in France. Listen ana JuaSe.-
Tho sleeping apartments of two gentlemen,
belonrin.r to different grades Of upper classes,
! io;pcd each other. Nj. de v passed his
nights in amusing himself at his club, and
came home to 90 to bed at O'Clock IN the
morning. NJ de P, his neighbor, rose at
i 6 o'clock. and being an enthusiastic lover Oh
music. commenced practising at the piano.
This arrangement not being precisely agree,
aha 70 M. de V, that worthy entreateo
: b;S neiohbor to restrain his enthusiasm nntl
fnnr or five hours later in the day. nj. de P
ooolIv resnonded that his enthusiasm was OF
tto natnre of the noon gum in the garden OF
, tbe Palais Royal, and was bound to go OF
-, tbe rcoular hour. The nocturnal gentle
man annealed to a neighboring Commlssasy OF
police. He was laughed at for his pans, an i
.dv;sed to 90 to bed at a reasonable hour. lie
Lad a lease for six years he tried to rent also
tba anartments of the musician, but found tha'
If ha too had agreed with the landlord Tor term
If s;x years. That plan was therefore uade,
4 hocihle Should he send him challenge
n : IInon inquiry he learned that the object o
-. rocontment was an invalid and never quit
t. ta5 his room. AS a sort of deraaler resort M
A. V caused his walls to be lined witt
tL;ob rnatrasses but this did not exclude tn
5; horr;ble matinal music. M. de v, con
oIndoa to commence the aggressive II
. honobt an enormous cor de chasse and made al
seryant keep up a fearful din throughout Ia a
n;ebt M. de " tha piano man, citea n !.
= neiohbor before magistrate and caused hiiil -
Gned for a misdemeanor-blowlng III
forr -. uo,p TO- amusement being only pei
n,itted during the last days of the Carhlval;- ;
Law At IA v. bought hammer ana p5uuoe
M;.b oil his might npon the wall. M. oe
WIZ r-o;ted until he and the servant VeI
bo,sted with their exertionS, ana II
ss the pom e1en oosd his piano. All this time NJ
:. ~ could get no sleep at all. 1he nan
Isl ,.-,,,Id, Mt do-that was clear The NOS
a oay sl,d,nt liiet he kept up long enough. He mu
! in in go a,t something that would be lasting az
, in sn.osssnt in its din. The piano must be iorc'
the the - canitulate "A hand organ passed one o'
Will viii ,,,der M. de VS. window. tie called
2 Or the PROPRIETOR, Savoyard, and purchased
[. instrument 1t was an organ whlcn mao o0