The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-04-24
THE UNCEASING PIANO.

In the Parls correspondent OF the New
York Express we find this story:
All Of US have Teen more or less an
noyed by ardent musicians. don't mean
the gentry who toot away at the from
bone or cornet-a piston. during the day
and night. That is not annoyance. but a
torture, and in such cases homicide be
comes excusable. The piano is the infiic
tion-or, perhaps l should say the young
lady who lives in the same house with
you. and who is "taking LESSONS" which
her professor enjoins it upon her to prac-
tice sat least two hours before breakfast, :"
is such. Who is there among the luck
less and unfortunate Of your readers. who
have not had terrible experience in this
sort OF thing? / have bit of consola-
ton for them The business is not con
fined to our own blessed country; it ex-
lists even in France. Listen and Judge:
The sleeping apartments of two gentle
men. belonging to different grades of up
per classes. joined each other. M. de
passed his nights in amusing
himself at his club, and came home to
go to bed at s O'Clock in the morning.
N. de P, his neighbor, rose at 6
O'Clock, and, being an enthusiastic lover
of music, commenced ''practicing" at the
piano. This arrangement not being pre-
cisely agreeable to M. de v, that
worthy entreated his neighbor to restrain
bis enthusiasm until four or five hours
later in the day. M. de P cody
responded that his enthusiasm was of the
nature of the moon gun" in the garden
Of the Palais Royal, and was "bound to
60 off, at the regular hour. The noctur-
nal gentleman appealed to neighboring
Commissary of Police. He was laughed
at for his pains, and advised to 60 to bed
at reasonable hour. He had lease
for six years; he tried to rent also the a.
)artment of the musician. but he found
that he too had agreed with the land. ord
for t.ru of six years. That plan was
therefore, indefeasible. Should he send
the musician challenge? Upon inqui-
ry he found that the object Of his resent
ment was an invalid and never Quilted
bis room. AS sort of 'der,sier resort NJ
de V caused his walls to be lined
with thick mattresses; but this did not
exclude the horrible matinal music. M.
de v concluded to commence the
aggressive. He bought an enormous cor
de chasse and made his servant keep up
fearful din through the night. NJ. de
P, the piano man, cited his neigh
Dor before magistrate and caused him
to be fined for misdemeanor-blow
the French Horn for amusement being
only permitted during the last days Of
the Carnival. M. de v bought
hammer and pounded with all his might
upon the wall. NJ. de P waited
until he and the servant were both ex
hausted with their exertions, and then re-
commenced his piano. All this time NJ
de v could get NO, sleep at ALL
The hammer wouldn't do-that was clear.
The noise couldn't be kept up long e.
nough. He must inven, something that
would be la sting and incessant in its din.
The piano must be forced to capitulate.
A hand organ passed one day under NJ.
de'V---'s window. He called in the |
proprietor. Savoyard, and purchased
the instrument. II was an organ which
had been frozen during the passage across
the Alps. and had never since been tun-
Ell. M. de V bought a patent
turn.spit which ran ight days without
being wound up bat once, and adapted it
to his hand organ. When all was ready,
he put his organ close to his neighbor's
wall and set the turn spit in motion. M
de P stood it bravely for nineteen
hours, at the end Of which time he con-
cluded to send bearer Of flag of truce.
He was informed that NJ de w.
had gone to the country for eight days,
and had carried the key ofhis apartment
with him. At the present writing the
organ is in r.pid motion, and NJ. de
p is trying to underlet his rooms
though with small chances Of success.
A Short Patent Sermon.
Old Lorenzo Dow was very sensible
reformer. He is said to have shown his
peculiar gool sense at one time, by
preaching the following excellent words
in behalf Of the printing fraternity: