The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-10-02
An Instrumont OF Two stringa,

An lhhlfulneht OF Two btflngb'
"Ihy grandmother" said my uncle Toby
addressing himseIf 90 young Arabella just
from London, and who was playing lhe bat
( Gle of Mureugo ON the piano "thy grand
sl...tl'srT '-iTftt M ''ustd 70 Play on a
much better instrument than thine"
"lndced" said Arpbclla, "huw could IL
have been better you know IL is the most
fashionable instrument and Il il used by
everybody that Is anything"
"Nour grandmother WAS something, yet
she never saw piano forte"
"Bul what Was the name Of the instru,
meut' Had IL slriugs, aud MAS Il played by
kcys P"
"Nou must give me time 10 recolect the
nam,, Il was indeed sldoged instrument
bat Was played by the hands alone"
"liy the hands alone How yulgari but
protest / should like 10 See ono, and papa
shall buy income when / return 70 London,
Doyuu think wc can obtain ouc3"
mo, you will not probably doi one IA all
London, but doubtless they may be found IN
some one Of the country towns"
"llow many strings had it2 Must one
play with both hands and could YOU play
the double bass 20
81 know not Whether Il would play the
double bass, as you call Il, but Il was played
hy both hands and il had Two strings
1.-TWO string, only surely YOU are jestngi
how could good music be produced hy such
an iaaiEgase ei 'sltrtr tirr riuUu hHVrw00r three
hundrcd2"
ooh, the strings were very long one Of
them about fourteen feet, and the other might
be- leuglbeucd at pleasure, even to fny or
more"
"Who, O prodigious deAl Of room It must
have taken zap; bul no matter, will have
mine in the old hall, and papa may have an
addition built 10 il, lor hc says shall never
want for anything, and 80 does mamma
W ere the strings struck with little mallcls
like the piano, or were they mnppcd like q
hap'ichord 20
Like neither Of those instruments, rs
rccollcet but produced u son Kind Of hum
ming music, and was peculiarly agreeable to
the husband aud relations Of the performer"
90, as 10 pleasing one'a husband or rola-
lious, that il all Dicky, in the llaut,on, you
know but ! ana determined To have one at
any rate WA, II easily learnt, and Was it
taught by French or Italian masters ?"
81, was easily learnt, but Frcrchmcp -aI-.I
Italians scarcely dared 90 ..-.-4S-.rrT leads in
our counI~-----71c Times.
"C/Nou NOT plssihll rcmcmLlr iha aag4iaa
LI~N shall We know what TO enquire for ?"
Eyes do now remember the name, and
you will have to enquire for a Spinning
UhccL'
TT AurocRr or ruE BRElKrAsr TAnLE Is
married, The following is the manner in
which the naming Of the happy day was an
nounccd
--"What was the use in waiting? We
should be to late for Switzerland, ;hat season
il we waited much longer" The hand held
in mine and the eyes fell mcckly
as Esther bowed herself before the feet of /.
Ahasucrus. She had been reading that |
chapter, for she looked up,--if there was a |
film Of moisture over her eyes, there was nleo |
the fgntcst shadow Of a distant smile skirt /
ing her lips, but not enough to accent the |
said, in her pretty, still way
'lf it please the king, and il have found .
favor in his sight, and the thing seem right,
before the king, aud l be pleasing in his
eyes
| don't remember what king Ahasucrus did
Or said when Esther got just to that point Of
did. That quotation from Scripture was cut
short anyhow. We came 10 compromise
On the great question, and the time was set
lied for the last day of summer