Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-07-17
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fg- A meeting was announced for
Academy Hall on Saturday night last u
was generally understood thst speech on
the politics Of the day. would be made,
and perhaps another series ~ resolutions
adopted The down town people congre-
gated aud the up town met them on the
neutral ground but the speaker did not
come. though the floor wss clean swept,
ell the gas put on, aud the audience In
waiting. A surRt stivn was made TO clear
the benches and allow the boys game OF
leap frog, or 10 Invite some gentleman In
the crowd 10 turn back summersaults, OF
Jump over his own head but the sugees-
ton did not meet favor. It's too early In
the canvass to dissppout the public In this
way. The III effect Of II was witnessed the
other night several gentlemen from the
Eastern Liberties, swore by the Martyrs
and Saints, they wouldn't vote, for any
such tricky side. Tslkingfo the canvass,
we have but one request TO make Of our
friends and neighbofs over IN Maih street
which IL, that they will not call our friend
the Hon. Michael Ryan, Of Rspides,
" Paddy" lfhis name must he used, aud
u Is too loug to get at conveniently, cali
him mike" for by ~. Paul his names
not Patrick. Past service should be the
consideration and act ~ restraining In
nuenee. Does our neighbor tecullect that
passage In the speech Of the mad King In
the play Of Lear.
"iugra,itude thou marble hearted msnstert"
II is exquisite poetry. with most excel
lent moral. floating In lts music II was
onty last week, that some one under the
signature Of vetitas made n pass n, the
Comet commencing somehow thus
1--WE are are led 10 think, that each man
ought to stick TO his own business aud not
launch out criticising things which he does
not understand
II appears that verltas, does not like
the Comets notions Of what is music, aud
we have sald unpaltable things about the
riano-fotte just hear, to give vsfltss the
refusal Of the glove. M the champion Of
that instrument, We claim l, 10 be, not our
opinion only, but the well understood
sense OF the audience that the piano forte,
is an outraged aud abused instrument
good IN its place but IN the hammer
ing II gets at concerts, aud school exhibit
tions ne devoid OF music va the valve
trumpet without valves. the voice Of pig
under the fence, or the music Of the gtnag
f5,ci Now Sir, what have you to say to
hstl Fay II Ia not so, aud we will agree
with YOU. unit, the instrument comes for.
ward again to drown the sweet notes Of
that one Of our daughters, whose voice has
been tuned by the Master Of harmony, and
when its music touches the ear bearing
words mellow with sentiment and the
heart opens TO receive the impress then u
IL that the music loving audience would
he willing to vote the grand-upright-
piano out OF existence. Its natural for
the girls TO sing and sing we'll they ought
10 be able TO learn, all that can he done on
the piano Except make an internal noise
In three months, aud ,cyvld, II fashion did
riquife ten years for finish. The girls
commence hammefing at this thing, In
obedience TO the mandates Of fashion at
seven, and continue, spending the largest
half Of the time TO seventeen, In ieetniag
this instrument, which requires very little
more science or art 20 do all that can be
done on II, than It does to turn the handle
eta bellows organ. Does "veritas" uu-
derstaud usi
He cauuot understand what the Comet
means, by ia national school aud home
taste" In music." AZ there il not room
enough In this column to explain, that
must pass. veritas concludes his thrust
&C Us thus;
"Finally. we would call the attention
OF Mr.. Comet to the fact, that he will in
future reduce the grand upright. sixteen
octavo-double-a action piano TO seven
aud half, beside the absurdity of coup
ling grand and upright one together
There is some ob.curity here, that ought
60 be explained. What we mean by up
right in connection with grand, Is tins.
.Saadiag On ds o'cs legs. A grand piano is
upright; aud an upright by party of
reasoning is grand.
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FtRrSa GuNs IN TcwN.-There Il an or
dinance somewhere ON the statute book,
which was carefully made TO provide
against this dangerous amusement. We
hear, that Mr.. Louis Sanchez, had his hat
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