Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-04


The following Hch ortigHs is from "tho
camp. We give i without venturiEz to mar
its eccentrtcitiss BIZ any Of our own o~rfhoz7aoh-
zeal amendments OR correspondent could
figure eonspicuOusiy and shininclv IN Mr.
Crisp's "Poc3hontss.' We should be glad to
hesr from him again upon the subject OF tie
fine arts:
Camp near Mobile % Jany 1853.
Mister E 3itur
Seein a nots in your paper that Dir. Patty
wos to civ q Gran yoke and instermenlle con-
sert and lovin music better than anything else
egsept the gurls I got leave to come ia iowa
and 60 to it Most Of the fashnabIe bein
egspected 20 90 1 thout to take a look At them
too, as am fond OF seem the fsshuns as well
rs playing the fiddle which Z alwas th0ut i
could do pretty good tilI heard Patty. I shah
hsv to hang up my fiddle tho nov reckon. I
never saw such hdjiin before, but I don't know
much about the pjanny which The man that
played il thumped most mawsickle. but I am
som on The fiddle as we'll as The Banjo. That
fust piece let in some light on my mawsickle
ideas, and upset my notions about fddles aud
music g~eneriily. The way that Patty did hug
up his fiddle as if be was bound to squees tbs
last breath eff If was q caution t. the etheoDans.
He made It chatter like q biak burd, and squesl.
and groan aud boiler and squek and sing base
like a bull freg.
Wy, sir, if italoa fiddler DO that way I must
get one for myself Il ever the b,oekhead is iae3,
wieh 1 hope win be soon. The BainikIs If
Venus Was small euuf 30 jerk a fellow cut Of
his boot. (At forfy-6ve dollars 3 pare +. can
play the rGekensake Traveller both parts. which
is pFitty tuff fidlrn thiok, bu. Pa;sy beats IL
out 81 out, in the Barnikle. I wonder If maxim
up faces helps HIM d. it. The qnartit8 Of lacy
alslsmher-more was 2 big thing ia its way. too,
but my 0bjeektion to il is its too foiki8 lie.
Bind a tHiddlin go to spesk) I ike a tune.
dry 50, with The jiggeTy parts left out don't Jou
see.
The violin soiow, some Of it SO low you could
not hear IL, was about As keen a pieee Of Eddlin
in The way Of DRAWN Il ont fine as ever / went
any war he would begin 1t touching it up
easy and first you know his b1w comes down
crash like a pile Of bricks on tie door. and Pat
ty Is scraPin away Ike sixty Tor about that fig
ger) as he was sinin to saw that fiddle in ., I
meeter.
The last piece, the Filled mp Rsgimsnt, (sort
a conseript tune I jadgel was 8 good march
IN tune, BIT the piaany came ia too brash and
mostly spoilt It. You see the fddlo's my pet in
pertieklsr, aud I doat like mizin things too
much.
Ihavnt sead muck about the rest of il but I
must praise the lady in white who gave us The
Swiss song, with The eeeo IN It, and another
piece a liltle too top lofty for the height of any
oersimmon. They called it q cavoitinor on the
II rs she went up higher and com
lower, and tnled and denny semy Qua
7eFed al round the tune more than any i've wo-
nan I ever heard before, as If the air was not
o be touched with q ten foot pole. Il was tip
op practice for the voice, butt wished she had
made q bFske strait st the tune and civ it 10 US
ight through without The fllaere.
The two Flutes I liked very vel tho they
eemed too long to get the notes out quick;
6out II yards each I reckon, so it took some
me to get tho soan1 cut tho lower end. A
sfe suits me best, as 1 Ike things short ard
harp sud sweet, Ike the voice Of 5 gal 7 know
f. Unjust op 70 60 cut TO drill so good bv
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