Middletown transcript., 1868-10-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

THE AMpnIoNs.-On Thursday evening
of last week, the association of ameteur
musicians known as the Amphion Band Of
Middletown, embracing some of the most
estimable young gentlemen of this town
and neighborhood, took it into their heads
to pay friendly nocturnal visit to the
neighboring town of Elkton, for the pur-
pose of seronading some of the citizens of
that place. The editor of the Cecil Wing
(who is BenedicD awoke from elysian
dreams, and wrapt to the third heavens,
wrote as follows:
SERENADE.-The Mddletown String Band paid
Elkton visit on Thursday last, and discoursed
some most exquisite music which attracted quite
Il crowd about the musicians. Some time about
that mystic hour of the night, which Burns terms
''between the late and early" we were reused
| from quiet slumber by dulcet strains, played
under some fair ones window, we supposed, and
were about doing off again to the land of dreams
when the music struck up under our window.
All thought we, this is no party of amateur
minstrels sercnading somebody's lady-love, but IL
party of Garibaldi's friends from the land of the
olive and vine We were about to ask them how
the red shirt patriot was getting along on his
halfeyile island home of Capri, but it occurred
to us that we couldn't speak Italian and English
visitors. Your music is charming, dark eyed
children of the sun, and we'll give you some pen
nies any how; but as we were about to put this
laudable emotion into effect, the minstrcls moved
Off Imagine our surprise and chagrin the next
morning when we discovered that onr midnight
visitors were our neighbors of Middletown, Del
aware. We must in candor confess we never
| heard swceter music, and we take this mode OF
| craving the Band pardon for having entertain
ed the above opinions regarding their nationali-
| ty, and also to express our thanks for the sere-
made. Even Italy can produce more exquisite
performers.
The editor of the Democrat, who is Il
bachelor, was not quite so appreclative
The music and the moonlight probably sci
him to thinking of the "Venus" he was
talking about recently, and the absence ot
the aforesaid Venus may have made him
moody. At any rate he retired to his
lonely couch, leaving the moonlight mu.
sic," to the enjoyment of others. Ht
made out, however, to devote six lines tc
the Amphions, in his next issue, as fol
lows:
MIDNIGHT Muslc-The Amphion String Bant
of Middlctown paid visit to Elkton on Thurs
day evening last, and discoursed some swcc
moonlight music for the benefit of the Elktol
| sleeping angels.
The Smyrna Times got the matter al
wrong, The reverend gentleman was no
serenaded in Elkton; nor did the editor o
the Wing mention "organ grinders" O.
say that the music made him Ego fast tt
sleep" On the contrary, it woke him up
The Amphions are much obliged to th,
editor Of the Times, for his compliment
And as they are not to be outdone in no
lite attentions and matters of etiquette, lc
him keep his window open on the next fai
moonlight night, if he has any emusic il
his soul, and can appreciate a horsc-fddl,
serenade with u tin-pan accompaniment
in their grand ocerture of the Pig -Squea
Echo, Hand-Saw Gallopade and Scrcecl
Owl Marble.