, 1869-05-16
THE CATHARMONICQH,



While tie St Lnuta Philharmonic a., ...
similar sot!edes arc doing taush 10 Improve c.tlss.
chi taste and SKILL 1t NAY be well 10 co,;st asa
past generation, % show u suS,e ~ nGa py ~
geniaA IN no earlier days of ths west, and to
aad, eonasefe st' tne CO ceanI saes nn 'sss eEaas
tnto1eA Americans who xere nrt1 wi;h mu.ir.t
sepa,S9 - ~ md n wna eny !etsa Tue Ppota1
We Will therefore, TT u rescue from OBLIVION IL
history Of one Of the most original attempts eve.
markahle sensation, from PfftsborE 10 Se1 d.
leans. Al least IN steamboat c11res
Among the citizens Of Cincinnati serue ro-4r
yesrs ago, there *ns one Euan naluet Cuzs,.--vs
forget his Initials G1dar ~ trade and geats
in ns way, but that wy ran 70 the 1lne CT NTH
vas poor. Did the reader ever zee merry rca
mau. Bur he Nas none the less popular sIpouz
pIs special friends, the steanboa1nlen who aegef
employed any other 70 gid thelr plc.ure frames
or s huns, whtch The fastest boat vas alw,1s
Allowed 10 CARY on her plot-noas
I poverty. and HxoJ and original we're tue plans h:
iorHsed to mend hia fortune. He Was N ohserT:ax
a too ana b. noa 81, .se f ,s}ns t. no.e nov essn
aiog. lie pottced particularly how easy money vaa
Ae1a,1esl By n1nsaesns singers concerts and al
something of nc kipd that Would please he punLc
Anh pay well though tp truth be knew no more
taan ns1s about aats md shasps 1,i9lms aud
Living nesr western Row." rherc cats
j
I ss:dy the musical eanacl,y OF ihe feline yac..
TheF hsu lepe hin awale naEr a Eat1 moou..;hs
eeicuades. s. be detetmine.l 70 4et % = ar.ni
Pt Ahatmone concert, IN wnlch cats should take =
prumlnens part, aol II hs f1'et: to uaake either
having some i'm cut cr!t
Tns1g lew cats 10 experiment IN. ht tr:e.s va
sI,ic.eIto, Of e1ee1e n dc plnese, ths;r @ ea:s, sc
| twisted taelr legs, ssnek PTS ii theit--she.1-.p
tund,t,es, and used sther pleasant dfsices to le
l n<hA Tttth mi frrYtN Inn,
vt tr1ngsnx out the sound AZ the application Ut .ae
[ tsek Of q case knife zcross the ta!L Tn.s heser
u 70 se ss as noaa: ~ asa a 4
forte, being eass1y obtained BY making tae lia~
MS remarkable discovery Curtis believed u..a.
be 20 managed - 10 make hin hlsauue elua, u
Nick LnnSwostha * any other mans So rp u
pisn 70 coa%b1a % p,atses @ sna insntrsl lar .e ol ere
man. woDAn and boy he met II the! haj sny cats
4 home to spsre. uf course they had lots Of
! him than be supposed cclld he found in Hal1t.:0u
County. le had eri loyeu N Euetksan1n na.net
1onnson> > t5tntinE M fellow, nus musical Ht,aa!.
ss al aceompsatz1eat 70 sae cst .osces- Josnsaa
informed hin that one Of slS octaTea rooil 10.
ap.ine oeiares. sai fcanl inar fsaf aosea m % eas.
| wcuId nil the bill Hut he or.ieeed two doze1
Gs fes fssr S! ts1t sots Iagas aass Jstc;s
the opef.tte rrlbe generally SIX s'oz-a tara
we're oruered, and Recommendations prepa7-'
she 6aeE ysrL buf, oiess Jour sou: AZ do1ea
were no Tnerr- AL the boys In al the counties
~ ns q II oa o
eyery market DAY lots ot them might be seen with
nsskets sn s wsala Their xs{ ,, e xes1esa
prlce cufits estshsshel for tna aud ca:s, as per
sIe- In month OF !. 81 his sir iozrn WAS nsIe
sPn p1ss ss a KS Is st IL asss SsSt
for them. But stu The ho!s Gang on. IN aImost
al
y dumped The cats du~ at his door. whence they
scattered up alleys dom cellars. oves fences tni
into lootA, As Curtis pfte1 asserted <to the annl
her Of Gx hundred an.i nIry." Re sometimes a1let
Junnson wen. On with the ,uil,nS Of the organ
anu the adaltatlun OF the extra tl1fe Keys 70 tlc
tails Ile arranged that the stngesa shouli be
] eounned u natruw boxes which While thsy al
ipa Ss having I fous M e holes ID he ootsom taronss
which the fees prot1!.detL The ;ais wtEee nc'os*A
IN tndes provided with Ipnsirrdlna' sln.s-Fe nSe
10 he scientific anil rFrctse in Observation-Disclosures
I were connected somehow win shose of tha organ,
thoa!d t,e u peftect nnson md tsns psss,usr =
the inventor e1pecte'l, that "coneorl Of s~ec.
| Sounds" that rnptusuuA harmony which Ii 4lHi
to constitute The language ot angels aaI 70 forth
es.rcatfon of The eatF aided occasionally hy Joaa-
son. and tn mouth or 50 had = complete ctu.T,
fron. the Kitten Of tH months h4A t1tles ani ~
scttDs, and his pussy Sopranos up to TIL venerable
t.h's. vito srn~aed oft doube tass equal to Cast
| Fo:Ees-
hts gTeatest t.orse a.ose from the pso;iiR.o1s
uunllev OF tom cats tu1pesl loose BY those reckie
Toys, As might have '"eeu expected In that tn.
| rltr7l city, they scon became dlssspased vaza-
bonds, Ete ping late hours. visiting Curtis nuscal
| family without lcare, aGt drawing Away tic
: | tsoCphfs Of the yosIseg ones from theE ptofes-
| Lonal studies.
BET at length the ayran was completed. aud the
| six octaye4 OF cats ar.angtd IN due order. sew
rshears..s xerr g1Frp Iefo.n select audience at
cr1tc-nAteA, pilots. etc. ftc1 the steamboats, IN
rort. and these werr willing to make atEiAst., Il
| necessary, that such Concert bad ueser been A.
ratged since the t.sfs OF ftanlel Orphcus or Tul
| Cain.
:: Tie second story ot i wa1ehocSc near the lAl1-
ing was rentei-a sts1e, drop scene, anA tleta OF
| seats rtnstdel-the EHole Intended to Acco[nno-
: date fur 6sc hun'fseI people. The orzsn an,
ra:x we're Fafely transnnrtert tA the place OF ex
. | tlation OF Performance without accLient. 41yt
shat tho two principal tsassos. being accidentally
rur tn the satlc sNI, tai Awful dRnt all the w.l
up Western How, and wtfe Obliged 10 sppeas tls
! l lore ;he public with VERY snefal faces aud :ust
I noses, which, however, lid not II al ,etsact frol
y | thti1 popularity.
Il Evtfy thing tseng IN s-1iuesa Ca.:is bal nan,
ing POSTERS aruck 0r a. about the icy Ne, 1uspaIs
Z | IA acRt lelters,