The New York herald., 1871-09-03
HIGH-T0NED HURDY GURDY MEM.

Meeting Of the Anti-Reform Organ Grinding
Agony Association.
As long as sunny Italy was but Heterogeneous
compound Of petty governments. with nothing ma.
tional in the people except maccaroni and lazi-
ness. It is not TO be marveed that the nurdy ygurdy
In It's shrill disc0rdance should have been The ma
tional musical instrument. With the dawn OF n
united nation this feeling. changed, and the dark
eyes of Italia's sons flashed &C the thought that
.their representatives abroad" were only SO many
ragged
PUEvEYORs OF INSTRUMENTAL TORTURE,
beside which the Inqulson paled IT'S lurid fires.
The bright eyes only fashod, however. for your
patriotic Italian thinks he Is rne worlds proteOf
ana that when anything Is to be done somebody else
should do 1t. AS result nothing beyond the eye
flashes an occasional shrug OF the shoulders was
DONE But there was one mind that thought some
thing sh0uld be set f0Ot and so, in the shady re-
cesses Of q salon not thousand miles Irom Baxter
avenue, this mind gave itself vent. There were
present three sons of the sunny sod, and 10 them,
over humber or sparkling "iacrW,ae CH,Tst',' lie
spoke as follows:
ave are
THE GREATEST NUISANCE, AS A PEOPLE.
in the world, and this should not be. Must the land
OF Horace be father to race OF hand organs and
hurdygurdies? Is Petrarch to be inundated
mangled on a mandolns Is that Virgil To be vio-
lated through a vagabond's violin, or Dante to be
damned by a dancers tambourine9"
The answer to these queries the call OF a
meeting at Germania Assembly Rooms for last
night to suppress all such nuisances. But the
patriotic minds did not put in an appearance, an
announcement In the Eco d'Itdtd giving as a rea-
son therefor the transaction of otner Important
business. The HERALD reporter, who went there
| found about twenty excited gentlemen of
THE ORGAN GRlNDING PERSUASION
vOwing vengance on the traitors who would deny
them the opportunity OF wringing pennies from an
ihsrrumentalIy tortured public as their ancestor
Calirua had wrung groans from the primitive Chris
tans on the rack. Black, matted boards and dark
eyes, right hands horny from one handed rotary
exercise; coats Of coarse material with leather
strap mark over the shoulders, and brigand hats
betokcned the bandits OF the land OF lutes who had
charmed their savage breasts with music au the
public expense. There were others engaged In bust.
ness which did not outrage public feelings. These
were lOui In their complaints. one Of them,
HANDSOME HONEST FACED GENTLEMAN,
slgnor De Sarmo wen known In a, musical nus circles
held forth III choice Tuscan to MS compatros, with
an excess OF gesture which brought MIN danger
lish: :-"I am an artist. Sncrontsntoi do not want
tins hurdy gurdies this organs. this harp No, do
not want II. Sangre de do. Everywhcrc's go
1T Is A DISPLACEMENT 10 NE.
am solost. When perform they say who is this
mansg Sir, stand all the whlles as rrue Italian
say this man IL Italian. Then they say he Is moo
scian on de street, or some OF them go behind my
back and make dis,
Here the irate Italian gave vivid representation
OF the operation OF organ grinding. But say TO
these commlttce what do not comes, il man
Comes to this America, and caunOt speak but
Italian, he must be or
LOAFER, OR A TTEF, OR A MURDERER.
Or sOmeting. say geev de Italians sOmetng ~
work, anu den we snail nave no more hurdy
gurdles.'
bohemian. who was present, urged upon the
gentlemen TO form IA meeting, since IL would he
relutatlon TO the committee, and would give
gcnIous scribe himself something to write about.
A Mr.. Benedetto LagomarslXo, or 40 Mul.
berry street, was induced to take the
char, and Signor de CarmO again GRATED senslby To
INC same effect as above, namely, II they wanted 10
destroy organ grinding other employment should he
found for the Organlsts. gent emali, namb un-
known. having the distinguished appearance OF
AN ITALIAN OPERA "SUPE,o
said "they should be left to find something for
themselves" As this Is utterly against Italian prIn-
ciples the sgn0r supe was frOwned down. Those
only who have witnessed the italian frontal con-
fractions which this requires can form any ldea of
It's overpowcring enect.