Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-28

giving it another trial. Climbing still higher, |
and when about fifty feet from the ground, he |
observed "chuckey" sitting comfortably in |
pigeons nest, far away on an Overhanglng |
branch, which gave John no small trouble TO |
reach, but which he did in safety, bringing six |
eggs with him, thus robbing the hen Of her nest |
but perhaps preventing catastrophe at in-
ture period.
THE ODDITIES OF MUsIcIANs-Lullyl abored
like feeble amateur. He sat down at the piano
with his snuff box and sang aud played till, by
means of trying here and there, up and down,
he fancied he had discovered the most suitable
melody. This discovery he then communicated
to some subordinate, who wrote down the d.
rection, and that was the end Of it. Sarti re-
quired a large dark room, even at night but
leebly lit up; his musical ideas came TO him only
in the stiffness of the night OF Spontini, too,
we somewhere read that he was able to compose
only in the dark. Cimarosa waited noise about
him; he liked best to work in merry company.
Salierl TO excite his fancy, strolled about in the
most frequented streets, eating bon bons, with
lead pencil and paper in his hand to be ready
when the occasion offered. Paer composed,
chatted scolded, disputed, all in one. Sacchini
felt himself incapable of getting melody unless
he was with his lady love and had his little kit
tens about him. Alex. Gesca, if one may lend
faith to eve witnesses, resorted to similar means
the bottle served him instead OF lady love,
and for kittens he tried to procure a little dOgl
Pisieo remained in bed when lie intended com
posing-a cheap, practical means, as Trustworthy
contemporaries have assured us; it saves fuel,
clothing, sc. Zmgarelli, before sitting down at
the piano to compose, read a few pages of
Latin poet; then, however, lie worked so easily
that he was able TO write in four hours-iour
hours, say-a whole act of Romeo and
Julietp When Father Haydn couldn't get
along he would take his rosary and say few
ayes, and generally inspiration returned. In
0nn tbar ,.1o oll Of = lutp
years. Haydn sat quietly down in chair, but
he must have upon his finger the ring that Fred
erlck the Great thad once given him. In Lon
don, however, this eXpedient seemed to have
proved unavailing, for we have report that
once the master had no inspiration left at all;
for two weeks lie vainly tortured himself to get
an appropriate continuation of the first eight
bars of an andante. 1t is well known that it has
been thought some connection existed between
M0zart's fOndnesS of billiards and tenpins and
his musical disposition. Beethoven went out
into the open air. into the magnifcence and
solitude of nature. Mehul was a lover of flow
ers, aud liked to soiourn in pretty gardens.
Mendelssohn, 1t is said, always had bouquets at
his desk. Haeyy required the sound of boiling
water to become disposed" Auber, a good
rider, mounted his horse in order to gain the
romantic country, where the artist finds every.
thing he needs; formerly, perhaps in after
years, when the celebrated composer was an
old, very old gentleman, lie probably composed
his operas on foot. Francois Huntin felt most
inspired for composition in autumn. He walked
up and down the room catching fiies-np very
difficult task at that season of the year-and
thus were produced more than two hundred
compositions, the greater part of which might
at one time be found on every piano-long
enough ago, it is true !-Art Jaunal.
A New ARRIVAL FROM CAL1FoBNIA.-Gold
is a familiar product of California, but golden
butter sent to the eastern states from that quar-
ter is a novelty, We see that New York lately
received, by way Of the Union Pacific railroad, a
car load of fresh roll butter, weighing 2O,S2S
pounds, most of it done up in a neat, compact
form, enveloped in snow white linen, and packed
in brine in iron bound tierces. The butter has
been on the road twenty-three days, and has the
rich yellow appearance and delicate flavor of
our June dairy. This is the first consignment
of butter ever received in New York from the
Pacific states, and will have decidedly bene-
fetal result on the market as it is not two years
ago that doutle this quantity was sent from New
York to Boston.
1t is an interesting fact by the by, that the
value of the agricultural products of California
comprises 40 per cent of her total industrial pro-
ducts; the products of her mines-gold, silver,
copper, quicksilver, coal, etc. reach only about
16 per cent, leaving but 40 per cent for all her
other industrial products. The agricultural
yield of California for the year 1872 will be
largely in excess of all other products combined.
que eApeclS 10 export not less IMAM twenty NIL
lions of dollars worth of wheat and flour
alone. All the states east of the Rocky Noun
tans will not export four times that amount.
How TO SELECT FLoUR.-1. Look at its col
or: if it is white with slightly yellowish or
straw-colored tint, it is good sign II it is very
white with blush cast, OF with black specks
in it, the flour is not good. 2. Examine its adhe
siyeness-wet and knead little of it between
the fingers; if it works dry and elastic, it is
good if it works soft and sticky, it is poor
Flour made from spring wheat is likely to be
sticky. 3. Throw little lump of dry -four
against dry, smooth, perpendicular surface;
ifit adheres in a lump, the -four has life in it;
if it falls like powder, it is bad. 4. Squeeze
some of the -four in your hand; fit retains the
shape given by the pressure, that, too. is good
sign. Flour that viii stand all these tests, it is
safe to buy. These modes were given by old
-four dealers, and we make no apology for
printing them, as they pertain to matter that
concerns everybody, namely, the quality of that
which is "the staff of life"