Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23


PRoyrNG fDENTITY.-A correspondent Of
the EreRng Post, writing from Stuttgart.
Germany, under date Of April II, relates an
occurrence which will remind some Of our
readers of the story told of Joe jefferson.
jefferson called at bank for some money,
one day, but was unknown to the officer.
On being asked to identify himself in some
way, jefferson thought moment, and then
with that peculiar draYl so familiar to those
who have heard him play Rap Van Nmkie
replied - Schneider. 1t was dog :
name, but he got his money. Our German
friend writes:
L" What does not happen in Stuttgart? 1t
was in the wear of our Lord 1873, on the
9th Of March, when in the Suabian capital
a fearful riot broke out. Everybody ran,
tried to save himself, flew homewards, and
even the oyercrowded opera house. IN which
the JeweSs. with Mr.. Labatt as Eloa-dr,
was lust then to be performed, when the
terrible news became known, was emptied IN
Il few minutes Already the mob penetrates
the halls consecrated to art, and nothing re
mains fo- Mr.. Labatt but to fly into the
street in his costume of Eled-dr. Soon the
strange apuarition is observed. jew, Il
jew: catch him. stone him. Is the cry
that follows the fugitive. He is surrounded,
and the inexorable multitude insist on the
death of the jew
ID. am no jew, cries the terrified sing
er, | am Labatt, the great tenor sing to
night in the part Of EledsGr.
- Anybody may say that catch him.
lynch him. a Ia kaRterne' bawled the great
crowd once more, and the repeated assertion
of the artist that he was Lahatt was OF no
avail
Then fellow smarter than the rest
called out. :. If he is Labatt, let him prove
it
80 Yes, yes, prove it, roared the chorus
prove it.
=. And the artist opened his mouth and
sang the aria from the fourth act Of the
,JeweSs
And stiller and stiller it became in the
circle breathless listened the multitude to
the sweet tones but scarcely had the last
note of the song ceased when endless cheer
ing file the air lIurrah for Labatt,
hurrah for the great singer, resounded
out of thousands of threats. Then four men
took the artist upon their shoulders, and
amid the enthusiastic cheering of the same
crowd carried him to Marquard's Hotel
\ REcToR OUTwITTED-ChOirs are not
only very costly, but are skittish things to
handle. There is usually a row in the choir
end about four times a year, and each lasts
about as long as the seasons. LOretZ is the
great organist and composer of this region.
He is n wiry, nervous and sensitive creature,
and is full of music as some people are of
! electricity. You can't touch him without
sparks flying off in all directions. lie has
/ had the lead of the music for some time at
1 St. AIMS. His music has been very cele-
4 brated, and on festive occasions it would
have required good sized park to hold all
the people who wanted to get in. The rec
tor has been rather jealous, from time to
time, of the drawing qualities of the organ
end of the church. To carry out his pur-
poses, Mr.. LOretz wanted to introduce into
The choir the 50 harp, flute, sackbut, violin,
I'd other instruments used on the Plain OF
Dilra. The rector. who Is rather pompous
anu opinionated, entered decided protest
agai ust the introduction of these vain and
worl, lily instruments of music After the
seryic es were opened, came the grand musi-
cal pc rformance. First came beautiful
mute ~ ~ iht hNiEhaht itCtoi thth Acaiu
the dis. inct twang of the prohibited harp.
The sim eking violin rode on the top wave
and coul not be drowned even by the deer
notes of the pedal bass. Word was instant
" sent to the defiant organist to turn out the
prohibited Instruments at once. The an
swer was sent back :" There is nothing
here to IN out but the organ. There is no
harp, flute, or violin in the building" And
the music held on its way. The rector was
not only indignant that his wishes were moi
complied with, but felt that the organist was
lying about the matter. Couldn't he heal
with his own ears? The yestry was sent W
to investigate the matter, and it was founc
that the organist was improyising on the or
gan itself, and doing it 50 naturally that any
man would have been willing to have taker
his oath that the prohibited instruments
were doing their work. The feelings of the
rector, when he learned the situation, could
not be expressed.-N. Y. Cor. Boston Jour
! nal.