Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-11

Of the wortnlessness Of Iife-a feeling
that nothing IS worth tbs cost Of OBJ
taining It, shat life itself IS a doubtful
good, that, the spr;as ard elasticity Of
youth once over, end the sense Of duty
amcthered in sea Of speculative
doubt, it Is rather from iudolence than
from love of life that men proloag the
dreary nnonotory Of unsolvcd problems
and ungrnted prayer. - london Sp,c-
tator.
IN ANEcDCTE OF NENDELss0Hy.
-Grea5 as Mendclssohn was as com
poser, believe he was far greater both
as pianist and an orgauist Under
his ha pds each instrument ssdiscours-
ed alter q manner as original SIS it was
captivating. Scarcely had he touched
The keyboard than something that can
only De explained as similar TO 3 pleas
Crab,s electric shock, passed through
his hearers and held ohem spelbound-
a sensation that was only dissolved rs
ohe last chord was struck, and when
ones peotop breath seemed as if only
able to recover its usual action by
means Of & gulp or a sob.
An anecdote relative to tbs feeling 7
may here introduce as told me BY Sir
Michael Costa. On one occasion Of
Mendelssohn being in Switzerland, he
ard Sir Miohael met at the church Of
Friburg, n which building tho organ
IS Of such worldwide celebrity that few
persons-especiallv those who Law claim
co any musical tssto-loava the town
without going to hear it At the time
referred to the custodian vas somewhat
Of hear, and most 9e}er,n;reaIv re-
fused. either for love CT money to Der-
nit any STRANGER 10 2]ace his fnmays
anon the KEYS althonoh he b;;n5qaIf
had moi he sI;gbtest nro+antion - tba
desirnatio9 of an oroa,,isf. and 20 far
from showing tho canabi,jties of the
i,str rl.paoot injncn4 ve,v many n On
away under The imnress;on that thew
had been sold ;, that I'll Furr1r and
other uDide-books has stated WAS moth
in, better +ban "a delnxion and .
snare" Meaaelssohn vas resolved, by
hook OF crook. to ascertain what the
pr;huro orgaD was made Of For this
n.rao.e he drew fbe custodian ont
vorL;nc nnon his weak noints Of char
aatar-L5or ebe old man really loved tie
orran Is r. # had been h;s n;;id lint
IS to aatting his consent, tia. seemed
to be ,.avo9d fbe probability of rea]iza-
ton. f54err one. who ever had the
rood fortune 10 be 2cGuainted with
Mendelss0hr must have been attract
Cd by his winning manners, his court
e9Us bearing. and his manifestations Of
decided character. Whether he won
nnon the old man bv enc of these re-
aI,I;arities of his NATIVE WORTH In
1>ar,ic,,'ar or hy their combination. can
nnlv be ;afa~rgd Suffice Il 70 saw
fhat affar lone narIav he was rar,nifted
10 trv one ra0ga 0f KEYS. One hand
bp oma}arcd OF arst a5iatiy nsfro the
49,, I,.,,,;.,o, ~, ors es f to too4
40 49,. r.,o,- =; ~ tfa;-, o1sIifT and vbon
he had tLnz ont o,,t - many az seemed
a~,1.ao,,la rac ~ ,,,,r,,oso i, ,na1o :
3rIt = t'0.a,5 MIL - c1n,5Ie+aI,, sfoagarsd the
IL, IA n,o, A ana hol[dn - nl,v ~ on]v be
oau}4 n,sr Hs clrtrI,ed the rail
ogs:, l.a:-,-4 III ,rt.,, 10 vs. st.,,I;no ana f,r
go. Is,,n+ soa,,,ad ~ = bo w0rl1 dr,r
49, - ho,J ;nfrndar from saat That IN,
r-,I.a I ,ros ho.rova~ on}v n,o,nontary
far Far ha soon stood as + we've SMELL
lo,Id I ,,of;l . h~..1~ ~ +ho ors5;ns
,o,, Ls,,a<>,z, a,,ah1sa hin, 70 ,nal,., 81 eE7
g.. f>ar -, .s.r+o La +Io raa-tor-sni~;t
,ra s1's tb.+ ,as3a tba o~s.a,, s,,",l a. he
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