The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-12-02
TO THE AUTHOR OF THE JACKAss.

among the many authors, ana OtJect
teachers the author of the Jackass has
undoubtedly just returned from the field
of BATTLE with the bumbIe-bees, at the
lowest point of slur. twang- hoop halloo
method, pea ling forth the notes of victo
ry. Now, had your object teaching been
an angel, and singed by person that
can be honored with the name of Aes-
thetic; as, G.. F. Root, P. P. Bliss, w. S.
B. Mathews or A. n johnson; we would
wonder why we have been incorrectly
taught. But as your piece was signed
Aesthetic (E. CrandalD we could not
help laughing, (and many others will
laugh, for the Standard has a large circu-
lation and your piece will fall under the
eye of some musician,) at your ignorance
in regard to musical aesthetics. Long
ere we heard of the author of the Jack
ass, we knew that Mozart, Handel and
Hayden were classical musicians, and
above all, to know that Prof. Lackey
lived to expose the. ignorance of the
great singers Of Jackson county. II will
convince the most skeptical from anima-
ted nature, that an educated ear is in
dispable to the execution of classical
music and equally indispensable to deter
mine whether the music sounds well
when executed by Others" First. you
say cultivation enlargens any faculty"
it does to ceartain extent. According
to your theory the black smiths arm
would become larger than his body, if he
lived a great number of years. Now, you
say the canary bird sings without the use
of Bassinis Method. This assertion firmly
says you do not believe in cultivation, or
there is n o such thing as cultivation of
the voice. Now, God gave this bird its
beautiful voice and to day it pours forth
its tones the same as when it was Great
ed. And the Jackasses bray the same to
day, as when the people of the first quail
ity in Palestine rodeon them God gave
you your voice in an un cultivated state,
and in such a way that it can be culJ.va
ted. If you have but this talent improve
it, it may produce two: yes, three. The
skeptical from animated nature-Get
forty cats, twenty dogs, fourteen jackass
es and few wild cats; stand in the CEN
ter, with large hornet nest containing
about 1000 hornets. be sure and catch
each ,animal by the tail and play ring
round the rosy" (hornet nesD a bottlefull
of posy" ( By the time you kick it (hor-
net nest) over two or three times there
will be plenty of animation and some tall
running for the pine forest" or rolling
in the dust. Again, the cultivation of
any faculty enlargens it. IT this be a
fact where will yom, the leader, and the
most of the members OF the choir to
which you belong, be in few more
years? No doubt, all gone to enlarge
ment. The Jaekass in braying produces
the tone, "ah-swee-ah, which is a
good comparison for slurs. He strikes
the first "ah.' then, swees to the next
"ah" Doubtless. the author of the Jack
ass has spent many leisure hours in TAX
ing laryngoscopic views on the construc-
tion of the voice of the Jackass, to see
whetherhis voice con tains the epiglottis,
true vocal chords, ,arytenoid cartilages,
false vocal chords, registers &c.. Perhaps,
gathered flowers for bouquet down in
the beautiful meadows where the Jack
asses were graz ing, to present to some
noted ,slur sliding 6asso: :fondamentale sing
er. AS critic, we can not adopt your
theory, ,orthat ofthe Jackass; but follow
the methods of vaccai, G. j. Webb,
Chester. G. Allen. G. F. Root, &c THE
Jackass never makes his debut as a pub
lie singer until long after he has ceased
to subsist on the lacteal fluid disposed by
his maternal ancestor. Butthe noted
Aesthetics /. .CrAndall) comes cut and en-.