The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-07-12
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4 nan the gO0d lOffune ne--aftu ~ nSShef.l
good, o. whether bad, depends eA how
y0u take it''@t-to spend some weeks in
new village IN one of or Western
States, about five, years, ago, and while
there, had the plsastife sof &ttendi6g
the first nnsieal. party, not only Of the
season, but che Esetelement." Ssle
: aTheres goin' to be some. hind Q,
deiRs mp to Hilliker's the 22a,' said
Mrs. Brown, the lady Of the house
where I was. boariiiig. brown,
be said Hilliker was down 10 the store
lbuyin all sorts Of stuff, an'she said Hill
Iiikslesr said his wife was just goin p take.
the shine out q the rest Of us with. her
supper, she allowed, ifnothin' happened
to prevent, and HiIiker, he asked my
man an me to come, and said he q send
y0a an invite. &asia' we.
Whats the party to befy I asked.
"Don't know, answered MIRA Brown.
''Haint no idee. Gaessit's to shOR OF
their new ofgin, likely. They feel pnr-
ty big over it, I've heered Wen, ef
we'd gouged the neiehbors, as Hilliker
has, n1ebbe zoe could afford orgins, an
parlor cheers, an sieh things
They next day / met Dir. Hilliker.
"Seo here" said he, taking me one.
side IN the barroom Of the tavern, we're
gein to have Httle time ap tb our
house WashingtOu's birthday, an we've
invited most Of the neighbors in these
tliigzin's an ws want you to come. Be
theref ,s tv<F
invitation" answered. az
'Put It there tken," said Mr. Hill
ker, holding out his hand, and we
shook hands on the agreement.
The 22d came, and IN company with
Mr. and Mrs. Brown, went TO Mr.,
HilIIker's. The house was full. In
the "spare rosm," where the parlor
cheers were supposed 10 BE- / heard the
sound Of an organ, and getting aigimPsei
through the door, saw Mr.. Thompson,
who lied the singing. at meetin, sit
ting before the instrument in 8 very
much doubledsup position, one elbow
on his knee, and that hand supporting
his head, while with the first fngeEiof
the other hand he was trying to ''pick
out" Martyr. ~
tGoe a good instrument theee, Hill
ker," said Brown, as he took OF his
overcoat. ssCan tell By the sound oa'tP
.'Yes, purity fair, / gHess," answered
Hilliker, pleased at Browns apprecia
ton. aJane AIMS gittia' 80 she can
Jest make it scream right out, when
there amt nobody but the old woman
an me round, but she's ebashfulsan'
wont to night: Fra awful glad go,s've.
com" to me. We've heerd you
could Jest play the socks ea n 'any body
N the State. Sit right up to the erittet
and give us tune. Say, Thompson,
give this ehap chance to show of a
little He'll beat ga, IN bet; he, he,
bel .s. ss1ai i-o..ass 81
/ / begged TO be exeuzed. heaid I'd
rather listen to jane Ann, ETC., Bnt there
was no escape Iplaye5 3 little extern
porized voluntary, but that didn't take
"muth a cent" te. use BFoEns. phrase.
"I suppose that's city tmlsaic, said
s.but I'd ruther heer suthiA' kind, O
lively. Don't ye knew Zip Coon or
the Arkansas Trayeler'P e
/ happened to be familiar with those
classical compositions, and played them
to as sspreciatiFe and delighted 81; audi
ence as Liszt ever had.
seThat's my STYLE" declared lHilliker.
81 say, old woman, can't we dance 9
feger or twe7 at puts the light Isi47
tastie. into teller to listen to them
| tunes" -
Mrs. RiIliker decided that there
wasn't room for dancing.
"Play semethin' more," suggested a
man at my elbow "Somethin' Like
them, o'ny difreht." E
I played "Hail Columbia" and the
/ men ali accompanied with their feet,
until could imagine that / had an att-
dience of street boys, impatient for q
theatre performance to begin. Then l
played 'sYanlzee Doodle" and some of
| them whistled the tune through with a
great deal of energy and msny Faria-
tions.
"Purty good" said Mr.. Hilliker.
:.'Thst warns Iae up SO that I've got TO
peel off," and the remainder Of the even
ing he entertained his guests in his
shirt-sleeves. But as most of the nen
wore their hats all Of the time, except
wher eating supper, he committed. no
breach of etiquette, I concluded.
Then they wanted me tesing. i sang.
But didn't sing ANYTHING that seemed
to SUIT them, until at Mrs Browns ro-
quest, gave them that exquisite little
gem, "Put Ne in My Little Bed" That
touched the right spring" Hilliker de.
clared.~ at did So"
1---+sesH' -yo'r- s;ry sBaT5'1y Allen ~
aalxe.i N glJ i.al; q sses liked that
piecs., I've cried over. it, time an
agg'iin."
/ I couldn't, but the audience insisted
that she should, and, ct last, in very
cracked and wheezy tone, she gratifed
them.
THAT IS purity" said Mrs Hilliker
''I'm going to send Jane Ann over to
'larn It some time, Miss Bowen"
''I declare her voice sounded-jest Ike
that door-nnb concern, said Thompson
Indicating the tremufaut stop, which
wss the only one the Organ happenec
to cave. "It Earbled jest so, didn't it
! ; ssPlays sousethin' 1nore,a suggested
Brown. "Play somthin' lively"
: / plsyed "soInethin' more, !" and some
thin : lively The Devils Dream,
and 'Fisher's Hornpipe,o and "Whit,
Eockade," and Soldier Joy""-eyery
thing 1 could think of.
81 say you, you, Jane Ann" spokI
m +bef vo,,ng o;yl's vnother sGvo,. co-n,