The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-06-27
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early efforts OF players upon sitinged, OF
upon reed and brass instruments is incsl-
eulable, and Il is noticeable that wherever
musical amateurs abound the Uniyersslilt
faith makes no progress, and The Calvin
istie doctrine that place Of future tor
meDt is mortal necessity huds mulli.
tudes q believers. Many learned com
mentstors have discussed the nature Of
the insanity under which King Saul fre-
qnentIy suffered but Il is odd that no one
has perceived that Il was due 10 The youth.
fol DAyid's persistent practice upon the
harp. We know that on one occasion,
while David WAS playing an air which
doubtless resembled Silver Threads
Among the Gold, saul remarking, S'belp
me Father Abraham, this is too much,
flung a jayelin at The musician aud drove
him away. Doubtless the king was hasty,
but let us remember hls extreme proyooa.
ton. As for David, not content with
having already killed the leading Philis'
tine giant, he went and played The harp
to thst unhappy nation, with the view OF
demorslizing the people SO that be could
make an easy conquest oithem on coming
TO the lsraeitish throne. ..
While the javelin is probably specific
for all suffering due to aeeordesns, violins,
cornets and flutes, II is not remedy that
Is available at The present day. The
most successful mode of treatment which
has been devised is that which was re.
Gently tried, with admirable results, 10 the
case Of young man residing IN aTwenty-
second street boarding house, who was
addicted to the French horn; and 1t Is
due to the medical profession that the
history of the case should be- briefly
given.
The yonng man in question occupied
the second story front ball bedroom. He
was apparently a quiet and well.meaning
person, but under smooth and spotlest
shirt bosom he concealed heart needless
OF human suffering. II would not have
made much difference where he concealed
his heart, for il would have been quite as
callous had he kept it under his waist.
band or inside Of his boot. That he pre-
fered to learn the French horn rather
than any other and more common instru.
ment of torture, does not paliate his of.
fence; for, although the horn lacks the
ear.piercing shrillness of the cornet, its
tone has wonderfully penetrating
power, and is To- the last degree depress-
ing to the spirits,
Tke man who begins to play wind
instrument employs the most Of his time
in what may be called sighting shots For
example, when this particular young
man desired to sound Is fiat, 1t would
take him q long while before he could get
his elevation and his wind-gauge regu.
lated. lie would hit three or four notes
above d dat, and three or four notes be-
low it, score Of times before he would
finally make BULBS eye. Even when,
after long effort, he succeeded in hitting
the desired note, the sound produced
would be what is technically aud deris-
lively called blaat, or in other words, an
uncertain, toneless, and most unmuscal
sound. 1t is needless to speak OF the ef-
feet which this sort of thing had on his
fellow-boarders. AT the end of two
weeks public Indignation had grown to
that extent that 1t was seriously proposed
to melt the horn and to pour the metal
down the throat of the player, as a warn
ing that unless be promptly reformed, he
would be dealt with severely. 1t was
then that homeopathic physician re-
siding In the house called a meeting Of
the aggrieved boarders in orders to pro.
pose what be believed would prove arad.
ical cure.
After describing with great clearness
the painful symptoms which prolonged
practice upon the horn develop in the un-
fortunate and unwilling listeners, and un-
folding at much length Hahnemann's
theory Of cure, he asserted that to success
fully combat the effects OF horn.playing.
the use OF other instruments which pro-
duce analogous symptoms was clearly in
dicaied. Hence be proposed that each
boarder should provide himself with a
cornet, a violin, an aceordeon, flute or
drum, and administer these remedies
whenever any symptoms Of the French
horn was manifested Few OF the board
ers believed in homeopathy, but they
were in that state Of mind in which men
clutch at any nostrum which promises re.
lief. They therefore resolved 10 follow
the doctors prescription, and immediate.
ly laid In a full supply of the indicated
instruments.
The next evening at seven O'Clock the
familiar gasp Of the horn was heard. To-
stantly II was followed by the screech Of
the violin, The spasmodic choking Of the
cornet, the droue Of the accordeop, the
wall Of The Hute, and fierce uproar Of the
drnm. Ia two minutes crowd was
collected In the street, under the imprss.
sion that large orchestra was rebears-