Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-04-07
Misfell
PROM the Arxon ut
The First Piano in a Mining Camp,


pubilc sChools-thrrr was little camp
about ten miles from Ploche, occupied by
upward of 800 miners, every one of HON
might have packed his prospecting imple
ments and left for more inviting fields any
time before sunset When the day was over
the men did not rest from their laiors like
the honest New England agriculturist, but
sang. danced, gamblcd and shot each other
a. the mood seized them.
One evening the report spread along the
man street (Which was the only street, that
three men had been KILLED at Silver Reef
and that the bodies weTe coming IN.
Prc.entls numbering old convey ancc Ia
bored up the hill, drawn by a couple Of
horses, we'll worn out with their pull. lhe
cart contained a good sized box, and no
sooner did its outlines become visible
through the ghmmer Of stray hight here
and ,herc. than II began 10 Affect the oilers.
Death aI~ass ruiorces respect. and even
though uo one had caught sight Of the re
mans. the crowd gradually became sub
dued. and when the horses came 10 a stand
s;,lI the cart va, surrounded. The driver.
however Wa not IN the least impressed
With the solcmni,y 81 h, commission.
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"Ill mat the hone. in ,,o.,I ord.r"
III ,ou want IN. wire tuned I'm the
hoy
i've cot music 10 feed II for month
Ano,her brouyb, . nair of bi,nket. for e,
cover and ali t.,ok the hyeIie.t interest in
II II wa. at last IN a condition for bu.i-
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,bo could nlay ,,non IN, in,trumep, Go..
lin hag,n IN r.ali,e ,b.f he had a lo.;n.,
speculation an NJ. hand. He b,J 6Jdtar
and 4 Mexic,n v bo tbrummed q guir,r
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any amount OF music out Of piano, If he
only had it alone few hours To get his
hand in" The report spread about the
camp: but on being questioned he vowed
that he didn't know note of music. Ii was
noted. however. as a suspic Gus circum-
stance. that he often hung about the instru-
ment and looked upon il longingly. like a
hungry man gloating over beef-steak in a
restaurant window. There was no doubt
that this man had music in his soul. perhaps
in his fingers ends. but did not dare to
make trial of his strength after the rules
Of harmony mad suffered SO many years Of
iigs and the greasy Mexican paved his dis