Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-05-24
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Peck's sun.
There is time in life for every young man
when he has an ambition to belong to a
brass band, and he never rests contented un-
til he has borrowed or owns brass horn.
boy goes to country fair and sees a band
hired from a neighborlng town, aud each
member of the band is hero in the eyes
of the boy. He sees the blue coats with
gold lace, the epaulets, the cap with the
musical frontispiece, and the yellow stripe
down the trousers, and he resolves to play a
horn. He sees the crowd collect around
the band stand, the band plays tune,
and notices the snare drummer cock his hat
on one side of his head and look at all the
girls, and the young man is most inclined to
learn to play the drum instead of the horn,
as he argues that playing the drum gives
one better opportunity to look around
but when he reflects that it only takes mus
Gle To play the drum and that it requires
brain and wind to play horn, he decides
on horn. And when the band is marched
of to the dining hall at the fair, and given
place at the head of the table. near the
orator OF the day who has his oration in
his pocket and is afraid he will lose il, and
the crowd collect around the band. his
mind is made up more firmly than ever to
play a horn.
He go,s home and drrams of IN. hand
and the next day he goes to work and s,.IIs a
calf. ur takes some Of thu. money he earned
harvesting and buys a brass horn and A
book of notes that he does no, know the
name Of He has been to singing SchooI
and can read singing notes but horn NOTES
are too rich for his blood He does moi teu
ms family what he has ,ione. hut smuggles
his horn into the barn. and whom he ha. yot
the milking done and fed the stock he yoes
out to tn. barn and gets into the ha,mow
and feels Of the keys. He finally mi,srers
up courage TO blow gently into The horn
and he hears a noise that il a cross h.,x.en
the ,qucal of pig caught under yat, the
rh, turf and ,,..L sa.s,' ~ ,b,, - H.
a " '''' PA''''e' iie
''""N Seh'Ii uhtH ne mas got 50 ne can
make >ualght noise that does not split
up the back and 20 out of the instrument
both way. and rho f,Iks in ,b. b,,s, hs
ON ~ b.or;, Tha, H. aa.at'I
~ '''N'uHeN '''"' NC
VIII see no" ulUth 'he instrument Will stand,
and he draws IN ms breath and blows for all
that X out, and as the discordant .shl at"
Vn.. oiIr ur,o, tho x,,a,r, a., -, H. -.
- H. ,sNe
"'"' ''' ''''N SENSATION" al the outt ui the
him, and he hears the horses down stairs
kicking IN the stalls. and the cows arc Iov-
t,,, tb.,,h ~, tILtLI
- .tci '@' "e H'u
t"' '''''I"' N"H ''at ne Hdd Ie!t out uooFs,
begins TO hp"l A. though there was going TO
bt death IN The family.
Then tL,. L,,l,rttppr h..,,rs IN rssf,,a -,
b., ,.,.l,,,., .-'',,,,,, $50. '''"'
. "'N'"@ N'''N''''"' an" "t looks out
"' a tta'N III Lhe Darn towards the mouse.
and he sees al> mother standing On the porch
with her apron over her head lpokIn M M,
btrr a. tbnuvh II was IN fr. IL. b,r.,I
man F,,,,,,;,,,, -, -.
"'''' WI" - pumping wafer, stops win me
Pump handle IN the ar and he sees his
father, IN hiS shirt sleeves, pick IN An Ak
hlndI. and start for fb. h,r, ,it,i,, a., 49,
hand. e,,I l,,,L ,,,,, .,,.,,,. II -
I.r,,t,, - ''
OF the house and ask If there Is any body sick
aud he realizes that 1t is impossible 10 keen
the ha\ n,nv wi,b his hr,ss t,-,, ,rj.r H.;
, -i,,A I 1' '
~ H"ttP'>I' anu coIItNNts 10 ms outraged
FANNY That he - learning to play q horn so
he can jpIn the band Hi, father tells him
he /. 4 blasted f,oI hnt n. r,,,b,r a,d -.
,rs,,L. hi. nor, a.,I 80. -. IN
f'' ''" a. S"e '""t - VII oe
-'e"t """"f 10 nave MN wear brgadieT-
general clothes N the band, and the matter
Is compromised bY allowing him to urarIic,
on his horn oar in IN. snn,E Int f,ra WILL
~ . ~ - "''N
''i'' ''o4i'"u' sounuS are
"eaIu ifoh lhdt direction, and then they
suddenly cease, and when the father finally
asks the hoy how he il progrp4.iuy a. n
horni., h. i.ll. bi. ,,.,,..., H., I.. L.,I
IA II h,-.. ''''' ''' 'iN - '''-
''' ''' . "''"'e "i "' aecoiueoh,
ana rAPidih>' hN showing ms upper lip,
which /, -weiird up to twice It's natural SIZE.
that he Is not cut out for pIa,Iny a wind ~
srr,,r.t,, Th,t b,,r,, ,,,lI' H. .rIal .ti-
,t...tl wa "' c'''1 a.. over
'''' '' h"""i """"' ana Wiz ne nhdilN found
n garrett Jammed out Of shape. and the
brass band fever will have passed away
Among the greatest f,lur.. nr ,b, v,rId
rt..r. .ra NOM, ~, -,I,r.r
''' ~ ''"''' =" Pa! o'a'' norm
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Eecie,r open, With an arrirle b. Ja.rnh M.
mo, Jr., Chief Of tn, rrr,.nry Bur,ar nf
Statistics on American Manufacturing Liter
g,l, 10 wh'sh Is gwen . ,insnIarlv fui md
nrng,,.. al ,pana,. .s',,'s sh 81 ne r. re nnd
states. together with yrry ese,.,iya ,rss..nt,-