River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-12-13

2 EUOL deal IN music anu AucEC , "a
good deal that amt in il, and, any
way, there amt enough in 1t TO pay
for any church fuss. I've. given a good
deal Of Thought 10 this subject Of music
as was Natural I should when mothers
Idee was kept before my mind constant
ly-
"What lee did I have reference to:
sWeII, seeing you're = newcomer and
haiut heard much gossip yet ! may as
well be fur--nauded with the ueighbOrs
and tell We the real story. - you'll get &
first hand You see L trts mother
Idee, aud Their asaiI it wa'u't. She didn't
invent tho Idee: il was a sort Of tOuudlin'
and she adopted il. Vow, when mother
adopts any thin. she adopts It; 1t may
be a stray dog o. runt pig; a starved
eat. or a bulIdoZcl chicken; but X she
adopts IL she does It for all she's worth
And Of all tn cranky things she
takes a notion TO, Nobody but
mother would have adopted that
cross -eved. shsmblin'. shiftless Mer-
zey from the Toor Farm but mother
done il; and whether is ugliness in
them that makes ZEN grateful fOr little
notice, or whether its the influence of her
loviu' nature, I amt the one to say; but
its q certain thing that il 'twOuld do any
good Merzy'd let mother tramp right over
her and never squaal note. And A. for
the dumb critters. Well. VOC should see
the procession a-crOssin' the barn yard;
the ruut runpIn' ahead coughin' and pick
in up straUs like any educH Ell pig; the
rooster on Que side tiptOe'u' aud struttln'
and wiukin' his sassy eyes; and the dog
on the other side. hi tui gOin' ike the
shakin' ague had holt Of il. while the
cat coined 4u~aI.n' along way behind.
y NnI III fharatz "a
COW that ever kicked pail over that
mother can't handle. then it's breed Pm
not acquainted with.
Mother lays il mostly to the Idee and
the aoftenin' influence lis had on her.
But Won might as well lay the mock birds
voice to his soft feathers. For, between
You and me, Elder. if there ever was any
thing that put a tang into a voice that Is
naturally sweet as the clover, why, the
Idee did it, For when mother finally set
up the Idee it was like the golden image
Of Scripture: IL You didn't bow down,
why. there was the fiery furnace ahead
1 guess the apostle knew what he was
doiu' when he wrote: The tongue =
fire. Add of all the scorchiu' things,
mothers words was the scOrchiu'est
II You didn't do the Idee Justice.
Not that mother was given to scoldin';
NNE she MiA II hiAeAt-h AAA e-A1 AAtAu7 AAAei@
was ike tile book the prophet swallowed:
thcv tasted all right till you got 'em down
and then-you had an attack Of water
brash th1t'd last all day.
'But the lee itself, yOu say.
Il was Just gettiu' to that.
Mothers lice was. thai the greas and
chief thing needed to uplift the human
family was music. II you wanted to
and
pfous. give 'em music. II they had Ter
az the head Of them city charities she'd
have ted the poor folks suup and music
suerfaIlv music IL shell been FRESH
Gent she'd have put all ths police at
pIayiu' some musical instrument; she'd
have had "A c1lliops gOiu' constantly in
the peuitentiary. and music boxes gOin'
in the stores, with tunes 10 suit. In fact.
she carried the Idee that far at last that
she wanted me II ny a musical attach :
ment 20 the windmill by the watevin'
trough claimjn' il would nave beue-
fetal fleet ON the young stock. But IL
there was one tune more than another
which mother thought had particular pre-
vailiu' power il was Home, Sweet
Home
II d-n't want to be led off by my feel
in.-S 20 speak diSrespertful OF any thing
EfaLlIEk ever AaetA "a AA''AAtalA IT, AfNA ga
think. E.der. that there's some that
sees and hears more in the sights and
sounds about 'rm than Others that's
Just common mortaIs why. I've seen
mother when there was that IN her face
Nhicb made me think sue was hearin' the
hame music ~ the world, and perhaps OF
other worlds 400. Music always did have
a strange effect on her, though she amt
no musician; never had the teachiu' nor
the time for II. Il only she could have
had the feeIiu' for music without the Idee
You see. Elder. I can't properly 10 JUS
tice % the tley because reyer adopted
it; I'm only sort ~ >tept ither 20 10, 80
80 speak. And. lust between ". Elder-uO
disre-pect % mother. bless her heart
you've GOT On live with thing to know IL;
and when you've eat, and drank, and slept.
aud r1se 70 Home Sweet Home or the
Last Rose % summer plain and with
variations. You'd may be hold as / do:
tina yOu can haze TOO much OF a good
thing. even i its music.
And when il comes 60 variations! You
hBiu't vet heard Sister Apps girl play
Home Sweet Home with vsriatioEss
Well. you've got IL t. come. Nothin', to
my uotly3a. - more calcIiatel TO aggrs-
vate the temper than those same varia-
tons. You hear the first notes Of the Old
time tule aud your heart kind OF warns,
for it's the an hem OF ell natiCls under
Heaven; then tie instrument begins %
sputter and stutter until every thing
seems in a whirl. and when yol're thst
dazsd thar you've Civ up tryln' 10 chase
the tune up and down, in and ont why
here II comes ont of the tangle. sort OF out
o. breath. to make final courtesy; and
the performer looks as happy IS stutter-
ia Dick STUDIOS when he's finally got ont
the word that's been hangiu' in his throat.
aud dancin' on his tongue. and beaten
agen his teeth. till it's all out Of shape.
well, mothers faith in the Idee. and
Home Sweet Home. in particular was
something wonderful. She got that post
ed on the subject that nobody could
stand mp with her IN argument; and when
she'd fling IN the poets, music hath