Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-26
MUSICAL SUGGESTIONS.
How Household Drudgery Might BE Made
Q Source of Enjoyment.

How Household Drudgery Might Be Made
aSource OF Enjoyment.
1t is perhaps owing to the fact that
we all love music, that music is intro
duced into various objects unto which it
bears not the slightest relation, and
with which it is not even remotely as.
sociated. In no other way can we ac-
count for the pecuniary, if not artistic,
success OF the album which, when
opened, discourses some popular oper,
attic air II music be enjoyable, rem,
dered by an album, we caa not see why
the scheme should not be carried
further. We might have ordinary
household objects give forth tunes al
various periods, to serve as signals and
warnings, as we'll IS for the spiritual
pleasure they would be sure to impart.
When the Hiber nian cook is bending
over cofee-miiI which she can moi
hold steady between her knees. itseems
reasonable TO fancy that she would be
unconscious of the pains shooting
through her knuckles, il the mill were
filling her patriotic soul with the stir
ring strains Of the Wearing of the
Green" Or perhaps the Rocky Road
to Dublin" would be better, as the time
is livelier, and would in all probability
cause the cook 70 work faster
On the same principle, Tim Finne-
gan's Wake coald be fixed in the lawn
mower, that the operator of the same
might caper gracefully over an upgrade
lawn. and fancy himself at land league
meeting vowing destruction to Great
Britain. The thermometer out in tho
hall might have set of tunes in it that
would tell the temperature. and save a
near-sighted man the trouble of taking
1t out on the lawn to ascertain that fact.
When at the temperature Of spring, the
mercury could cause it to fill the air
with 'Sprlng, Gentle Spring." IL the
mercury should reach that point peculiar
70 the season when Sirius rises and sets
with the sun. 1t could delight the house
hold with "Old Dog Dray," or. "Keyser,
Don't You want to Buy Dog?'
The temperature OF autumn. whom the
pipe OF the quail gaYiY bursts on the
plumber, would be Indicated by a rem
dition OF that soulful lyric, Leaf by
Leaf the Roses Fall" or "Johnny, Get
Your Gun" while the zero mark OF
winter could he manifested unerringl y
by "Grceniand's Icy Mountains.
"Down Went McGinty,n with suitable
variations, could be given by the pump
In such a way that the cook s soul would
be surcharged with an intoxicating, de-
lirious bliss, that would carry her away
and cause her TO pump the tank full In
period considered by her necessary To
fill pail
AS there has recently becn a greater
advance IN lamp art than in any other
we fancy 1t not out OF place to suggest
TO the manufacturers the aesthetic pro
priety OF turning TO music for novelty
Coal Oil johnny would not be out o.
place in kitchen lamp, while one fol
the. dining table might have a CASTRO
nomic air. such as, Dads Dinner Pail.
And 1t is only fair to assume that al
: mothers would hall with delight the in
PRODUCTION OF an automatic cradle that
while rocking, woGId play 'Hush-a-bJ
Baby on the Tree top" as she would
then be able TO place the baby Ia the
same, feeling certain that il would bt
rocked and sung, or, rather, played intt
The snowy arms oi Morpheus; and that
ot the same poppy-wreathed individual
until her return. even IL she wanted tC
step out TO match piece of dress goods
or TO call on a neighbor, to show OF hel
latest duck Of hat
The burglar alarm could rcgale tho
knight Of the jimmy with. '.ln the Prison
Cell ] Sit while the doOr-beli could
improve on its ratio and bang with
Home, Sweet Home.~ as well As the ru
raj front gate could glad the moonlight
zepbyr with Loves Young Dream. -