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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-10

The substitute for the State wagon
road bill provides for the survey, To-
cation and to estimate the cost of the
road.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-10

The Senate has confirmed Joseph
A Pinkbam as Z. S. Marshal for Ida
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Society Notices.
Pioneer Lodge No.1.Io. O. F..

s,Yx.ss,s4e Holds its regular meetings in
zzgssS= Odd Fellows Hall the first and
-'Ss,9R;t~> third Saturday Of each month.
All members in good standing are invited
to attend.
By order of the n. G.
II. n. DARRAH,
T. Secy.
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BOISE LODGE NO. s,I.o. G. T.,

Holds its regular meetings in Idaho City
on Wednesday. of each week
IDA TOMPKINs, Sec.
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COUNTY AND STATE.

G T. KEYS returned last Friday
from his visit in Missouri.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-10
Excelsior Lodge No. a. 1. o. o. F.

Holds Its regular meeting in Odd Eel
lows Hall, at Centervile, the first and
third Saturday evenings of each month.
All members in good standing are invited
to attend. By order of the n G.
DANIEL JONES,
Secretary.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-10

THE general appropriation bill was
defeated in the House on the 9th,
and news was received here that
evening by telephone, that all the
State officers had threatened to close
their offices and step down and out,
with the exception of the Governor,
who had not given an expression as
to what he proposed to do. There is
nothing very alluring about an ex-
alted position with no salary back
of it. The bill also included appro-
priations for the insane asylum and
penitentiary. The criminals and IN
sane, and those who care for them
have to live as well as State officials,
and all are in bad fix. 1t requires
power to run all kinds of machinery,
and the machinery of State is no ex-
ception, and in this latter case money
is the power as we'll as the lubricator.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-10

THE new school law will be hailed
with delight by the smaller districts,
but the larger districts will have no
cause to jubilate. In the method fap-
portionment the smaller districts a Q
a decided advantage. The old law
seemed to work about equal justice
all around.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-10
Professional Cards.
|. <. WORKMAN,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
AT LAW.
Collections a specially.
1p,uo CITY, Jan. 2, 1891.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-10

WIN. ORCHARD returned last Sun
day from Portland, where he has
been the past five months. This
was Wills first trip out of Idaho
He became much attached to the me-
tropohs of the Webfoot State, and
thinks of going back in few months
Will met a few former ldahoans
there, among them Miss Olive Cap
well, Charley Foster and Jim Ira
verso. jim is engaged in peddIlng
vegetables on commission, and Char
lev is still at his old trade, type set
ting.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-10
n social Dance

viii he given in Odd Fellows Hall
on March 18th. Everybody invited.
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Idaho Chapter No. l. z. A. MI.

Holds its regular meeting in Masonic
Hall the Fourth Thursday of each month
All Companions in good standing are in.
vited to attend.
By order of the H. p.
JOSEPH TRAVIS,
Secretary
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PLACER LODGE NO. 3, A. F.&A. M,

fLACEh LODGE NU' s, a. r. & a. M,
Holds its regular meetings each month in
Placerville, on the Saturday on, or first
Saturday after, the full moon
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-10

JoHN DAvY, a boy about four
teen years of age, was caught in
small snow slide near his fathers
residence at the upper end of Rocky
Bar last Sunday and buried to the
depth of two feet. His faithful dog
was near the spot, and by some means
located the boy, and by vigorous
scratching exposed Johns head and
enabled him to call for assistance.
Ike Fitzwater, who resides in the
neighborhood, heard the boys cries
and fastened to his rescue. John
should hereafter prize his dog very
Elmore Bulletin.
New Music. 1t pleases us to call
the attention of our musical friends
to a reverie for piano entitled Lost
in Sorrow" by Ecker, and assert that
it compares with the very best of the
better class of music published of re-
cent date. Price only 40 cents in
postage stamps. Ign. Fischer, pub
Usher, Toledo, Ohio.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
SOCIETIES:

IRON LODGE, No. 10Y, I. o. 0. F.,
meets every Monday at its hall, corner Maiu
and Madison streets. HERMAN DAVIS, \.
e.. j. L. BALDWIN, Secretary.
IRoNToN ENCAMPMENT, No. %,
o. o. f., meets on the first and third Thurs
lay evenings of every month in Odd-Fel
lows Hall, corner Main and Madison streets.
j. T. BALDWIN, G. 2. F. DINGER. Scribe.
STAR OF THE WEST LODuE, No. 1873,
A. F. & A. NJ, meets in Masonic .iaIl, corner
Main and Madison streets, on Saturday of or
preceding full moon. +. ID. AXE, W. NJ.
J. T. AXE Secretary.
INDIAN CHAPTER, No. II, r. A,
meets at the Masonic Hall on the first and
.hird Tuesdays of each month, at PM. w.
r. EDGAR, NJ. E. Fl. z. Ii. b. JONES, Sec
retary.
- VALLEY LODGE, No. 1870,
NTrMNH KNIGHTS OP HONOR, meets in
e<gJglbs0dd Fellows Hall every alternate
ENMN@ w ednesday ev'gs. j. 5. Jon DAN,
<sAlsSS~ ID. A. p. VANCE, Reporter.
EASTERN STAR LODGE, No. 81, \
r. & A. NJ. (colored), meets on the second
Saturday Of each month.
IRON POST, No. 346, G. A R.,
w1T meets the I'd and 4th Thursday
ALllu7 Evenings of each month.
AA j. R. HIGHLEY, P. C.
c.R. PECK, Adi't.
PILOT KNOB.
PILOT KNOB LODGE, No. 253, A. 0.
u. w. meets every I'd and 4th Friday
evenings, 1880 P. NJ, upstairs in Union
Church.
PILOT KNOB LODGE, No. 156, L. o. o.
F., meets every Tuesday evening at their
hall. CHAS. MASCHMEYER, Secretary.
IRON LODGE, No. 80, SONS OF HER
MAN, meets on the second and last Sunday o1
each month. VIM. STEPHENS, President
VAL. EFFINGER. Secretary.
IRON MOUNTAIN.
IRON MOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 430
A.F. e A. NJ, meets Saturday night on Ol
before the full moon. LOUIS PETIT, W. NJ
j. A. PARKER, Secretary.
IRON MOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 260, /
o. F., meets "Wednesday night of each week
PAT. CAUGHLIN, y. q.
]. A. PARKER Se'y.
IRON MOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 293
40. u. W., meets on the first and thirC
Friday of each month.
BELLEVTEW.
Mosaic LODGE No. 351, A. +. & a
NJ, meets on Saturday night of or after th'
full moon. \. j. HARRALL, W. NJ.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
Country Roads.

There are few signs that the quite per-
sistent agitation of the question of i'm
proving the condition of country roads,
which has been in progress for many
years. has had an appreclable effect upon
the dwellers of our country towns. 1t
may be that in a few isolated instances
better and more scientific methods of
road building have been adopted, but in
the great majority of towns the old meth
od of scraping the dust and compost from
the cutters back again upon the roadway
from which travel and the storms of
heaven had removed it is the sole form of
repair which has been put in practice.
The roads are continued thus, in alb out
equally bad condition, throughout the
year. They are heavy and even miry in
the spring and fall. and dusty and muddy
by turns throughout the summer. 1t is
the literal truth that the prevailing meth
od of repairing is the same now as in the
early colonial days, when any road was
considered good enough for all purposes
so long as it had not in it rocks or holes
of sufficient size to upset a carriage. As
people we should not have Jagged so far
behind the nations of the Old World in
the art of road making if we had not
passed so soon from the colonial or from
tier stage of settlement into the railroad
stage OF communication. The advent of
the railroad not only threw the post-roads
which were the only lines of communica-
ton upon which anything like systematic
care was exercised. out OF use, but by
opening up new regions for settlement
they dispersed people over much wider
area, and made the general building of
good roads impossible. All roads became
simply avenues of approach to the rail-
ways, and all were treated with equal
neglect.
Appeals have been made many times to
the rural population to improve their
highways for their own economic benefit.
the contention being that, well-made
road is the test investment which the in
habitants of town could make, since it
would save them its cost many times over
in lessening the wear and tear of vehicles.
horses, and oxen, and in economiZing
time. They could carry heavy loads over
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
Harris0n's Hosanna.

Fellow citizens.
Behold me and
The presidential bee in nv bonnet
As we fit from flower 20 flower.
Indeed, as | filter,
| have few rivals
And no super:ors,
| am the great and only
Peripatetic President,
With the American Eagle
For preamble;
The Fourth of July
For declaration of Principles;
And the butt end OF
An observation car
For nv Platform,
You will observe, 1 hope, that
| do not talk politics.
That is because | avn
Not in politics on this round!
] am in the bands of my friends,
And the hearts of the people!
The National Glory:
Our Magnificent Resources;
The Repub Ic One and Inseparable;
The Unity of Citizenship;
The One-God, One-Flag,
One Country snap:
Our Growing Commercial Interests;
Our Great and Magnificent Future;
Our Educational Advantages;
The PerpetuIty of our Institute ons;
The E Pluribus Unanimity
OF our Liberties;
The purity of our Australian Ballot Box
The Guardianship of Equal Rights
To all men and women,
Under the Constitutions;
And such other
Iime-tried and fire-tested
Brands of patriotic utterances
Are my best hold now,
Ard | think I've got 'em
Where the hair is short!
Attest: my various speeches
During the present Yestlbuled
Campaign tour L am
Conducting so unanimously,
Not to say yociferously,
And with enthusiasm
And 1plOmbi
Fellow citizens
Ladies and gentlemen,
Also, my dear little children,
When | started out on
This largest circulation
Ever attained bv any President,
My grandfather's hat
Was hig enough for me
To organize parade myself in!
Now it fits me like
y Baby Mckee night cap,
And ! haven't sat up~vith
John and Jerry and the boys
In the cOmmiSsary car, either.
No, Fellow citizens,
II is because this is
The greatest republic on earth,
And your receptions
OF its Chief Executive
"Our Ben" as YOU delight to call him
Testify IN thunder tones
That YOU know a good thing
When you see IT.,
But | am not ambitious!
Cesar was ambitious;
And be was defeated
In % Il. c., or thereabouts,
C2Sarian boOms.
As to more modern style,
Fellow citizens,
/ leave that unexpected,
And certainly unsolicited
Honor entirely to your
Wise discretion,
And excellent taste..
Pm rather small,
But, Oh, my...
N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
A Mistaken Lawyer.

Lawyer Chas. holland, in his speech
before the jury in the Ed. holland trial. at
Jefferson City, took occasion to attack
the actions of Gov. Francis in the case.
If Mr.. Noland's object was to reach his
six jurymcn, then it was success, but
if he was speaking to reach MIssourians
he made miserable failure as well as a
mistake.
Governor Francis is the head of our
Democratic state government, and when
any part of his administration becomes
corrupt the Democratic people Of Mis-
souri, expect him to be active i'm aiding
the prosecution in every honorable way.
The lawyers and court may think the
laws are only for the protection of the
criminal, but the general public thinks
Gov Francs right, and the more abuse
he gets, il the public are satisfied that he
has carred.the abuse, the more the public
will think OF him. Stiffen your upper
lip, Governor, and wade in; the people,
tie honest people, are with you. Noland
was part of your administration and the
more you do to ''pen' holland the bet
ter you serve the people.
II you are Our Dfve pull off your coat
aud show the stuff Missourians are made
of, and We'll see you out. .--Fulton Tele-
graph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
CHURCHES:

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
and Pilot Knob. l.. c. WERNERT Rector.
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every Sunday at s O'Clock A. NJ. Vespers and
BenedictiOn of the Blessed Sacrament At 4
O'Clock p. NJ. High Mass and Sermon and
Benediction at Pilot Knob Catholic Church
at 10:30 O'Clock A. NJ Sunday School for
children at l 80 O'Clock p. NJ.
NJ. f. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Mountain Streets ISAAC BORTs, Pastor. Res
idence: IrOnton. Services every Sabbath
at IL A. NJ. and I:45 p. NJ. Sunday School
$3.50 A. VI. Glass Meeting Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock Prayer Meeting Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. All are invited.
NJ. E. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort Hill,
between Ironton and Arcadia. Rev. a. 7.
TIDwELL, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday,
morning and evening. Prayer meeting eve
ry Wednesday evening. Sabbath School at
$3.50 A. NJ.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
near Knob street, =. VI. SHoUsH, Pastor.
Residence Ironton. Preaching on every
Saturday before the first Sunday of each
month at 2::0 +. NJ. and on the first and third
Sundays at IL A. VI. sunday School every
Sunday at $3.50 A. NJ. and Prayer Meeting
every Tuesday evening at 1870 p. NJ.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. OTTO PFAFFE, Pastor.
A. NJ. E. CHURCH, Corner Shepherd
and Washington streets, Ironton. A. ABB
ANATHY, pastor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
What Virtue, Integrity and Energy
May Accomplish.

The following is clipped from the Mel
bourne Age, a leading newspaper of Aus
tralla, and the gentleman referred to is a
nephew of the Rev. DIR. James of St.
Paul's Church, in this city. Col. Chas.
Ill. James is still young man, with a
beautiful wife and three or four lovely
children, and has promise of surprising
most of the leading capitalists in that
growing city of our Antipodes. He was
| also one of the principle promoters of the
great political change which has achieved
Republican Independence for that coun-
| try:
| We take as our Illustration of success
| full land speCulatOr gentleman who has
not only succeeded well himself i'm his
large operations, but who, by his method
of working, has greatly contributed TO-
wards making easy and pleasant the paths
of his clients in connection with their
mere modest investments. The name of
Mr.. G. FL. James is IA familiar ore in con-
nection with suburban land sales. Mr..
James, besides being probably the larg-
est individual speculator i'm the city, was
also The originator of the system of de-
ferred payments. which is now, with more
or less liberal conditions, the common
basis of working. Without individuoasly
distinguishing him as being, of land spec.
ulatOrs, as
Amongst grove, the very straightest plant.
it may quite deservingly be said of him
| that by the iiberality of his terms he has
assisted very large number of his fell
w-citizens to obtain. not only and. but
houses, of their own. and has been the
means by which new cities will, in rapid
course it may be hoped, appear here
previously were only long stretches of
waste ground. As mining speculator
Mr.. james met fate not uncommon in
| that precarious pursuit. and some ten
years since he made his first adventurous
plunge on small scale as purchaser of
land. In Hotham one day he saw land
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
FARMERS ALLIANCE MEETINGS.

Annapolis Alliance, No. l5+, meets Satur-
day, April 2Sth, ISSS, and, after that, every
second Saturday, at $50 p. NJ.
J. NJ. BROWNE, Sec'y, Annapolis, Mo.
Arcadia Valley Alliance, No. 104, meets on
SATURDAY. evenings before the lst and Sd sun
days of every month, at 80 L. NJ
JOHN LORI, Sec'y. lronton, Mo.
EAGLE ALLIANCE, No. 1872, meets on the
Ist and Sd Saturdays of each month. All
nei|hbOrs are invited.
FRANCIEs ALLIANCE meets at Hogan on
the 2d and 4th Tuesday of each month at 5
O'Clock p. NJ H. ;. 6REGoKf, SecE'
MARBLE CREEK ALLIANCE, No. 102, meets
every months on Saturday evenings before
the second SUNDAY at Logtown, and Satur-
day evening before the fourth sunday at the
Red Schoolhouse on Marble Greek.
w. T. SUTTON, Sec'y, Ironton, Mo.
ELM GROVE ALLIANCE No. l19, meets
every other Saturday evening, at the Elm
Grove SchooIhouse, Belleview, at O'Clock p.
NJ j. W. LAsHLEY, President.
WI. RUSSELL, Secretary.
CEDAR GROVE ALLIANCE, No. t20, meets
at the Cedar Grove SchoOlhouSe in Belleview,
the second and fourth Saturday at O'Clock
P. VI. WN. RUDDoCK, President.
!. G. HARTMAN, Secretary.
GARSITEvILLE ALLIANCE, No. 593, meets
at Workmen'S Hall, Graniteviile, on the I'd
and 4th Saturdays of each month at ';3o p
NJ. CHAs. ORRICK, See'y.
Carver Alliance, No. sol, meets on the %
and 4th Saturdays in each month at o'ciock
p. NJ. at the Bollinger Schoolhouse.
j. &. HUFF, Sec'y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
Capital and Labor.

To Sir Thomas More, s'Ihe whole sys-
TEN of society around him seemed moth
ing but Il conspiracy of the rich against
the poor. The rich striving 10 pare away
some thing further from the daily wages
of the poor by private fraud or even by
public law: SO that the wrong already
existing (for it is a wrong that those
from whom the State derives most benefit
should receive least rewardl is made yet
greater by means of the law of the State.
The rich devise every means by which
they may. in the first place. secure to
themselves what they have amassed by
wrang. and then sake their own use and
profit, at the lowest possible price, the
work and labor OF the poor" What
was true in the time of Sir Thomas More
is true of to-day. The out-cry | have
just quoted echoed a sense of wrong then
existing in English society-of something
amiss-not only then existing, but which
had existed from the time when English
men fin st began to press closely together
in the great marts of trade. The same
crv was as audible in the morning of the
fourteenth century as it is III the evening
of The nineteenth. The voice of William
of the Long-beard. who called to all poor
men who felt the weight of rich mems
bands to draw into line; the gloomy
RHYMES of Piers the PlUWman, the first
to the gay lords and danes who rode
decked in silver and minivere along the
Cheap, or to exchange God save you
with the law 5 rgeants as he passed their
new house i'll the Temple''-ref1ects the
thought and feeling Of large class of
our modern working men.
Indeed. this unrest and discomfort is
engraved upon every miestCns of Eng
lish history. from the time OF the present
revolt down through Birmingham bread
riots. to Joseph Arch, who, although an
humble Methodist minister, raised the
agricultural laborer into one of the pollt-
ical factors of that country. and compell-
ed the Government to do something for the
alleviatton of his condition. 1t has cross
ed the ocean and is with us to- day, and
we find our working classes crying out as
bitterly against the oppression of the Cap
italists. as their ancestors in the old
world. We may fairly conclude that
like effects proceed from like causes.
That what is amiss there is amiss here.
There we perceive broad distinctions i'll
the civil body, followed by an unequal dis
tribution of over, apparently becoming
more equal every day, and, consequently,
the friction between the different parts
of society becoming less and less. If
there we find the murmuring OF the low
er classes dying away, as the ability of
one class TO protect itself and thrive at the
expense OF the others is decreased. here
we nv conclude reverse process is GO
inc on. where the discomfort OF our
working classes Is on the increase. That.
in spite OF orr theories of equality, there
is a practical inequality among the COM
ponent parts of our Nation that is grow
ing more pronounced every day, and,
consequently, decreasing power on the
part of the working class to protect itself,
which causes it to draw more closely to-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21

!. A. PARKER Se'y.
IRON MOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 293,
A. o. u. W., meets on the first and third
Friday of each month.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21

BELLENiEW.
Mosaic LODGE No. 351, A. F. & A
NJ, meets on Saturday night of or after the
full moon. \. j. HARRALL, w. VI.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21

For the next GO days. We make this extra.
ordinary offer to introduce the new improve
ment. You Will get three different styles of
pictures that are real souvenirs Of art. Call
and see. Good pictures or no charge.
w. C.. PERKINS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21

IRoNToN CAMP, No. $50, Sons Of
Veterans, meets every 1st and Sd Saturday
evening, each month. and every Tuesday
evening for drill. WM. SCHWAB,
C. r. PECK, Capt. Commanding.
First Sergeant.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
-FFlGIAL DIRECTORY IRON COUNTY
COURTS:

WV IL -
CIRCUIT COURT is held on the
Fourth Monday in April and October.
COUNTY COURT cOnvenes on the
First Monday of March, June, September
and December.
PROBATE COURT is held on the First
Monday in February, May, August and No.
Tember.
OFFICERS:
n. w. HoLLoMAN, Presiding Judge Coun-
ty Court.
JOHN KEMPER, County Judge, South
ern District.
J. Z. Low, County Judge, Western Dis
trict.
j. ). JORDAN, Prosecuting Attorney.
II. w. WHITwORTH, Collector.
w. y. FLETCHER, County Clerk.
Jos. HUFF, Circuit Clerk.
FRANZ DINGER, Probate Judge.
ID. F. REESE, Treasurer.
w. III. FISHER, Sheriff.
5. z. REYBURN, Assessor.
q. w. HULL, Coroner.
j. L. AXE, Public Admir-, IrOnton.
a. w. HOLLOMAN, Surveyor.
p. VANCE. School Commissioner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21
Official Directory.
MEMBER -OF CONGRESS

MEMBER OF CONGRESS:
Hon. SAMUEL BYRNs, Tenth District,
Potos, No.
L. ). LAND OFFICE u. {. Mt ELL,
Register; WIN. B. NEWMAN, Receiver -
Ironton, Mo.
j. FRANK GREEN, Judge Twenty Sixth
-ircuit, De Soto, No.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-21

Buy the Genuine Oliver Chilled Plow ut j.
n. Bishops.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-10
PapaninI's Shoe-VloiIn.

A Paris newspaper recently an-
nounced the sale OF one Of the most GU
rious violins IN the world. 1t formerly
belonged to Paganini, the great violin
list, and, at first sight, merely presents
the appearance of a misshapen
wooden shoe. Its history is curious,
and is not without interest.
During the winter of 1888 Paginini
was living in Rue de la Victoria, 48.
One day q large box was brought there
by the Normandy diligence, on open
ing which he found two inner boxes,
and, wrapped carefully in the folds OF
tissue paper, q wooden shoe and q
letter, stating that the writer, having
heard much of the wonderful genius OF
the violinist, begged, as proof of his
devotion to music, that Paginini
would play in public on the oddly
constructed instrument inclosed.
At first Paganinl felt this to be an
impairment satire, and mentioned the
facts with some show of temper to his
friend, the Chevalier de Bairde. The
latter took the shoetoa violin-maker,
who converted it into remarkably
sweet-toned instrument, and Pa9inini
was pressed to try the shoe-violin in
public.
He not only did so, but performed
upon it some of his most difficult fan.
tasias, which facts, in the Handwriting
of the violinist, are now recorded on
| the violin itself.