The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-29
Well, Well!

ability" and the 'Christian gentleman
with being beneficiary in a transac-
ton that would appear to most people
downright fraud. This is precisely
what the Musical Courier of New
York in its issue of July 20, does.
Our readers may or may not know that
certain parties who manufacture or deal
in pianos and organs of an inferior
quality, like the notorious Beatty Of
New Jersey, have fashion of stencil
ing the name of a better known manu-
facturer upon the instrument or of tax
ing another manufacturers organ or pi-
ano, placing their name on it and sell
ing it under this false pretense. These
instruments are known as stenciled
pianos or organs. OF course if this is
carried on to any extent proper ar
rangements must be made with the
parties whose names are used. But
who would have thought that the polit-
ical bummers candidate for Governor
of Vermont, the man whose paid or
gans have said over and over again is a
christian gentleman" would profit by
a transaction seemingly so fraudulant!
But this is what the Courier says, in
substance, though somewhat reluctantly.
1t appears from the Courier article
that that journal has been waging a
warfare upon these stenciled goods
without giving the names Of all the
parties engaged in the business. For
this contemporary takes it to task,
and the article in the July issue
seems to be an answer thereto, and
while it directly charges the Estey COM
pany with sharing the profits of the
fraud it charitably thinks the company
opposed to the "vile traffic" We
quote so much as will give our readers
the full benefit of the Courier's charge:
"True, in the disclosures regarding
the Camp stencil piano, its sham claims
and the false pretense on its name
board the Musical Courier has favor
ed the name of Estey by refusing to
introduce it in the discussion, putting
the blame upon the name on the piano.
Mr.. Camp, however, forced the issue
and compels us to give reasons we did
not care to divulge. If Mr.. Camp felt
that we were protecting his partners he
had no moral right to draw them into
the controversy. x x x x More.
over, at this particular juncture, when
Colonel Fuller is standing before the
people of Vermont as a candidate for
governor, this paper insists that his
connection with a stencil piano should
not be forced upon the public by envi-
Gus papers which are supporting the
fraud stencil merely to abuse The
Musical Courier. While Colonel Es-
tey and Colonel Fuller are participants
in these stencil transactions and bene-
iciaries in the profits we believe they
are opposed to the traffic, and that is
the chief reason why The Musical
Courier did not care to associate their
names with it.
Now, reader, what think you? Do
you blame the. SITTER for refusing to
support man for governor whose bus
mess ability and moral character will
allow him to help on SO questionable,
not to say fraudulent, an enterprisei
Or is it true? We give it upon the
authority Of the aforesaid journal.
We venture the prediction that the
Courier will not be sued for libel, and
it most certainly would if its statements
could not be substantiated. The fur
Their prediction is made that no Fuller
organ in the State will have one word
to say about the matter.
Another thing in the same article lets