Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-07-14
4 SPIRITED FANTASIA
A MUSICAL DUET OF EXCITING
INTEREST.
The Ruics of Harmony Sacrificed
10 AiiegrissimO MOvement-AF For.
zandO Passage Remarks
Lead TO fOrtissimo Acts-A Brief
study in DynamtCs,

zandO Passage-StaCcatO Remarks
Lead to fOrtissimo Acts-A Brief
study i'm Dymamics.
The rivalry between Olympia's two
excellent bands has led to considerable
diicord, where, in the eternal fitness
OF things, there should be nothing but
harmony. One OF those accidentals, !"
AS it were-a sharp and fiat coming
together in the same bar-promoting a
momentary discord, occurred Tuesday
the high contending parties being no
less personagcs than the leader of the
Marines and the trombone shower OF
the Capital City band. Leighton
cigar store is immor,alized as the
scene OF this exciting fugue.
The discordant note was struck
when these gentleman began to dis
cuSs the relative proficiency of the
two organizations, a matter in which
they both felt a very decided interest.
The Professor happening to repeat
remark that, Alexander-like, he fire.
quently makes, his band had played
all the music available, and were
now waiting for something new, direct
from the Conservatory of Music, at
Leipsic, or something to that effect,
the Capital City's Trombone, jeeringly
remarked:
"Iou hat peter play dose bieces
you hav got, dan dry der new vons,
und may be if you practice long
enough you gan play = march dot der
poys gan geep step mid"
What il thatp exclaimed the
professor, all on edge from the i'm
piled depreciation of his abilities,
"What is that! DO you mean to say
that do not play in proper time and
measure?"
"Dot is goost vat zay," replied the
redoubtable Trombone, "und | gay
more-tlot you CANT blay new biece
at sight, on your gornet."
"Ah ha." exclaimed the now
thoughtful angry professor, $50 it is
for you, dutchy, to criticize my quail
fications and ability-is it? For you
to pass an opinion on things you
know no more about than you do to
act the part of a gentleman? I'll bet
you $50 you can't bring q piece OF
music cannot play"
al dakes dot pet" replied the
Trombone. and down he goes into his
pocket for the stake. Producing a
$5-piece which he planked up for for
felt, he said:
well, dere must be baper made
oudt and a contract signed. don't
trusts dot Marine pand leedle my
sight oud."
do you mean to doubt our
honestly" inquired the now almost
wild leader of the Marines.
eff der goat fits, you gan but it on, i"
answered the plucky Trombone" and
before another word could be uttered
the combatants clinched, and for a
brief period strawberries, oranges, CT.
gar-boxes, hatchets and kindling wood,
with hair and gore, were impressed
upon the retina of the spectator.
The blood flowed from the Trombone,
who claims that he was wounded BY
the Ratchet while it was performing
one Of its eccentric parabolas that RI
vailed the movement of the famous ak
of Umslopagaas.
1t lie saddening, however, that so
vigorous and decisive a passage at
arms should be 80 barren of results, so
far as the settlement of the question
at issue is concerned. The relative
merits of the two bands and the prof.
cheney of the professor are still as
much unsolved problems rs the squar-
ing OF the circle. There is some hope,
however, that the Superior Court will
be able to determine "Who struck
BILLY Patterson" after it has care
fully dissected the testimony of the
jubilant Cornet and the bleeding
Trombone.