Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-04-30

town with . dozen old houses that
would tickle the antiquarian. One, In
an excellent state OF preservation, was
brought here as ballast from England,
being one OF the first houses YER built
In the State. There are three others In
the town. The first hotel is here also
and covered with old fashioned tile. The
first piano ever brought to California 10
here. 1t was made by the manufac-
%turers, which makes ii exceedingly rare.
Pianos now are mostly made by one con-
Germ and sold by another, the seller put
ting his own name on in gold with .
stencil. hence the name stencil piano."
The dealer gives his orders for so many
| pionos. and the artisan makes them 40
his little home in Newark or Brooklyn
by the light Of a pine knot. This Is IN.
other reason why the piano as q musical
instrument In the house Is a bitter dis.
appointment and will some day be sue.
ceeded by the music box, which never
has q headache or gets out Of tune.
They say that the music box has no soul
in 1t. Neither has the piano, and Pa
derewski has just refused TO play at
private houses in return for q boiled
dinner. So there you are.
1t was In San Francisco that IN old
acquaintance turned up whom | bad not
seen for years. He was educated for the
ministry and received one OF the most
elaborate educations | have ever seen,
having graduated with honors from sew
eral different colleges from which was
expelled. had the honor OF being ex-
PEELED from the best always. "Why fool
away time," my father used 10 say, lin
being expelled from ordinary colleges.
Get fired by the best or none"
This young man had been on the coast
for over Is years and had written homo
that he was getting on very well. guild
ing his poor dying fellow man toward .
better land beyond the grave. Still he
did not seem To make any great showing
In the papers. and so his family thought
be could not be- regarded as a successful
minister. l remembered his face very
well, and so | recognized him at once
when ] suddenly saw him attending TO
the duties that have engrossed his atten-
ton for Is years.
As young man he was very fond OF
horses, and yet be could not forsake the
mission OF aiding poor dying man In his
solemn journey toward eternal life, so
he had compromised the matter and
driven a hearse for - years.
He claimed TO have the best pair OF
matched black stations west of Ken
lucky, and on the road home from the
grave often got In ahead OF the electric
cars. He asked me 10 get on the box
with him. but | was afraid people would
think / was burylng my audience, so l
refused.
| may write another letter on life In
California next week. for Il is n very
interesting State, and aside from those
people In 1t who claim TO have been the
first white child born here like the
people very much,
II the first white child born in Cali
fornia would hold a reunion somewhere
In the State, IL would be q great sue
cess.
We are going through the grain
country now, where people W farms
that produce 80 bushels OF wheat 10 the
acre, and there are 1000 acres In the
farm. They give me n jealous pang.
when | compare them with my baby
grand upright farm In my mountain
home In North Carolina, where | raised
$500 worth OF corn at 81. so per bushel,
not counting my W work.
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