Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-04-28
SOME REMARKS ON SINGING.
There Are Times When It's q Blessing That
Some Peuple Can't Sing.

There Are Times When It's q Blessing That
Some People Cam Sing.
"Singin is a curious, uncertain kind Of
puformance," said Uncle Jed Hawkins to
Aunt M'ri', his wife. There's been times,
off n On, when I've wished the Lord he'd
seen his way to givin me Il singin vice, an
then there'll come times, like today. when
l feel to be real grateful that sech powers
was denied me, fer l persume t. say l
shouldn't re'lize when I'd lost my purchase
on 'em any more'n other folks do"
II reckon you've ben hevin a taste of your
sister Alviry's singin over to Cyrusville this
afternoon, amt ye?" said Aunt M'ri', sur
veying her spouse with a critical glance.
II hev," replied Uncle Jed, IAN it was
considerable wuss'n common"
ut don't seem scussly possible" re-
spondcd Aunt M'ri'.
WELL" said Uncle Jed, you see the
trouble lays jest here. .Alviry's piano that
brother Peter sent her. "a years back. come
Christmas, was IL good article, but it's he'd
a powerful lot o. w~ear-what with the
Children kind o'developin their muscles on
it, an so on-an as you're KNOWN to it
amt ever been tuned"
II should jedge not" said Aunt M'ri'.
"Well," proceeded her husband 'Alviry's
vice, | ~callate, hes sort of formed itself to
suit the instrument. Where there's ben
notes on the piano that was kind O. queer
soundin, Alviry hes cultivated her vice, as
ye might say, to chime right in with 'em.
An it's sounded pooty far to me. know
jedges O. music like you amt been satisfied
with it," added Uncle Jed hastily, "but to
Cyrusville folks it hes sounded pooty far.
IAN this afternoon when l stepped in to
see Alviry she says. Jed, there's ben a
tuner here in Cyrusville, an l he'd my piano
tuned, an l jest want you to come in an
hear me sing to it.
$50 we went into the fore room, an she
set down an begun to play Joys That We've
Tasted, which hes allus ben agreat fav'rite
o mine. Well, the instrument sounded
fine. Inever he'd sech a good notion O. the
openin bars O. that piece before, an then
Alviry begun to sing.
II callate my ears amt as sensitive as
some," said Uncle Jed modestly after u
short pause, but, my sakes alive! Thought
l should go ravin crazy before she finished
the fust verse. Her vice was patterned on
the old way the instrument sounded, jest
the same as ever, an ! s'pose she was so
kind Of wrapt up she didn't notice the
diff rence, but there was times when it was
wuss'n draggin Il pencil BACKYARD over a
slate-or anythin else you can think Of"
added Uncle Jed recklessly.
"llow d. you think 'twould be-" he ask
ed after a moments silence, "ef we was to
invite Alviry over here fer the day, an l " Is
to hire that young man to ontune the =
strument back to where 'twas?" He looked
obviously at Aunt M'ri'.
Couldn't be done" said she.
well, them" groaned Uncle Jed, "Al-
viry's singin will hev to be give up, and !
shall hev to he the one to tell her, as Q
children are all married off, an Ellis as d,ei
us a haddock. ASH remarked when l nr-
gun, this is one o. the times when I feel 10
be grateful l WANT born a singer.
STILL" said the old man regretfully,
"when you come right down to the root
ont, it jest shows-Alviry's case doos-that
piano tunin amt sech a good thing, by All
large, when all's said an donel'
Upon this remarkable view of the sub
ject Aunt M'ri', with unusual ~forbearance.
made no comment.-Youth's Companion.