Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-05-24

m6duOWS, uuu tu OCCdSlUud1 Surdlu ITOLu
some stirring songster betokened days
advent. The fresh air seemed to impart
unwonted buoyancy to Herr Veit He
strobe Justify on q / soon passed the
open country adjacent to the city. Up
lands and lowlands he traversed for sew.
eral days, pausing often to break the
stiffness Of dell and glade with the dull
Get voice Of his violin.
At last he came upon hamlet nes-
Ting, like his own picturesque town, in
a stream threaded valley at the foot of
a range of hills. The dampness of the
day veiled the hilltops heavily in mist
O circumstance which seemed to disturb
the simple villagers very much. They
were gathered in knot in front of the
mountains regarding wistfully the sum-
mits Of the nearest range. The wander
ing musician, following the path that
skirted the base of the hills, loomed
suddenly in sight, and with one impulse
the peasants hailed him as being sent
from other realms-to aid them per-
haps. They conjured him to disperse
the clouds that for several days had
hung about the mountains and prevent
cd their getting to their focks grazing
on the heights.
The traveller replied serenely in an
unintelligible dialect that the clouds
certainly were fine evidences Of a
dull day, but that the herdsmen were
not to be further alarmed, as he was
provided with the sovereign remedy for
such exigencies. Seating himself on a
stump near by, Herr Veit began conf
IDENTIFY to WOO the sun god with sweet
music The anxious rustics concluded
that this procedure was the magical way
to dissipate the mists and went by twos
and threes contentedly about their vari-
GUS callings.
AS the hours wore away, however,
with no marked Tightening of the at
mosphere, the people began to doubt the
strangers power and to exhibit signs Of
impatience, some manifestations being
SO stormy as to affect the musician-and
his measures-tremulously. Phebus,
too, apparently was angry, for though
Herr Veit, with his liveliest notes, be.
sought an audience, the day closed un.
blessed with glimpse of the sun gods
radiance. AS the night became darker
and darker, the music grew more and
more faint, but it was only when the
weariest villagers had sunk to rest that
the melody ceased. In order to give thei1
would be deliverer sufficient time, the
inhabitants had resolved to leave him tt
his methods until the following day,
Bright and early next morning the sui
appeared, but long before its rays gildet
the mountain tops Herr Veit, fearfu
of another trial, had stolen from thu
scene of his exertions-sighting aftel
many hardships the familiar roofs O.
Salzburg.
One evening soon after Herr Veit's re
turn the student was asked to sup will
him, and over the coffee the adventure
was recounted. The legend which hat
turned the shoemaker's head must hav'
been of Amphion, under whose magi
music the ramparts Of Thebes are re
puted to have arisen, for when the epi
sode had been rehearsed mine host, pre-
facing by way of momentum, ga littl
learning is dangerous thing" reflected
that in the olden time it must have beel
no small matter to build up wall b.
the power Of music, seeing that nova
days it was most difficult to move evel
cloud by the same
"True," Gabriel acquiesced, "sucl
feats seem practicable enough on paper
but, success granted, I warrant that tn
achievements one comes across in chron
icles were not the crust breaking per
formanoes that the old bards report
Times, moreover, have changed W
live in another age; different condition
environ us. Waving enigmas abroad @
in remote periods, there are problem
at our very doors clamoring for solution
Reviewing it all and recalling trench
ant observation touching the happines
of home keeping wits, am more tina
ever impressed with the force Of ou
adage-
"Schuster, bleib' bel deinen leis
tenp" Shoemaker, stick to your las
anticipated Herr Veit gleefully, and fc
once at least aptly.-L. I Summerscale
in Kansas City Times