Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-06

knew that the only musical instrument ever allowed in this town was a fiddle, and that had 10 ho played mighty softly, but we felt defiant and enthusiastic In our ambition We forgot tho window on the alley. For the moment we forgot that we lived ill -AIiZpuA
 We had hr,'n yAnking away it that ac, coIxiion for bali an hour and had extract ed from i;s bowels at least five distinct notes uf Home sweet Home" when thrrr was d yell and n crash, and pieces and hunks and ~pliutcr> of that inStru- mrnt flew iu ever, direction We turned tu the N induw nud Cnuntcd thr heads nt seven of "ur unpr0gre~SiVr citizens, and n~ near a> We cuui1 Iuni:r rut each Citi Zru h, ll i;un lH his hand We made nn rcmArk~, "nd no uur~ti"uS WVr asked. What remained ,f thr accordion was laid oh t!.,' floor under our editorial table, and we ru~v up and went out. When the city marshal beard the firing. he supposed it was fired nt Gn,I. He got around after a few minu,,-, but the seven men had stolen silCn'il away -\ithrtlyh WI had the in strunrn; aIuvV uur hrld and wns pulling out a t"arful wall n~ tn" crash came, it was gu"d muuting an t,n' Iarr oC the boys X quart of glue and A wrHk' time won { mnkC the accordion ghd We shall raise no fu>S about II The day may Onmc when sn:lrr Ariyona editor will work up n taste for grand opera through the medium of an acroldion ur n dulCimcr. but il is useless tu try t0 force things. \ { hiCaGo dealer in musical instruments iS going 10 send LIS half II dozen jews harpS. and when wc frCl mu>iCally inclined we shall mount rur n'!,lH aud ride out tu the foothil!s =: play our soul away without risk of having >ur earthly career cut short
 \ BE >uVIFl l. INClDENT-Sevcr days lCo. while Mayor Callahan and Captain Phillips were in tho >anctum of THE KICKER. the talk turnvd on poker, and the major, who came here from St. Louis last rear, anrnunrrd that a royal flush heat Iour acrS We believe that such Is the ,aec in St Louis. Chicago and farther saSt. hut not so in Arilunn-not unless the man with tho royal t;U n has a voice like tho roar 0f mad hull and is known | so he deed shot The r"as1n it is! ' SN | Is hec1usc nur players got in tb" hah'r of Iooki0r tEr0uch the pack for the "tl'r | oard when they happened to hold mp f,.nr, | and this led to hands being pinned down with knives anu many other misundrr- I standings. The two gentlemen disputed 1 for a moment. and then tho captain called l tho major q liar and appealed tO us tO l has been tu stand neutral and offer the | loan of . gun to either man In this in stance the captain wanted to bid his fami- l Iy eoodby, and the major wanted to draw | up his will It was therefore agrcCd that there should he no shooting till they mot ] by chanCu on the street. Tho meeting 1 took place yesterday. We were standing ! in front of the postotiice with Major Cal lahan whom Captain Phillips turned in from Cheyenne street. The major pulled his shooter, tho captain attempted to do the same, but a sore finger prevented. The ! major saw what was the trouble and kindly asked;
 | Captain, aro you diSabled?'
 Tho captain held up his finger incasetl 1 In rag in reply
 Then don't go to any trouble, con tinued the major as he roturned his gun to its holster 'Whilo l naturally wish to get this affair off my hands as soon as
 possible, can't take no advantage over you When your finger gets well, come around and see me and be shot,
 The captain offered to shoot left handed or to remove the rag from his sore finger
 but the major would not hear of it. WI
 saw the opening and took advantage of it
 Inside of flvc minutes we had bridgcd thI
 chasm, and tho two men wero shaking hands and batting each other on tho back
 It was a spectacle to touch tho heart, anC after we had wiped the tears from oul
 eyes we invited tho pair to take sunthiI
 at our expense. It is needless to add thu
 the invitation was accepted, and thus wa
 tragedy averted and friendship restor
 cd. Thero is a report current that the cap
 tain crawflshcd when he ran up agains
 the major. This is utterly untrue. w,
 were watching him closely, and thnngl he appeared confused for few seconds h
 exhibited no signs of fear and made ever.
 reasonable effort to get his gun from it
 holster and render the majors oharmin:
 wife widow. NJ. QUAD.