St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-21

after her first lesson, the expedition
proceeded step further toward its
future abode and paused in the music
room of the COURT house Here are
the bells of the peal. It's not a
schime-for DR.. David Day, the father
of the bells, of the clock and of the
court house itself, says it isn't, and
no one will dispute him. First, all
by itself, on the west side of the
tower, is the big bell, Weighing three
and an eighth tons, big enough TO
cover and eclipse boy-not a dime
museum boy, of course, but simply a
|, fair-sized boy of six or seven years
This large yellow child snuffer is
fastened solfdly a few inches above
[the floor. Some people imagine that
It swings gaily back and forth like
a sleigh bell or dinner bell, but it
really does not. 1t is very staid and
dignified, and it's name is David Day
"A cast statement to that effect ap-
pears upon it's outside. In Scotland,
no doubt, they would call the bell
big Davy." He was made in 1889
|lbX the Meneely Bell company, of
Troy, N. Y, and, together with his
/ four smaller brothers across the tow
er, cost $500. The little fellows
nestle closely together, on the other
side, as if afraid of their big relative
and his prize fighter voice. s%8l-
While examining these four dimin-
ished ones a peculiar sound was
heard. The expedition listened at
tentively. The same sound was re-
peated. Surely it must come from
1.-THE other side of the tower. A move
,ment was made in that direction, and
the source of the mysterious sound
was at once apparent.
THE BIG BELL
was striking o'clock. At least the
/ guide said it was 8, and proved it
by his watch, but the winder insist
ed that he himself failed to hear the
first stroke. The winder tried to
excuse himself by abiding to the
statement of all reputable dime
novels that guides have better
If not bigger, ears than other men,
and are enabled to stand on the
prairies of Arkansas and hear the
stealthy foe creeping cautiously
through the bad lands of Dakota.
The guide, being naturally modest,
resented these innuendoes, and stat
ed that the remarks made by Big
-Davy have been heard, with ia
voring wind, fully twelve miles from
the court houSe-in Minneapolis and
at White Bear lake. Davy's voice
is said to linger in the tower for
three ana a half minutes after he
has been aroused by the falling of
the hundred-pound hammer.
Like the neighbors whom we
avoid, the Tower Bells are quite a
musical family. Each one has his
particular song, and they all stick
to the same key. Davy sings low,
impressive F natural; his brothers
caroling respectively in F natural
I'D and c natural and a B fiat Be
ing a Scotch family, they prefer
strictly religious music, and confine
themselves to a sober little moroccan
ISfrom the works of Handel. 1t is said
to be taken from the composers
Messiah" but the joint efforts of a
committee of musicians, including
rProfs. Colville and Madeira, have
been unable to locate it in the ora
htorio named. 1t is, however, very
proper music, being nothing else
than the celebrated Westminster
chimes that for so many years have
ELECTED the admiration of London
town. The family song of Davy
and his "brithers" is as-follows, two
,, bars being rendered on the first
quarter, four on the half, six on the
I'third quarter and eight on the even
hour: