The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-25

''doodlesack" and not a musical instru-
ment is a degenerate" Others are
equally uncomplimentary and less
scientific They say he is crazy: thai
his address is Wauwatosa- In sup
port of this theory they point to the no.
torious fact that lawyers always try
TO place on a jury men who know as
little as the law allows
While Scotchmen scorn the imputa-
ton that the bSgpipe does not make
the sweetest music in the world. Ger
mans are by no means united On the
other side. Some agree with the Nil
waukee turyman- Others are willing
10 conceGe that the bagpipe. when vel
played, may be musical instrument
though or low order. This division
or opinion among the Germans gives
10 the Sco;chmen an advantage. They
say the pipers OF Milwaukee are poor
lot
In order . understand this conten-
ton il is necessary 10 recall the facts
William Natthaus brought suit against
. the Wisconsin Theatsr company for
the loss OF his horse. which took fright
al a procession headed by a Scotch
piper in fun blast The plaintiff alleg-
ed that the diabolical noise emitted by
the doOdlessck caused his SIS horse 10
rear and plunge and drop dead He
also alleged that the baSpipe was nor a
musical instrument. but was invented
by Highland cattle thieves for the ex-
/ press purpose OF stampeding the herds
which they desired TO steal.
I The foreman or the jury knew his
/ business. He told the members that
klein musick" came from a dude
SACK that der erhabener Vogner ira
egt no dudlesack" lie insisted ''Zum
! Teufel NIT dudlesack." Zum Teufel NIT
de Pfeifer," And the jury responded
'Du hast recht." and forthwith gave
a verdict for the plaintiff in these wards
We. the jury. find:
That the doodlesack is not a musical
/ instrument.
\ That the said horse, being or a nerv-
I Gus temperament. was scared TO death
/ by an unearthly noise made by a band
I with the aforesaid doodlesack.
That the plaintiff shall recover from
/ the defendants for said horse the sum
1 OF SIPS.
81 am not an authority on music"
I said Chief Badenoch yesterday. con-
cealinS his wrath. but no jury with 4
{ ScOtchman on IL would ever have
/ brought in such a verdict II is no
uncommon thing for horses 20 be so
badly frightened that they drop dead.
I There was a case right here in Chicago
/ not long ago. The alleged music OF a
band killed him, but I don't say that
was a German band. II wasn't a
Scotch band and l know il wasn't an
| Irish band-no man ever saw an Irish
band. You can draw your own con-
clusions."
1.-The man is what the German author
! ity, DR.. Max Nordau. calls "A degene-
rate" said D. r. Cameron. He evil
! IDENTIFY has no ear for music Some
horses also have no ear for music Now.
I If il had been a mule, the effect would
have been different. The mule is a
/ musical animal. viewed i'm the light OF
/ Wagnerian opera, In which many pas
| ages greatly resemble the vocal efforts
! looked a bet when he did not make his
| pilgrims in Tannhaeuser ride mules
| and introduce those animals IN the
chorus with a 'leit-motif symbolic 81
the generally asinine conduct OF the
hero.
''If this Milwaukee juryman had been
! here at the last ST. Andrews banquet.
| / could have shown him 500 men who
| thought the bagpipe a fine musical in
strument. l have heard twenty-eight
'bagpipes playing all at once"
John II. AnAerg suggested that n his
business associate, Mr.. Cameron. could
! hear the playing OF twenty-eighT bag
| pipers al once and survive. any Ordin-
! airy horse ought TO be able 20 endure
| the ellectS OF one 'b1Splpe.
II. F.. Klefbacker said the bagpipe
! was certainly not a musical instru-
| ment II am not surprised that the
| horse fell dead" he said. mo one but
| a ScOtchman could possibly call such a
| diabOlical noise music. IL Il enough
| TO scare any self-respecting horse into
fits"
Robert Berger. OF T. 6. Dreyer & Co,
! was very much OF Mr.. Kleibacker's
| opinion. Technically l suppose the
| bagpipe may be called a musical in
strument." he said. but - certainly IS
rot musical. Horse fiddles. barrel or
! gans and huhdy-gurdiss may also DO
| called musical instruments as p matter
| OF courtesy or for technical purposes. .
''The Milwaukee man IL crazy" said
Editor Jameson, Of the Western Brit
! ish-American. There Is no sweeter
| music In the world than the pipes. The
! bagpipe has won more battles for Scot
| land than her men. II we 90 10 war
! with England about Venezuela we viii
enlist band OF bagpipers from Mllwau-
! kee."