The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
FIDDLER WANTED.
). WAS FAMED AND At , DANCE "OS''
Hf""'p.o VERY WELL.

IN n washout ON the ore
fun =" .aort Line-Milli0n"lr'' , an" ,
son '"I Attend Dance and Experiences
Musical surprise
=. patrick's day, 1894 hve
On d. 80 hound both 10 the east
through west eastward of the Oregon Snort
ward t' ,be Union Pacific, were llea up
Line Oh NV Ferry, Ida They had been
at Glenns on two serious washouts,
eauS ~ POcatello and the other era AZ h , 70
one az tSree days before, and haa 10
Creek ' Glonps Ferry for track repairs
wait al oi line before they could proceed.
G eivuS Ferry is bleak - ti's goo or 100
O e"S sheep herders' town Oh 'oo o -
anu s.b;tants situate on. snsep ssh
inhso''a unlocking the unspeakably dark
ana St u,'f Eve stalled trains carried ooo
,.. asr Of as miscellaneous . onA. :.
pasSe 81 could be gotten together AZ q
ter - al, selected congress OF types.
carefully seico~' :t,;o.airas.
S SSsre were emigrants and miil'ona,.o w.
Ine ,iou !" on the move; dainty women IN
sOiu.. aoa,s and women bound for Greece
palaI rr;nnle Creek in day coaches; min
anu .s I,1 Filled time during the wait In
en- sho0 Shu magpies circling over the
Snake river; shoshone Indians travei.
en'A 70 the limits of their reservation;
ius behaved and quiet people, NOISY
S sud tumultuous people. But all were
o.uct alike, and they made the best OF u.
s' mos Of social demarcation were Tor
49, time erased. All hands mingled
' ~" on the little station platform and
:" tho little station waiting room. me
"unnlv If food on the dining cars gave
Nth ort the first day of the hitch, and every
bodv was fed, and well fed, too, III the
station eating room. They sat down at
.ha tables in relays and patiently
awaited their turns.
The railroad employees and their
wives were to give dance at the little
town hall on st. Patrick's night The
switchman who had been customarlly
employed to fiddle for them had been
switched TO another division. In guam
dary. the dance committee toured the
trains and station to ascertain IL any OF
fine stalled passengers happened to bt
carving a violin and was capable OF
producing music on it. In one OF the
sleeping cars they came across an artistic
looking man, with very long hair,
serapbic, oleaginous countenance ant
exceedingly bsggy clothes. They wer'
looking for fiddler, they said. Did M
know of any on the train? Well. h
didn't know Tin outrageously bad Eng
lish) he played little himself once il
awhile, and had rather fair hddl
with him. The long haired man accent
ed the fiddle" rather curiousIy. Blu
therailroad men were overjoyed. Woul
he play for them to dance with thei
wives and sweethearts? Certainly Di
be know dance musicP Well, some.
All of the stalled passengers were IN
yited to the dance. and they all went
good many Of them could not get IL
The baggily clothed fiddler turned u
in good time The pianist was waitin
for him. So was the railroad dane
committee, one Of the members OF whic
slipped 50 in one dollar bills into III
fddlers hand as payment in advane
for thu evenings work. 1t was smiling
ly accepted. The dance began. II
freman's wife, who played the pian'
produced an old bethumbed violin al
piano tune book and turned to the la
GERS. She told the fiddler, at the end
the first dance, that he did pretty vel
only he went too fast. Then there vi
awaltz. The fiddler was informed
bis accompanied that he was gettil
along finely, and everybody in the roo
began to prick up his ears at The swes
ness Of the violin music, although 4
dances were common enough and tawd
enough. ''t
Another walts-ths Beautiful Bl
Danube" All Of the dancers on (
floor stopped dead Ut the first bar, q,
the travellers with cultivated music
ears moved close to the piano. The !
alist ceased. She wished to listen. T
violin music was miraculous. The pls
or swayed from side to side ~ he phrl
3D. BE appeared to DO oblivious Of
surroundings. He improv,sed variskil
OF inspiring tenderness. He out.Strau
ed strausa His violin sang. throbt
with passion. When the Last note d
away, the people in the hall appea,
10 % In dream-all but one.
N. Yaye," aaid Charley Fair.
son OF the late United States SeaA
fair, stepping from the throng, "wo
you play that lively. rattling thing }
gave Us at the Bohemian club In
francisco the other night It's b
running in my head ever since"
M. Ysays played Berliox's 'Pk
sato a. he perhaps never played it
iore'-Washington Star.