The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-04-24
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1T PLAYED ONE TUNE.

MlclllSdu avenue lHey were unhllSldh-
ably from some place in the West. They
had the good old time manners which are
becoming scarce in every section. They
were 60 or maybe 20 years each One of
them was reading the news to the other
one.
The one who was reading stopped and
said: 'I'll be doggoned if Sam Stone amt
dead. 1t says here that he died in Topeky,
Kans. You remember Sam Stone. He
wrote that old song, wait for the Wagon
and Well all take Ride"
''Hain't thought of it 80 years, Cy," re-
piled the old man opposite him. "Let's
see, how did it go?-something like this"
the old man puckered his lips and tried
to whistle the air, but the sound from his
mouth resembled that of hungry wind
through keyhole.
"Jim, you'r getting wind wasted. Get
ting old. Fellows like you and me can't
whistle. Better hum it, jim"
And Jim hummed it while Cy beat time
with his fingers on the table.
81 had forgot, Cy, who it was that wrote
it."
eyes, it was Sam Stone. I'd bout for
got it myself till | see it in that morning
paper"
'Sam Stone was 81, so the paper says.
He died in Topeky, where he'd lived about
% years. That was a great old song in its
day"
THAT aud Pop goes the Weasel y"
"But Wait for the Wagon, was the
most catching. remember it was the first
piece that tine st. Joe Mo rnrnet band
learned to play. And Just then there was
man died in 81. Joe. called on the
leader of the band to engage the bands
service. It was the first lob the band had,
and its it was in debit for the snare drum
aud the il chance to yet even.
so the leader got retainer and then
he told the committee that the band could
play only one piece, and that was Wait
for the Wagon. The leader said it was
not built on dead march time. hut hv play
ing it low and mutlling the big drum he
could make it sound solemn. So the band
turned ont at the funeral and it PLAYED
wait for the Wagon" all the way out to
Mount Moriah cemetery. Some of the
boys about town had a hard time looking
sad. especially Ben Ullman, the big butcher.
who was one of the pall-hcarers. Ben was
the funny man of the town anyhow
II remember Ben, cy."
~ l>nowed YOU did As was saying,
it was hard to keep straight faces, the band
playing that tune going ont to the grave
Coming back there was nearly row. The
high mucll.a-mucli of the funeral told the
leader of the band he had better change
the music, and then the leader said the
he had told him so. The procession marched
down Frederick avenue coming back and
it commenced to rain, so that the lodge
it was the Ieredathah Chapter as remem-
ber-had to quicken their steps and that
put the band out"
"Of course, Cy. You can't march double
quick on slow music But 90 on"
"Well, the only thing for the band to do
was to liven up the tune, and that was
what raised Old Ned. The newspaper
came. out the next week with piece in it
as long as your arm saving it was a disgrace
and that if the band expected the citizens
to help pay the debts it had better learn
some music that would be appropriatc at
funerals. as people were liable to die anv
time. OF course that made the band mad ~
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