New-York tribune., 1900-04-29
THE RURAL BAND.
IT PERFORMS SOME EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL
FEATS.
rom The Lewiston Journal.

FEATS
From The Lewiston Journal
The rural band can do things that Sousas Band
1t can go on an excursion and play its three tunes
otnt @itVr Ihe ote. from the time the excursion
tucker a new band Later. when they get be
wofully tired and play slow tunes and take long
itS ana Iook ooreG when they receive al ,Ue.-e
L IKE 10 see a new band get encore. even after
IL IT, fad a been playing all day They strike right IN
LewistOn's fire whistle
once l saw a rural band playing in front Of a
from the piazza The band men SUCK tn ir ios in
tom POST March %a AND At VAS hs o}N WsI n
sonely. But the bass drummer forgot himself and
T0 ToHEeG & 10 let go Of his 9s drum The drum started
rGtlg iti aown the NIL Drummer ran after it. The
ne ne JdIt missed reaching it with his hand but he
up the regular beat all the way down the hil
Never E e missed strokeIand the band kept At
obstruction. and halted suddenly that thr
ahare w went feo oTe5 Of 1t head @ first II tn happened that
place IN the music, and he was able get on his
take up the thing where he LEFT of And Is.5' as h.
fully fully away, maybe you think he didn't get The
Now; I'll wager that Sousa's bass drummer
village band was engaged to lead the coryege TO
the band with most ug45rios S N2oh as s. payGd 1 by
instruments. was especially solemn. ''99
Tae most sole part was when the band
terry. 7 O'iie
1t solemn place. that cemetery gateway,
win It's funeTedl trimmings. 1t a double gate
IN the centre on the ground was the little block
Wheie the gates were latched the foot The
trombone player. with his eyes intent on the sol
efnn music IN his catch, stubbed his toe AGAINST
the block As he tripped he threw out a hand To
save himself, and the trombone blatted so ferocI
ously-rght in the midst of those solemn Oh, r3s-
bones end struck the ground ere he could get mis-
mouth away from the end. The instrument emit
ted another bray that fairly demoniac
IL happened right under the noses OF the horses
drawing the hearse. and. OF course, they SHE'D and
one OF them stepped on the trombone. That scared
then IN earnest and they s,arted. They ran the
pihd down-they routed it. and they tore down
me cemetery avenue with the driver hanging on
Tor grim death. lie made circle OF the main drive
mails. and the rest of the funeral train remainsd
quiet and witnessed that remarkable ''hoss race"
with varying emotions. ~
Ihere have been many things happen In that
particular town, but nothing that deyeIoned So ui
denly from the deeply solemn into the Intensely
exciting ~ ''''N''S'''
The trombone player had recovered his battere,
morn and stood there dusty and hatess watching
the tmpromptu chariot race. ''s
When the horses We're finally caDturad and s,,h
dued he looked at his trousers then az his
battered horn. then at the little block in the road
way and finally at the horses once more Ana b.
ism wicked man. II he were | should have to
pant red streak across the foot of this cOlurn
AS II was. he slowly wiped his mouth looked alsain
at the crushed horn. Wal. I'll be dod-buttered
TO swan" says ne
And the meek shall inherit the earth,
To add a bit TO this day of the pcturesou. 4,