Year: 1875




Permit me through the columns Of your
paper to reply to the article in the Demo-
crat OF last week signed citizen, in order to
defend the Watertown Cornet Band against
tie false and unjust accusation and the oi-
rect personal attack, which said article
e9ntains. Citizen asks, is a bargain bind
iRg? Every body knows that it is, if made
by the principal party OF an organization,
or by duly authorized agent otherwise
the bargain cannot be binding Among
the printed rules and regulations of our
Band, | refer to the following:


All bargains and engagements for music
must he made directly through either of the
members of the undersigned Band Commit
tee, otherwise tie Band will not be respon-
siole torany mistakes or misunderstanding


Signed, JOHN MILLER. Leader


WM QuENTMEYER,


A. SCHUELERMANN


Now Citizen claims to hold a document
that we agreed to play for ST, so. but defy
him to produce document signed by eth er
of the ABOVE duly authorized Baud Com
mittee. The part y who made the bargain
may be to blame, but agent of the Two Or
phans who did not know his business well
enough to come directly TO the Leader OF
the Band is still more to blame, especially
SO, as | called upon him upon his arrivai
here on the day OF the performance, to ar
range matters in fair wa1. and would
have been willing to Play for the price first
stlpulatedfor, buG meeting with q saornfui
and overbearing repnise, of course with
q e@. l. he asent OF i t9oupe loes not
know Ais business and commits 5t;lilasrs Ia
consequence thereof, { certainly is no rea-
son why our Band should suffer pecuniarily
or from the personally malignant attack OF
an anonymous ceres, ondens 100 coward
~ to sign his own name. Does Citizen sup
pose that five men can play for q theatre
aud attend rehearsal besides, which by the
way was not stipulated for Ia the frs t
place--fOr the mere pittance of 80?
10 illustrate still further: Supposing any
business man, say, for instance, one who runs
a music store, should have an unauthorized
party sell $500 piano for $500, wouldn' t
the said man, who runs a music store, be
perfectly justified in resisting such trans
! action? Most certainly, and it would be
nobody business to interfere Or to rush in
to print, and, therefore, | repeat there is al
ways two sides to every question.


md now it occurs to me hat Citizen has
in most uncaled for manner meddle With
business which does not in the least concern
him, and that in spite Of his pIefessed re-
gard tor home institutions, he has seized
on pretsxt to vent personal spite against
our Band, and also that the proprietor of
the troupe seeing great dissatisfaction exist
ing at the absence of music at their per-
tormance, and deeming it desirable to clear
themselves of all blame in the transaction
at the expense of our Band, and perceiving
soft spot IN Citizen ucceeded most s.d-
miraby III making him their willing tool
and dupe. By the way. the Two Orphans
are claimed BY Citizen to be "a whole team
of six but the fact OF their travelling not
only without band, but also even without
leader, looks little cone horse" if | may
be allowed to use one of Citizens slang
phrases. AS to Citizen calling our conduct
disgraceful and his attempt to sneer at and
rdlcule our music, with mixture of Slang
phrases and Shakespearssn quotations, they
SAVIOR strongly and decidedly OF personal
spite and yindctiveness, and in conclusion
L. beg leave to inform the anonymous
gentleman that both myself and the Band
despise both himself and his personal at
tack alike. Respectfully,


JOHN MILLER


Leader Watartown Cornet Rand