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VOL.
XIX. No. 16.
published Every Saturday.
Mr. Chas. Keller Elected.
;R. CHAS. KELLER, of Keller Bros. &
Blight Company, Bridgeport, Conn., has
been elected to the State Legislature of Connecti-
cut. Mr. Keller will give a good account of
himself as a statesman, and the people have
honored themselves in honoring him.
Hon. Levi K. Fuller.
interesting sketch of Ex-Governor Levi
K. Fuller, Brattleboro, Vt., appears in the
issue before last of the Illustrated American of
this city. From this article we cull the follow-
ing : One of his last achievements in the musical
line was the securing of the adoption of a stand-
ard or uniform international pitch by the lead-
ing makers of musical instruments, the issue of
which has been characterized by William Stein-
way as one of the most, if not the most import-
ant event occurring in the musical world for
many years. Governor Fuller is a member of
several scientific and mechanical societies, and
has an exhaustive library upon these subjects ;
is also an astronomer of repute, and has a private
observatory at his home on Pine Heights and
the finest equatorial telescope in Vermont.
The "Knabe" in Demand all
Over the Country.
JR, WILLIAM KNABE, of Wm. Knabe &
Co., Baltimore, is making an extended
tour of the West. The number of orders turned
in by him so far are indicative of a prosperous
condition of trade with the numerous agents of
this house. Business with Knabe & Co. at the
present time is unusually good. They are be-
hind in their orders for several styles, and if the
present " r u n " continues they will be hard
pressed to fill the demand for Christmas trade.
Patriotic in its Purpose.
HARRY PHILLIPS, one of the
best known Grand Army men, and late
chief of the U. S. Pension Bureau, says of '' The
Last of the Danvers " : " I think the story is
one that would commend itself to all who were
soldiers of the late war. It is patriotic in its
purpose, and a truthful picture of the melting
away of the vast armies and the resumption of
peaceful pursuits of those who fought the battles
of their country. The conclusion of the story is
highly dramatic, and in every respect it is ex-
tremely interesting.''
Col. Wm. E. McArthur writes: " As a mem-
ber of the G. A. R. I sincerely hope that veter-
ans of the late war, South and North, U. S. A. as
well as ' C. S. A.,' will peruse its pages."
CDWAjy> LYMAN
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Vor^, Jfovember 10, 1894.
Election Returns on the Blasius
Building.
5,000 people watched the returns as
they were displayed on the Blasius Build-
ing at Eleventh and Chestnut streets. The
crowd were entertained by some choice music on
the Blasius self-playing piano during the waits.
Between the music and the cheers, the crowd
was kept in good humor. The Blasius corner
was one of the most attractive spots on Chestnut
street last night.—Item, Phila., Nov. 7th.
Will A. Watkin Co.
® H E R E are few more enterprising houses in
-c) the South than the Will A. Watkin Music
Company, of Dallas, Tex. They have great faith
in printers' ink, and possess the special ability of
being able to keep their house before the public
in such a way as to command trade. Their ex-
hibition of pianos and organs at the Texas State
Fair and Dallas Exposition, held recently, was
the means of winning for them highly compli-
mentary notices from all the papers published in
Dallas. The Will A. Watkin Co. keep a magni-
ficent line of Steinway, Fischer and Newby &
Evans pianos, and Farrand & Votey and Hill-
strom organs.
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES. 10 CENTS.
Decline in Import Trade.
a consular report covering the manu-
facturing cities of Markneukirchen, Klin-
genthal, Zwota, etc., published, we note a mark-
ed falling off of imports this year as compared
with 1893. The value of imports from these
cities to the United States for the third quarter
of 1894 was $152,914.87, against $243,362.06 for
the months of July, August and September, 1893.
The flerrill Piano Company
t
RESENTS its compliments and begs to an-
nounce that on and after November 1st it
will be located at 118 Boylston Street, where a
choice line of pianos will be on exhibition.
You are extended a cordial invitation to visit
the warerooms. Any communication by letter
will meet with a prompt response.
A Sleeper and Not a Sleeper.
have received the following from Mr.
Geo. P. Bent:
A sleeper is one who sleeps.
A sleeper is that in which the sleeper sleeps.
A sleeper is that on which the sleeper runs
while the sleeper sleeps, therefore while the
sleeper sleeps, in the sleeper, the sleeper carries
the sleeper, over the sleeper, under the sleeper,
Busy at Chickering Hall.
until the sleeper, which carries the sleeper,
jumps the sleeper and wakes the sleeper, by
:
R. FERDINAND MAYER, manager of striking the sleeper on the sleeper, and there is
the Chickering warerootns, Fifth avenue no longer any sleeper sleeping, in the sleeper,
and 18th street, reports a very satisfying condi- on the bleeper; unless it be the sleeper who in
tion of business for the past month. Some very his somnambulistic way fails to buy high grade
large sales have been effected, especially in up- pianos and has to walk out of a four story win-
rights and grands. The styles in fancy woods dow before he awakes to the fact that Geo. P.
are especially in demand. The improvement in Bent is not a sleeper, but is the manufacturer of
the Chickering trade is bound to grow during the the high grade "Crown" piano, which is the
month of November and be augmented still instrument that has the wonderful Orchestral
farther in December by the holiday trade.
Attachment and Practice Clavier, the greatest
invention of modern times and the sensation of
the musical world. It is made in Chicago at
The Hard man Baby Grand.
323 to 333 South Canal street.
HE Baby Grand pianos have completed the
reputation of Hardman, Peck & Co., the
Mason & Hamlin in Chicago.
makers of the Hardman pianos. These little
instruments are only 5 feet 8 inches long, yet
HE Mason & Hamlin Company have leased
they seem to combine almost all the other points
the building 250-252 Wabash avenue,
of resonance and delicacy contained in the con- Chicago. They intend to occupy the first and
cert grand. The Baby Grand is becoming the second floors and sublet the other lofts. These
standard piano in England, and the best of the quarters are most desirable, being right in the
Baby Grands are imported there from America. musical centre. Mason & Hamlin have been
A visit to the Fifth avenue warerooms of Hard- very fortunate in securing such splendid head-
man, Peck & Co. is a great treat at this time, quarters in the West.
when the holiday stock of these instruments is
CHICKERING & SONS will give the second of
at its height.— World.
the series of " Invitation Musical Afternoons "
on Tuesday, November 20th, on which occasion
MR. L. DIETZ, manager of the Regina Music
Box Company, of Jersey City, is making an the New York Philharmonic Club will appear.
extended tour of the West in the interest of his Mrs. Clara C. Henley will be the soprano solo-
company.
ist and Miss Hortense Hippard the pianist.
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