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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
but he wan't no good for huntin' after
that'—
" 'But the buck?' said the Virginian,
wiping tears from his eyes.
" 'The buck! He stuck thar, friz in the
air till the sun kim out next day an'
dropped him.' "
Just then the REVIEW man recovered his
breath sufficiently to gasp in accents mild:
"Great Scott! no wonder you do not feel
the heat. What will it be?"
The New Vocal ion Styles.
With the Travelers-
* * / ^ v U I T E a record for last week, was
\^y
it not?" remarked THE MUSIC
TRADK REVIEW
man.
"Why, how so?" asked Kochmann, as
he toyed with the glass before him.
"Enough humidity to bathe in, and an
earthquake in one week, are quite enough
to maintain Gotham's record as an anni-
hilator, is it not?"
"Quite so; and speaking of heat, reminds
me of cold."
"Does it? How fortunately you were
situated last week when the remainder of
us were bringing down relays of linen in
order to be presentable. "
"Now wait; speaking of extremes re-
minds me of a winter trip. It was down
in Kentucky, and the day was unusually
cold. We were sitting around a big stove
at the depot trying to warm ourselves, and
while waiting for the train were trying to
be as comfortable as possible, and to make
our conversation heard above the wild,
weird howl of the December wind.
" 'A very disagreeable day,' said a man
whose accent told him to be a dweller in
the mountains of the Southland, 'but I
think I've seen it coldah in the inoun 1 —
" 'Colder,' sneered a man whose peculiar
nasal twang betrayed his Yankee birth;
'if we had this weather up in Maine we'd
sleep outdoors.'
" 'Pretty cold winters, have you, sail?'
"'Cold? Why, man, last winter I was
standin' at the door of our shanty, when a
fine buck came along, chased by a big an'
pow'ful houn'. Agin the law to chase
with dogs? Yes, but a good dog outruns
the law'—
" 'But what of the deer and dog, sah?'
" 'Gimme time.
Well, sir, that buck
had been skirtin' the lower side of the
hill, an' came to the crossing nigh my
shanty. As I opened the door he made a
shigh an' a pow'ful leap, the houn' spring -
in' into the air at the same time. At this
moment, when both were in the air, the
cold wave comin' over the hill struck
'em'—
" 'And threw them over?'
" 'What? No, gentlemen, that buck and
houn' were jist friz right there in mid-air,
They never kim down from that leap. I
chopped the dog down and thawed him out,
T
HE Mason & Risch Vocalion Co. have
now on exhibition at their warerooms,
10 East Sixteenth street, two of their
latest style vocalions, No. 20 and 22. They
contain many valuable improvements. The
tone is a marvel of strength and sweetness,
and the variety of effects is delightfully
pleasing. Architecturally they are as hand-
some as the tone is beautiful. It is not sur-
prising to learn that these instruments are
becoming exceedingly popular in churches
throughout the country.
Behr Bros. & Co.
B
EHR BROS. & CO. are working on
some new styles of uprights, which
will be ready for the fall trade; perhaps,
the end of this month. These instruments
are going to make a "stir" and add to the
business and reputation of their house.
Behr Bros. & Co. are transacting a very
excellent business, and the outlook for the
fall is most encouraging.
Their trade
during the summer months has been a
steadily improving one.
A. B. Chase Pianos ' F l o a t " Into
Popularity.
A
T the Norwalk, O., annual fair, held
last week, a feature of the industrial
parade was the exhibit of the A. B. Chase
Co.
They had thirteen floats in the pro-
cession, each representing the different de-
partments of piano manufacture. It was a
novel and interesting exhibit, and was
much applauded by the forty thousand
visitors to that city.
Reprints of Copyright Music
F
OR a long time it has been the custom
of a number of Canadian publishers
to print publications that had acquired
copyright privileges in the United States,
and send them through the mails to New
York and other places, says the Sun. This
was injurious to our music publishing busi-
ness especially. Postmaster Dayton took
the matter in hand, and recently upon re-
ceiving a mail bag of Canadian publications
he wrote to a prominent music house and
requested that in the interest of American
publishers, composers and authors, an ex-
pert be sent to examine the packages and
ascertain whether the publications were
not in violation of our copyright laws, and
therefore contraband under the postal regu-
lations. The expert discovered sixty pack-
ages of reprints of American music. There-
upon Postmaster Dayton ordered "that the
contraband matter shall be sent to the Dead
Letter Office with a report on the matter,
and every effort should be made to inter-
cept for similar treatment any like pack-
ages mailed from Canada."
Another Volume from Bent.
The /Eolian Co. Busy.
T
HE ^ o l i a n Co., 18 West Twenty-third
street, report business as picking up.
Their shipments during the past week have
been quite heavy, and there is every indi-
cation that their fall trade will be far in
excess of the satisfactory business done
last season. Among the orders received
last week was one from M. Steinert &
Sons, Boston, for fifteen ^Eolians.
Foster & Waldo Have Them, Too.
M
R.
WALDO, of Foster & Waldo,
Minneapolis, visited the Schimmel-
Nelson factory at Faribault on Monday last
and selected a stock [of Schimmel-Nelson
pianos, making up a shipment of two cars.
Mr. Waldo was so interested in the new
Verti-Grand that on his return Mr. Foster
made a special trip to the factory to inspect
it. Ask him what he thinks of it if you
wish to hear praise of a high order for the
new Verti-Grand. Foster & Waldo pay
spot cash for all goods they buy, and are
doing a large and growing business. Such
a sale to them is a flattering testimonial to
the merits of the Schimmel-Nelson piano.
—Faribault Ex.
.
.
G
EO. P. BENT is a firm believer in
printers' ink, and somehow all the
men who espouse the art of Fust and Gut-
enberg sail on the rising tide toward suc-
cess. A few weeks ago he issued distinct
organ and piano catalogues, and now has
sent an imposing volume which enables us
to become perfectly acquainted with his
handsome new factory. There are twenty-
two full page half-tone views, showing the
"Crown" army of employees as well as
different departments of his splendid es-
tablishment. Cuts of the latest styles of
"Crown" pianos and organs are shown, and
a choice selection of music adapted to the
orchestral attachment also appear.
The
catalogue throughout is most interesting,
and should succeed in proving an effective
"trade-catcher" for the "Crown" instru-
ments.
The "Gabler" Piano in Africa.
L
AST week the Rev. Dr. P. Moort, rec-
tor of Trinity Parish, purchased a
handsome Gabler upright piano, which he
directed to have shipped to Monrovia,
Liberia, Africa.
This instrument is to be
used in the young ladies' school at that
place.
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