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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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ber of the firm, in a recent letter to this firm, explained
what instruments they handled, I will not go into de-
tails. This store is about 20 x 50, in a poor location,
DENVER, C&LORADO, June 26th, 1889.
where rent is cheap and business likewise.
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Last winter I mentioned in one of my letters that it
An eastern jaunt, the dulness of tracte and the devil-
would not prove surprising if ex-Governcr Warren of
ish hot weather have been some of the obstacles that
Cheyenne would move his mammoth house to Denver.
screwed my path whenever I felt disposed to write to
Our fondest hopes, however, have been dispelled for
T H E MUSIC TRADE REVIEW. The dulr.ess of trade
several weeks ago President Harrison re-appointed Mr.
has not alone been confined to Denver, but has extended
Warren as Governor of Wyoming Territory.
throughout the state as well. One of the most charm-
Prof. W. Masun Broad, who in days of yore was re-
ing spots in America is Mainton, and on my way to
nowned
for his excellence as a pianist, was tendered a
that delightful resort it is necessary for me to pass
benefit here last night, owing to his rapidly failing
through Colorado Springs, where I am pleased to note
health.
of the success that A. E. Aiken is meeting with. I don't
A New York music paper (the Courier) is sending out
for a moment doubt but that Mr. Aikin's establishment
postal cards to local music dealers, asking their views as
is ftie largest in the state handling Hallet & Davis,
to the holding of a national convention next August in
Ivers $ Pond, and Briggs pianos, as well as a number
New York, for the purpose of discussing the future of
of other style instruments. There is no reason why
the trade.
Mr. Aiken should not prosper ©ven if he has to meet
Lovers of opera are being favored this week by the
competition since the arrival of Messrs. Hoyt and Wil.
Bostonians.
Hams, two enterprising Canadian boys, who decided to
The music dealers of Denver (in fact, of the whole
take the late Horace Greeley's advice and establish a
piano and organ house in Colorado Springs, which they state), with their usual good grace, contributed most
have done, much to the delight of the local residents > liberally to the fund for the Johnstown, Pa., sufferers.
I was told an odd story, the other day, by a local
who more than encourage enterprise. I don't know
music dealer. Several weeks ago he received a circular
what instruments this new firm will handle, for when I
from an alleged firm in Leadville, asking the price of
was up in their pretty place the other day I was unable
certain instruments. A price list was at once sent, and
to find the time to pay my respects, but in my next
several days afterwards a. response was received to the
letter will give fuller details. As we are already in the
effect that a certain instrument was desired. It was for-
state, before returning to the metropolis we might as
well run up to the " Pittsburg of the West," more fa- warded and a forged check was remitted. Officers were
miliarly known as Pueblo. There fs only one music
at once sent to the Carbonate camp, where the offender
house in this place that amounts to anything, and that
was arrested and the instrument returned. When asked
is the one run by George Harper, who some time ago
for an explanation, the accused stated that his wife,
brought out O. G. Pettis. The downfall of Pettis was
who was a practical musician, had threatened to sue
somewhat singular. Pettis had for many years been a
him for a divorce if the instrument was not secured, and
member of one of the state regiments, with head- as a last resort the above means were resorted to.
quarters in Pueblo, and about election time he took it
After hearing the case the firm decided not to prose-
into his head to run for an office, but was defeated. As cute the fellow.
others would have done under the circumstances, he took
For the present, au rcvoir.
it good-naturedly, and began the arduous task of writing
J. S. HIRSCH.
articles for a local paper in which he tried to give his
successful rival an unsavory reputation. A military
BOSTON EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
board examined into the case, and the result was the
dishonorable discharge of the accused. From that time
CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS,
on the business of Pettis seemed to run to ground. As
Collector's Office, June 20, 1889. \
a last resort, Mr. Harper came to the rescue of Pettis
and purchased his property.
Exportation of Musical Instruments from this port
One of the nearest places to Pueblo is Trinidad, where
J. H. Cooley seems to be doing a good business, some-
for month ending May 31st, 1889:
thing like his fair friend Mrs. Wooster in Leadville.
To England:
Since Mr. B. Barlow assumed the management of the
Two hundred and eighty (280) organs,
$12,567
King Piano Company here in Denver, the firm has been
One.(i) piano,
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prospering. I don't think I have before alluded to the
All other and parts of
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departure of Mrs. King from her former old established
house, so a few remarks now will not be out of place.
Total,
$14,896
Mrs. King, when the Stock company was first formed,
was selected as manager of the company, owing to her To Nova Scotia.
Two (2) pianos,
large acquaintance and excellent business qualities. It
All other and parts of
was through her indefatigable efforts that the company
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has managed to come out as it has.», The contract for
Total, -
$502
Mrs. King's services was made for two years. Several
months ago the time was up, and instead of renewing
To Newfoundland, Labrador:
the centract the company decided to make a change,
Nine (9) organs,
and selected orie B . Barlow, of whom I know scareely
One (1) piano, -
400
anything. After leaving her old house, Mrs. King
opened up a small store of her own, where she handles
Total,
- $1,300
Hazelton and Vose pianos, as well as several organs.
MR. TREACY'S FISHING TALES.
AMONG THE ROCKIES.
I meet W.M. Montelius very frequently in the streets, To Br. West Indies:
and iudging from his remarks, he seems to be prosper-
Five (5) organettes,
ing in his new venture. What caused the dissolution of
his large music firm is easily explained. One of his
Total, -
-
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leading backers in the music venture was a Mr. R. T.
Walker, probably worth $250,000. Brains do not al- To Br. Poss. in Australasia:
Forty-two (42) organs, -
- $1,260
ways count. When times are dull, and as it happened
-
that times got dull more frequently than Mr. Walker
Total, -
1,260
was able to appreciate, it was decided to sell out the
-
instruments to the " highest bidder." Mr. Walker then
Combined total,
$17,984
went into the real estate business with Mr. Montelius
as his partner.
Importation of Musical Instruments into the Port of
The receipt fire in the store of Knight, McClure &
Boston during the month of May, 1889.
Company depleted the exchequer of the firm to the ex-
Countries.
Value.
tent of $1 $.000. Business with this house is always
France,
good. Among the consignments that arrived during
Germany,
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3.38i
my visit to the store, the other day, were Steinway,
England,
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Decker Bros., Weber, Knabe, Fischer, Everett, Kimball,
and C. A. Smith & Co's pianos, while among the organs
Total,
- $4,39i
that attracted my attention might be mentioned the
Es"tey and Kimball makes.
As yet I have not found the time for calling on our
WESER BROTHERS' (N. Y.) new styles of pianos are in
new firm of Brewing, Letun & Company, and as a mem-
great demand.
THE GREAT PIANO HARDWARE MAN BEGUILES THE UN-
SUSPECTING SALMON FROM NEW 1SRUNSWICK WATERS.
A
FEW days ago, we dropped in upon Mr. Daniel
F. Treicy, of the firm of Davenport & Treacy,
piano plate makers, New York,to thank him (or
his kindness in forwarding to us a reminder of his skill
in Waltonian exercises, in the shape of a splendid sal-
mon, caught by him while on a fishing tour several
hundred miles north of St. Johns, N. B.
The piscatorial prowess of Mr. Treacy is a never-fail-
ing subject of discussion among those of his numerous
friends who indulge in the pastime of the meek, gentle
and philosophical Izaak. As an angler, Mr. Treacy's
name is cast, so to speak, in the full iron plate. Follow-
ing his annual custom, he has been tempting the un-
wary finny ones away up in the salmon country of dis-
tant New Brunswick, in localities where piano hardware
is never heard of. His captures were very numerous,
many large fishes yielding to his deftness of hand and
general wiliness, among them being a big fellow of the
prodigious weight of 30 pounds 3 ounces.
The next best tiling to catching salmon yourself
is to be present while Mr. Treacy, in his pleasant,
modest manner, relates his piscatorial experiences. In
fancy you are taken to the grassy banks of some broad
stream, and arrange your tackle, fondly anticipating a
fine haul, and the subsequent enjoyment of the oatcake
and liquids that repose in the gripsack at your side. It
is^altogether too bad to be aroused from such a reverie
Probably this idea occurred to Mr. Treacy, who there-
upon sent us the fish in advance, as a sort of compen-
sation.
THE "ARIZONA KICKER."
SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS AND HIGH MORAL
REFLECTIONS.
We extract the following from the last issue of the
Arizona Kicker:
Too PREVIOUS.—Ever since Harrison's election Col.
Hank Taylor, of this town, has been sweating the color
out of his blue suspenders in running after office. The
office he wanted was boss of the Custom House, and he
has been figuring that if he got it he would raise aspara-
gus in his front yard, horse-radish in the back and put
on all the style they do in Chicago. It was only yes-
terday that he suddenly became aware of the fact that
we have no custom house for him to boss. What he
had always supposed was a Government institution of
the kind turned out to be Desnoyer's storage house for
bones.
Col. Hank has our sympathy in this his hour of deep-
est trial, but that's the best we can do. We are in no
situation to either lend him a shirt or trust him for
groceries.
IT MADE US SAD. — Mrs. Judge Shiver passed the
Kicker office at 11 o'clock Tuesday night in a state of
happy inebriation, being on her way home from a high
lager beer given by Mrs. Prof. Westonhouse at her
elegant mansion on Bronco place. Mrs. Judge was
dragging her new bonnet along the ground by the star-
board tie and softly singing about pansy blossoms. We
were sitting on the front sfceps in the gentle moonlight,
thinking of the past and gone, and the event saddened
us more than we can express. We had a mother once.
She was not beautiful, and splitting wood while our dear
father talked politics at the grocery made her lopshoul-
dered, but she was good and temperate. Suppose she
had been in the habit of getting slewed ? Where would
we have been today ? Instead of being at the head of
a great weekly paper like the Kicker, which also runs a
harness shop, grocery, feed store and bazaar in connec-
tion, all under one economical management and the
same roof, we should doubtless have inhabited a con
vict's garb in some State prison. Veni, vidi curanter
which, if we remember correctly, means, " The mothei
makes the man what he is."
A SUGGESTION—We have nothing in particular against
the Government, neither do we wish Indian Agent Bab-
cock any harm. It seems to be our duty, however, to
call the agent's attention to the fact that he is making
an ass of himself and that he can resign any time within
the next three weeks. If we were running this Govern-
ment we'd run him head first into the soil about the
first thing we took hold of after breakfast Monday
morning.