Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1891 — A Doomed Duet. [ARTICLE]

A Doomed Duet.

Singers who “murder” music arc usually considered more guilty than tho music is. Tho provoked Cincinnati judge was not blaming tho music, however, when lie turned the metaphor tho other way. Ills daughter and a young gentleman caller frequently Indulge In tuneful vocal practice over the piano, and when they get together In the parlor the Judge gets in as remote a part of the house as possible in order to avoid what ho terms tho u'proar. One evening last week they had been even fho're demoted than usual to their music, and on the following morning tho judge jnquired of hla daughter: “What on earth was all that racket you and your caller were making in the parlor last evening?” “Why, papa, Sam and I were trying & new duet.” “Trying a new duet, were ybu? Well, from what I heard, i should judge that you found it guilty, and inflicted the heaviest penalty on it.” —New York Times.