A CURIOUS COMMUNITY.
J i ' 'Hlomcnt In the I sin ml of, Mole
Ti r"n """linn Mlulilii Anion
the Ilnnlnlieu l;f.,rtriiiiur.
The most startling tiuil extraordinary
community on the face of this earth is to
lie fonnd on the island of Molokai, one of
the small islands comprising the Sand
wich islands group. The community is
composed of the lepers fonnd amongst
tlie inhabitants of the other islands and
compelled by law to reside on Molokni.
Of the many foreigners who vimt Hono
lulu there are few who have an oppor
tunity to visit the leper settlement. The
government is very strict in grauting
permission, and but few outside promi
nent journalists, Beientillo men and nn
occasional tourist of distinction can re
ceive the necessary puss.
. The passage by steamer from Honolulu
to the island of Molokai occupied about
ten hours, the channel being some eighty
miles wide. The first point reached in
Ivalimpapa, the landing for the lepers.
At this place, when distinguished visit
ors are expected, a string bund, composed
of lepers, greet the visitor with p'nintive,
mournful music, well fitting their isola
tion from the world and the grief, as we
Hhould think, within their hearts. As we
look on the faces of the musicians the
mimic seems weird at Mmea, and ns if
coming from the mysterious caverns of
death. For we cou'hnrdly imagine that
intelligence, that the divine harmony of
.music, can be attributes of tlin utifo'vtn-
nates standing before us and, strange to
relate, apnarentlv " ni linnnv ns the diiv !
uig. 'ij10 liesii on their faces is
rolled up iu masses of n ruddy, copper
colored hue, the eyes protrude through
smaller layers, mid tho hand, looking
short and stunted with tho d'sense, Keenis
Jjs if it could not hold the instrument.
The plavers are vouii!T-miililln nsred and
it m. . .'
fid, nil 'in tho medium staces of leprosy : j
mm in, lliu IllIllUllOU 18 liaiiUUllV VISIDie. !
out there are no running Bores, nor have
holes been eaten through feet, hnuds or
body. When these native musicians
have finished playing they rush to greet
old companions, and many is the hearty
"aloha" (love to you) which passes be
tween the leuers ond their friends. I
Crowds of native lepers are on the beach
extending their hands and expressing a
hearty " nloha" to those they greet. '
The unfortunates express the greatest j
joy nt meeting old friends, ami, as is '
common with the Hiiwa'iuns and other
Polynesian tribes, will sit down ond cry i
with excess of pleaip-e for a quarter of nil i
hour nt a time. When the Hood of tears I
has pasced they are in an instent trans-
formed into the most laughter loving !
mortals. They seem to forget their
physical condition and revel in tho
most unbounded iov. The emit rast. from !
tears t i smiles is a verv streucre nhvsi- I
ological reaction. The foreign tourists
who look on at all this arc often subject
to the wit and badinage of tho lepers, !
nnd especially of the young women, j
Fortunately a young and roystering !
leper girl will approach a foreigner and
extend her hand for a regular pump i
handle shake, but it often hamiens that !
the foreigner, though not lucking in gal
lautry, will fail to respond, through fear
of the leper's touch. Then the girl will
burst out in saucy laughter, mid finish
up with tho expression of " Maknn oe"
(you nre afraid). All the natives join
iu, ami exclaim : " Maki.n kela haole "
(that foreigner is afraid). "Mai nei
oe, a me honihoni kana " (come here, nnd
let us kiss lovingly), was the taunting
salutation of a eh'iriniug little lepress,
whose affliction had not blotted out the
traces of beauty in her cheek nor dim
med the luster of her large, sift,
dreamy eyes. The gentleman addressed
courteously declined the proposed nee
tar, when nil the lepers present, men and
women, had a hearty laugh nt his ex
pense. I lie leper governor is n man of
doubted intelligence, a lawyer by pro- I
fession, nnd the best orator in the Ha- '
waiian kingdom, whites included Who- :
ever has visaed the Sandwich islands has
heard of " Bill " P.agsdall. He it ia
who is chief executive ut Kalawod. He
is a half caste, his mother being a native
and his father an American. Ho speaks
English and native with perfection, and
nnd has some knowledge of French.
His knowledge of history is remarkable,
and he is well read in general literature.
He is apparently forty-five years of age,
of light graceful build, polished in his
manners, and. like nil Hawaiian.
pitable to n fault. Ho first discovered !
that ho wns afflicted with leprosy in n I
peculiar way. It was on the island of
Hawaii, nt his home, while hunting up ,
points on n law case. iv accident the j
chimney of his lamp fell off, and al
though it was almost red-hot, he sudden-1
ly picueil it up and placed it on the
lamp. Looking at his hand to see if it
was burned, ns any person would under
the circumstnuces, he discovered that
there was not a trace of a burn, much
less the ilrst painful seusation. It
flashed upon his mind that he was afflict
ed with leprosy, nnd nt once, with true
heroism of soul, ho informed tl ie au
thorities, and voluntarily consigned him- '
self to perpetual exile from wife,
family, friends an I the world. Owing
to his talents and high position, being I
Hugmiy amictou, no might have escaped,
1.1. im 1 j... v . . j,
luuucu ijul uuiy irom me world out irom
the inhabitants occupying the other or
1 1 1 i f . i 11. .
tious of Molokai. There have beeu a few
escapes of lepers through the uassnce in.
dieated, but it has always been a wonder
how they could manage to escape by so
steep, precipitous nnd dangerous an
opening. When captured they are re
turned, but no penalty is inflicted upon
them. There an ubundauce of frenh
warpr nil t. IA fillet ci.la r.t K
water ou the east side of the valley, a
lurge water pipe furnishing a supply for
the hospital and for other purposes. The
valley is of volcanic origin. One of the
extinct craters is about a half mile in
diameter, and loO feet deep. The mid-!
die of the crater ia a beautiful little lake, !
emerald iu its hue. The water is report
ed to be as salt as (he sea, and contains
two or three kinds of fish. The natives I
say the lake is unfathomable, and that
it is fed from the sea. Glancing at tho j
vallev as a whole, it is most admirably !
fitted forjthe purpose to which it is al- i
lotted. Tho climate is genial, and if at
times warm in summer, the nights are
deliciously coal. In all the Hawaiian
islands there is not another location so
perfect for a leper settlement as this.
The denizens of the leper settlement
manage to enjoy themselves in many ways.
They have their balls and parties, at which
they trip the light fautastio toe, both in
native aud European style. There are 227
hojses in the valley, mostly built by the
government, for tbeir comfort There
are two Rjman Catholio chapels aud one
ProtesLant church; also two school
houses, where the young are educated.
Afunv nf tha letinra wlio .m .Kla
n. rif-ireu 10 oucy tno law. was rocked 111 a sap trough lor want of a
lne valley into which the lepers nre batter cradle. His old pastor, Mr. Hos
located is nearly two miles nnd a half ! mer, describing a visit to Washington
long, and apparently from a half mile to ; during Fill nore's administration, snvs
n mile uud a half wide. On one sido is c i fiat he and Dr. Kendall went to one of
mountain range, impassublo except at I his receptions, and ns thev entered saw
one point, and there the exit is very dif- ! the President nnd his f amily and cabinet,
ficiilt, having to bo accomplished by tho : and his father nt his side. '"As soon ns
nid of ropes nnd clinging to the branches j we had been very cordially received, Dr.
of trees. On the other side is the forever- 1 Kendall drew me uBide and whispered:
agitated ocean. Thus, the lepers nre se- j Was there ever since the world besrun
have taro patches, where they plant taro
and thus secure a fresh supply of poi, a
I delicacy dear to tho native palate. They
i nearly all own horses, which they n't
times drive at a furious rate. 'J.he aver
age Kanaka, no matter where you find
hnn, is euro to ride his horae to death
some day or another, and the women, in
this respect, are the same as the men.
But this is one of their grea enjoyments,
and they will indulge in it, even amongst
the lepers. When not horseback riding,
planting taro or otherwise engaged the
lepers do a little legitimate loafing
around "the country store," where they
barter and trade or keep inquiring for
letters whenever a vessel touches at i
Knloupapo, the only landing at the set-1
tlement. No vessels are permitted to I
touch there except on (special business !
connected with the lepcri. Whenever a I
vessel touches it is a holiday for all the
natives who ore able to ride down to the
landing. When foreioners arrive the na-
tives nre sure to reap a
good harvest,
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to pay the owners whatever you seo fit
iu return for this kindness. Some of the
natives manage to accumulate a little
money by trading and speculation.
Anccdutcs of Commodore YandcrMlt.
One of Commodore Vauderbilt's as-
soc'ntes in his various reilwav enter
prises was Sam Borger, awng as well as
a director. At one of the meetings the '
commodore said he didn't see how it
was that Jay Gould got at all the facts j
t it i -vr 1 n i 1
aim ngures nuont iew xoin vjuuiriu,
"I'll tell you how you can prevent his
knowing anything about your roads,"
snid Snni.
" How ?" asked the commodore.
"Elect him a director," was the re
ply. The autocratic fashion in which
the old mail managed the road is well
KUlinil
A speculator wished Sam to induce
the commodore to go into an operation
in the street.
" If the commodore will take a hand we
can make a million without the possibili
ty of losiug a dollar," said the hopeful
open tor,
"No danger of loss ?" said Sam.
" None at all, and sure to make nil the
money we want," was the reply.
"We1!, I don't know about the old
man," said Sam, "but, if you feel so
sure about the thing, I have no doubt I
might get his son Cornelius to join you."
Sam got word one evening while at
dinner that the commodore would like to 1
see him. Hastily partaking of a little j
food he repaired to the old gentleman's !
residence, forgetting iu his hurry to put
a cigar in his pocket. After the Imsi-
uess was liiiislieu bam said : "Uoni
modore, vou brought mo awnv from mv !
d,'uner in such a hurry that I didn't get I
my smoke t I believe I would like to :
try a cigar." (Tho commodore was :
smoking a fragrant Havana.)
"All right, Sam," he replied, "you
will find a match on the mantelpiece." j
Sam smoked when he got home.
The bearish Twentv-third street pnrtv
were heavily snort ol uentral. The
commodore was buying all any one
wauted to sell at constantly advancing
figures. Sam happened in at the bear
garden, and of course the talk was of the
commodore's purchases. " I tell you,"
snid one of the bruins, more savage than
I the rest, "tho old man ought to bo
taken care of : he has lost his head."
" I don't see any one that I
one that I suspect
of having found it," was Sam's quiet re-
mark, and nothing more was said on that j
suoject.
The Mouth of January.
January, the first month of the year,
consists of thirty-one days, and is said
to have been added with February by
.Mima to the xt-minn year, which pre-
vlmsly had but ten mouth. It was ;
""'" fl'om the double faced god Janus, 1
to w!k,1u its til,f,t which looks back 1
ie past year nnd lorwardupon that ;
to come, was sacred. It had originally
but twenty-nine days, but two additional
davs were given to it by Julius Ciesnr
when ho reformed the calendar. It was
symbolized in Kome by a consul in con
sular robes, because those magistrates
were installed in ollke the first day. It
corresponded iu the Athenian calendar
with tiie latter half of Peseidon ami the
first half of Gamelion. Among the Scan
dinavians it was called primitively
month of Thor, and later Ice month.
The French revolutionary calendar
merged it iu parts of Nivose and Plu
vio.se. It was not uniformly the begiu
ing of tho year among Latin Christian
natious until the eighteenth century. It
was not the first month of the year iu
England till 1752, when the Parliament,
by an net passed the preceding year,
altered the mode of reckoning time from
the Julian to tho Gregorian style. At
that tiniH it directed that tho legal year,
which then commenced in some parta of
England in March, nnd in others in
January, should universally be deemed
to begin on the
first of January.
The
Anglo-Saxons
month.
called January
Wolf
Iii a Sap Trouirh.
Millard Fillmore, in extreme youth,
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such a contrast ns that group nnd the
baby in the sap trough ?' It was indeed
contrast, Th Preaidmt w.is n bnn.l.
some mau, of hue bearing, in the prime ;
of life; and his father was venerable, tall, j
and not much bowed down by his eighty j
years; his full gray hair and intelligent j
face nt once drew attention; and ho stood j
had cWe. as calm ami Belf-possessed as
; I i i i ,.;
there by his son, as no other father then
in his justice court iu some log cabin of i
western iew lork. I was to be iu
Washington a few weeks, and Enquire
Fillmore was to return homo with me;
but one day I met him and he said: I
nm going home to-morrow.' I said:
But why not wait for me ?' No, no,'
said he, ' I will go. I don't like it here;
it isn't a good place to live; it isn't a
good placa for Millard; I wish he was at
home in Buffalo."
Under an Avalanche '
A Denver paper says : One of those
fearful visitations peculiar to all moun
taiuous countries, and known in Colo
rado as a snowslido, occurred at the head
of Hall's gulch, sweeping the boarding j
iiouseoime wuaie unne a quarter 01 a
mile down the gulch, and burying its in
mates, eight persons in all, under a
mountain of snow, from which the bodies
cannot be rescued until the summer
thaw reduces the drift. The boarding
house contained six men, one woman and
a child, and it is stated that one of these
escaped, though a letter fails to confirm
tiiis item of good news, but says that all
the inmates were buried beyond reach.
"All Talk and No Cider."
Sam and Ben were two Indians, both
uncommonly fond of cider. The mission
ary had a barrel of fine cider, and he
liked to hold religions converse with
Ben and Som. One day Bon said to
Sam : " Why do you go to the minister's
so often ?" " To talk," was tho reply.
' And what do yon talk ?" ' Genesis,
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Exodus
and "Pocrophy.'" Huugh ! Say it
over. What else ?" " Peter, Timothy,
Jonah, Ananias and Levitieus." " Whiit
else ?" " Babylon, Moses, Judas Iseariot,
Saint John mid Nebuchadnezzar." "And
then?" "Why then I get a mug of
cider and go." The next Saturday night
found Ben at the minister's. The latter
wns busy on a sermon, and was not
talkative. Ben sat till there was a pause,
and the minister looked up. Then he
uttered, with a tone intended to be
sweetly pleasing and attractive : " Gene
sis, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,
jaijuuh iiu
Exodus an' 'Pocraphy." The minister
worth while to say anything, his mind
reverted to his sermon. Then Ben pro
ceeded in a tone of sadder earnestness :
" Me sny Peter Timothy Jonah
Ananias 'Viticns." "Ah, yes," replied
the clergyman, abstractedly; "very
true." He put away his work with a
sigh of relief, and then thought of set
ting to find out what his visitor reallv
I wanted. Ben, however, anticipated him
by uttering with the determined accent
of one who wouldn't be misundertood or
wronged on any account : " Me say
Babvlon Moses Judas 'Scoriot Siiint
John Nebuchadnezzar!" "Beu, what
do you mean?" said the clergyman, at
last startled. "Me mean," said the In
dian, with calm dignity "me mean
cider !"
A Human Breakwater.
The London Builder says : " The
bursts of rain in the Carnatic are tre
mendous. As much as five inches of
rainfall in ft single night is not infre
quent, and Sir A. Cotton has known as
much as nineteen inches of rain to fall
in that time. The smallest rill that is
nllowed to trickle over the edge of an
earthen bank wears itself a passage nnd
becomes a destructive torrent with ex
treme rapidity. On one occasion the
water in the Verauum tank is said to
have overflowed the whole twelve miles
of the bund, and to have breached it in
thirteen places. On another occasion
the engineer in charge of a bund, finding
the water rising with more rapidity than
lie 9 uble to meet by the supply of
etlrt matle n. of the bodies of his
laborers, causing them to lie down close
w u
of the threat
ened part of the dam, and thus keeping
back the two inches or three inches of
water, which, if unchecked, would soon
have wrecked the whole bund and ruined
a wide district, until their places could
be supplied by basket fuls of earth. It
was nu original expedient, but it saved
the district. What the laborers snid
about it we have not heard.
Tho American School System.
Wendell Phillips thinks the public
school svstem of the. United States is
very faulty. At the American Social
Science meeting the other day he said :
"The fact is that many young people,
graduates of our public schools, are not
capable of doing anv work for which any
one should nav a dollar. Thousands of
our public school graduates cannot write
a decent letter at fifteen, nor even read n
newspaper well. The old Now England
; system, which made a boy work six
i months by his father's side on the farm
or in the workshop after he had been six
' mouths nt school, wns better than the
i present one. From such a svstem it wus
iiossible to get such a man as Theodore
.'nrker, Now, the public school hands
ft
ei
ftv
child to its parents with no means of
earning its bread. Me .said I12 wa3
.1 f 41. 1, f !).. l.
their work wa eomml.eil th th'e edu.
Clltkm ven t) a Canadian, Scotch or
Fmsrlish woman of the workniff classes.
These women knew how to write better
letters, nnd could spell more correctly
than their American prototypes.
Come Xow nnd Lei Us Reason Together.
Why do people so frequently say to I)r.
Pierce:" I suppose your Golden Medical Dis
covery cures everything V Because it has boen
the practice of knavish charlatuuH to manufac
ture worthless nostrums and attempt to clujM' the
ignorant and credulous by recommending them
to cure every form of disease. To such an
extent has this been praotioed that it is no won
der that manv have acquired prejudices aijainet
all advertised remedies. But Ir. Pierce does
not advertise his standard preparations as
"cure-alls," does not claim that they will per
form miracles, but simply publishes the fact
that they have been developed as Hpocilies for
certain forms of dixease for which he recom
mends them, after having tested then' efficacy
iu many hundred canes with the most gratifying
success'. It is a fact known to every well in
formed physician that many single "remedies
possess several different properties. Quinine,
for instance, has a tonic quality, which sug
gests its use in eases of debility ;' an anti-periodic,
bv which it is efficacious in ague : and a
febrifuge property, which renders it efUcacioun
in cases of fever. The result of its administra
tion will also vary with the quantity given and
the circumstances under which it is' employed,
i Ho, likewise, the Golden Medical Discovery pos-
susses both pectoral and alterative, or blood-
1 cleansing properties ot tno luimcst order. Bv
reason of these two prominent properties it
j cures two classes of diseases. First, those of
, the respiratory organs, as throat, bronchial and
1 iuiis affections, chrome coukhs ana asthma.
i and second, diseases of the blood and glandular
j system, m whicn affections all skillful physi
cians cniplov alteratives, as in cases of blotches,
; eruptions, ulcers,, swellings, tumors, abscesses
1 and in torpor of tho hver or " bihounea.
' While its use is, by its combination of proper-
ties, suggested in cases of pulmonary oonsunip-
' iiim. v,t vr.ll nesd nnt t-it it exneMint if will
j cure you ' if your lungs aro hnlf consumed, nor
; boeause it is recommended as a blood medicine
1 would its proprietor advise you to take it ex
pecmig 11 u cure cancer, xi wm noi penorm
miracles, but it will cure many grave forms of
uiseatie.
Liver Complaint.
In this disease Wiktau's Balsam has un
j rotTl ?ZJ5X
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doubtedly proved more efficacious than
instances where patient had endured lone aud
Bcvero Buffering, without receiving the least
benefit from various remedies, and when mer
cury had been resorted to iu vain, tho ubs of
the Balsam has restored the liver to a healthy
action, ana in many instances errectea perma
nent cures, after every known remody had fail
ed to produce the desired effect.
From Win, C. Totter, Waterford, K. T.
" A few years since I was so severely attached
with liver complaint as to be entirely unable to
attend to my business. I consulted with the
best physicians iu our place, but thoy gave me
no relief. After snflorins for more than a year.
bt-ins confined to the house much of the time, I
procured a bottle ofVisTAB'a Bajam or Web
(Juerrt, ana before l haa u.sea one-nair of it I
was able to resume my business as usual.
Fifty conts and Jl a bottlo. Sold by all drug-
glMS.
Death's Door Stands Wide Open
For those who suffer a cough to " run on" until
the lungs separate, or the windpipe and the
bronchial tubes become hopelessly diseased i
but for all who resort to Hale i s Honey of Hore-
uouud and lar, in the early stages, there u im
mediate relief, and the absolute certainty of a
permanent cure, com Dy au aruggisia.
1'ike's Toothache Props cure in one minute.
Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, the great New
England cure for coughs, colds and coimump-
tloq, (juuer tiros. 4 w, a, jMaton, only genuine,
Hood Advice.
When yon go to New York chock your bug
gugo for tho Grand Central Hotel. The rooini
are large, airy and elegantly furnished ) the
table unexceptionable, and when you leave the
bill is made at (2.50 and (3.00 per day prices
having been reduced from 4.00 per day. It is
the largest hotel la New York.
There can be no mistake nbout it,
" Maohle(ifl " plug tobacco take! the lead.
Old flue cut cliewori nay It give bettor ati
fnation and in chcaer than fine out. You
cannot be imposed upon, as each plug hai
the words " Matchless P. T. Co." on a wooden
tag. Try it once and yon will always chow it.
Manufactured by the Pioneer Tobacco Com
pany, New York
Catarrh, unless checked iu the early
stages, loads to dangerous disease of the throat
ana lungs. Taken when the symptoms first ap
poar, Hanford's Iladical Cure for Catarrh is iu
Btontly effective.
We received a very pleasant letter of
thanks from our old friend Ki-ndnll, sinco bis
return homo, for a bottle of Johmon'i A nodyne
Liniment, which we gave him, and which he
says has entirely cured him of the troublesomo
and dangcrouB cough ho had when hero.
At the dentil of one of England's most
eminent phvBicianB, all his effects were Hold by
auction, and among other tilings was a sealed
package marked "Advice to Physicians," which
brought a groat price. The purchaser, on open
ing the packet, road as follows : " Keep the
head cool, the bowels open, and tho feet warm."
If physic is necessary, use J'artnnn' J'urgalipe
J'ilts ; they are the most scientifically prepared
pill that has appeared in the last hundred years.
Good Advice. If there is nny of our
readers who doubt the wonderful curative ef
fects of Durang's Khonmatio Itomedy, let them
write to any prominent person in Washington
city, where it is manufactured, and they will
learn that it will do even more than is claimed
for it. Sold bv all retail druggists, and at
wholesale in all large cities. Price, il.
Sec advertisement of James' Bitters.
"iRDiur. Employment for att
Chromo & Novelty
CaUUKue tree. Triton C'o.,11." Nanau t.,N. Y.
0C a week tl yonr own town
Terrr.fl and S.I onifit
free. II H,
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J Simples freti. Kt-nci! Pie Vorks,BrnttleboroVt.
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5 M,ivi i NOVKl.TV CO., No. Chatham, N. Y.
IS L I U L 1 C 11 Westf.bm Gpw Wonts. Chicago. 111.
s.AiupplU'd by Taolls lie lies .
cures uiieuinattiin.rroatra
; tou, Debility, and an Chron
ic and Nervoui HIrmn.
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Tha Instrument, the Makers,
and the Manufactory at
Brattleboro', Vt.
Tire IXSTM13IENT.
Fotf people iu the civilized world to-day,
among those wto are interested in mu6ic and
tho forms of inimical expression, have not
heard of tho Istey Organ, and smaller still ia
the number of those who do not, after practical
acquaintance wiih tho superior merits of that
noble instrument, cheerfully concede the proud
claim of itd makers, that
THE ESTEY ORGAN LEADS THE WORLD.
The foremost musicians of Europe and
America hasten to Join their testimony to that
of professional and amateur organists aud
instnunentalistu, of all degrees of proUciency
and celebrity, and all with remarkable unani
mity affirm that no reed organs, of whatever
manufacture, native or foreign, can possibly
compare with those from the house of Messrs.
Estey & Co. in power, tone, workmanship and
style. Such a position aud reputation can only
be gamed legitimately. Mushroom manufac
turers that grow up in a night and flaunt their
wares in tho face of the public, gaudy aua
impudently, may seem to nourish for a timo ;
but their prosperity is a lie, as their pretensions
are a cheat The sure success that crowns
honesty, industry, probity and thoroughness is
alow of growth j but when it comes it is stead
fast and honorable to the end. The Estey
Organs havo achieved this success gradually,
through years of sturdy toil, patient experi
ment, tireless watchfulness and unvarying
promptitude in additions aud improvements.
Thirty years ago tho primitive prototype of
the present magnificent instrument was made,
Flace the two side by sido and read tho history
of a generation of industry and invention.
Thirty years ago only the wealthy could afford
to possess musical instruments of any sort,
and thousands of churches were destitute of
the charm of Instrumental music in their wor
ship. To-day the humblest home may have its
fireside organ, to lend sweet attraction to the
home cirole, and the feeblest church or Sabbath
school a beautiful instrument, to give voico aud
earnestuoss to its pious praise. This happy
chauge is due to the Estey Organ more than to
any pther one cause. The constant and undevi
ating aim of its makers has been to produce a
perfect reed instrument that should be within
the reach of the popular purse in price. Every
mechanical appliance that human ingenuity
OOUia aovise biiu uuiunu I'uiiruuu rauw v una
been brought to bear upon this end. Trust
worthy experience from all quarters has lavish,
ed its ripest fruit unstintedly to promote this
object Tlie materials used have been rigidly
subjected to every possible test that could in
any way conduce to their adaptability and dura
bility. What is the result at tho end of thirty
years? The lowest priced pipe organs that aro
worth buying cost $i,S00. Messrs. Estey & Co.
furnish for from 6200 to 5300 a reed organ so
admirably balanced in tone and power that ta
thirds of the congregation in an ordinary small
church would suppose it a pipe organ if it was
concealed from view. A really good piano from
a reliable maker cannot be bought for less than
9400 to $500. An Estey Organ, suited to the
capacitynd requirements of any family, may
be purchased for150 or 200, and a thoroughly
good one for 70. This is practical philanthro
py, of a quality as refreshing as it is rare. This
is something worth working and waiting for ;
and it is peculiarly gratifying I o know that all
concerned maker, eoller, buyer and performer
reap an equitable share of the bouefits of a
result so truly beneficent
That which conserves the publio welfaro
promotes private interest Good wine needs no
bush. Honesty pays best. Messrs. Estey &
Co. have proved the truth of these aphorisms,
and in an age of shams have demonstrated thai
solid merit is the true touchstone of success.
Nine thousand organs were turned out there
lRHf. VAAP mid sent to every nuarter of the globe.
in more than ono instance supplanting entirely
the instruments of European makers in the old
world. These organs represented a business of
over one million duli&rs ;
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A FEW TESTIMONIALS.
Scientific monT inventors and manufacturers from all parti of tha world have visited the
Estey establishment and unanimously pronounce it unsurpassed in perfection of detail and com
prehensive system. Bccommendations, such as flood the country for every conceivable invention
of money making and money spending man, aro cheap enough. Many that sound and read well
may bo bought for a song. At tlie present time, therefore, it is in order to quote a few testimo
nials which tho Estey Organs havo called forth, that are a test of value and approval which
cannot be gainsaid the voice of the masters in musio bearing witness to that fine truism, as old
as human endeavor and human fruition, that only true merit achieves truo success :
From RICHARD WAGNER, the Composer, par Excellence.
" Tlie tone of the Estey Organ is very beautiful and noble, and gives me the greatest plea
. My great friend, Fbakz Liszt, is also charmed and delighted with them."
From MME. ESSIFOFF, the Wonderful Pianist.
" I have often had the opportunity to hear and play on the Estey Organs in St Petersburg
and Warsaw and was perfectly charmed with their full, sympathetic tone. On no other organs
can bo produced, with such purity and precision, the choir-like sound in tha lower registers so
similar to a fine church organ."
From EERR RUBENSTEIN, Director of the Imperial Conservatory and
the Musical Society at Moscow.
"It gives mo great pleasure to give due praise to Messieurs J. Estey A Co. for their really
splendid Organs. The tono of these instruments is full, noble and charming and has the
advantage of pleasing and captivating the ear. To these artistio qualities must be added that
they are of solid workmanship and of the most elegant finish, and I doubt not their having an
extraordinary success in Russia.
From CAMILLE DE SAINT SAENS, Composer, Pianist and Organist of
the Madeleine Church, Paris.
"I have played upon tho Organs of Messrs. Estey & Co., and been charmed with their
quality of tone, which comes very near that of a Pipe Organ, .and the resources it gives to tha
player."
From PAULINE LUCCA, the Celebrated Prima Donna.
" I have hoard the beautiful Cottage Organs of Messrs. Estey A Co., of BratUeboro, and
was astonished at the full, noble and sweet tone of these instrnraents, which resembles so much
the Pipe Organ a quality which I havs never found in sny other Amsrioan organ or
harmonium."
Arx-LA-CnAPZLLK, Feb. Oth, 1876.
From OLE BULL, the Great Violin Virtuoso.
"After having played and examined the Cottage Organs of J. Estey k Co., I ean fully ton-
firm that they are the best substitute for the Pipe Organs in smaller ehurehes and in schools, and
that the smaller ones are very appropriate for family use and should be highly recom
mended. J. H. NEBELONG, Organist.
Copenhagen, Nov., 1875.
" After having used and heard the above Organs, in our late soneerts, ws fully esneur in tha
above statement and say in addition that the tone is very beautiful, round and sff eotive.
" Fred. Buix, Direotor of Musio OLE BULL-"
From FRANZ ABT, the World Renowned Composer and Author of "Whoa
the Swallows Homeward Fly," etc.
" The Estey Organs deserve the highest admiration, as well for their beautiful sympathetlo
tone as for their easy, delicate touch and solid, elegant construction. I sonaiderthera unsvu
passed by anything I have ever seen."
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riVom pros', w. TTfYW A-RT TioANE. Jr.. tha Eminent Composer and
Director, Cincinnati, 0.
" For purity and beauty of tone, for variety of combination, and durability of oonetruoUon,
I prefer tho Estey Organ to any I have seen."
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TUB ESTEY ORGAN.
Every organ which leaves tho Eitcv manufao.
tory from the little Cottage Gem. with its four
octavo manual and singlo set of forty-cight-reeds,
to the Double Bank Pedal Organ, with
seven full sets of reeds and sixteen stops, bear
the uniform Btamp of entire fuithfi. nesi in
manufacture. No need to puff such waves ad
nauseum, with flaming advertisements liko a
quack medicine ; no need to push their sales by
cheapening the price. A simple statement of
fact is their best recommendation. Thoy are
as perfect as human ingenuity, care and skill
can make them, and are sold at tho lowest
price consistent with a fair profit. Whenever
improvements are possiblo thoy are adopted at
once, whether in workshop, machinery or instru
ment. Under such circumstuuees, it ceases
to be a wonder that , the sale of the
Estey Organ is increasing with such
rapidity, both at home and abroad ; nnd
that enlarged facilities for its production aro al
ready necessary, although tho Estey establish
ment has been for years tho largest reed organ
manufactory iu the world. Nine thousand
organs were turned out last year. These organs
represented a business of over ono million dol
lars I Such figures aro moro eloquent in testi
mony of worth than tho most flowery and skill
fully worded sentences.
TIIE MAKER.
The firm of J. Estey & Co. is made up of
Mr. Jacob Estey, his son, Julius J. Estcv, nnd
his son-in-law, Levi K. Fuller. Mr. listov.
sonior, ia the voteran roed organ maker of
America, if not of the world. Ho begun tho
business in Brat'.lcboro', thirty years ago, in a
single room, with six workmen, nnd has make
his way constantly forward, in spito of more dis
asters and drawbacks than often attend such
enterprises. This iiu;t is due to tho man him
self.. He has made himself, through forco of
honesty, energy, shrewdness nnd perseverance.
Plodding on and on, smiling nt disasters bv lire
and flood, planting hit feet resolutely oil all
uosiacies, wun uiuonutauic laitn ui himself and
his work, he has reached a very proud placo
among his fellows, whilo still in the primo of a
hale and vigorous manhood. His executive
ability is groat. He knows every detail of tho
vast business and watches its daily progress
with a marvelous approach to omnipresence.
But, however absorbed ho may be in this direc
tion, he has never neglected his highest dutiei
and privileges as a citizen. Ahvnvs foremost
in everything conducive to tho publio welfare.
actively interested in affairs of church, Stato
aud society, his influence has beeu wide ami
Sood and the cordial esteem he has earned so
onorably waits impatiently for a fitting oppor
tunity to do him honor iu kind.
The younger members of tho Arm, who have
beeu active partners for a decade of years, had
boon trained in tho business under tlie tuition
of their senior for some time previous, and tho
partnership only served to concentrate their
energies. They are young men of sterling
natural ability, and seem to have been particu
larly well fitted for the positions assigned them;
Mr. JuUus Estey is at the head of tlie counting
room and supervises tlie mathematical intrica
cies of the immense business with a clenr-head-ed
faculty that might well be considered a
synonym for uniform correctness. The counting-room
of a manufactory is where its heart
beats. Health there means strong aud
regular pulsation through all the veins and
arteries of workshop aud storehouse. Mr. Fuller
is at the head of tho mechanics of the concern.
His native talent stimulated by a thorough
mechanical training, has been invulmiblo and in
dispensable in tho long and uninterrupted se
ries of experiments and inventions which, un
der his ready and intelligent guidance, have
been combined in the complete whole known at
the Estey Organ. Both these gentleman are,
equally with their elder, in tho van of every
movement that tends to promoto tho public
wealth and prosperity ; as reliable, progressive,
faithful and enthusiastio in all such matters as
in their personal affairs. Character stamp
these men as it does their manufactures. Posi
tive merit is the underlying priueisa of their
suecess.
THE MANUFACTORY.
The Estey Organ manufactory is well worth
a visit to any interested in mnchan'cal and art
progress. The works are situated on an eleva
ted plateau, overlooking a considerable portion
of the village of BratUeboro'. They consist of
eight main slate covered factories, which are
forty feet apart three stories high, one hundred
feet long, and from thirty to thirty-eight feet
wide. Near by is s gas house, which supplies
not only the factories, but some portions of the
village, with illuminating gas of excellent qual
ity. A steam fire engine, named "J. Estey,"
is kept constantly ready for use and may be
manned at a moment's notice by a drilled com
pany of the workmen. A perfect system of
speaking tubes and electrio bells establishes in
stantaneous communication between the office
and all parta of tlie premises. Over five hun
dred workmen are employed, and every core is
taken to secure for them health, comfort and
safety, as well aa s peifeot and economical
working of the establishment. Many of the
little rooms occupied by the tuners are made
charmingly cozy with pictures and flowers, ar
ranged to suit the taste of the occupants. The
cheerful hum of machinery mingles with the
chirping of thousands of reeds, and sends f or0
s not discordant song of industry which pene
trates many of the pleasant homes of the work'
men.
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