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Show TIIK TOXIC S0I.-KA SYSTEM. Ilcarlj rnJiirarinriil by I'rofcator C. J. Tliomat, hhlor Dcunl A'eicK DiarMlr.An article np eared lu the Nitwaot S3pl Intt., In rotation to the Tonlo Hut-fa mualcal notatlou, which t Iieruaed with much plettiirc. I bare thought it may Interval your readers n lltllu If I were to brletly relate my ieraona1 exrlonce lu connection w Ith the Tonlo riol-f i ayateni. I liavo In cunfeaa that I waa, at Drat, very much prrJuJlro.1 agalmt II, hut thanks to tlio a-rauaatonof my old llmo friend David I). Calder, thu pioneer of Bl-fa nota-Hon nota-Hon In thla country, I waa Induced to atiijyll, nud thou iny prrjudltu van. Ihcd. I vi ry run la-came familiar with tba detail, of the Tonic Holfa method, and whan I'realdent llrigham Young callr-l me, lu the fall of IVil, lo goto our "Dixie," for the iurpt.au id teaching vocal and Inatru mental mualo to the a-opte In tho aouthern settle-niriits settle-niriits ot our Territory, 1 gladly availed myself oflheupiairtuulty lo touch the Hol-lA eyatc m. The leaulta were ot tho moat gratifying character; my puplla rapidly acquired an underatandlut; of mualc, and could readily slug from Ihu note. I wlih to ray to all who dealru to learn vocal mualo that 1 recummeud the Tonlo Holfa system fta the moat alutplo method. It eially ovtrcouiea the uiitiy tlltllculllea Ifiat braet tho old alalf noUtlon. Wlahlugtbe Halt I.ako Tunic Hol-fa Society thu utmost auccvia lu Its ellurta uioucouragothualuly and practice of that valuable system, 1 reuialu yours reapvcifulty, C. J, Tiiomah. HALT I.aick ClTV, May tilth, lb'JI. |