Show THE MUSICIAN AND THE COUNSELOR the following anecdote is told of tom cooke the actor and musician at a trai aral tr al in the court of kings bench june 1833 betwixt certain publishing twee dle die dunis and tweedie dees a as to the al eged piracy racy of an in arrangement of the old english gentleman an old english air by the b by y I 1 cooke was subpoenaed as a witness on 1118 hia cross examination by sir james scarlett afterwards lord abinger t for the appos te bidet eide elde that bat learned c u bel eel rather flippantly questioned him t u now i ir you say aay that the two melodies are the ame same but different now what do you mean by that bli to this tom promptly answered 1 I isaid said that the notes in the two copies were alike but with a different accent the one being in common time the other othet in six eight fight time and c the position of the accented notes wab waa different sir jimes james what is musical accent cooke my terms are a guinea a lesson sir air ir A loud loutt lau iau laugh gb 8 rather ruffled never anever mind your terms here I 1 ask you what is musical accent can you see it cooke no sir james can you feel it cooke A musician can great lau iau lauh laughter 0 h sir james very angry now pray sir air 1 dont beat about the bush but explain to his bis lordship and the jury who were supposed to ki ow nothing about music the meaning of wha ha you call accent cooke accent in music is a certain etre stress laid upon a particular part cular note in the same manlier as you would is lay jay a st at ess upon any given word for the purpose of being better under stood thus I 1 if I 1 were to say you ayou are an assy it lt rests on asa ass as but if I 1 were to say sav you are an ass it rests on you sir james reiterated shouts of laughter by the whole court in which the bench its 41 joined followed chiq thi repartee silence having been at length obtained the judge lord denman with muck seeming gravity accosted the chopfallen chop fallen falleti cou counsel thus are you satisfied sir james sir james deep red as he naturally was to use poor jack R eves own words had becom become e scarlet in more than name in a great huff said the witness wi may go down F r NEW USE FOR COAL OIL coal oil is said to be a sure destroyer of bedbugs bed bugs api aply ly plentifully with a s sm smil mil m ll brush or feather to the places where they most moat do the cure is effectual and permanent gilt frames bandoleers bandoliers hando bando liers rubbed il lightly slightly over with coal oil will biot rot be e distort di ed by flies I 1 I 1 |