Show mexican belli bells harpers Har peri in the largo large tower of morella morelia hangs the monster bell which is rarely bounded sounded but there are many others of moderate size chich aro are continually chiming all these belle bolls and indeed nearly all tho the bella bells in the republic are remarkable for sweet sn ness and soft nean of tone iti it 3 very verv rarely that one hears a harsh bell hey are art exceedingly cee melodious and pleasing it is sometimes explained that this is due to the mixture of silver in the bell metal and that the new belli bells are cast from old metal I 1 baliero that the chief reason why lie the mexican bells are eo so much more musical than ours our ie is that the mexican belle bella are artistically made shaped with reference to tone thin at the edge each one a work ork of art intelligently manipulated not mechanically ca cast s t without K reference to the bound sound it it sha shall il reduce produce the great bella bells are struck wit with I 1 a clapper and not swung there would be much less leos objection to the use of c church hurch bella bells in the united states the harsh and barbarous jangle aich blocke shocks the sunday if our bella bells had any of tho the musical quality of the mexican |