Nuhou, Volume I, Number 1, 25 February 1873 — The Band. [ARTICLE]

The Band.

This is aa institution of inore immcdiate intcrcst and satisfaction to our towns-people tLan even a reciprocity treaty and we wonder, since there hae been a cessation of its haruionies that there has not been a mass meeting of patriotic citizenB, and a coramittee of their nuinber deputed to wait upon the Minister of the Interior to suggeBt somc means for reviving our public concerts. These concerts have heeome a puhlie necessity. They promote harmony ; are calculated to prevent a good deal of poliee duty, and they are also conducive to the public health. Let anyone notice the soured, acerb countenances of our rismg merchantB, 011 the Beach, ,r swearing at the low price of sugar, and tlie tightness of money, and w T rangling about the ruin of this u one horse " country*; and then observe their radiant faces when-under the īnAuenee of Berger and his Band in Emma Squarc; and he will eome to the eoncluBion thafc our bandmastev and his smart kanakas wfe toot the horns, M are of more consequence in promoting good spirite and good dige6tion, jHian all tlm politicians and doctors in town. Let us have our Band—let us have mulsic, and laugh at dull care, even if we are ruined—don't be picayunish about the band. Squeeze a little out of the Military chest (br tbis purpose. As our army is unquestionably intended for ornamental purpoBCB alone, its chief glory is in the Band. So r Mr. Secretary of \Var, plcase to look into the appropriation for War, and see if it will not allow a pmnM margin for munio.