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|Year=1829 | |Year=1829 | ||
|Salience= | |Year Number=6 | ||
|Headline="Bat and Ball" Can't Compete with Organ-Grinding | |||
|Salience=3 | |||
|Country=United States | |||
|Coordinates=42.5236215, -71.1114369 | |||
|State=Massachusetts | |||
|Modern Address=125 Vine St. | |||
|Text=<p>Rhapsodizing about old organ-ground music, a father writes: "Oh! It makes me feel young again to hear it - for I cannot forget how I used to throw down my books and slate - yes, my very bat and ball, and scamper off to hear it."</p> | |Text=<p>Rhapsodizing about old organ-ground music, a father writes: "Oh! It makes me feel young again to hear it - for I cannot forget how I used to throw down my books and slate - yes, my very bat and ball, and scamper off to hear it."</p> | ||
<p>"The Grinding Organ," in < | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>"The Grinding Organ," in <span>Ladies Magazine</span> (Putnam and Hunt, Boston, 1829), page 379. Posted to the 19CBB listserve February 17, 2010, by Hugh MacDougall. Accessed 2/18/2010 via Google Books search ("swiss or savoyard" "bonny doon").</p> | |||
|Query=<p>It would be useful to know when and where the author's youth was spent; Hugh points out that the reference to "muster day" implies that writer is likely depicting New England practices. If the "father" was in his thirties [pure conjecture] he is here reflecting on bat and ball play from the 1800-1810 period.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
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Text | Rhapsodizing about old organ-ground music, a father writes: "Oh! It makes me feel young again to hear it - for I cannot forget how I used to throw down my books and slate - yes, my very bat and ball, and scamper off to hear it."
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Sources | "The Grinding Organ," in Ladies Magazine (Putnam and Hunt, Boston, 1829), page 379. Posted to the 19CBB listserve February 17, 2010, by Hugh MacDougall. Accessed 2/18/2010 via Google Books search ("swiss or savoyard" "bonny doon"). |
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Query | It would be useful to know when and where the author's youth was spent; Hugh points out that the reference to "muster day" implies that writer is likely depicting New England practices. If the "father" was in his thirties [pure conjecture] he is here reflecting on bat and ball play from the 1800-1810 period. Edit with form to add a query |
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