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Clutha Leader, Volume XXIV, Issue 1222, 3 December 1897, Page 1

Business Notices. FARMERS' ARMS HOTEL Clyde Street, BALCLUTHA. WILLIAM HAY. Having obtained tho leaso of this old-established ancl popular house assures the public that it will be conducted in a manner that will merit a continuance of the liberal support with which this house has hitherto baen favoured. A well-laid table, and a tirst-class meal may be at all times relied upon. Temperance Bar. First-class stabling. M'Kenzie's Hall for travellers, concerts, dances, etc. All charges moderate. 309 TAMES CLARK. WHEELWRIGHT, BLACKSMITH, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MAKER, &c, OLYDE STREET, BALOLUTHA For Sale or made to order : Buggies, Whitechapel Carts, and Daisy Carts (new and second-hand) Grubbers, Drill Plougns, and Harrows of all kinds at prices sreatly reduced, "a - Horse Shoeing receives special attention at reduced prices. Carriage Painting carried on in all branches, and good work guaranteed. Agent for tho WALTER A. WOOD BINDER. Machines and duplicates kept in stock, A MUSICAL EDUCATION FOR A CROWN. The above heading wil', of course, appear to most people as the hcighf of absurdity, yet the absurdity is moro apparent than real. It goes without saying that a finished musical education in the regular course cannot bo had for a crown, or even with several hundred additional crowns, bnt can it be truthfully said that the person with a sufficient knowledge of music to play accompaniments on the piano or organ, to all the popular and standard songs of the clay has no musical education '? Assuredly not. A musical education sufficient to enable one to play ! correctly accompaniments to the songs sung in the home, frequently gets and gives more pleasure from the modest accomplishment than does many on whose education large sums have been expended. To the more modest musical education the above heading applies. Such an education the Clntha Leader is now enenabled to offer its music-loving readers for a crown, believing that it is the greatest benefit it can give lo its subscribers. This ready-made musical education consists of Pratt's Chart of Chords for the Piano and Organ, which is the nearest approach to a ready-made knowledge of music yet attained by science. It is a short cut to harmony, and is to music what the multiplication table is to arithmetic. A quick method of learning to play the Piano or Organ without a teacher.' With this chart anyone with but a small amount of practice becomes an expert pianist. It is a complete self-instruc-tor, enabling anyone to play the piano or organ at sight, and to play without difficulty brilliant accompaniments to any song ever written. It is valuable to the advanced musician as well as the beginner, embracing nearly every major and minor chord used in music, and is endorsed by teachers and musicians everywhere. This chart is the practical result of years of study by Charles E. Pratt, tho noted American composer and musician whose compositions have world-wide popularity and a larger sale than those of any other American or European composer. Believing that tho educational value of tlm chart cannot be over-estimated, tho Clutha Leader has arranged with tho publishers to supply Pratt's Chart of Chords to its readers at 53 each, and in addition to the Chart of Chords, the publishers have kindly agreed to send without extra charge a copy of the Giant Album of Songs, containing 184 songs with words and music. Many of the songs are oldtime favorites long out of print, that can be obtained in no other way. Every home that has a piano or organ, especially where thero are children, should have Pratt's Chart of Chords. This offer is made for a short time only and Readers of the Clutha Leader should avail themselves of it without delay. Addresa — THE CLUTHA LEADER, 11 Balclutha. WANTED KNOWN Visiting Cards Invitations, and Ball Programmes printed with neatness and despatch at CLUTHA LEADER OFFICE,