Cataphonic Music.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 217, 17 August 1883, Page 2

Cataphonic Music.

. »■ -.- . i- •; *■■ -- The Wanganui Harmonic Society sings so sweetly that it attracts all/the cats 5 m the neighbourhood, which" assemble near the building and join m the melody, adding much* to the effect of the harmony, a correspondent of the Herald narrates how that on a recent occasion the door was slightly open, and during a considerable time a huge cat, attracted by the harmonious sounds, found his way to the entrance, where he listened with apparently great interest to the sweet strains. This would have, been all very well had he been consent with listening, but the effecr waFtbo much for his system to wilhs.tand, and he burst into -.melody oh' his own acpount. Whether he.had an^aiff^dis* cord/.is a question for discusshn, ; *but, -some of the passages he introduced while the orchestra Were playing fpxo^ duced an effect which ~wouid° have' afforded a fine model for -Wagner, 4 punning contributor sends us" th'e following :— The conductor, should have given a sharp twang or two on his catgut, or sent for a boy with a catapult; though perhaps your readers may-con-sider this a cataohresis, which^should consign me.Jto a catacomb. 'Jifit I should like'to'kriow i( the /eline music intro* duced coulcl be described m a treatise on oatapbustics, or if it'caused any to suffer from ; catalepsy. Perhaps > [the, animal ,- was-a catamount, anid'had oome down the rivet m the last fresh m a catamaran, having successfully navigated all,.- the : cataracts," and ' avoiding^. :CBta3trophe,' 'escaping only .with a catarrh. The; animal SQOuld be severely catechised; m. regard to its conduct, and> should receive'a sharp application of a catechu Whip; which would . finally check its caterwauling propensities: int cathedrals. Si' will 1 now; cr >ncl ud er, c ; catesjory .