Item - A Musical Party in the Backwoods

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Series:	The Chicago Ledger — v. 6 no. 25 — page 4
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Part of:	Chicago Ledger, v. VI, no. 25, June 22, 1878 (Issue)
Author:	Rexford, Eben E. (Eben Eugene), 1848-1916
Date:	June 22, 1878
Edition Description:	Information accompanying author's name: Shiocton, Wis.
First Sentence:	I had the good fortune-and "whether good, or whether bad, depends on how you take it"-to spend some weeks in a new village in one of our Western States, about five years ago, and, while there, I had the pleasure of attending the first musical party, not only of the season, but the "settlement."
Last Sentence:	I have been known in that section, ever since, as the "chap that played them pieces up to Hilliker's the 22d."