CONCRETE MUSIC.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 278, 5 June 1875, Page 2

CONCRETE MUSIC.

Two or three painful incidents are reported in the American papers to have occurred lately. The other evening in Williamsville, lowa, some samples of tar pavement had been laid down in a few of the side streets. Sixteen young men, “armed with every known musical instrument,” proceeded that night to' sernade a young lady, in front of whose house a sample of tar pavementhad, unknown to them, been thus laid. Seating themselves on the sidewalk, with their feet on the roadway, they played and sang with much feeling and good taste for some little time. On attempting at the conclusion of the performance to rise,they found themselves however, in an embrassing and uncomfortable position. They were, in fact, glued to the pavement, and could only regain their feet ataterrible sacrifice of their clothing. After a lengthened discussion as to what was best to be done under the circumstances, it was decided that they must free themselves at any cost. They accordingly screwed their' courage tip to tearing point, and with “a mighty wrench” rose from the pavement, leaving behind them almost as much of their garments as they carried away. Another case of somewhat similar character is reported from New Jersey. A gentleman having tried the experiment last summer of roofing his house with the material out of which concrete pavements are made, was much annoyed by the animated discussion carried on by the cats of the neighborhood on the top of his house. Finding the noise unbearable, he ascended the garret one night and looked out of the trap-door. To his horror he found no fewer than 196 eats stuck fast knee-deep in the concrete, which had been softened by the heat. So'nte of them had been there four days. The moment they caught sight of the owner of the house the whole 196 doubled their spines, ruffled their hair, shook their tails, and gave one wild, unearthly yell, which so frightened him that he fell down the step ladder on the head of his wife, who was standing below with a candle in her hand. Both husband and wife were seriously but not dangerously injured.— Pall Mall Gazette.