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Southland Times, Issue 1205, 4 February 1870, Page 2

"When Handel visited the town of Haarlem he at once hunted up its famous organ. He gained admittance, and was playing upon it with all his might, when, the organst entered the building. The" man stood awe-struck. He was a good player himself; but he had never heard such music before. "Who is there?" he cried. "Ifit is not an angel; it must be Handel himself !" When he discovered that it was the great musician, he was still more mystified. "But how is this? youhave done impossible things," said he, "no ten fingers on earth can play the passages you have given ; human hands couldn't control all the keys and stops ! w « — " I know it/ said Handel, coolly, ">and for that reason I was forced to strike some ' notes with the end of my nose.