The fiddlers of Decatur county, Indiana, have formed an organization, with a membership of more than two hundred. To be able to fiddle is the only qualification for membership. Any man, woman or child who can turn a simple tune on the violin may become a member, but otherwise neither pedigree, wealth nor political influence can secure admission. It is proposed to have a fiddlers' tournament—a sort of scraping match, as it were—at which the programme will include, among other numbers, such time-honored melodies as the "Wild Horse," "Devil's Dream," "Arkansaw Traveler," "Leather Breeches, Full of Stitches," "Jennie, Put the Kittle on, We'll All Take Tea," "Such 'Nother Gittin' Up Stairs You Never Did See," "Washerwoman," "Puncheon," "The Campbells are Coming," etc. If there are 200 fiddlers in Decatur county able to play one or all of these tunes, the horrible question arises, how many are there in Indiana?
