Monday January 28, 2008 at 12:01

“The jingling of the [brass necklace?] around his neck is a pleasant accompaniment as you jig along, said to be an encouragement to the animal and real music that is soothing to you and a much preferable to the dreadful discordant sounds that the natives call music.”

— Clara E. Whitcomb, 1899 (from Barbara Levine and Kirsten Jensen, Around The World: The Grand Tour in Photo Albums)