SOFERTERAMONIGO.
gentleman stopped to listen to the tune, played on a hand-organ, which happened to strike his fancy. When the air was finished, he approached the Italian, and asked the name of the music.
"Soferteramonigo!" answered the Italian, showing all his teeth in a smile of appreciation at the compliment to his melodies.
The gentleman walked on, and endeavored for many months to obtain the piece of music with the unpronounceable name. But he never could find it. At last one day he heard it played by an American, and again asked the name of the air he admired.
"Oh, that," said the player, "is an old thing—'Silver Threads among the Gold!'"