Tuesday evening several gentlemen made up a purse for the bagpiper and thereby induced him to play in front of a Walnut street drug store, from which he had previously been thrown into the street.
Article: The Evening Post, New York, NY Reprinted this article on 06 Jul 1843, Thu which was originally printed in the Times Picayune in New Orleans on June 27, 1843 - this was considered viral back in the day !