New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-23
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bition at Brooklyn on Monday evening, went of in
fine style The Hall Of The Brooklyn Institute was
dIed by most respectable audience a. c@ET hour
The exercise: Of the evening were presced by short,
appropriate and characteristic address by NJ Eoyls,
who showed up he anomalies and sbsurdi;ie= and We
are almost tempted to sag enorntcs. OF oar present
rst method OF spelling words in manne! which clio
tied the most hearty applause from tie audience Af-
Ter tie address cauc series of eNcrces y pupils Sc
lcc;ed from the Public Schools O. Brooklyn IN which
Mesrs Boyle and Dyer win TIC consent Of the Board
Of Edrcs;.ou. haze been sivn. instructions for few
weeks past! Tic pup!l-boys and girls from eight 70
sixteen years OF age-hed received but hecu hour; IL
s.urton on an average and yet they able 10 read
when written in Photographic characters on the black
board the Difficult; sentences the English and La
TN languages handed in By the audience thus proving
mos, ncontestsbly the i,si5iLay Of Photography.
Next followed what ~e considered the mos; interest
ins feature OF the performance viz the reading Ct an
cxac; from verbatim report of preached
the dag previous by Rev DR.. Cox OF Brooklyn. by il
liters:c English mechanic from Photographic manu-
scrip, az reported By him while he reading We
saw zcycra Gentlemen grasp their hats convusively
under TIC impression, no doubt, hs, they would be
Obliged 10 listen 70 the whole OF the sermon.l Sir
EDfT-ust "Gp IDltt - y lIr1e NVNN
,urncr He is a. before stated comparatively litcrate
having ueyer received even common school cduca
ton if we may believe his own statement. tic is
professional reporter and all the time he has devoted
10 Photography. until within lew months past. has
been srs;ched from the hours allotted to fcposc after
working all day a, his aborous svocston-
The Ezcrcises were concluded by some specimens oil
interesting and very satisfactory verbatim eportn: By
Messrs Dyer and Hurnsby who took down and after
ward read from their I'll of newspaper para
copa which ucrc handed IN by the audience and read
by Alr. Boyle. Among them OF Gen Tay!ors
letters 10 SANTA Anna full Of almcs, unpronounceabie
proper names, which reported aud read by Mr.
Dyer without single mistake only about eighteen
months since Mr. Dyer hrst heard Of Prnsns OF any
other eys,cm OF photography aud he informs us that
he has practiced writing il to average fifteen minutes
dsy since
In conclusion We would sag that the exhibition was
from the commencement TO the close highly satisfactory
TO u5 aud the audience who manifested their spptoba
ton By repeated bursts oil applause.
We had well nigh omitted to mention some very
interesting items and among them the reading OF a
photographic LITTER by NJ Dyer from Rev Daniel llu
bert Temple OF East Machias blaine in which the writer
expressed himself in favor OF Photography in the strong
terms statn: among other things, that he was in the
habit OF r,saei,ag from Photographic notes which he
able to read with tie facility common print
This Is feature OF the greatest Importance to clergy
men ard public speakers generally it will save them
a, least four hfths greater portion OF the time
usually consumed IN writing out their discourscs.
At the teques, Of Mr. Boyle committee composed Of
M spoonsr Of the Brooklyn Daily Star Mr. lIascrman
and Dr. Fink appointed TO super:n;end the e~er
ci.es but The hour being la,e-neary II O'Clock
when the Performance closed they made report last
evening
Among the schools represented al this exhibition was
one composed entirely OF colored children and in point
Of proficiency they whit behind those children
who had been favored with lighter compilations anu less
woody hair We understand that Mr. Boyle will repeat
this exhibition 3, the Tabernacle in few weeks and
bcspcak for the reform that attention which its OBJ
yious merits and importance demand