The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-10-30

here, and having IN ,rover ch ncei tobe
IN several otlcr villages very soon after
they had sung in them, i'e is prepared
to state quite positively a sufficient num-
Der Of facts TO enable any unprecedented
mind to form favorable opinion with
rc.pec, to these Artists and their per.
f,rnanccs, and he ventures to express
ne belief that few individuals on this
VI ON the other side Of the mountain
we'e previously disappointed in the
expectations into which they were
led by the world wide celebrity Of these
singers. A few things at least are
certain. Their Concerts at Burling-
ton and thence to Rutland were
denscly attended, and at Burlington the
second and Lhe third were no less SO
than the first; indeed on the second eve.
ming many were obliged to return home
on account Of the crowd. In no village
did the singers give n second concert ex-
cept Burlington. Had they done SO no
one douS.S and many in those villages
affirm they would '--.~ ueen equally
we'll paIronized After these strong
proofs of the popularity Of these singers
ii seems almost supcrfuons to add that
their almost every effort elected from
the audience alluded to, manifestations
ofapproval an! delight.
But one individual it seems was other
wise affected. one individual proves an
entire exception 10 the common mass.
What is most agreeable food for them,
albeit it is light food, dessert if you
please is poison for him. lie smells it
and turns up his nose; lie tastes it and
4 is disguised he spits it forth, nor spi,s
he forth that alone which he tasted, but
with it such u quantity of bile as be-
tokens sadly disordered state Of the
stomach, and which if any ore would
through curiosity examine can be found
in the Vt. Union Wing of Wednesday,
the 18th inst. 1t is contained in COM
munication from Montpelier and forms
the latter portion Of that detcslaJlc
epistlc. The writer has gono so far as
to style lis remarks upon the uutchn-
sons criticisms" but we are sure the
candid and appropriated will discover
in them no quality or substance descr-
wing other description :han base and
libellous attack. ..
To characterize it as it deserves
might seem TO tn who have never
heard the llutchinson's Incorporate
and vindictive, We therefore Withhold AZ,
expressions Of the feelings awakened in
our mind by its pcrusal, and content
ourselves with commenting upon its un
just and untruthful nature.
The critic as he seems 70 imagine
himself states that " the most prominent
and abundant ingredients Of the present
performances (s y bulfooncry, and that
all the lowest tricks of low comedy arc
brought into requisition.
This will be news to most Of those
} who have attended these we'll patronized
concerts, and who have been by turns
amused and delighted by their well d.
vcrsiied performances. We suppose
however that these phrases are to be
taken as containing the critics individual
opinions and in asserting them against
the voices Of approving crowds, he
makes quite as modest and interesting
exhibition of himself as certain woman
, did, who, when warned not to exhort
in the church as Paul had forbidden the
sex so doing, exclaimed with great as.
surance; ah, there is where Mr.. Paul
and I differ.
, The critic is Of the opinion that the
, spoken addresses as he is pleased to
, term them are neither witty, satirical
, nor even humorous, but only silly. 1t
is proper to remark that one performer
only INDUCES in any remarks or ges.
, lures not strictly called out by the songs
, which they sing, and he does this only
, to limited extent; yet with scarcely
one exception, whatever he says or does
, Of the character alluded TO, is well re-
ceived and appreciated by the audience
, as humorous. At least no nurmur mol
, an approach TO one did we hear during
, four evenings, with respect to these hu
morous sallies, one il, particular, {
movement merely, a rising from the sea
after a song, as ITO address the audenc'
and after having excited expectation by
f pleasantly speaking looks, then hasty
, retreat behind the curtain invariably