Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-29
NORTHERN OHIO SANITARY
FAIR.
The Tableaux Saturday Night.

sic.
The MistIetOe Bough was sung with even
better effect than before. Miss Vaughan has
a sweet voice, and she adapted it with e1-
quisite eject to the sad, fearful pathos of the
words.
She was idOlio at the close of each verse
Both her beauty and her music captivRtsd
the audience.
Tie TabIsau was rendered with an ease
and conscious strength OF sympathy with
the sad tale Of LOvsIPs bride, superior to
that evincsd before. It gains power by repet-
itiOn. In the last scene, there is required
what can with difficulty be done without i'm
pairing the effect. Lowell falls to the floor
overwhelmed in the intense anguish of the
discovery. To do it well, requires great
skin.
Tho tableau of Queen Esther and Ahssuer-
us was magnifcently rendered. All the
sternness of the King, the pleading tender
ness Of the beautiful Queen, were there.
Hsman could have been no more Of Ha-
man If he were actually to be led out to the
gallOws.
Rsbeooa at the We'll called the mind back
wildly e7bOse ancient days when men had
to WOO years for sweet Rsbscca.
REBEocA AND RowESA
was rendered better than on its first presen-
tation. Ivanhoe was more nearly our ideal
of Ivanhoe, while the dark-eyed lustrous-
haired Jewsss plead powerfully for his life
while snjoining silence upon the wounded
warrior.
The Picture Gallery was also improved, in
our estimation.
The final tableau, the Ship Of State, was
finely conceived, and beautifully rendered.
The water should not have been broken in
the middle of the stage. The illusion wSs
incomplete in that.
Thes tableax and music are among the
most delightful features of the great Sanitary
Fair. The Mistletoe BOugh and other tab
leaux sre to be presented tonight at the
Academy of Music.
1t is but proper to say of the exercises of
Saturday night, that no notice scarcely was
given. It was tho close of the week, and q
shower set in about the time for assembling.
BRING IN THE EATABLEs.
So great has besn the daily patronage at
the dining hall of the Sanitary Fair that
there is prospect of great need of more eat
ables. Let our country readers heed this
fact, and send in plenty of eatables. Un-
cooked dressed chickens and turkeys are cs-
pscially desirable.
RARE RELIC.
Among the remarkable relics on exhibi-
ton at the Sanitary Fair Building, is the
last Union flag which hOated in Tennessee,
at the time when the State which held jack
sons ashes proved recreant to JacksOn's
faith. 1t was made by Mrs. Colonel McEwen
and waved conspicuously over Nashville for
many months. The story of the flag is one
of remarkable interest, and we regret that
want of space prevents our giving it in full.
FINE sET OF BOOKS.
A-~A-s th- May att-antiYe articles which
grace the shelves of the Lorain county boott
is splendidly bound edition of Irving's
works, valued at $50, donated by Mr.. J. NJ.
Fitch of oberlin. It is a sight for the lover
Of books to feast his eyes on. We hope
aoms one will enrich themselves by purchas-
ing it.
The splendid Afghan over the LOrain
county booth, still attracts great attention.
We arc informed that $2lO have been offer
ed for it.
In our brief sketch of the Holmes county
booth, we promised to ro-visit it soon. A
friend has done that for as, and sends US the
following:
HOLMES COUNTY.
When God was about to destroy Sodom,
Abraham prayed that it might be preserved,
in case five righteous men could be fOund
there, but such was the bad state Of morals
in that ancient town that the number could
not be made out, and the city was destroyed.
Holmes County has long been known as a
butternut paradise and since the battle at
Napoleon, and the hoavy vote polled for the
bless ed martyr, ValIandingham, We have en-
tertained but little hope from this quarter,
But
The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears
The sons of Holmes are waking,
To penitentisl tears.
At least, we judge so, from the liberal con-
tributions to the Fair, and the splendid booth
of the Holmes County Ladies, in the Sanitary
Fair building. We 5ouId not repress feel
ing of qualification to these noble loyal Ia
dies and their worthy CO. Iaborers, as we call
ed at their booth last night. Let them be
crowned with double honor, for they have
come up out Of great tribulation and are
worthy.
THE sTEREoPTICoN.
We hope our citizins will, ere it
is too late, awake to the beauties
of this truly wonderful exhibition
Rarely has anything possessing greater merit
or interest been offered to our citizens. We
are rejOiced to learn that it ia to remain
with US day or two longer.
RUMsEX's KIHsrRELs AND THE FAIR.
We are authorized by the Executive Commit
tee of the Sanitary Fair to deny IN toto the
statement made by Mr.. Hillsburgh, of Rum
sey's Minstrels, that they had offered to do
nate to the Fair the proceeds of one or two
nights. They have done nothing of the
sort.
1t will be observed that this has nothing at
all to do with the justice or injustice of pla-
cling the words "SAEIrARY FAIR" in such
n l.. A..