The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-07-27

THE article below is from the pen Of our
genial cotcmporary and satlricai cr't'que Of
the Lansing journal, j. G. Armstrong,
written on his return from visit to Our
city, ON which occasion he attended the
Concert given by Madame Anna Bishop
We are no Judge Of music, and hence take
exceptions to our being thus pubNically
brought before the musical world in this
most ridiculous light, andpropose at anoth
or time to demand some satisfactory settle
ment with our namesake:
The big thing Of the season was con.
cert by Madam Anna Bishop, at the Baptist
Church We have always had at least two
weaknesses, one for pretty-ahem guess
not, and the other for music. We have
"oft in the Silly night poured forth our
ssowl' through the excrutiating squeak of
an according or the uncertain whisthng
flute; the twanging guitar; the nice buz-
sing jewsharp; the wheezy clarionet, and
the nerve decorating scratched fiddle! OF
course we went to the concert, also did Mr..
Andrck of the Times, whose clean billed
shirt collar lowered in majestic stiffness to
the lower margin of his 'yeres! We had
no toilet to make, and consequently, travel
ed by his side fabby and country shaped
The, man at the door. knew where we be,
longed. He knew that altho' we had plenty
Of earl, they were not dug out for music
and We wercrput in the pit! We noticed
from our humble place youth, dimnu.
tive Satan from the Times office, with tina,
enterprise and grit, characteristic Of prin
tef's devils, in private box near the stage
A bit Of coarse twine did the office of q
neck tie, and a splash of mud from passct
puddle, obscured the previously uncertain
color Of his Stockings He was delighted
with the concert..7a lie opened his mouth
wide and literally drank in the music as i
flowed in from the manulactory! The pi
was distinguished from the dress circle b,
line of demarkation, drawn with exceed
ing thinness, but it was there. The north
west corner ofAour programme was cut off
andsat the bottom we were informed tina
We could obtain tickets sat the Schoo
House or the Drug Store !" This defect
able sheet bore date June Sth, no particu!a
year. Mr.. Andrick, Mr. Odoll, and one o
two Others, each, Possessed similar pro
small The concert opened. An English
man whose face did not indicate stead,
dieton the 'arf an 'arf, his countr,men ar
supposed to drink, did music up brown o.
an ACCORDION, artistic name 'Cencertina,
We heard him through with 'kamness. =
Then came the Madame, PLAT, phair, am
phifty! ",s
But she can sing--at least so we ar
told She opens her mouth and rolls GU
the notes, whole, and ringing silvcry clear
She richness of voice that is ma,
velMs,and alwaysat her command, whetl
crshc shrieks or means, and yet SO d fei
ent is cultivated taste from natural appre
citation. that the musical people appaude
what excited laughter to the people a
large We always applauded when an
one else did. which was the safest course
besides what can mere straggler in tn
pit know about music? We ask tina
question because we tried to get up a.,
plause on the gem Of her songs, "Littl
Nell but were told to .dry up by NOR
experienced occupant Of an adjoining sea
for, said he applause must never star
from the pit" Medita,ing on this piece {
philosophy, We subsidized. ~.
The concert over, We started for our he
tel, accompanied by Mr.. Andricl, but ha
the modification to see him gobblcd up b
two angels in silks, and crinolne attach
ner,ts We trudgedg down street alon,
thinking about the uncertainty of thing.
Andrick said he guessed the conce,
wasn't much" SO did we. just the
we passed bevy OF ladies, and heard or
pronounce it $50 charming" A momer
after we came up with musical man VIII
styled the concert "a magnificent rcnd,,io
Of operate gems - Andrick changed h
mind about it. SO did we. In order
settle the matter We called upon Mr.. Ter
noy, -bS the Netos, who is an amateur IN,
stefan of much taste and cultivation. II
) stated AS nearly as we can rccollect, abo,
the following: (Which we cheeriully 81,
for the benefit of our readers)
All ~ exclaimed he, rubbing his hand
and smiling upon us with remarkable gra,
and elegance. 1T was delightful III,
voice runs beautifully on the andantu
maestoso tones, and no less charmingly
the extreme prestiscimo, and even down O
the ndagio, she is perfect. In the Intern
diate conto, larghctto and allegretto tin
in the lower register, as well as the vivat
and presto Of the upper, she executed vii
remarkable accuracy! Her mezzo tin
con,ralto and s'acalto appoggaturna chr
matte, and her inmitable sophrano, pla
her at the head Of all artists who have no
ored our city, with musical entertainment
SO did we. Es@ |a#s s.
We bowed ourself out nbashed. but wi