Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1864-05-07

consisting of Mrs Leighton, Miss Douglas,
Miss Leslie, Phelps, Mortimer Leslie, Potter,
Myers, Townsend, and Hamilton, and have
appeared at the Jenny Lind Thea:er. No
city west of The Rocky Mountains can now
boast of a better troupe cf comic and
general dramatic performers than Idaho.
We ouce knew a country editor in Northern
California, who went to San Francisco to see
and hear Mrs Leighton play the Fool Of
the Family" who laughed himself sick, and
had to be brought home on litter, where quiz
ct restored him to tolerable health, but the
casual mention of the cause Of his illness a
month afterwards threw him into such con-
vulsive fits of laughter that he relapsed and
came very near kicking the bucket; even to
this day his friends deem it hazardous to
mention the name, aof Betty Saunders in
his presence. Mrs. Leighton has no equal
| in her peculiar line on this coast in fact, we
regard her as the funniest woman alive. Her
great forte is in never feigning anything her
comicalities are as funny to her as to any Of
the audience, and she laughs as heartily and
naturally as they do She has probably filled
more houses, and made more money for her
managers than any one person that ever Wis
tied the Pacific coast. A. R. Phelps, SO well
known as popular actor and manager in the
theaters of San francisco, to all the patrons
of the drama who have visited that city with
in the past several years,as comedian second
to none, and as general performer having
no superior in the profession, is card that
should fill the house nightly,-to say nothing
of ]. S. Potter, who has trod the boards of
every theater of any note on the Continent.
Of these we speak from experience, having
witnessed their performances repeatedly. Of
the other members of the company, the Port
land papers ars full of praise, and we doubt
not are deserving of this, however, we will
be better prepared to speak in future. The
management of the Jenny Lind Theater
promise during the Season, to produce in
rapid succession the most popular comedies,
dramas, sensation pieces, farceS, etc., etc.
The performance at the Jenny Lind on
Thursday night was perfect success in every
particular. The house was crowded to over
flowing, many being obliged to go away for
want OF seats, notwithstanding the inclemen-
cy of the weather. The Home Squadron :"
was done charmingly ;-Potter as the Admi-
raj, Phelps as the Lieutenant, Mrs. Leighton
as Miss Mortimer, Miss Douglas as Mrs. Pom
tifex, Mortimer as the Landlord and J. lei
Myers as Dennis. The Fool of the Family
caps everything. Mrs. Leighton, notwith-
standing the tiresome journey from Walla |
Walla, her late illness, and an accidental fall
from her horse on the Placerville mountain,
is as full Of life and fun as when exercising |
her mrth-provoking faculties for the amuse-
ment Of metropolitan audiences. Myers
makes good Zeb Brighton, and taken alto
gether, we look upon the show as big thing. |
The only inconvenience we experienced or !
was that parties who had not taken |
the precaution to- secure seats, in several in
stances, took possession of those belonging to
Others and refused to give them up. 1t will
require the presence. of several ushers and a |
policeman or two. on each floor to get the
matter Slaughtered out in this respect.