Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-11-02
tn. convention and SO Forth.

She musical performances at Brandon c
during the past week. We were present
st the Grand Finale on Friday even Y
ing, and we heartily concur In the hish ,,
commentators bestowed. We oelieVe
this convention is regarded by those VINO
know as the best the Association mas
ever held during the fifteen years OF lts
axistence. With regard TO the indistnct-
ness of articulation, upon which our
correspondent animadverts, we are In
clined to believe that the hall is quite as
much at fault as the singers us cen
oes and reverberations are loud and con-
fused. The height from the floor 10 tne
ceiling is about 80 feet. We presume II
the ton were arched it would to great
extent, remedy the difficulty. This
however, is not the first, and prooaoiy
will not be the last, expensive audience
room, in which the laws OF Acoustics
are partially or wholly ignored by arch
i.ects Quite q number OF evergreen |
trees were placed around the walls IN
side, in the hope of breaking the reVer-
berations.
Auusion was made in the report to the
blind player, Mr.. Kendall. III may Dc Oh
interest for us to state that he is IN the
habit of learning his pieces by the ear
A person reads to him a succession OF
notes. quarter, eighth, sixteenth, hall,
etc. which gives the time, and also men
tlons the letter of the staff, upon which
the notes are written, a. b. G. &C.
thereby giving the melody. Such is his
mower OF attention and memory, that in
very short time he learns any piece oil
music that he may desire.
We had the pleasure of listening to
new Cottage Organ invented by Mr. H.
w. Carpenter, formerly Of New York,
but now in the employ of Mr. Esty OF
BrattIeboro. The improvement consists
of vocal tremulo," in the shape OF a
revolving fan, placed near the reeds OF
the instrument, by which a perceptlble
tremor is given to the sound, closely re-
sembling the richest and most sympa-
thetic Of human voices. The most
eminent musicians and organists OF the
country. including Prof. G. W. Morgan
of New York, have expressed their I'M
qualified and unsolicited admiration o.
this invention and many Of those who
have always doubted whether any good
could come out of reed instrument are
delighted with this. AS the instrumen
is manufactured solely in Brattleboro
vermonters may well feel a laudabl'
pride in this acquisition.
At the hour of one o'clock, Ssturda,
morning, a large number of those VIII
had attended the concert took St7"a"E
seats in the cars, and almost before the
were aware, found themselves saiel
landed at the Rutland depot Here, az
cording to existing arrangements, ID
train for Bellows Falls and the Ea'
waits till those from Saratoga and 9TH
noints arrive. Passengers, hoWeve
generally find the right car, seat ther
selves as comfortably as may be, al
"wait for the wagon till all can take
ride It was our lot to get a seat [
hind very worthy and interesting you
couple, being no other than the "
bright particular stars OF the conV'
ton, namely, professor" Perkins d
Miss Auna Carey. These young perso
each about twenty years of age, hav
wealth OF music, harmony and sympa'
in they souls The deep sonorous D
of t,he one finds an exquisite couh
noint in the bird-like MARBLE and On
of the other. Music hath charms
INSPIRES thoughts which can be 1elt,
not easily expressed. After the LAT
and enioyments Of the day and even
who can doubt that the young cantat
should be fatigued and sleepy? Or
an ample shoulder and protecting
would prove an acceptable resting
for n throbbing head? Or that yc
man. however resolute, should hin
be overpowered by the droWsy goo,
at last find an appropriate resting P
for his own head1 If body can
in the cars, "sweet rest" and "plea
dreams'-such as had been sung at
concert - while waiting three M
hours for the Saratoga train, need
body else be at the trouble of getting
extra pocket handkerchiefs on the
sion? We confidently anticipate a
alive answer to this last question
all classes Of readers except only
crustiest kind of old bachelors.
At half past four o'clock Satr
morning, the long expected and Ion
tended Saratoga train arrived, bril-
the Boston Laucers. That was
was the matter. To our inquiry
made them so late, one Of them re
most blandly that he knew no othe
son than that they didn't get her
sooner. To which we rejoined
equal suavity, that we hoped he a
his fellow soldiers would have the
luck TO get back to Boston sooner.
We have only to remark turtle
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