Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-06
A NIeht nt the Atbeneum.

A Night at the Atheneum.
We had the pleasure of witnessing the
entire performance at the Atheneum on
Wednesday night. twas creditable alike
to the management and the company. tMr.
kWill Mutt the Manager, has made firstrate
ghlectlons of practIced and talented artists.
InhIs company asnow playing az the AAthA
enepm, are several of the old fayorites of
thepublic here, as Mrs. NJ. "A. and Miss
Blanche Bradshaw, and Mr.. e. T. smith
and Mr.. Ed. Lacy u is unnecessary to
speak OF these more than to name them, as
their merits are too well known and appre-
ciated in this region to need any eulogy.
OF the Eestot. .thecompany we can at this
time speak of only q few specifically. For
bneas youhg as-&e are told Miss Neomie
de Marguerlttes issshsais remarkable as a
cantatrlce and comedlenne. She is viva.
cious and sprigltigs and bids fairto attain
high emin9nce IN her profession.
Mr.. WI. Thompson,in the characters
lhe assumed on Wednesday night, was quite
successful in their general rendition. But
attention to the man as actor was quite di-
verted to his dog Hector, who, in shisTole,
appeared to be an artist OF no common or
der. His appearance on the stage, making
his entrances and exits atthe right time,
baEking attheproper moment limping off
when wounded, lying dead when killed,
and throwing down and throttling the ruff
fan -Who. .soagbt'to take the life OF his mas
ter4aif those things made Hector the de-
Ecided favorite of heevening, owing, prob
Eably, in some measure to the novelty of
seeing a dog so good an actor. But Hector
is well worth seeing, U.S. 'oa aaI'i9
II The tout ensemble of the company is well
made up, We say this without any mental
Preservation. There ishard1y an Indifferent
artist among them, at t-ieast so far as we
hd I've seen them On the stage, 1t is one of
the best companies, and, we NAV add, the
Best an the C1ielo- dFahatical role that has
appeared on our boards OF late years.
Tdey had cSowaeds house Wedhesday
nj ght, and should have one on each night
d during thgF Pd9 season at Che Athpennepqmrt: p
Il 4 u
5aa The Equestrian Burlesque Street
~ Masquerade.
T. One Of the funniest things lately wit
messed in our streets was the appearance on
tke Fo1tthtskig gulyNdf ahlbduestrian Bur
lesque troupe, with masks on, and dressed
IN fantastic icostdhYes. They were said to
be principally employees In Peter Hayden's
factory AM, rolling pill but,fOr thsntfuth
Of this we cannot vouch, as they we're too
effectuallyI disguised. 10 be easily recOg4
inized, except by those who were in their
secret, which we were not.
N Tie performers principally on
horseback, aud seemed to be engaged in. a
sort of burlesqHe Of military parades. in
general without Palping 20 strike at any,
thing in particular. They had a band
with tin horns and other equally sonorous
instruments, to- make doubly discordant
martiaImusic. y hs"
In the baud wagon, as we suppose we
may call the vehicle, they had sheet iron
kettle resembling a barrel or hogshead,
which, beng Struck Or pounded withsticks
orlron Instruments, gave forth rough bray
ing, and hoarse bass sounds. Their artil-.
lery congsfed plinly Of "a huge burlesque
cannon, made apparently of a sectionof a
large stove-pipe, into theinterior Of which,
every now, and Then, were thrust large
squibs Of powder and 'torpedoes. These
explosions made quite "a funnyimiMtion of
the cahnon's awftill roar on the field of