Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-12-13

LINCOLN HALL-In Woodward & Ho-
hams Balcony Block, is rapidly approach
ing completion, and before the holidays
will be ready for the reception of the many
Joyous assemblies it is destined TO accom-
modate. The whole building was con-
structed in the most substantial manner
and no fears need be entertained that the
most comical actor or the most enthusiast
tic and crowded audience can succeed in
bringing down the house." The size of
the Hall is s5x44 feet; height of ceiling, Is
feet 1t is TO be filed with comfortable
settees, and is said to be of a capacity suf-
ficient to seat 1000 persons. II is lighted
by seven windows in front and six in rear,
which are twelve feet in tie clear. At the
west end of the room is stage sufficiently
large for the wants of any ordinary theatre
cal company, being no less than 32xl6 feet
i'm size The Hall will be brilliantly light
ed, and heated to the degree that may be
required.
We have taken pleasure in describing
the above Hall because we regard il as an
enterprise crcditable TO its public spirited
projectors. and one which should by all
means be sustained by our citizens. a
place of this kind where all can meet upon
an elevated level, and listen 10 the lectures,
enjoy the entertainments which cultivated
taste may require and will not consent long
to be deprived of, will prove a powerful
auxiliary to the cause of temperance, vir-
tue and morality, and incite emulation in
literature. aid the dissemination of correct
views, and encourage those social ameni-
tiles that do so much toward rendering our
intercourse with our fellow-men agreeable.
Within those walls we may yet hope to
hear the eloquent and gifted Beecher, the
philosopher of the Tribune the states
man editor, George William Curtis, the
tawny Douglass pleading for the rights of
his dusky brethren, and Miss Anna Dickin-
son demanding reform and exposing the
falsities of the age.
The holidays are approaching and we
hope the occasion will be seized to dedi-
cate the new Hall with something worthy
of the great name by which it has been
christened. One object we will name
worthy the libcrality of our citizens. We
refer TO the relief of the widows and or
phans of the brave men who fell in the ser
vice Of our country. Many of these have
no other dependence than The meagrc pen
sion paid them by the government, which
while the nthigh prices for provisions
and wearing apparel rule. is barely sufii-
cient TO supply them with the necessaries
of life When the husband and father
went forth to do and die for our country
and the fla, these were promised COM
Portable support. 1t is bitter rcproach
to any community where this pledge has
not been sacredly remembered, and no
time should be lost in making good our
promises. Who can tell of the many de-
privations endured by the widow, or i'm
agine the economical expedients which a.
ter all fill to supply her wants. To her
our common qualifications are unattainable
Injuries
To throw around these deserving ones
the comforts of life. we doubt not, our me-
chanics will contribute articles of rarcst
skill. our merchants will lend to the dis
play their costlicst fabrics, our musicians
will pour forth the sweetest strains, and
whatever talcn; our community possesses
may bc united in an entertainment of one,
two or more evenings, and the hearts of
the widow and the fatherlcss will be glad
ened by crowded houses and heavy receipts.
For such worthy object, clerical friend
thinks that John B. Cough, the great ten
perance orator, could be induced to con
tribute one evening of his valuable time
There arc many patriotic men of talent who
would freely aid US in this work, and if the
matter is pushed energetically there is no
doubt that it will meet with abundant sue
cess.