The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-09-04
1.-THE onereero.n

1.-THE opereero."
- Under this heading the local of
Eieksburg Times; who wietds,
1.-The by a pen ef- no unwitty
power, thus dscourses:
A thing of beauty is joy for
: seVer of which nasare-the Opera
-segerely partakess being Of that
species.
, 1.-THE Opera is: a thing which is
never enjoyed unless it is beard.
It is one of those Premiscneus
.s musical arrangements which is
neverunderstood unless 1t is duly,
appreciated In order. to expert:
eace. It efeetuaHy, q ibreto, an
opera glass, d well dressed lady,
and a clean shirt are necessary.
We obtained all these at immense
seEeexpsnse, and went On looking
- at the back Of our 1ibreto, wersaw
the opera On this occasion was
s"Ernanny:''' On looking through;
3&.aar glasses at-the stage, we saw q
sentimental looking bushwhacker
: : standing ona small mountain, with,
- several more hlshwhackers at the.
- bottom. Having asked the lady,
of whom we We're the eseorter,
who that was, en-ethe mountain,
- and she having replied eErnanny"
in the affirmative, we were moral
"a convinced that is<was the opera
Aef aErRanny,n before whom we
#ere arrayed in our paper collar
Sgiofy :: - -,
49, The orchestra struck uplike four
hundred tom cats in q back alley.
a. aad a brinale cur dog chained to
the garden palingss ON a sweet;
moonlight; mig ght-in April, and the
"a bushw hackers at the foot of the
mountain all Of a sudden commen3
Assed to shake expensiyezsiker gob
esI xlefs IN tte soft italian air; and
heller bravero, and play draw
poker on Sthe rocks, and sing
hymns to E"Ernanny'' on the top
of the mountain, who finally. Rs
Taxed his sentimental expression,
land sang out: '3This is the Grand,
ssaserosQ Qpereero-M aneere pc Rio
Janorio by Fngo.7 and he came
EaoWn from the lnaountain, and
mingled freely with the common
S<@ high private. bushWhaekers and
they all stood On their tip-toes-and
tired. tossing louder than each
other; but at last the man, with
=. -sthe big red. fiddle played foul on
fsxther high private bushwhackers;
and quit playing to give i::Ernanny"il
"a chance, who forthwith jumped
upon rock and sang: "Braveero,
cavaIeero, T loveere, ladeeroe in.
yondeero casteNeero, now put on
= yonr som5reeros, and fellow this
gay gamboleero' to fndeero his.
brideSro, for Fm the Big mineo Of,
this here epereero ehonssero which
bebngs to Mr.. BoHo, and they all
went off between two pictures rec
presenting trees, &C., and the
asscene changed as OF by. some; hu-
ssman agency, with an elegant bed
= chamber in a big fine house, where
asthere were about thirty chamber
maids singing Lerena in Italian to
q beautiful girl, who had Qua long
white veil reaching to the floor,
and she sang back atathe chamber
maids, and they all :nadesso much
= fuss, we couldn't tell what they
said, though it sounded to US exe
ssactly like scrambled eggs. look
and then theysaH disappeared sud-
denly, and a. fellow wearing red
breeches and sky-hlue jacket,
with almost as muehsgald- lace on
it as a post quartermaster of the
present day, ran out and commen-
eed singing. He was evidently
embarrassed, we presume because
in the hurry of dressing his part,
he had put on his shirt upside 4
down and turned the wrong end
down over his shoulders for a collar.
When the applause, which this ae- !
cident created, had subsided he
sang: aHello, Elvira, L want to
know where in the heAeero is that
dam son of a tinke "Ernanny;;"l
:. this is, Carlo just got in from the
depot and Ernanny is a white
ivered mnlato who belonged to
the Freedmen's .Batreau in Ohio,
and kept pessady in Cairo" and
then EiEira rushed in by q side |
door and ssng "He's gone to De.
Solo," and replied tunefully Carlo:
sHad better keep on to Meaieo or'I
idaho, or Fll give a taste Of my1
big toe, Just so, and put q veto ON |
his coming here with hhis lingo and:
his 6arSo any more, for he's a big
pile of gu-an-no;" and Eivira
rolled up her eyes and sang: "CaTlo
goa know you are also dato and I
you smell Of tobacco" and then-he
sang: "You are Virago." +
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