The Republican journal., 1869-10-14
L o CAL ITE MS, &c.

| The Waldo County Musical Con> ehlion. lo,.
year, has been very decided succc>- The nltrud-
ahee has not been large rs at ~uhir other time.
but there was great interest felt hy those " ho wen
present. and general entering into. TIN, Spir of Tin
occasion. The Convention was fortunate in it, iu
Nlrurtor, leading Lady vocalist amt pianist
~ the Concert. ON Thursday Evening Mr.
smith sang Italian song which was v,H r,.,.i,
rd Her "Nunber on was greatly aWlaud,,I---.l
Was her solo III "MarVcllous Works" By ~ltj
request OF "Nome old to@ics," as MI Parker saint
she sang Coming through the RYE" Fngics have
prtdieelloh for rye. one of the gems of thu, rlru
ing WAS the solo III Rock of Ages, :" by Mrs Thorn
Noll-hrr wonderfully clear and sweet voice ,yrl.-.
lhg the lIaihtivc sentiment Of the text most br;,ui.
fully.
4 trhiay evening new programme was presented
Mrs. smith sang "katy'N Letter and some. pr,lt
scotch ballads, in addition TO her parts in the sacr
music. IVY hen the kic come hane," was especial
" sweet IN sentiment and voice. Mrs smith. Wiz
| = very attractive III person and meri,oriuu- ,- g..
singer, made a very favorable impression
lhrir Is one practice at troncerts which is ,critlun
to our rlty, and has become Il nuisance 4 cam. ,.
hoy~ provided with whistles. thiek boot, and ALI
appliance for making Il uu>r INSIST Ipon 4 r,..-t
tl"h ni nearl! every piece, Wdhunt any regard t,,
the wishes of the Discriminating. portion of the AM,
dicncc 1t is "a sWindlc ia performers by ip,u,i,l5
them to give double the amount of labor contract.
for. They do not know thai a vocalist likc Mi
smith ihcurs 4 certain amount Of fatigue in rpndrl
ing difficult piece. and that il is unknd ID cunpr
her to repeat it at once, We were gr:titied tu Nd.
serve how neatly the lady flankpC the ,chell, -,
singing, to call for cucole. Il ballad that She lri
already been announced to ,ug. II was .tdc,plN,.i
rehukc.
We had q pleasant call on SATURDAY from tv.,,.
the Democratic officials of knox County. 1 A
lih5rH, Treasurer, and Johu r. Torrpv. Is.,nr
NirrlH, The County Of Knox send, it, lrsuu.I.
|" our JalI ,.undcr AN arrangement with the Count
COMMISSIONERS, and Mr.. lorrcv brought upIl.n.
Brown, Ann Crawford and Ellen Cukrlv ron,ict.'
OF liquor selling at RockLmd underline Maine IYu
Mr. Torrey informs us that Frank Dcon The n
cendiary who sci fire TO building in Camden. h.-
been convicted and sentenced to len wears in tl.
state Prison. He belongs in Philadelphia.
ACCIpI.NT Chas McMtnncr,, foreman on IA
railroad works, near Brooks, was Lilhtl by the
lloson Of a blast on Friday. several kea- orpuy
der had been poured into a seam. and tv wa, pi
ga gcA in lighting the lusr. when the charge eNrlo
ed. blowing him 10 a distance Of twenty k,ot, crn-t
injuries, He died the same uight. Deceased N
been long in the cmploy of The contractors and Wo
considered careful man, He has 4 wife aud ,ht
drcn at Bangor, besides three at work on rll
road.
The Directors of the Belfast Gas Company have
voted to reduce the price twcnly-y cents per thou
sand feet and pay the o}crmnrnt tax, hcrrtofa.
charged Ia the consumer. lbiN viii make the lTtr
10 customers - cents per thousand feet less than
fore The old rate was $500. Under the ,tpcrll-
tcudencc of Mr.. Pierce the works are ron,uirO
admirably. The gas is of excellent quality, thcu
is no failure of supply, and above all the >tockh.lhi
er, are experiencing the novelty of good dNhleud-
lady Of this city recently came into possession
Of lork of promising young fowls, NIh dccniua
ltc roo~ters Superiuity, selected, ~ She thought
that unfortunate for dinner table sacrifice. Sn,
the bloody decree Vas carried into effect the back
yard has been the scene of an unN ersal chicken
dispute, with bloody heads and crows of dclianr
An investigation proved that she had killed all tn
hens and kept the rooSter~ She is now IN ~rarl
of work ornithology.
Mr.. r.. +, White, son of the late Roben Whit
of this city, sends us from Saugatuck, Michigan.
where he resides, some specimens of ,he pe;uAeo o6
that fine Embarrassing State. They are preserved
in glass Jars through the sides of AieA they show
large and luscious. Mr.. White says they wen
raised, gathered and preserved by Democrat nui
sent by Il Democrat To II Democrat. OF cour~c
then, they are f The first degree of excellence.
Miss Rcheca NJ. Pendleton of this city, died SUD.
denly at the house of ID. :. Moody, III Yarmouth
on saturday. She had been for some year atiice'l
with disease of the heart.