Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-25
Frnour OWL Correspondent
Letter from Boston.

IlL CHEAT sIEILE..
Bos1oy. June 18th. 1869.
The great Peace Jubilee is over and the singer.
md players are on their way home. Boston.
.tter wees of tremendous excitement. i. settle
ug down 10 quiet and rest The " hub has
zen IN lis full glory. and the Jubilee tts event
f the present century with Bos-ouiau-. New
York was a mere speek CD the globe compared
with Boston, and if ez;raya-aut words and
.oubast rule the day, Boston ought 10 be salts
Jed Tor once.
The jubilee has been great success -usicll-
= and financially, and has satisfied the people
that large orchestra and huge chorus can be
land lei by a competent leader in satisfactory
mann err.
Tho ehoruses were tie great attraction. They
occup ri the setts, rising from the orchestra on
.hree SIDES and covering nearly one acre and a
uf Of ground The parts were well tai
uced nd, Jbere were about eleven thousand
persons n the seats the last day. The orchestra
aumherc about 900 persons, bat with the bands
md extrA instruments counted over ! 900 TIE
building itself was too much decorated for the
oest effect. If the festeons Of bunting had
been left out the music would have been far
more satisfactory.
The hrst day was mostly OF a popular chsrac-
Ter ana was the poorest day. az the singers and
olayers met for the FIRST time, and it was more
Ike rehearsal The second day was a great
success. The grand chorus. " Glory to God, ''
vas rendered with great distinctuess, and even
1t the extreme end Of the building the wori-
we're quite clear Miss Phillips sang an Aria
ot Mozarts well but It was a poor selection f.r |
-uch place, and she did DOT do herself justice
Parepa sang, " Let tie Bright Seraphim " in
splendid style, and was most notly supported by |
Arbuckle with his cornet It was received with /
tremendous applause and they were obliged TO
repeat it. The tones Of her magnificent voice
penetrated every part Of the building, and rang
out in full splendor in the duo with the cornet
The symphony, by Schubert, was not the thing
for such place, and sounded rather thin after
the full orchestra anu chorus Such music l.
far more enjoyable in the concert room, with
cultivated audience.
President Grant was the centre Of attraction.
and all eyes were upon him as he was led to the
stage, and introduced 10 the audience by the
Mayor, amid the shouts Of the crowd the waving
Of handkerchiefs and the roar Of artillery. He
modesily bowed, ana retired as quickly as posi-
be evidently cut Of his place and disliking such
parades.
Thursday was the noisy day. The building
was packed full About $1,000 persons were
inside. and It Is estimated that there were nearly
100000 outside trying to hear. Such crowd
IS seldom seen, and it was anything but agree
able trying to get through it. Tickets could not
be had at the Office, and spectators made nice
thing out Of it, selling two dollar tickets at from
FIVE TO tea dollars apiece. Gilmore conducted
the entire programme and was in full glory,
waving his baton in frantic manner. With
the hundred anvils, big drum, orchestra,
chorus, organs, and bells all going together, the
ELECT was very grand and startling, but not par
ticularly musical
Parepa sang finely % Robert tot qui Jaime, -
and brought down the house, but the effort was c
90 great she gracefully declined singing again.
The Anvil Chorus was the thing with the peo- :
pie and had to be repeated. The effect was per- t
ectly stunning, and seemed to excite the great
st enthusiasm among the people. Gilmore was !
plendidly received and bore the honors very !
neekly. I