, 1869-05-02

C1atchnd ANnJ. He consoled himself with the ~
lection th2t ali earthly matters are il)u1oax b1s
he oou1d not help thinning now and then how
pleasant that CJclop1dia would have been. There
wxs ono wrctcned DID 1T Who had eaten up
volume of sHinburne, Two duplicates OF Walt
Whitman, md Vas loast1ng upou = gorgeous pic
s1rE Of the spectacle Of Uadlne. He had eaten up
four blonde Wigs, alxteen legs Of ballet girls xut
left eight eorypseea with 4 leg apiece. 'Ho was
very Indignant over his disappointment and eIen
sworn shout IT, for which be was ea1sed to account
By the GrsIeloof1uR E1t with ma clIghE couRn.
Tne wicked rodent Rrovled CUT something In bro
ken Rsttsh, and rrtired 70 bis hole, out o{ which
be shook his tail In defiance Presently four ar
nTe good Little nike, whom I had not otnetyed b.
fore, With their faces very clean and their fur
knooihed down very sleetly made their com.
ptaint IN weak Kind Of utter.nee. II was
to the effect that they had dlscoyer.d
little pack2xn ot Sunday School booka in paper
box. which were sery affecting, aud narrated how
Little Freddie" and Good Teddle. and other1
committed forty feet Of te1ts In one day, which
disagreed with them 80 that they died yery e.r,y,
not being good enough for this World They hsd
Just Eoooeeded in getting iuto the box and now tne
books we1e gone.
In this manner complaint afkes complain, Va,
made, and the meeting adjourned to another cveu-
Ing without taking action. You should have aefn
The assembly after adjournment Tne whole ,nass
OF rah and mice ruihed pei mel through the
dusty heaps Of Papers On the door, One set danced
polka On fragments Of editorials touching The
nnAnecs and internal revenue, taxat1ou and other
topics. In the local Euom rather spssc nj. with
long reddish hatr, mounted the City Edttort deat
and rcad od 10 the edacztton Of the crowd seye,nI
mutllatcd fragments Of a "Ho114hle Murder"
" As7octo1a Fnlainy In bridgeport, - Destructive
t1re IN HolstesI, "scandal Case on Michigan
Avenne+ " Religious Announceuents,u etc, IN
the Commercial Room 4eve1A cayualties have &C.
rus5ed one Unfortunate mouse W41 nc1tiy
enoked to death With column Of figures which he
found On the door and attempted to swallow.
Another, Of Z sentimental turn Of mind went
insane trying 70 understand sotus
commercial quotations he found In
an anique-loot1ng sc1ap-book. And three ircau-
toes little mice, ventuztng too hastily into Col
berth Astronomy, fell into the ntppe1 and coaldnr
get out until an old mt helped them with the
North Pole and line dropped from the plane ot
the ectpt1c7 through the paralaI Of the SUI, what
ever that Is In another room the cockroaehes
had carnival in the Night Editors cotlee-pot.
1t was one Of the most touching sights
In the WORTH to sec them enter in festive
procession ut the top, and come ont thnngh
the nose. On my own oil desk,
twenty.thtee s8sorted cockroAche4 OF beautiful
bronze color, each one Of whom have Killed
twent-three times In twenty three varioua wnys,
wete dancing csn-can 4 few OF tho odos1laruuy
sman brown tugs stood round In various stt-
tudes, Ike supcsnumetaries, while IN old rat
aSainst whom once sHore etssual war. a uaunt.
bal [sWoFe Against the Romano, beat ume
with bis stump Of : TAFT fosgave the nat, but /
shall never forget the sctne- shall miss those
cotfroaches IN the coming days. surrounded By
the tnantnate splendofB Of the new ueaf, UPON
which write you to-day, looking no mora upon
the brick walls, but sitting IN nooi of ,pseate
light which pou1a through the window from
the dying day. Icould not bear to Interfere With
the sports OF these poor creatures and left them
thero IN the moonlight engaged in their Wild rev.
ela fcdunot say with any large degree OF veracIsy
that loved them while living with them, bu, still
! know that shall miss them and
their innocent iitt1e wayA
To rnt, and mouse, and cocnoacA and oIor.
Hcrous bug and spider; to the old desk apt the
wtthered bouquets; 10 the old roorns which have
seen 30 many come and 60, and one OF tempered
Judgment and calm speech, Of dignl1ed presence
and UPRIGHT ftfe, fast friend and sure adviser,
VINO lett us one morning to rejola her who had
gone to Heaven lattle while before him: to MANY
pleasant associations and happy scenes: to tho
familiar .:Aies worn deeply with the yearly tread
Of feet "a the wate.. wca1etn AWAY the rock; to A.
oIt memory, na1 and farewell. And welcome the
newl
A1e" WORDS about amusements. Mr., Gtnu has
nad remarkably successful week at the Opera
HoGsc because he has brought Us tho best op<rn
eot5t troupe NC have ever Ind. Next week be
viii Etye ala Vie panslcune," by Odeul,ach, on
Monday end Tuesday; ~ La Grand Duchesse'' on
Wednesday, with Desclauzas in the title rok and
Lecoeqs "Fleuz de Tho" On Thursday. The
troupe VIII play here but one week more On tho
10th Of Nag the Opera House Troupe viii return
M $f+1h NAL al, NJ &RA f1n
week eeversl novelties viii b intro
duced IN It, and NILES Emily Tho,ue wilt
take Lady Constance. / am also enabled
to state officially TINT the Opera House manage
n,ent have concluded an engagement for the sca-
son with the P2rppa- a-Ross English Opera Com
panJ, By which the style cf the 11m stands Carl
Rosa and c, D. Hess : Co. The management are
Organizing strongly, and have already dxed upon
thelr route The season will commence in New
lorI with Hebers "Oberon." Chicago will hare
The credit Of the na1 performances snd the sea-
son herr will b Of equal length with that 1t New
ToEI. It VIII probably be Tho t1oet eucceasfol
season OF English opera ever known IN this coun-
try.
Did you attend the concerts Of the Mende,ssohn
Qntntette Club thls week: II yon did not. you
missed the best couceft1 and The best music of
tho season. fcootess, when write about those
0yc men, sehulue, Fucs, uctnd, Ryan .and Mel
efl run naturally tato rhapsody. One word suRs
up q criticism Of their playing, and that wori Is
Perfect" They arc Al orchestra IN themsclyes-
precise, accurate, expressive, conscientious, and
almost endless n resources. The nne audiences
which attended their concerts were composed OF
the very tlttt Of the city. II was commitment
which these gentlemen cm1neutly deseryed, and
they will 90 back to Boston leaving behind them a
good name and pleasant tecollccuonA
At the Museum, next week, Peep o. Day"
will be given on Monday, TuesdAy and wetlnes-
day, Introducing the new leading hdJ, vsratnia
Germon, Of whom report speaks well Ii Is proba-
bic that The Serious Family " and "har1ed
Life will be played during the remainder OF the
week On Monday, Mag 10, "The Octoroon u will
he given.
Lucille Western, who has been very successful,
rcHa1ns another week 1t McvtckerA She viii
play East Lynne" few ntgnuB and then
"tal'rr Twist ~ viii be given. in which she wilt
take Nancy Ska, cue Of her best rn,kx Chan1Fau
follows MES Western. The Ly,N2 Thompson
Troupe Will come to This theatre some time this
summer.
'surf will be given At inc Dearborn Taeat.e
for another week.
The Turner Hail programmes for SUNDAY are IS
follows:
CLARK STREET HA1t-
"GAmet11 ffnnsl
. 1ytrtusr to ~ II trtEa" .-..-' k1nt.,s..