Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-02-09
CORRESPONDENCE.
MILWAUKEE,. Feb. 5 1870

MILWAUKEE,, Feb. 5, 1870.
Times may be dull bat the people of this
city have had their fail share of pubIic en-
tertainments this winter, and, rs usual
thing, have patronized them well. ASH
some of your citizens are in the habit oil
coming to Milwaukee whenever an at trac-l
tive programme is offered it may not be
wholly uninteresting to them to know whafl
has been done q nd what may be expected
in the way of amusements Since Patt
and Parepa Rosa, of whom wrote, wen
here, we have had numerous lectures, tn
most notable of which were one by Pre-:
Fairfield, one by Olive Logan, and serie
OF four by Prof. Youmans. The association
course is not yet finished and several of tie
best are yet to come. Last week tlp
"Goldbeck Troupe" gave an excellent cor
cert which is TO be repeated soon. TIE
home entertainments ola musical character
have been mum erous and well attended, g
they certainl y deserve to be, for the mus
cal ia lent of Milwaukee Is of the hichet
order. The most popular of these affairs
was doubtless the Opera ''Lurline," whih
was repeated by the Philharmonic Society
a second time last Friday night, and t, a
large audience. It is one of the most
charming of English operas, and was brought
out in splendid style, and with all the ad-
vantages which appropriate costume ind
the most magnificent scenery could aff,rd.
Mrs. F. B. Brewer, formerly a JeffeHon
County lady, took an important part and
sustained it with credit to herself and to
the entire satisfaction of critical audi
ence. Her voice is highly cultivated and
Of remarkable power and richness of tone
She is unques tonably one of the finest
singers in the west and, we venture to Pee.
diet, win ere long have but few rivals in
The country, Mrs. Brewer takes a leading
character in the oratorjo Of 'sEstLer." which
is 70 be performed at Fort Atkinson in d
shoF. time NO one who has the 5raortl-
mtg Of a-..g a-esar. ao ,nat lime should
| fail to do SO. The Oralorio IS one oI The
best and Mrs. Brewers PRESERVATION OF
Queen Esther has received the highest praise
from the best musical critics. Although
this5is the second ''last time" that dur
line has been performed here this winter,
it is hoped it may be repeated again; and,
in case it should be, we assure the music
| loving people of Waterfowl that it will well
repay them to attend. We have had no
theatrical performance here in several
months, but the Biddle Troupe, accompan-
led by John Dillon, are expected soon and
will doubtless ba well patronized. 1t is
| hoped that Joe Jefferson will favor US with
Rip Van Wrinkle before the season closes,
but nothing definite is yet made public in
regard to it.
The malicious report sent from this city
to the Chicago Times, few weeks since,
falsely stating that number of our best
business houses had failed, and among them
that Of II. S. Manville, created no little in
dignation in business circles, and the author
was promptly ferreted ous. He is an irres-
ponsible fellow formerly connected with the
Sentinel, and in order to make sensational
article which would be acceptable to Chi
cago readers, he worked up the story ont
of whole cloth. Such practices are alto
gether too common, and are as degrading
to the Pr sssion as they are unjust to the
public. 1t would be well if every offence
should be traced to its source and receiv e
the public condemnation as speedily as was
done in this case.