The Portland daily press., 1870-11-08

THEATRE.-Bidwelrs Dramatic Company
ball was filed with good auditory who SEEM
ed highly TO appreciate the admirable play
which was put upon the boards. Miss Dollie
Bidwell the star Of the evening" in the char
acter of Parthenia was all that could be desired
and Mr.. Medium as Ingomar was capital; the
other parts were well sustained. We trust
this excellent company will visit our city Of
ten for they always contrive to please the thea
ire oers.
PORTLAND THEATRE To night the Port
land Theatre will be reopened by dramatic
company from the Adelphi Theatre, Boston,
on which occasion Mrs. G. c. Howard will
make her appearance 10 her great character
"Topsy" is a faithful impersonation of that
co!ored imp immortalized by Mrs Stowe and
has been played by her longer than Maggie
Mitchell has played "Fanchon'' or Jefferson
Grip Van Wiukle." She will be. we are told,
well-supported and among the list OF actors We
note the name of w. FL Wiley lat one time
leading man in the Boston Museum. Little
Minnie Madden is said to be unrivaled in the
character Of Little Eva Secure your seats in
the morning.
To the Editor of the Press:
On my return from a short trio west learn
that some one of the Goss pilites or Black
Smiths come cted with the Argus bave seep fit
to give notor'ety to one of their friends who
thad he been sober) would no doubt have &C.
complished the enviable feat of pulling my
nose-but being s. far gone il liquor he missed
bis aim and only succeeded in removing my
hat evidently installing hat for a hose; be
having been drunk all the previous night and
not for the first but the thousapdth time of
course be was plaStic-(his name was Pla's-
ted) tool in the hands Of few OF my enemies
who dare not make any demonstration them
selves except with their tongues when none
but their crOnles are present The facts in this
case (where "sOme attempts" We're made by a
drunken friend of the assistant editor of the
Ar0us) which the Argus has s'en fit to drag
into tne notice Of its readers (ouly because they
bad no cause against me, that gentleman
could make use of to vent their spite against
me, for Withdrawing my advertisement from
that paper (uOt word was said befOre) and
then between the hours of 10 aud II o'clock OF
the secoud dav Of the fair at Augusta left my
hotel, the Mansion House, and crossing the
square encountered this man Plaisted, who /
bad known for some years and whose uncle
has been and still is one of my personal
Irleuus, anu IOuuu MIN engaged IN breaking
up wagon belonging to mutual friend who
did not wish to get into trouble with him and
requested me to send an officer to take care OF
him. This did at once. and should do again
under similar circumstances; but the officer
instead of doing his duty was persuaded to let
Linn go after he had given the name of the par
ty who sent him to make%the arrest, bounded
on by few men who at home pass for gentle
men but belle he term, he began rampage
on me and while standing in the stable of The
Mansion House the brute came forward back
ed by quite a number of birds OF the same
feather and approached me-pntt'ng out his
nand supposed he tended shaking hands
with me, bu before became aware of bis nurS
pose he seized nv hat which tell to the floor
ard This was all except torrent Of fonda buse
which none but olackenard ever makes use
Of The person Who represented me as having
been Knocked down upon MY knees must have
been one of the party who made night hide
Ous' at the hotel, not an inmate at the house
being able to sleep on account Of their drunken
orgies. I have no donbt that stopped to nick
up nv hal and the reporter of the Argus wish
ing to have il so so, perhaps thought had
been knocked down. l beg you will excuse
this lengthy paragraph in so purely personal
matter but kpuw Dg no oil her way to show my
friends the why and wherefore Of the attack
uuon me by The argus, L take the liberty Il
ask an insnrtiou oi the above and rest assured
that YOU will not again be called upon. as moth
ing that could be published by that iourDa
will ever elicit reply fr,m me.
H. TAYLOR