Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-21


fine audience, much the largest of the course. |
The vocalist was Mrs. Smith, who is always |
kindly welcomed here. This club of true artists |
do not come to this city often enough. Why |
will they not give series of concerts in one of |
our smaller halls?
THE DRUMMER Boy OF SHILoH.-Next week
the theater win be occupied by this drama,
which so many are waiting anXiously to see. |
The story told so well by the play, the large |
number of actors, the music military compa.
mics, and many other appointments that are a
part of it, all tend to make an evening with the
Drummer Boy a most entertaining occasion. |
From the cities where it has been produced all |
around us, come the same words of praise, and |
those of our citizens who visited Boston and |
Providence while it was having a run in those |
places speak of it as full of interest The tickets
sold well yesterday and it will be well to secure
the rest of the seats during the day Monday, |
for a crowded house is almost certainty.
SUNDAY SERvICEs.-Rev. L. Clark Seelye, of !
Amherst will preach in Mechanics hall, for the
Plymouth church, tomorrow and at the
Salem street church, Rev. C. NJ. Lamson, of
North Bridgewater will preach. Rev. j. o. |
Peck, Of Springfield, will preach in Washburn
hall; subject for morning discourse, Fruit or
no fruit" and for afternoon, "Socal Christian
ity," a sermon preached before the Y. NJ. c. A. |
convention, at Chelsea, and repeated by request.
AT Webster square church, Rev. Henry Lummis |
of Natick will occupy the pulpit, in exchange
with the pastor. Rev. Mr.. st. John will give the
sixth doctrinal discourse, at the Universalst
church, in the evening; subject, as there any
hope for the sinner who dies in his sins"
SUPERIOR CoURT-Cvn TERM.-DEwEY,
J.-Friday, Jan. 2O.-No. 40, Dexter Rich
ardson VS. F. NJ. Thayer, an action on a note of
hand. Verdict for the plaintiff for SS4.60.
No. AIS, Daniel G. Cook VS.. John Berth ct
al. An action on a recognizance bond. Yer
dict for the plaintiff for S289.7O. Burgess for
plainuf, Hobbs for Mccartney, and Putnam
for McKenna and Berth.
On trial, No. 216, John H. Bartlett VS.. Nathan
II. Houghtou. An action for illegal arrest.
Defendant is a constable of Upton, and arrested
the plaintiff for drunkenness, of which offence
the plaintiff claims he was not guilty; Parker
for the plaintiff, Fales aud Hobbs for the de-
PENDANT.
The court adjourned to Monday next, at ten
O'Clock A. NJ.
MUNICIPAL COURTROOM Rankin and Thos
Crosby, the TWO young men arrested for break
ing and entering house in Shrewsbury, pleaded
guilty on their arraignment in the municipal
court again yesterday, and were committed to
Jail to await trial at the May term of the supe-
rior court. Daniel Harrington, the thief for
W.
Lowell on Thursday, was sentenced to the house
of correction for two years. Phillip Ducat was
fined $40 and costs for selling liquor, and Felix
P. Norway, for keeping liquor, was fined a SINH
lar amount Thomas Killeler was fined SO and
costs for drunkenness, and So and costs addi-
tional for dis turbing the peace. Dominick Spell
man was sentenced to the house of correction
for two months for n second offense of drunk
enness.
The RACES on THE Ice closed yesterday,
with the $500 purse. Black Walnut, entered by
Geo. R. Wesson of this city, won in three
81 Int heats time not taken. Lady Sheridan,
eni d by W. D. Grout of Hartford, kept the
secC I place all through, pressing Walnut
closely several times, and +. NJ. Wilson's Vixen,
from Boston, was third. Mcclellan, the old
buckskin that has trotted here so many times,
came in behind. Two colts, Hamilton and Bell
Savage, entered in the race for last Tuesday,
the former by W. B. Smith of Hartford, and the
latter by W. NJ. Mandell of Barre, trotted by
consent before the big race began, although the
terms of the race, which was for q purse of $780,
called for four to enter and three to start. Smiths
colt won, making his best mile in 3:O9 There
was much larger number of people present
than has attended on either of the other days
THOMAS ORCHEsrRA.-It is no easy under
taking for an immense orchestra like that of
Theodore Thomas to give concerts throughout
the country, one or two in place. The cost of
transportation, the hotel expense, and salaries
Of these artists must eat up nearly all the re-
cepts when large audience is secured, and
when the patronage is but moderate there must
be loss TO the manager The audience that
was gathered to hear the last concert by these
musicians, though a good one, was by no means
remunerative; it hardly paid the cost of the
railroad trip from New York to Boston, in addi-
ton to hall and other charges here, and one
days hotel bill. Yet Mr. Thomas, with true
devotion to art, is willing to come
again, mindful of the appreciation that
has been shown him in the past. He will make
his last visit next Monday night, when the must
cal public should see to it that the concert is
not improbable to him. We are all indebted
to Mr.. Thomas for some of the best musical ex-
perience of our life, and if some unfortunate
ones have sighed for the meretricous, more
have thanked this great orchestral leader for |
giving music by the old composers which can |
not be heard any day and every day, as can the |
jiss and marches which so delight some that |
they would have the almost infinite resources of
this matchless orchestra wasted on music that |
any street band can play. When have we been |
offered, and where in the future can we look for |
aprogramme like the one that is to be per-
formed on Monday2 We trust that both Mr.. |
Thomas and Miss Mehlig will go away with
their good impressions of Worcester not at all
Impaired. lhey surely deserve a larger and
more enthusiastic audience than most troupes
VINO WISH U.S. and we urge our musical people to |
make sure that they have such a hearing.
MIR. WILLARD is at work on nortroits no,, |
nearly finished, of two prominent citizens of |
Worcester, which many of our readers will bo |
glad to look at One is full lenatb l;lxaness ~
Hon. P. Emory Aldrich, the other large si,od |
portrait Of Judge Francis H. Dewey The No
lures resemble each other in beino, eD,co,i0v. |
likenesses, but are also as different as the two
originals
Both pictures are accurately drawn, and re.
produce the faces and forms of the two gentle. |
men, so familiar to most of our readers, with |
remarkable fidelity. The versatility of Mr.. |
Willard is shown by another picture in his
studio-that of young lady whom he has