Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-30

THE NEXT "CoIT" EXCURsION.-About one
one hundred and fifty members of the scott
Family" assembled, according to appointment,
last evening, in Sons of Temperance hall, to ex-
change greetings and to make arrangements for
another grand excursion the coming season.
The following officers were elected for the ensu
ing year: President, VIM. Mecornev; vcepres-
ident, o, P. Maynard; secretary, A. H. Davis;
treasurer, Geo. W. Wheeler; stewards, Henry
Glazer and Thomas W. Davis.
A couple of hours were very pleasantly passed
in reviewing previous experiences together, and
in discussing the route to be taken for the next
trip. 1t was finally decided by vote to ego
cast" the particular destination and points to
be touched at being left to the discretion of the
officers
A vote of thanks was given to Mr. George r.
Peckham, the retiring president of the excur.
sion, for his faithful and acceptable services as
presiding officer during three years past, and
also for his polite invitation to the party to visit
HIM at his residence at Newton. The following
resolutions were also passed:
Whereas, in the providence of God, one of our
number, Peter Swallow, has been recently removed
by o sudden death, therefore
Resolved, that by that event we lose a worthy and
valuable member of our party.
Resolved, that we tender our sympathy to his be-
reaved family.
AN AMATEUR THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
was given last evening at Music hall for the
benefit of the Peoples club, which attracted the
presence of one of the finest audiences, both in
number and character, that has ever occupied
it. The plays rendered were, "All that gtters
is not gold" and "On the Sly" and held the
delighted and approving attention Of all present
by the fine style of presentation and of acting,
both being far better than that of any profess
sional performance that has been given at the
same place for months. The amateurs were
heartily applauded throughout being repeated.
ly called before the curtain. The whole thing
was made more complete by the generous addi-
ton to the resources OF the theatre of furniture
from j. D. Chollars, piano from S. R Leland
& Co., carpet from Barnard, Summer & Co.,
and stationery from Bgelow's. In the course
of the performance of the farce, Miss Mary
Stone introduced most acceptably the song
Beware" For the sake of the record we APP
pend the cast of the plays as follows:
ALL THAT GLITTERs is NOT GoLD-J. S. Brown
as Sir arthur LdsseH, Edwin Brown as Jasper
r. ..
Rogers as Frederic Plum, H. G. Pyne as Toby
Ti1iikle, Miss Emma Brown as Martha Gibbs, Miss
Adela Fitch as Lady VdIeTi1, Mrs. Babbitt as Lady
Ledtherbridge
On THE SIY-H. G. Pyne as Mr.. John Dibbitts, j.
5. Rogers as Major Gro,cteT, Mr.. Starbird as WGg-
stat, Miss NJ. h. stone as Mrs. Dbbitts, Miss A.
Stone as Martha.
There Isl general feeling that this performance
should be repeated, and we certainly trust that
we may hear again from these amateurs 1t is not
strange that theatricals should prove to be of
such growing popularity when they are given
under such excellent management. Those who
recollect the performance given several years
since of "Still Waters Run Deep" and "Ici on
PareS yous Francois" will be gratiRed at the
rumor that some of the actors of that time will
soon appear again in play new to Worcester
but which has proved popular with amateurs in
other places. The orchestra music last evening
was furnished by Barnard & Richardson's band.
VISIT OF THE RAILWAY COMMUNICATING
committee on railways of the legislature had
fine weather yesterday for their inspection of
the railway tracks and points affected by the
proposed changes At nine o'clock they took
conveyance at the Foster street depot on a short
train, consisting of passenger car and two
platform cars. BY this means they visited the
several points in the city limits, where railroad
connections are made and viewed the situation
geographically, geographically, and otherwise
Accompanying them were Mayor Earle and
several members of the city council, the
counsel and some Of the officers and