Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-27

large city and the whole populace could
be emptied into it. The inhabitants of
a whole county in Vermont could be put
into the seats occupied by the singers,
the people of another county into the
parquet, those of a third into the CALLER
les and then those of fourth could be
crowded into the unoccupied places.
The size of the building made every
thing look ridiculously small. The di-
rectors stand looked like dry goods
box with raisin box on it. And the
organ-how funny that they called it
1.-the great organ" 1t certainly seems
no larger than the 81 900 instrument in
our church. That tallest pipe-they
say it is thirty-two feet long-doesen't
seem able to emit a heavier sound than
the pedal bass we hear every Sunday.
by -and-by its thunder will dissipate this
impression and the organ will grow on
our vision
Another thing strikes me amusingly.
A crowd of little boys and girls seem
pouring into the chorus seats 1t is to
be juvinale concert, is it? | almost
laugh as | know that the long walk
from my place to theirs would reveal
them as full grown men and women
The forty pillars which support the con-
trail portion of the roof look, not ridicul-
Ously, but dangerously slender. How
frail the rafters and when | see, look
ing in at the window, the firemen who
are on the roof to guard against fire, my
first thought is that they are in danger
of falling through.
Some things in the Coliseum its vast
size cannot make seem small. The
voices of the chorus of 10000, the or
chestra, the organ, the bands, and the
singing of Madame Leutner-these fill
it and equal its grandeur.
The various sounds made by the peO-
pie coming in at the various entrances
and taking their seats, talking,
laughing, tanning these made variety
ofaimpressiOns onme. At first | thought
of the buzzing of bees swarming in the
air. But this fancy could not remain
long. No possible collection Of bees
| could make a noise like this. And as
the first fancy passes away, | seem to
hear the rustic of leaves in a vast forest
swept by winds. Next it is the roar of
rushing, falling water, as though some
Niagara were not far away.
All noises make by the assembled
crowds are on strangely grand scale.
/ The ciapping of so many thousand hands
| is as remarkable in its way, ass~the en-
/ phatic note in the music arked by the
/ cannon outside.
/ Concerning the music l would not at
/ tempt to express any critical judgment,
but as | set down to give you my i'm
| pressions of the Jubilee. | must not
leave the main part out The chorus is
| grand, but not as music. There is great
/ lack of precision about it. 1t could not
| be expected that so many singers, with
| so little general rehearsal as they have,
/ could keep exactly together even on
simple music. Yet the chorus is grand,
and when employed in connection with
| the organ, the orchestra, and the can
non, and on music with which the
! nearer is familiar, cannot fail to make
| an impression which which will last a
/ lifetime. The ''bOquet of artists" (that
/ is a horticultural term sufficiently queer
/ in this place. made me think that they
would make grand church choir.
| The orchestra is above all praise.
| When led by Strauss in his bewitching
waltzes, and inspired with his enthusi-
asm they carry every soul in the vast
! audience right away with them.
OF the solo performances, the piano is
a failure, no matter who plays it. The
solo singing is better, and Madame
Reutner's especially is glorious. The
solos on the cornet, etc, are delightful.
I have heard Arbuckle do better than he
did yesterday. but he is certainly surpass-
ed by Ellis of the English band. This
band do splendidly in whatever they
undertake, though the general Judgment
assigns the FFenoh band the highest
place To the great delight of the audi
ence theymingle the popular national mu-
sic of Britain with our own and when
they go out, with the whole force--chorus,
orchestra, organ and contemplating
forth ''God save the Queen, enthusiasm
rises to its greatest height.
One OF the impressions made OH me
by this concert, is that the masses are
delighted with it. Almost everything is
encored, and l suppose would be half
dozen times if the performers would re-
spOnd with a piece.
| think on the whole that the Jubilee
is a grand success. l am glad to have
attended it, yet, must say, | wouldn't
give five dollars to go again. 1t must
prove an expensive luxury to Boston,
but the city gets its pay in glory and the
money which finds It's way into the
pockets of its citizens.
ALA
BosroN, June %.