Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-16

Of licensing the beer shop. They have found it
TO operate as standing temptation and pre-
MUM TO fraudulent voting and other danger
GUS corruptionS of the ballot. Illegal and double
voting has been repeatedly proven TO have been
repeatedly proven TO have been carried on in
this city, to such an extent as justly to yitiate
the returns OF elections and require them to be
set aside. But an election having once passed,
a correction of returns is found practically i'm
possible, however palpable and grave the irregu-
larites allowed Intelligent, temperate and law
abiding citizens, although constituting ma
iority of the voters, see their wishes and votes
oyerruled by fraud, the ballot corrupted, the
food gates Of intemperance and immortality
opened, the county house crowded with gradu-
ates of the beer shop, and the burdensOme ex-
pcnses of the courts and of local government
greatly increased, without redress. Under these
circumstances, your memoraliSts beg your hon
orable bodies to repeal that provision oil the law
which allows an annual vote on the question of
licensing the beer shops, and to place the entire
commonwealth under the immediate protection
OF one benevolent and wise law of prohibition.
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The CHORAL UNION IN PROVIDENCE
The Worcester Choral Union returned home
from Providence on special train, at about
one O'Clock yesterday morning. Their visit,
though not very successful financially, resulted
in a complete musical success, as will be seen by
the following notice of their entertainment
copied from the Providence Journal of yesterday
morning:
The performance of Memberships Oratorio
of "Eljah" by the Worcester Choral Union, at
Music hall, last evening, was decidedly the
musical eventof the season, and one of the
most artistcally successful entertainments ever
given in our city, if it has ever been excelled
here, and superior TO either OF the two previous
performances OF the union in this city last sea-
son. The chorus was quite full in numbers
but in some passages seemed rather light in the
tenor and alto parts Tor perfectly harmonious
balance, but in all other respects the execution
OF MendelSsohn'S glorious creation was almost
laultless, and was rewarded with frequent and
enthusiastic applause by the audience, which,
though not as large as ii should have been was
an appTcclatlve one, and composed of many of
our best musical people and citizens. The solo
parts by Nine. Ermnia RudersdoIff Miss Alice
Fairman. Mrs. J, S. Brown and Mrs G. L. Kirby,
sopranos and altos, MessrS. Geo. Simpson. Dir.
G A. Guilmette, S. Richards and e. V. Mason,
we're all superlatively excellent, fully sustain
ing the reputation of the artists in their several
SpecialtieS and with the perfect instrumental
ton of the Boston Orchestral Union, and Mr.. B.
ID. Allen, the organst, in all the accompani-
ments, left nothing to be desired in those re-
spects. Mr.. Carl Zerrahn, the conductor,
waved his baton with usual precision and power,
moving and controlling the waves of harmony
like great master of the art of music, and re-
mindng many of his command of the great
army of voices at the peace jubilee, in Boston,
last June.
The finest of the chorus parts were the chorus
of the Priests of Baal, "Baal, we cry to thee"
Thanks be to Godl He layeth the thirsty land"
"Behold, God the Lord passed by" all of which
were very correctly, powerfully and beautifully
sung, and oil most of these REPETITION was earn
estly demanded by the audience but, for want
of time not granted. The quartette by the an
gels, Coast thy burden upon the Lord, ," and that
of the angels with the chorus, "Holy, holy, holy,
is God the Lord and the air, 80 rest in the
Lord, wait patiently for Him." were also very
fine and awoke the enthusiasm of the audience
Altogether it was pronounced the best performed
| oratorio ever given in our city by our best mu-
steal critics and judges, who listened to it with
| great pleasure and satisfaction Though the
| audience was quite a respectable one in point Of
numbers, it would have been much larger but
for the unlaVorable weather and the lack of
horse cars and carriages to ride home in in the
rain, and we hope the Worcester Choral Union
will yet have the pleasure of giving one of their
superb entertainments in Providence on a finer
night to a full house