The Placer herald., 1873-11-01
THE JUBILEE.

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The Grand Musical Jubilee given by tie Au
burn Brass Band and their invited guests, the
Gold Run Brass Band and other Musical talent
from different pats of the county and State, was
success IN the fullest sense of the word Some
seem to think they might have played a little
more;' but that is natural. There are always
some who never know when they get enough of
good thing, until it begins to hurt them.
About 10 O'Clock on Friday morning, the sound
OF sweet music attracted us to the door, and on
looking up the street two vehicles, each drawn
BY foul Of Powells best horses, and beautifully
draped for the occasion, greeted our eyes
Over each waved the flag Of our country, and in
one sat the members Of the Auburn Band an
nouncing the opening OF the Jubilee 10y the rem
dition of lively piece of music while the other
contained as yet naught but the driver, as it was
intended for the members OF the Gold Run
Band This sight ours to behold but
short time, for they soon disappeared around
the corner, and were off to the depot to meet
their guests. Then relapsed our town into its
accustomed qUietness, and for n time nothing
of the Jubilee was heard except now and then
when some anxious person would enquire what
kept them at the depot so long? to which some
''knight OF the bar would reply: stopping
to grease their whistles, guess
'Harh! Here they GOMEZ was the cry, from
the boys in the street, as they heard the peals
Of approaching music; to which everybody from
infancy to gray hairs rushed into the street, to
see the jubilee And sure enough they did
I
ments aud musicians until the springs touched
The axletreeor would have done had they been
there to touch. The anticipated parade through
the streets, was, by mutual consent, We sup
pose, substituted by few tunes on the plaza,
when all hands alighted. The teams drove off
to the stable, and the jolly musicians passed
into the American, and called for ''intoxica.
tor" to clean out "their Whistles.
At intervals during the day music was rem
dered by the united bands, which we must say,
to their credit, considering they were, as we
might say, thrown together, and their music in
in great measure strange to each other, very
good As evening approached all minds seemed
to concentrate on preparations for the
GRAND BALL.
This to be the great feature of the occa-
sion, and it was. Early in the evening the
dancers began to crowd the hail. which had been
handsomely decked for the occa ion Large
flags, in elegant festoons lined the walls at
either end over which was hung pictures Of
eminent men, whose lives had been in harmony
in measure with the occasion. The music
stand was spicily draped in the appropriate col
ors red white and blue; looped to the ceiling and
extending from one end of the hall to the other
were streamers from our national banners,
tastefully arranged, and on both sides of the
long hall were large, gilt-framed mirrors each
seeming to be trying to outve its opposite in
rejecting the grace and elegance of the spacious
interior. The floor was neatly canvassed with
white canvass, which reelected the brilliancy of
the numerous side lites and hanging chaude-
liers, until the whole interior presented one
grand scene CT dazzling splendor. At 8 o'clock |
the hall was crowded; and when few minutes
past nine the word was given for gentlemen to
take their partners for half promenade not
less than one hundred couples responded, and
as they marched arm in arm around the hall
their steps were li9htened and the time marked
by the rendition OF a beautiful march from
twenty-five instruments. At the close of the
march the couples formed for the opening quad
rifle, and when all were arranged, the spacious
hall was crowded it seldom was before. The |
music to which this elegant assembIage of
Terpschorean worshipcrs kept time was the
very BEST Fisch and Reinhardt of Sacramento
figuring conspicuously, ably assisted by Prof
Hamilton Todd of Stockton, on the cornet |
TIE supper which was gotten up at the
American Hotel, was in keeping with the dance
The long tables were elegantly decked, and
tastily furnished with the choicest vands and |
beverages to be obtained in the market. After
supper the dance was continued, and kept up
with the most satisfactory enjoyment and an
imation until about o'clock, at which time the
music stopped, and the ladies began to wrap
themselves in their robes and the gents in their
overcoats, and while the chantcleer was echoing
forth his announcement OF the first streaks Of
gray dawn, the innocent sumberer might have
been disturbed by the tramp, tramp. tramp, as
they passed along the sidewalk on their home
ward march OF the glossy-eyed participants OF
the nights jolly pleasures.
The uext day in the afternoon, the bands
it;red IL p,ay;ng great avmbey c: select pieces