The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-03-21

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full house and was much superior, In
many respects. to any previous one
ever given by that excellent institu-
ton. The programme was well pr
ranged and carefully rendered, there
being scarcely failure upon the part
of any performer. The Salutatory, by
VIII. Simpson, was eminently appro-
pirate and well delivered. The song,
"Nellie Me.' by Misses Ella Barrows
and Cora Irvine and Profs. IYarren
and Sox, was sweetly sung and receiv-
ed with rapturous applause. The
"Oration" by Ollie Irvine, was good,
but hardly we'll enough committed
The piano solo, by Maggie Foster, was
pretty and well executed. The decla-
nation, by T. z. Hackleman, was ex-
cellently rendered. The quartet, "My
Darling has Fallen Asleep" by Misses
Monteith and Cannon and Messrs.
Westlake and Darby, was sad, sweet
with decided manifestations of APP
proyal. The conglomeration speech,
or "What is IT, by Rob't Foster, was
highly ludicrous and set the house In
roars of laughter. The College Jour.
nal, read by j. II. Tate, was scarcely
what might have been expected from
that source, bat we presume the stu
dents are at fault more than the editor,
as they should have contributed Il
greater variety and higher standard of
literature for It's columns Mr.. Tate IL
young gentleman of ability, and will
do better when he has had
more experience on the editorial tripod.
The piano duet, by Misses Tate and
Brown was lovely, and we'll executed.
The tableau-Queen Isabella present
ing her diamonds to Columbus-was q
rare illustration of that noble act of
the noblest of sovereigns. The rccita-
ton, by Miss Jennie Hamilton, was
excellently rendered. ''The Sea W..
the Land" by Misses Libbie Altnouse
and Jennie Conner, displayed rare de-
scriptive powers on the part Of It's
composers and was handsomely read.
The duet" Mother, o sing me to
Rest'-by Prof Warren and Miss Cora
Irvine, was n beautiful song aud rem
dered In the highest style of the musi-
cal art. The Grafton, by Jas. Darby,
was an excellent original production,
aud was well spoken. The instrument
tai trio. on the piano and violin, by
Misses Barrows and Brown and Prof
lIarren seemed To be the crowning tri-
umph of the evening, being loudly en-
cored after its first rendition. The
recitation, "F'itz James and Roderic
Dhu," by Miss Libbie Halbrook, did
full credit to the speaker and TO Scott's
sweetest production in the line OF he
roic verse. The farce-"Iye are all
the funniest thing
out and literally took the house by
storm. A little shaver sitting near us
calculated "Bullyw ut every stage of
the piece, so we presume that superla
tive adjective will fully answer for our
description of that Iaughable farce
The duet by Miss Ella Barrows and
Prof. Warren, was superbly sung. The
tableau, "Innocence," was very pretty;
and the Valedictory, by Miss Clara
Price. was superior production and
d delivered in faultless style. The en-
tertainment was, In fact, an eminent
success, and spoke volumes In favor of
the system of teaching pursued by the
faculty and the capacity for advance
ment possessed by the students oe AL
bany Collegiate Institute.
WAR IN coRvALLIs.-Dr. Smith
tells us of bloody battle between the
boys of Corvallis and the students OF
Corvallis College last Saturday. 1t
seems that on Friday night the Col
lege students gave ball to which
none of the city boys were invited,
and this SO incensed the latter that
they some time during the progress tf
the dance threw torpedo into the ball
room, which created for time the ut
most CONSERVATION and confusion
among the gay devotees OF Terpsi-
chore. The next morning the College
boys massed their forces and went on
the war-path in search of the torpedo
throwers. Approaching Frank Ray
burn, a young man of the town, they
accused him of the misdemeanor and
one of their number, named Peyton,
feathered onto him for fight. Others
of the town boys having arrived upon
the scene, they and the College stu
dents formed ring about their chiefs,
and, drawing their knives, demanded
a fair fight. Then at it went Peyton
and Rayburn, each fighting for the
honor of their respective tribes
Chug! thump! fisticuff they went
for few rounds, until at length they
clinched and rolled upon the ground in
q savage embrace. Rayburn fell up
permost, but Peyton managed to get
his teeth fastened on Rayburn's finger
and nearly bit it off. While this mas
ticating process was going on, howev-
er, the proprietor of the finger hooked
another digit into Peyton's jaw and
began tearing the flesh in a fearful
manner, which process caused the BIZ
ter to raise his grinders off of that
finger instanter. The noble art of
"fisticuff' progressed for some time
longer with varied results, when at
length Peyton, after having both eyes
closed with mounds little smaller
than Mary's Peak, and having his
mouth filled with blood enough to run
q Turbine water wheel, concluded that
was becoming monotonous
and SIGNED a unit olaip, daad To h;s