The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-02-11

Presbyterian Church on Fri
night next. Professor Lowcry has
been very successful teacher Of
vocal and instrumental music both in
this cohbtry and Europe, and comes
4 to US with tho highest recon menda.
tions. In evory city and,town where
Y lie has labored, he has aided greatly
in improving the musical art Of the
people, and his pupils rank among the
Lnest musicians in the country. Bo-
tore forming a class among the ladies
and gen tleihan Of Winnsboro, ho do.
sires to address them upon the sub.
! leot OF music, especially sacred music
Its bearing upon church and sscongrc~
gational singing, it Importance as an
adjunct to the pu! pit and its gcno.
rel effect upon tho moral aud religious
elevation Of tho comm unity. Such
lecture cannot fail Of being intcres.
ing and Instructive, and We hop6 all
who can will attend.
q AN EvENINa WITH THE PASSIONS
1T WIS our distinguished good
fortune, in company with many other
"distin3aisaed and Influential cai.
zens' of this town, to attend the
"Grand Soiree Dramatiquc, Melpo,
meonic Carnival, Psychological Bur-
les1ue Seanco, and Momusonian
BANQUET" Of Prof. j. Prescott E.-
aridge, a. NJ, l.. l.. D., f. Il. S.. D
D., &c. 60, on Tuesday evening last.
This brilliant and intellectual
entertainment cbmmenced with a
briof, but peculiarly thrilling, bio.
| graphy of the late lamentcd Edgar
Alien Poe, "the vagabond poct'' is
his friends endearingly termed him.
lnterwoveu with the golden threads
of this biographical narration was
brilliant and lucid des cription Of the
time, place and circu instances of
the composition Of that %eifd and
startling poem, "the Raven"
This interesting and novel exordi-
UNI, interesting because of its novel.
ty and novel, inasmucb as it greatly
differs from the received account of
Poe's'life, and Of tho circumstance
under which "The Raven" was writ.
ten, wis followed by rendition of
that Poem, ia so highly theatrical
q manner as to cast in the shade the
performances Of the most famous
elocationists. Every action, motic..,
and even the bearing of the insane
student vas represented to the life !;
and the refrain OF the Poem, uttered
in the natural tone of the stately
bird from "Night's Plutonian Shore
produced an effect as charming as it
was rctherche.
We are sorry to even intimate
that there we're any defects about
this perform ance, but would sug.
geSt to the Professor that he commit
this oem to memory lille more
accurately. Poo wrote,
"And his G: es have all the seeming of a
! ,denon that Is dreaming.'
And We would mildly suggest
that this sounds more poetical than
"some deviP as it was rendered by
the Professor.
The ohoioe between two poe ms was
then rendered the audience. The
,one selected was "The Beautiful
Snow" The 'Prin;e Delinca,or Of the
language of the Passions" thcreupon
proceeded TO give spirited sketch
Of the suPpostdsg hetoine of fthia Poem,
Swhose 'misfor tdnes we're clearly her
own fault, aud without pause or
break in his narration, at once com.
menced, aBenutiful Snow in the
tones {as he said) Of Joy. We are
not acquainted with JOY, but if his
usual tones resemble those used by
the ""Prince Delinea,or, etc. on
this occasion, we are glad Of it. AT.
Ter describing the "Bcautifu Snow"
in the tohcs referred to, be proceeded
to deliver himself Of the remainder
of the poem in the tones Of q woman
in the last stages of mortal disease,
and by curious coincidence, these
last tones resembled these of man
in the first stages of intoxication.
His rendition Of "Gaifer Gray"
was fair piece Of acting, but a most
unin'elligibIe piece Of talking
He then recited the we'll known
Wsstern ballads "Jim Bludso" and
"Littlc Brcechcs." While We un-
derstand these pieces faithfully rep.
resent the dialect md manners Of
the region whero these scenes are
laid, yet We must say we think the
"moraIe" and language arc not the
moot chaste, and refined that could
have been selettcd.
We honor "Jim's" noble death for
men but Arnold Winkclreid, also
died for others, and the Poem in
which that event il related would