The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-13
and pull rcvolvers and fire in through the

and pull rcvovers and fire in through the
windows.
A something in ThiDgumy was announced,
and Professor Palmer gave aVery humorous
synopsis of the opera. We think it was 8 \
Night in Grenada" but as man was telling
us about fight down in Bogus Hollow, and
another was asking US il we wrote shorthand
and could set type, and another was trying
to see what we were writing, at The time
the announcement was made, we could only
guess at it, and come as near TO it as posi-
bic. Anyhow, Clcghorn was the Prince,
and Miss Mitchell, of Abingdon, Illinois, was
the lovely Gabrielle, or Gladola, or Garbal.
di, we couldn't tell which Benne, our good
looking friend, who has been prominent
mover in the convention, was the first heavy
villain Shreeves was the second old man, +.
a. Van Meter, and Captain Halliday, aud the
rest of the chorus, were the picturesque
peasants, and the rows Of loneliness on the
other side Of the stage were the mountain
maidcns who are always singing ira, la, Ia,
la, and never working. ira, la, la, la, and
can't be induced, ira, Ia, Ia, la, to stop dane.
ing long enough to eat. ira, la, Ia, la. And
with these drdmatis persona the opera was
produced in capital style.
"While the Days are Going By beall-
tiful solo and quarlctte, was beautifully sung
by McsSrs. Hanchctt aud Van Meter and two
ladies' from Denmark. possibly the air Ophe-
liza and the Queen, who are the only Daul,h
ladies whose names we know, and we can't
tell what the Queens was, 10 save us. But,
thep, we are not so well acquainted with her
rs Ophelia, and we are not positive that The
ladies were from Denmark. 4 man who
had his neck tied up in 4 handkerchief
and whom we therefore spotted right of for
q "tCnOr"-thcrc were ten or eleven OF him
in the hall told Us they We're. Tie lied.
We have just discovered, after all this has
been put in type, that it was Miss Mitchell, of
Abingdon, and Mrs. Hanchetl.] You see if
you give concert without programmes you
are apt to get yourselves into all manner Of
trouble.
A Miss Ryner, Of Illinois, whose name
everybody could pronounce and no one spell
for us, sang the solo 81 Waited for the
Lord" in selection from Mendelssohn, in a
manner that won golden opinions from all
musical people in the house. A musical man
told us it was ''thc finest musical idea in the
concert" And when he said this he laid
back and loo ked as wise as if be knew what
be meant, and we were so impressed that we
half believed he did. -.
Miss Emma Nelson sang the solo, and II
seemed as if her voice had never displayed
to such high degree its wonderful purity
and sweetness, rising above the low surging
of the accompaniment clear and soft as Sill
yer bell the changing movement OF the
vocal accompaniment rising hoarse as the
swift current chatting around some Jagged
rock, then falling as softly and regular AS the
monotonous break Of the nipples on the peb-
bly, beach and again swelling in rich ca
dences, and dying away as the limpld water
whispers through bending willows aud close
growing Scdgcs, where the white lilies sleep
on the livel's breast. If the convention had
sung nothing but this it would have been
we'll worth going to hear
The gentlemen then sang Il "pathetic bal.
lad" all by themselves. Il. 81. Lippincott
was chief mourner, and the lest Of the wall.
ers did themselves great credit. We couldn't
exactly catch what it was that was on Lip
pincotts bird.
Thc Anvil Chorus banged out the concert.
1t was very we'll given indeed, especially the
passages where the divinities jlnged the tri
angles aud the brawny blacksmiths belted
resonant ADMINISTRATIONS out Of the anvilS.
Take it all in all, the concert was enjoyable,
and it certainly demonstrated that there is
great deal of musical talent in our city,
aside from our "prima donnas," that can be
developed into tirst.claSs ability.