Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-12-24

IL o'clock. On Tuesday, "IIoly Innocents,"
morning service at IL o'clock. AT $50 p.
M, chlldren's service with carols, anh OF
the close of the services a Christmas tree
and parish festival in Harmony hall.
The Christmas concert by the mombers
of the Congregational Sunday school last
Sunday evening, was an occasion of much
interest and pleasure. The exercises by
the children were promptly rendered and
some Of the recitations were notceably ex-
celent. The central feature of the evening
was the placing upon large golden star,
which hung In front OF the gallery with q
background of evergreen, of the motto
"Jesus our Star" A pleasing musical ex-
ercise was the singing Of 1.-THE Angels
Song" in which the choir in a distant part
of the building personated the song of the
angels with fine effect. Mr.. Edward Clark's
rendering Of Gounard's song Bethlehem"
also gave much pleasure to the audience.
Before pronouncing the benedction Rev.
DIR. Walker expressed his qualification at
the very general observance OF Christmas
and the holy days which now obtain 10
nearly all the churches, and closed with an
earnest exhortaton TO the children never to
take the name of Christ or Of the Father
profanely on their lips.
THE COMIC OPERA.
The Richngs- Bernard English Opera
Company gave an entertainment in the
town hall, Thursday evening of last week,
where the Rose Of Tyrol," a comic opera
in two acts, Emusic by Julius Eichberg and
words by Il. Il. Woolf) was performed i'm
a of
| Bernard was evidently suffering from a
| severe cold, which caused the first part OF
| her performance to appear heavy and la
| bored; towards the end of the first act,
however, her voice became clear, and her
| rendering OF the charming romance in the
second act, at was my dearest friend"
| was simply perfect, and displayed TO fine
| advantage the admirable qualities of this
| operate artistic. Mrs. Bernard was ably
seconded in here role Of Gritty by Mr..
Pierre Bernard as Franz, her peasant lover,
| who, to do him justice, carried a role of
unniitigated Stiffness TO the highest degree
| Of perfection. Mr.. Bernard also sang in a
manner which evinced much musical taste
and cultivation, when the peculiar charac-
| ter OF his part allowed him to display his
really fine tenor voice. Mrs. Henry Dray-
| ton, as Mrs. Schreckenwald, the inn k eep-
er's wife, acted her part admirably, and
| brought down the house repeatedly in the
critical moments when words became in
adequate 10 express the state OF her feel
ings. As for the long-suffering Schreck-
enwald (Mr. VIM. +. Holiness himself, it
would be difficult to personate more accu-
rately than he, a phlegmatic n-keeper
seeking to drown his domestic discomforts
in the bottle, the result of which efforts
were fully manifested in the song, "When
man too much enjoys" Mr.. John Be-
nitz possesses an agreeable bass voice, and
won well merited applause, both as an ac-
tor and singer, in The role OF Berthold a
travelling peddler. Mrs. Mile Sterling
also deserves favorable mention as Fam
Ghetto, Schreckenwald's daughter. The
choruses in this little burlesque opera are
particularly pleasing, and were exceeding
ly well rendered. In short, the entertain
menl was decided success in every par
ticular, the weather being favorable and
the house filed for nearly the first time
since the commencement OF this seasons
lecture course, OF which this opera formed
part.