Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-04-10

| NSatS uhu utNs
In is n matter of regret Mr. Editor that
''thr al'dozen people" are compelled in justi-
flea ton to themselves, to claim again your in
| diligence, and burden your readers with u
| class of literature tending to personalities,
and winch upon the whole, is neither pleasant
nor profitable.
There was slight mistake in the printing
| of our last communication. either accidental,
or for effect We trust accidentally, in this, we
said: We understand the Guords are entire
" satisfied with the conduct of the half dozen
young people, Without commenting up
on the first part Of your reply. save to call the
| attention of the readers of the OPINION to the
| fact that our first communication was slightly
garbled, and could not have been very closely
| studied by you before answering the same,
We will with your permission, inquire who in
| the audience was disturbed Aud whether it
was expected of"half dozen young people"
| to put on the faces of Dcacons and Quaker
sisters, and conduct themselves after the style
| of prayer meeting audience
Did you understand the Guards advertised
an entertainment of solemnty, when tho large
posters read SHADOW PantOnlimcs new and
Imaginable. &c. I" We're tho actors disturbed
DO the Guards complain of the conduct of
The half dozen young people" Was there
| anything in the nature of the SHADOW PantO-
mines" to inspire the "half dozen young peo-
pie" to keep stlll
disturbed the audience considerably at
times by laughing Yes, We admit the laugh
ing part but have our doubts rs regards the
audience being disturbed. For we find in
your notice of the entertainment, speaking of
tho shadow pantomimes land allow us to
suggest that the half dozen young people"
couldn't possibly have disturbed anyone
before the shadow pantOnimes begun most
OF them taking part in the first pIay), "While
the shadow rantomimes kept the audience in a
roar of laughter" Now then. you didn't think
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enjoy themselves aud laugh, and intimate that
some great wrong has been done, to no one in
particular. As DE Brass says, 1--WE don't know
why you shouldn't. but YOU don't" and 50 for
the effect of this little slur upon the young
people you put it generally and call it the au-
dicnc when you yourself say, that these same
shadow pantomilnes kept this same audience
in II roar of laughter, and yet we disturbed
them.
The talk you make about "a half dozen
young people" is very pretty in you Mr.. Ed
itor, for out sders, people living out Of town,
anu those who were not fortunate enough to
attend the entertainment, SO that they cannot
have the least idea what the entertainment
was, and when this disturbance happened and
must convey to their minds very tattering
opinion of the actings and dOings of the young
people of Bradford But let it pass while we
inquire if in your honest Judgment. you don't
think the notice Of "the half dozen young peo-
pie was little premature, taking into con
sideHtion the shadow pantomimcs and roar
of laughter kept up by the audience Now
let us make one inquiry more and then solilo-
quize little and We are done. What do you,
suppose, Mr.. Editor, those old fossils down
by the stove without ladies or female friends
who probable didn't go to supper at all, and
so far us wo can learn were the only persons
di.turbed). would have said if tho half dozen
young people had kept perfectly quiet after
the lights were turned DOWN. Don't come
down on the young people again-they are
weak and teebe-go for the strons oncs-the
Guards. Take back what you sad favorable
to their entertainncut, and advise them never
again to do anything on the stage to make
people leugh, and if they don't like it the
Captain can detail men enough to make you
give them satisfactiOn--but we are poweress
in your hands. We simply ask this in justf-
cation to ourselves, for there may be somebody
in the audience who will be disturbed, (even it
the audience is kept in roar of laughter). if
they happen to u few young people
enjoying themselves, for there are lots of peo-
pie III this world, Mr.. Editor, who are never
happy themselves and are fearfully disturbed
if any one else is.
"A HALF Dozen Young PEOPLE,"
COMMENTS.
e,rhmnhyoeugh the above communication Is very
Neruose O. contains much irrelevant to the
matter under m.:leratom wa a;va i IN t"ii
We regret the Onliss.~ ~ tLe sant."n ~ A." j..
| their first communication, whiui. ,,,o ,,';mt.n
tional: As the omitted sentence seems ~ he
one of the points relied upon by the ''yOunT
people" in their defence we repeat it eve
understand the Guards are entirely satisfied
with the conduct of the "'half dozen Young
people, The question is not whether the
Guards were satisfied, but whether the audi
ehce was satisfied with the conduct of the
young people" The Guards had got the ad-
mission fee from the "young people" and if
it had not been for disturbing Others wouldn't
have cared = picayune if the 'young people"
had played blind-man s-blutf, puss-puss puss.
iil-the-corher, tOxand-geese. or any other child
ish game for which they were about the right
age. judging from their actions. 1t was not
Tor the Guards to complain, but those persons
VINO had paid their money and wished to hear
what was sad. And from such persons the
complaints came about the rude and noisy
boys aud girls.
question would suppose from the abo ve COM
ihuhicatl0n that there was nothing presented
on that occasion but shadow pantomimes,
when III fact they were but small part of the
entertainment. The buzziug, whispering and
snickering was heard while songs were being
sung, while the orchestra was PLAYING, and at
other times when sensible people saw or heard
nothing to laugh at. Do the young people"
excuse themselves for such a breach of deco
rum on the ground that the Guards don't
complain Y This is all the plea they have
entered III defence of their actions,
We have not space to dssect the lengthy
communication paragraph hy paragraph. 1t
Is before our readers, and they can judge
tor themselves whether or l. OF the "young peo-
pie" have proved that they have right to 20
into public hall and laugh and talk and
enjoy themselves" so as to disturb Others
who wish to hear what is said. If they have
Justified" their rudeness we are really glad
That justification" was needed in their case
ana considerable of it too, no one present ON
the occasion doubts.
Tie sneering references to oursclf do not
disturbed our equaninity in the least in fact
we rather enjoy reading them. They show
that the truth hit somebody. Probably the
odd fossils back by the stove" will lay awake
o'nishts thinking how foolish they were 10 Oh
Jeet to the young people" 'cnjoying them
selves, even If the young people" did make
1t unpleasant for all in the hall.
The comments made last week we have
been assured by many of our citizens were
Just and proper. and we believe al! well dis
posed persons endorse what we have said
Having given the young people" two Says"
ana taken the same number Ourself we close
the controversy SO far as.the OPINION is con
cerued.