The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-07-22

FRoN hend bills, circulated throu; hout
the city we see that cur city is soon to be
visited By the great musical prodigy Blind
Tom, the most marvellous musical genius
living, lie i~.de>cribed as ''the son Of ordi
nary southern field har.ds, untutored and
sightlcsS from hir;h-his very soul over
flowing with musical genus There is no
ant about bin. Sod has given him guide,
hut it i a silent one-tl NJ Of nature herself.
Unlike the great masters of the day, whose
mauipulttians result from deep and un-
wearied study, his destruction comes from
Il higher power, and this Philosophers are
pleased to term genius, which enables him,
without knowledge of either language to
sing in German, French and English, AMI
without understanding single ruliment Of
written music to compose gems of rare ar
t>tic ability and to perform the most diff
cut operate pieces, not only brilliantly and
lean fully but with all the correctness
purity of expression, skill end excellence of
the most distinguished artist lie can exc
cute three airs at once, each in a different
key, and perform music correctly with his
back to The Instrument" He viii be here
on Wednesday, July 2Sth, and give an ex-
hlb,uon Of his powers at Turner Hall
Reserved seats for sale at Klir gbeils.
THE from, 4 rr1atNp br,r rrIo,r
accounts Of the Turn Fest which took pace
there on the 10th, 18th, 18th andl 9th Al
though not as many Turner's were in atten-
dance az were at one time expected, still
enough came to make it successful Bach S
band from Milwaukee, and an Oshkosh
band, diScoursed music for the crowds.
College Avenue was brilliantly decorated.
ana the citizens We'd with each other in
helping to give the thing all the fash and
shog necessary. The torchlght procession
on Saturday evening is spoken OF as par
ticularly fine. We clip from TIE DAILY
Times:
"At 9 O'clock Che procession started from
Turner Han, and marched with thousands
Of torches and Chinese lanterns down Col
/ lege Avenue, the business street Here
the sight was sublimely grand. TIE stores
/ Illuminated from base to roof: all sorts Of
! patriotic devices; transpareneies; banners
lights, etc The FIRST National Bank was
blaze of light, and looked splendid, but
when the procession reached the mammoth
4 Dry Goods establishment of c. J. Petit
bone & Co. and Clark & Edwards, and saw
the windows perfect blaze of stars in red
white and blue, cheer after cheer rent tn.
air. This was the best On the Inc. Agar
in front Of Lewis Drug Store, Wolman'
and at Manufacturer Bank, the crow,
gave cheer after cheer over the illumination
and red and blue lights that gave additional
enchautmept TO she scene. TIE view fror
+ Appleton street down College Avenue wa
beautiful beyond description, the long lin
of Nominations ending with rows of Chi
nese lanterns suspended on the double fes
toons across the Avenue at McCoy's.
Zone OF tie most attractive displays wa
that by Mr., Louis Schintz, in the ManufaC
turcrs National Bank building. Besides
fanciful arrangement Of wreaths AMI festoon
he displayed on both sides the building th
: flag of Switzerland, the Canton of Zurics
this birth place, and Of America, his adopt
; ed home. In the main window was
) transparency with the shields and NOTICE
in Latin, and in the center his family coe
of arms, over 500 years old"