Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19
RelIows Fnlis MinstreIs.

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FULL HOUSE AND COMPLETE SUCCESS.
The entertainment given Friday even
ing of last week by the Bellows Falls
Minstrels " was very complete success
in all respects. Some 600 people were
present. 1t is plain again that it is
+" home talent" that draws. The non
sense was new, fresh and sharp through
out the evening, and included many
good local hits. The programme will
itself give not only complete but
good idea of the entertainment, and we
give it below entire as follows:
Compliments of the season"
Here was inserted an original picture of ten.
der looking African by Andrews, made expressly
for this bill but whiehiti is impractieable Tor to
Bellows Falls Ministries.
s. Messrs. Dewey, Bullock and Murphy.
Musical Director. q B. Wheeler.
treasurer. NJ, ii. Wooster.
Scenic Artists. Blake Il Murphy.
PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING.
Bones-Dewey Interloeutor- Searle. Tambo- Ballou
PART ENTERTAINMENT LA SALON.
:, and arranged BY ~ = s. p. Merrill.
The Old Log Cabin. Bunker.
Song-The Old Home. Farley.
Dafney," G Bar de news - Ballou
Song and ChorusoWil you Love me
Grand Finale, (by Merril.) Mnstrels
PART sEooND-vAUDEvILLE.
Orchestra Selections
few Words on de Subject By Ballou
0oing Back 10 Dixie. by the only " searle
MURPHY's TURKISH BOX MYSTERY.
Prof Kod Liv, Royl, "a la Taylor.) r. d. Murphy.
Bill Neye. H. H. Wooster
Lowell I'D. w. j. Conant
German Songs and Anecdotes. Seth Bullock.
THE BIG PH0UR."
Selections by the Orchestra
The whole to conclude with the Screaming Sketch
SAUSAGE MAKERS
f Ps9e. Boot Blacks. F. E E Dewey Dewey.
Jimmie, tNewsboy.j Master 81 M &srfg.
Mrs, Green. W j. Conapt.
Policeman, c. w, Towns
The music of the orchestra was Of
special excellence and received by the
audience with full appreciation. OF
the finer songs, that by G. L. Barber,
Will you love me when I'm DID," was
among the best of the evening. So
was also 1.-The Old Home" in the clear,
fine voice of Farley. s. 7. Searle in
Going back to Dixie" was received
with prolonged applause. Ballou was al
home in " few words on de subject
and as for Bones why he was in q
state of most extraordinary activity
throughout the evening. Frank E. Bull
lock in German Songs and anecdotes,
was admirable. He personated the
character in fine style making it very
prominent success, and was again called
upon the stage.
Among the sharp and mysterious
! things of the evening was Murphy;
Turkish Box Mystery" capital good
take off on prof Taylor" This play
was entirely original by E. D. Murphy
the leading actor in it. All the actor,
| did finely in developing the several mys
teries, and it was greatly enjoyed by the
house which was in constant roar.
/ The big Phour " was quartette in
which very fine musical abilities % were
brought out, especially those of Bones
AT this point the audience were rested
/ by splendid selections by the orchestra
and then came the awful finale of tn,
Sausage Makers" On the stage wa
large box or apparatus, with crank
for making sausages, and with this ma
chine and accompaniment the actor
were most exhaustive in the manufacture,
/ of sausages. Men, women, children, pc
/ licemen and dogs were transformed into
the irrepressible sausage at most fear
full rate, followed by the frightfnl APP
partitions of some Of the victims. w
understand some of the "wires CAV
out in this part of the play or the appar
itions would have been even more nu
merous, but we are sure none were miss
ed by the audience, who received thi
farce with continuous roars, and as the
climax Of the evening.
The scenery, from original designs BY
Murphy and painted by him and Blake
was quite equal to the occasion, espe
cially the "classie" Shakespeare q,
over the stage. The affair proved very
complete success and all present had
their systems shaken from center to
circumference in very healthy man.
ner.