Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-03-06
Communicated.
EMORY & HENRY
COLLEGE. VA.
hI0rph OpI 1927

COLLEGE. VA.
March End. 1877. }
Editor Of the Bristol NeWs.
DEAR SIR: | have but little to say
and little indulgence on your part
will be appreciated. | know your
waste basket is capacious, but as this
short attempt would add only a small
bit toward filling it. | suggest YOU
publish rather than destroy. The
products of the young mind often
meet with a decided rejection, hence,
the youth is discouraged. The COur.
! iCr- journal, which il so well known
in every circle, has column devoted
specially to the young folks, and this
is good idea, Besides making the
newspaper vastly more interesting to
| the younger portion, it gives them OPP
! portunities for Improvement in com
| position. L am quite young myself -
| have never been the correspondent
of any paper hence you see | am es-
saying upon piniOns untTied before.
True to my indomltable tendencies
| toward circumlOcHtiOn | am writing
Oh, producing nothing toward the ao-
complishment OF my purpose. | de-
| sire 10 say that | was in Bristol n few
| DAYS since. ! was there expressly to
witness the performance of the ANA
! tours, Let this be my theme, and
their brilliant success my sOrg. IL
| giving my opinions in regard to the
! performances | am at a loss how to be-
gin and how to conduct my report
after have secured good beginning.
! To enter into minutial of the whole
affair would indeed be tedious TO de-
clare the success attained aud then stop
would render my letter unpopular on
account Of hrevity. However. will
begin. About 8 o'clock. or perhaps
more or less, found us all snugly seat
ed in Conway Hall. After the usual
preliminaries on the part of the au
dience of taking seats, twisting about
| arranging for long and agreeable set -,
looking al the programme &c; and on
the part of the performers of dressing
! arranging, advising how this one must
do and how that one must look at n
certain time, etc, the play began. go
he Introductory performance was n
Tableau scene, which, | may say, was
exquisite While tablcaux cannot
partake of the interesting to the same
extent a. tragic plays, yet, there is "A
marked characteristic, an individual
IS about them which greatly enhance
N'N'' WI VI nv l'ihNtiN perform
their parts with such silence that IL
renders the performance majestic
TahleauX also have beautiful teudeu-
Cy, since they tend to elevate the
mind aud to excite the higher emo
tional nature. And theH, there il "A
fear which takes possession of one,
causing n shudder at the assassin.
thirsty poniard and the evil-duer's
weapon of destruction
Next in order was 1.-THE Dunkard. -
a popular dramatic play. In this there
were many ludicrous things which.
of course, caused great laughter, and
many things which stood out so life.
like-sO natural, that certain amount
o. sadness was excited. The very
word drunkard is enough to bring
sorrow to the heart of every lover of
humanity. Poor Mary Wilson why
should she give herself away to that
young man who was given to dissipa.
ton. To reform him ? Aye, too often
has that tailed. IL was sometime be.
fore | became thoroughly acquainted
with the motive of old Cribs. How
many such men are there to-day
They wrap themselves in the garb of
friendship and rove about administer
ing their poisonous drugs, Fine al.
visors, to lead the susceptible into
forbidden paths We have only to
Q tx around and charuc,. r, corTespon
dug To Dowton, Johnston, Sam.
Loaier lst aud Loafer 2ud, can be easi-
~ found. Old DTOver Stevens WIS
not 10 be suubhed at. Ii was really
amusing TO watch his maneuvoTs