Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-27
The Baptist Concert.

As per announcements in The INTEL grnce
NE grant concert .tyem 10y thu teacher, mn,
y pupils OF the Baptist FemaI. College ,,.Is,.,
oy the Lexington mai. Tuartsrtr. came OF
n at the liapri>: churc!i on Fri,i.v nrght of las
week. til"nGI the night Vas rainy. c.,
anu h'saSlcclb.. there WAS u good Iuiitur,
IN attendance. Promptly at tn" tim. iiNe,
Mss 'fFN's, harnllt. W''!'I"li ant Royl,
broke TIA" Ice VITA the Electric Polka" ;
h'eiS Inarff!ie FOR w" pianos. which The
, young ladies liIye'! admirably. This pi.r,
wi>l"!lowru 10y one Of The i->i things ufer,t
III the c"nc:rt. a vocal quIrtrtrr. List those
Sounds" Ivy Misses $50 yakin and Graves,
Messr>. smith anI CAiIrs. rht opening
500, by Mi>> Graves, WAS cNrrilrntiy rem.
Gered. and th- iir-t nrt"s showed Wonder
fui improvement Ia her ,uIcr since We had
Inc pleasure OF hearing hcr last winter. In
/, tie chorus Miss Boyakin', hcll-lihe voice
sounded clear. tuli and meIotliou,. Mr..
SMITH, bass. and Mr.. Gales tenor were In
goo" accord, ana IN" closing notes helm,
: especially wei sung. tn piece was IouIy
and heartily appl tuird. The .SkyIarh
f1lhl '%airicc,' b. Ml,se, Hollis and NickrlL
was well played and ie,cncd. Misc.
Hollis and Grave, n,Nt sang u very rrr,,,
duet, "Htrv"r"ilr," by kurcLen. IN which
they Displayed mucA cultivation OF voice
Lac i"lFih piece ON HE programme was i
dAo de concert. II ruritlui." Lo,,lni. To
LAY that tbs was we'll performed, i faint
praise. II WAS s'npiy mAsniticautiy doar-
FF"i. tl'nhcl and Miss Belle Graves cover
Ing tn m>rlNt. with glory. ~, lconc To-
Nl-ht, 10y the male uusrtctir. was 20 we'll
sung, and inspired 80 mIclI enthusiasm thai
Al encore was insisted 0n by the audience.
for which the Srrii"rnru nfrrr ,"Cour RS.
with The i.irh," which We thought pleased
me aua!ehce even better than the first SOM.
In thl' Mr.. Thomas" SOLO was especially well
rendered. The duet 10y Misses IiaIr's ana
Norton, was very well played. \, good
wine At ancient lie ,s;, Used 10 be kept for
th" last. - The Gr.t part OF the programme
FOR the evening was made to conclude with
a -'!" ~ Mis- n'Hahiu, "Ca,ta prya,"a So
lection iru"i Norma. The music of ms
selection l. p!nptDiy the mnrst in Beliiml's
coin position. Il $ tull of >ubtl. feeling,
h':ll"u'l ui execution, and Grand when thor
""="'s accomplished. Miss Toyaklu /, the
li'>t highI! cultivated vocalist that LeXiu.-
ton 1ot>is, AID she - l ftvorItc with ALI oui
I'ro!", 80 when she made her uup.nranr. .
on III" stage ii" VA, -rer,r,l with 4 round
"t hearty applause, AMI lnu> inspired she
BEGAN hrI Gi!tiruit ia>h. She .suult:e,j her
sen ad'''i":i'' 'hr"'sirnt..h -ang c-prcitl-
~ wei Vice. ie",!u ; Ia tic words brought
Ii o"t IN Ia" VOICE fulI au,I clear. The l.dy
WAS rr"arir tor hrr effort by iOIg cUutin-
ue' Hi'llti-r. and = bouquet iioin the nd
iAlil"% audience. Alter Il short lLl-rLuis>iOu
'he s'c"tri pa:t III tne programme as opel
tu Win = N!tun 4 iA!trttc. M ,zurAu TAIN
eauN, by Miss Norton, Roylr. Mcpherson
anu "raEc>- lmls Is An exquisite piece
"i Old music, and these youn. ladies PLAYED
II with accurate execution and li,n-. uuI
"ith rot quItr enough animlt,un. Thr
room being L large one, What sounded Xix,
ad"'ei Hrr 1" t!I"!n, seated IT the rjlno-. diI
not have thai effect on the aui!emcr. Men
de >>ohn'> 'NjGnuuyalr" wIs next SING fl
qlartctte "y Misses Norton and Gr.y,.
N->-:s. Conner and smith, In very tinc >ty (.
Inc "ii't. "ile.,Asr Bells" bN Ms susie
"aI !e'i AMI frof. GImU.i. WIS well per
foiMieH. The hsAt talns presented was Mr..
n W. smiths vocal SOIL, "O, Salut1ris," by |
''Id. Vii. smith always acgu;r. hlm>ei: :
We'll, and IN ta., soug did fun justice 10 lat, !
established reputation us u singer. At lis 4
r"hc.GN!"n n" wa I0nGiy rncovrt, aud coin l
l'!i"@ with the wishes OF the aIi.enr- sang L
'S"ni" back IN kvtn." \ gram! ,!uo lie !
concert, "CcrUnation," wa neat offered b, 3
Misses Norton and MCPHERSON. This +. a '
AMI very diIiicuit pIr,, Of music. o
ana Wa, Eitlp,I in . =, Ia, 4
and to their Instructor. Prof q
Inc f~I'AeImtn, Il vocal duet. h
sung "r Nj, Boy akin and MIR. smith. v
md wa :" Will Received by the audience t
-aat t'irE w,re COM cliei To- repeat II. Prof. u
ma. Giinbrl then gave IL i fantastic from |!
by CORA. I'M. i, Il magnificent ii
''"ce OF music, aud wa> eXqui.Itely rrnter- 4
III. iholSh eN'r'thIns in the concert ta,! a
'reh' UP othls point, well doue the mastery Z
mil WIN wh!'.i this piece was Play Ell en-
lt1ed iF1f. GilnheI to the highest prat>p. /
- an encore he played a pee. Of his own t
:omup,!t!0u, "Narillon> on Dbi Folk, Al o
lone Inc concert wa ,l,.r with ,h. |,
,rIii! chorus, "lmtiamn,tu-." from the ora 4
ono otaDtt Mater. Tmi. wa.-ung by M!,,., a
i'yaA'n, "r,Se-, hollis. Fleet. Norton AMI O
'eN''tr, he.sr,. smith. conner, Grille, anu Vi
ho!lli>-;ac >OiU Jcim- ctrrI.d Uv Mis- oil
soy akin. Tue Music OF tins ci!uru, Is rralI, l..
and II WAS significantly rendered.. II,
eng. "y odds, lhe b~,i chorus that we have /.
yer he'Td IN Lexington. Mis-, Hoyakin's e
end'it"n al her I,ari Wa admirable, and .,
q thought her best tl'oTt during the even 81
ls. Al the conclusion Ut tIe concert Prof. IN
icet Wa, requested TO repeat it the follow cu
~ evening. and gave his consent. The
ilsic, Though varied somewhat on the suc- -,
e"dlag evening, was generally BY the same IA
erson.. and much o; tue >am, character. 6, -.
lat mention OF it in detail would be too nj
lucl like repetition; We VII! Onlys tvilwu i.
1Joycd 10y all Who attended, not excepting ,o
VINO We're Present the first night. We an
mention one Iittlr performer Who va, -,
't IN The llr,t concert, and who won the =.
eAils OF her aui!tors-iItil. Johanna az,
ri"tn. She pinyr! one of Prof. Gimu.rs -,
'Inp0>it'On-, Must Leave Thee" Though ~,
Twelve wears Ct agr, ana though she can l.,
iF"iy span ID octave or reach the pedals, m,
i' "Nerutc's The piece, which Is 4 difficult mi
it' IN II wonderful style. she is SLOPPY f..
tie prodigy. and airenty threaten, To win f..
t iairet, from oil !-r brows. We must also
permitted ~ sny i word IN compliment
tfot' hitnbrI's arcoIn!tm mruts to the =
.r!'i4, vocal pieces. they were lnimitabie. VI
Fleet is entitled To The thank, of the wv
for these concerts, as are tb. GU
lies and gentlemen who kindly partici- ~
lea, an! CAV IN sch pleasure to these who "
uii att nd. ihe programmes w,re mr. 80
tiged III mi>t"rIy style, and Inc ch .racter W.
The selections would do honor to the mast ""'
lttVatri city lnthr Union. We are certain ga
al no other town Of Lexington, pr,t.u- "'
NJ any "!Irr" can produce such i corp. OF 49,
iatr"! musical talent. "''
HAY
Interments. ~,
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= superintendent Of Mnchprlal cemetery y
MS there during III" year 1875: Va"
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