Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-12-06

ttOWn cellar ana GREW HAIL BAllOn
measure full, applied it to his lips
and poured. When he stopped to
take breath and had chance TO taste,
he diin't pour any more, but rushed
up stairs, splitting, druliug, choking.
and shaking his head. Darn it al"
says Zene, "You havat been drink
ing that kerosene have you 2"
p" N-n-no with a shudder) It's only a
quart or two of that tarnal vinegar"
Zene says he wants it to be under
stool that they don't keep a drinking
shop, and il people will persist in
drinking there they must do it 1t their
own risk.
As lumbermen who cut and drew
100000 feet of lumber to the Con-
necticut river from the towns above
Maidstone last winter were swindied
out of 1900 of wages, the Connec-
ticut Legislature passed a law pro-
vidiug Tor liens on lumber till the ex-
peEse of cutting and drawing it is
paid.-BoIon Traveller.
The Traveller Geography man must
have had grand Thanksgiving din
ner and failed to get over it, or else
he's been helping Uncle Silas dispose
Of the balance of Clarke's kerosene
oil, anyway he's slightly mixed on
locations. Maidstone is in the ex-
IRENE Northern part of Vermont, and
what the Connecticut Legislature
would have to do with providing for
liens on lumber cat in that town is a
puzzle to the legsl minds here.
AS will he seen by an advertise
ment i'll another column BLIND Tom is
to give one of his musical perform
ances in Association Hall on Saturday
Dec. 9TH. The New York "Ilerald"
speaks of his performances in the fol-
lowing terms -
The engagement of this singular
colored child Of gen.us is growing TO
a close. 1t will probably not be pro-
longed beyond this week. Whoever
has failed TO attend the marvellous
performances of Blind Tom therefore
ought not to neglect the present OPP
portunity. or mere music the pub
lie have an abundant supply; but
when it emanatas from a condition OF
idiocy, when you might az we'll ex-
pect one of the orang outangs from
Barnun's cage to step on the stage
and reproduce the most exquisite Gre
atoms Of masters as to see the thing
really done by this poor. denentcd
negro; when you see his signifies.
eyes wandering in vacancy, and his
tongue tapping his lips as it he were
turning some sweet lnorscl, while 3
dow Of melody is pouring from be-
meath his fingers, it is impossible not
to wonder at the mysterious dispen-
saticn of Providence that has besto -
ed upon this nonentity-this beng, so
little higher than brute-one OF tbs
choicest Of its gifts and the ability to
illustrate that gift with all the art that
attends the choicest culture. 1t is
easy to explain why Blind Tom for
nearly twenty years has startled the
musical and critical world by his per-
Inrmances on the piano, hut how he
does it is a problem that is not likely
to b; solved this side Of eternity.
Last evening he was in Cine humor
and played at his best, giving not only
repetitions of such works as the
"Raphsodia Ho groise" ''rrovatore, u
PlcyePs Hymn, with variations. and
national melodies Of different count
ries, but Introducing novel and start
ling effects of his own. Two or three
Of his original songs were full of ex-
quisite beauty, and his composition
descriptive OF the Battle OF Manassas
lost none Of it's freshness or quaint
ness from the fact that it has been
heard scores OF times before As q
musical phenomenon, without other
intelligence than that which is convey
Cd from single organ in his brain to
his ten fingers, Blind Tom is an
doubleday the most remarkable in
Chris endom,
The price Of admission has beer
placed at 80 cents, and seats may he
secured at Rawson & Politics. who will
also sell reserved seat tickets for the
gallery only,