Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-08-20
The two concerts last Thursday asd


and fashion Of this metropolis beth
EVENINGS the stage was proiusely
decorated with the stare and stripes
flowers were In proiasion, aud tho
seals filled long before tie hour OF
commencement, The opening eho-
that goeth forth" from
Ruth, 10 which some twenty voices
harmonlzcd, was very fine, The lady
quaretle singers, Mrs, Chandler, MIS-.
Carter, Mrs, Baker aud Miss Wood
ward, each appeared In turn with a
select sony or duet and were loudly
npplahded and encored-that Is, they
were called ont again, although II was
announced at the start that no encores
would DO given on account OF the
length Of the programme, but the au'
dlence would not DO satisfied, The
song-"Where tho Bee Sucks" from
the Tempest, by Mrs Garter, was OK
cellenl, and the piano accompaniment
by Mrs. Mckenzie, and cornet obi
cato by Mr. Garter were unsurpassed
The song-"Separation, by Miss
Woodward. was loudly applauded aud
she was called out again. Mise
Woodward has an excellent voice,
and il one Of our most cultured mus!-
clans, but has not sung In public tor
n number OF Year.. Our people we're
glad to see her on the stage. The
duet--"A Night In Venice" by Mrs
Garter and Mrs Mckenzie, was finely
rendered. Song-"Gold Beaten by
Mr.. King, accompanied by his wife
on tho piano, was excellent, and he
was called out on an encore. The
last on the programme-chorus--
Nights shade no longer" from Mo-
scs in Egypt, was good. The singing
was interspersed with recitals by Miss
Eloise o. Randall, Of tho Haven
Chicago, and daughter of DR.,
Nathaniel Randall of this place. Miss
Randall is prodigy in The 1rt of elo-
cu,ion, and surpasses al wc ever
heard in this line. She appears as
natural and easy on the stage as she
would IN drawing-room with n few
friends. She carries no book or notes
about her. There were six lengthy
pieces on her programme, and at the
close Of every one she was encored
and responded. She astonished our
people in this line Of art. and they
will not forget her very soon. Her
selections were mostly from humorous
writers, like Mark Twain, Burlington
Hawkeye.man, Bret Harte, and 9TH
ers. "Aaleep at the Switch" by Hoey,
was solemn. "The Auction Of Old
Bachelors" and "How Tom Sawyer
white washed the fence" set the house
in an uproar. Friday evening there
was nearly an entire change in the
programme. The recltals were all
different except the "Old Bachelors
which was given by request. A show
er of bouquets OF rare flowers from
the audience upon Miss Randall, at
the opening of the "Benetit," showed
in what high esteem she was held.
The singing opened with a Scotch
ballad-"Bonnie Sweet Bessie, the
Maid O Dundee" by Mrs. Baker, and
ninth on the programme was song
"The Star Of Glengary,' by Mrs. DR..
Chandler, which was rendered in an
exceedingly sweet tone. The singing
closed with double trio-"Down in
the Dewy DELL" in which Misses L.
f. Woodward, Mary Chapman, Hattie
Hatch, Lucy Chapman, Emma Blanch
ard and Mary Haskell, engaged, &C
quitting themselves with credit, and
were loudly applaudeu. There were
many other songs, duets and sketches
exquisitely rendered, but we have not
time or room to mention them. The
irst concert was for the benefit of tht
Ladies Library Association; the sec
ond, a "benefit" for Miss Randall, il
consideration Of services rendered tt
local organizations. This was richly
due her, and we were glad to SCI
that she had full house. W.
understand that the liberality o
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Billings il
supplying tickets for their friends, ant
their personal presence with family
contributed not a little to the pecuni
airy success Of both concerts Neigh
Dor Greene of the Standard rendered
good service as singer and genera
manager.
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columns this week, we are unable t
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