The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-11-09

supportable. His high notes are greatly ad-
mired, because his voice always breaks into
thin falselto squeak them and he can't
make so much noise as he can on bis chest
tones. Ii Jim had been born dumb, or his au-
dieuce deaf, the world would be much hap Ter.
Some time he will go away from home and
sing, and the Judge will give him sixty days for
it. Still this would not be ex,ravagant. His
singing is worth it; every day OF it.
the only excuse or putting Miss Matby on
the programme every time there is a concert in
Shawneetown, is that her father is worth
eighty thousand dollars, and owns the biggest
brewery in Lowell County.
With voice, musical education and general
ability about up to the grade of Baby Mipe,"
she sang her old standby last night, the "Spin-
ming wheel Song" from Faust" If Margue-
rite could have sung 1t as Miss Maltby sung
it, it would have saved the poor child world
of trouble. 1t would have scared Faust, Me-
phistopholes and the whole gang of them oot
IT the country. There is more music in Mr..
Maltby's bung-starters han there is III his
daughter. Much has heret fore been said III
these columns about Miss Maltby's beauty.
While the spirit of truth is upon us we are free
to aunt that she is pretty-in he dark.
Mr. Bellows sang ION, ye Tears" Mr..
Bellows has rich baritone voice-a Wheel
barrow tone, that is Unfortunately for his
effort last evening, nobody knew he was sing
lug until be finished the butchery OF Art and
bowed himself off the stage. Everybody
thought he was just trying his voice If ever
his voice is tried, it will be convicted on its
own evidence.
James H. Blowson and Ebert Hafut sang
''Larboard Watch" 1t is great pity these
young men are not aware that their mouths
were made to catch tlieS with rather than for
singing. Hafats voice is so like fog-horn
that he may be pardoned for a tendency to sing
marinei songs; but aside from plea of natural
depravity aud fendsh misanthropy, there is
no excuse whatever for Blowson's attempting
to sing in public. These misguided young men
were down on the program for second atrocity
but it was omitted at the urgent request of tn
audience.
The piano used at this massacre was the same
jingling old harpsichord from the music store
of Jingle, Jangle & Co.. that has appeared for
a free puff at all local outrages of a musical
nature for the past twenty years. Last winter
this enterprising house traded off the old dulci-
mer for silver WATCH but the man who got
| the alleged piano brought it back, paid seven
| dollars forfeit, and got his watch, and we sun
| pose all future concerts in Shawneetown will
| be haunted by this venerable nightmare until
| the police interfere.
| Our readers will be delighted to learn that
| this is the last concert of the season, and
man can go to the Opera House in safety for
| the next six months.
| The receipts of the pendemonium were four
hundred and thirty dollars, and old Hard wich,
| proprietor of the hail. with his accustomed
| rapacity, gobbled nearly one-fourth of that sum
for the use of an old barn that looks
fnaDDy III comparison with second-rate mar
ket house. Six of the thickest-headed young
men in Shawneetown, in borrowed dress coats.
acted as ushers, and acted most wreIchedly at
that Taken altogether, it was the dreariest
occasion that has bored long suffering COM
munity since the concert that preceded II.
At the office of the Tamboree people waited
for Mr.. Stielpen, but he did not come. AS the
day wore away men sought him at his lodgings,
but he was not there. All that the ticket agent
at the railway station coulu tell was that he
bought his ticket for San Antonio, Texas, Mr..
Stielpen stated that he had been appointed
United States Minister to that port, and had
been ordered to proceed thither and ell ter up
on his duties at once, and that in all likel-
hood he would not return to this country until
the Peruvian troubles were all settled
They never saw him again. But long, long
after he disappeared, mocking but anonymous
| posial-cards used to come TO the members of the
"Mendelssohn Chorus Society of Shawnee
| town. asking them 10 sing him something
easy. And oft as they read them the yocaists
choked rising sigh as they thought of the alb
sent reporter, and wished that, wherever he
was, the earth might open and swallow him
up.