The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-03

fN ANPtiA oi a Nosi- :. written by Bob Burdeue. of the Bur gton Ra.gSert. gives the impression of
 eespesate reporter
 The regular annual exhibition of good .a,hes and bad music. that has grown to a feature of the music al world in Shaw 2ee,own. came of las, evening al the op- Ca house. Every seat in the hall was :.. ..sen. for our patlen, community has be- ne aceustomed to this aff1iction. and
 omits 10 |, without murlnur four or
 times a year. very much as they take mine in the spring.
 Those people who came stamping in s;e. as usual. after the Shawneetown
 .le. arc 10 be congratulated this time, :. ;hey escaped hearing the "Arion Guar :..;es sing Here in Cool Grot.' It Is e 10 the Arion Ouartette.' however.
 -ay this was not the worst singing of aa evening The audience thought il >rtalnly would be the worst and so, in- sted. ii was. until later in the evening - same quauette butchered Come E.!iaere my Love Lies Dreaming ,ltwas eadfu! beyond description. and the deaf .ng applause which followed l, only tes- cd the great joy of the audience. on '..'ng assured ,ha; the" Arion Quartettc 9uld sing no more that evening.
 Miss Abigail McGinnessy rendered a fc,i,a,i,e and aria, by Cappola, in the
 amer ,hat has long ago become so ~ily familiar to our suffering people. Id Is always source of profound cIn- arrassment 10 the aecompanis,. who tsandered along las, night in the patien, b-; vain hope of getting even with the ager somewhere by scramblng across
 $. and heading her of in some unusu- --y prolonged run. But this was impos- ole. and singer and accompanist were re.cr within six bars of each other during ne whole ofthe alleged performance. Mir. oundawa. the time-honored accompa- -=-s, tn all these affairs, by the way. did en worse than usual last evening. We |. 2 pained to notice that his habit of
 ayins on the edge of the piano, two hes away from the keys, grows upon In. and he should either change his ink or his vocation.
 Mrs. Bangalon played ]" Monastery Tells, as usual. It was disguised under 2 French name in the programme but ,.ery one knows what IS coming after s.rs. Bangalon finally gets the piano
 owed into precisely the right place .aich is always jus, where ii stood before ,-e had it moved the first time-and after seating herself for the fif,ieth time, finally includes to remain seated. Mrs. Ban sion's unvarying habit of wearing her s.oyes to the piano. and occupying seven '..nutes in removing them. is not an af- fee,ation. |; IS an ac, of mercy and gives Ike people nearest the door an opportu- ;y 10 slip out before she begins 10 play. he reporters of the city press used to go o.., at this time; but since Bangalon has ,4ken to standing al the door ,o watch refugees. they have. with excellent taste nd better judgment. abandoned the cus- :em. and silently swallowed their full cup i misery. As Mrs. Bangalon left the stage. Joab Garbey. who was asleep in ,ke gallery, fell of his chair, and. mis- 5angalon returned and pounded out the Maiden's Prayer.r Somebody ought to s.ll that man Carbey.
 Professor Sonwposs played violin :olo-De Beriot's Seventh Air Every tody was grateful that he didn't ,ry the eighth. The professor dresses like ~aiter. and handles fiddle like a gradu- a:e from side show. He Is in grea; de- aeand at all the dances down al Wyse- .er's Branch and the Sassafras Bottoms. and it is believed, in fact, that all his mu- s.cal education was acquired al Dan Coseman's store, as the old ford, on Cly- -aer's creek He k trying to eet up ;ass in this city, and f shis nm Attempts Q teach our boys to play the fiddle as he does. he ought to he iynched- And he vill be, if the Tamboree has any inhu- enee in musical eircIes-
 l, was as good as circus to hear Mad ame Paraplue sing Robert. ,oi qua aimer 1.-the old lady's lungs were as zig as her feel she might sing more and ~heeze less. As II is. candor compels < 10 say thxs case of asthma weighing -I7 pounds is no artistic addition to a concert.
 Miss Cppercea played the same old Improvisation she began playing in ;aese concerts eighteen years ago. l, sasts abou, as well as her diamonds, and -hanges about as iitrle It is time she rad it published. and improvised some thing new.
 Jim ThuIlow came out and sang his snchanging s An. so fair" The agony of he audience dunng this time of t1al was fairly insupportable- His high notes are greatly admired, because his voice always breaks into thin hlse9to squeak on them, andh he can't make = much noise as he can on his chest tones. If linn had been born dumb, CT his audience desf, the