The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-10-06
BROADBRIM'S N. Y. LETTER.

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halter on Broadway gave $625 for a sea-
to hear Jenny Lind, though we had some
| thing of musical craze, it was milk and
| water alongside Of that we are going
through to-day. Our new opera house
opens in few weeks, and an assessment
| has been laid upon the owners of the
boxes which will raise the rent of them
for sixty nights from 50, 500 to So, 900, and
add to this the cost of dresses, carriages,
bouquets, gloves, &C., at least $4,000
more, and it requires only very limited
knowledge of mathematics to understand
that bricklayers at two and half dollars
a day, and carpenters at two seventy-five,
will not hear much of Nillson or Cam
panini the coming season. To the own
ers of the boxes the cost will be fifty
dollars performance, exclusive of indi-
vidual expenses. There is no question
bat we are getting esthetc. Vanderbilt
is getting esthetic. Vanderbilt, who
scarcely knows horse fiddle from Span
nish guitar, has offered Emma Thursby
500 year to sing for him in church.
That is about the salary of the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States. All the singing she does on
| Sunday could be compressed into twenty
minutes; so that the millionaire has abso-
lutely offered this charming lady ten dol
| lars minute for her valuable services.
| l don't know the salary of the pastor; but
to BE- the pastor of Vanderbilt's church,
| a man must be of transcendent ability
and unquestioned character, yet doubt
| if he gets more than ten Thousand dol
lars year, but l am free to confess
think Miss Thursby well worth the
money, from secular standpoint, that is
to say, she will draw what they pay her.
| Thousands upon thousands will come to
hear Miss Thursby sing, who would
never think Of coming to church simply
to hear the minister preach, and once in
they cannot refuse when the poor box
comes around to come do wn handsomely.
That is one thing to be said in favor of
| Plymouth Church, they are not forever
| sticking box under your nose as they
| do in most other churches. The pews
are rented on business principles. and are
made to pay the expenses of the church,
and you must recollect that the expenses
of Plymout Church for ministers alone
are about $24, 900 per annum; but no
| Sunday collections are taken there ex-
cept for special purposes, of which due
notice is given. The amount expected
to be raised is sometimes stated, and it
is never necessary to pass the plate twice..
But to return to our musical season. All
New York is in flutter, and we scarcely
hear anything about Mapleson and Patti.
Everybody seems to have gone crazy
about Nillson and Abbey. There is but
little doubt that everything will be pro-
duced in style of elegance, with lavish
| expenditure, which this country has
never known before. Our monied kings
| who are cutting each others threats on
| change, seem to have entered into pool
on their operate pleasures. Sixty of the
new artists have just arrived from Europe
| though it is now tolerably certain that
the new opera house will not open at the
| time promised. 1t looks as if Brooklyn
was going to be honored by opening with
the new company, which New York will
only get second hand; but with expenses
running on at eight or ten thousand dol
lars day, manager has got to keep
his eyes open or 60 up.
1t is said that Mr.. Abbey, has been
negotiating for the Brooklyn Academy
of Music for two weeks, after which he
| will open at his new theatre, or perhaps
he might engage DR.. Fulton's Taber-
nacle which is the largest building in
Brooklyn, and if he could only engage
the doctor it might add to his attraction.
The doctor likes to be talked about.
There is but very little fear of his going
out of sight, for if nobody talks about
him he will talk about himself. He was
imported to Brooklyn from Boston sew
eral years ago for the Hanson Place Bart
fist Church, one of the largest and most
influential Baptist churches in the city.
He had not been there very long when
he got the congregation by the ears, and
they finally asked him to step down and
ont, which he did, to their great trelief.
He joined the Baptist Conference, and
there he was constantly fighting. till the
conference disguised with him expelled
him. He then got little church, with
a few weak-headed people, and when
the old skating-ri which had been a
white elephant on the hands of its stock
holders, was offered for sale Mr.. Fulton
became the purchaser, without a dollar
in his pocket, trusting that the Lord
would pay the bills. He engaged Mr..
Boynton to assist him in his pastoral
labors, but wheu the time came for set
Element he ignored his obligations, and
Boynton, believe, got nothing because
there were no effects that could be col
lected. All sorts of sensational lodges
have been resorted to to keep roof over
his head, but as a preacher he has not
been success, the only mystery in
Brooklyn is how he has kept in his last
place so long. He is weakheaded, vain
frivolous man, who thinks Justin d.
Fulton ono of the most remarkable men
of his time. He is laughed at by many
pitied by some, respected by few. His
recent encounter with Monsieur Capel
has not added to his popularity, but
when those who know him are spoken to
about it they say, ''What else could you
expect of Fulton9" His hope was that
by attacking Capel he would get Capel
to notice him, and he almost succeeded,
but it is now definitely settled by the
great Catholic divine that he will treat
him with silent contempt. This will be
a terrible blow to Fulton, and one from
which nothing but his indomitable ego
tism and cheek can save him.
The week has been a shaky one, a
financial crisis being preciptated by the
failure of one of the wealthiest Jewish
houses in the city. The list of their liza
bilities shows recklessness and utter
disregard for business principles and
common safety which is amazing, when
we consider that Mayor & Co., was re-
garded as one of the safest business
int I,o oil Vo& h.