The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10


 school with the severe and strict xt, le which he had acquired from his German masters
 fasSing'th,oagh Hanover. on h,S ~aY la Halle. he mes the eleytor ot nsupS. Sich, who offered hun the position ot chapel.mas,cv. which Handel accepted. ha, determined tIs, to visa England. Ills reception in London ve have already months. he returned to h,s duties a, the cou't ot Hanover \ year later he asked new leave ot absence. returned to En- gland, aud there renamed Before he had been in London many days he brought out an oic fot Queen Aanes birthday, and was commissioned io com- ls>e te neams and lahlla,e tos the a. eaAian ot national thankzgi,,ng o; the peace oi ltseShL The wotks we're performed ia si rAsls cathedral. auh iail band and organ, Handel vas the ersanIst on thi> oe. .siun, and hts wonderful playing, m which he had aa equal, together With the band and the- rus. made sa, must, A had never before been hea,d ,n England liis ~u,k sa,nei l,@ han a pcns,en ott~a hundred pounds tcai iom the queen
 ieom thts utac unui is hiS eompo- s,st"t> @ese ,a,.si!, aps,sss., ha, on the n}th oi Ap.li. i-t:. thete appeared an announcement that the ss.f,d story ai Esther would ne performed u the Hay. maiAei theatre on the md ut May inl loetns |, proved sp!ead.d triumph and led hun "n la iaithet ettatts m ora ,ot,a. which have h, the,r grandeur over Nhs,in~e ed hi> eafliet compositions Ahet th,s hc N,sited oistC and thcIr brought out hi> Athsha. winch na& received . MIih sast appiause hY All audienrc al i7oa pctsons In acknowledgement, oi as metlt> he ~.s offered the dc,tec al Doc,", o Mu>,s. wh,,h honoi he de cl.ned ln tho tolloSins graceful terms " s; ,se seaici 1 Ises mem monss away thi .lat Nhieh de hlo, khcad vi>h l no want
 The Ncat iEl9 was hultial que. % saul was ptnaa, ed lei.tl n Egyp, @h9. i. must nat he ,ouioansted ~,th Kos e,nt's he e,aHiul composition ot Mases in tAp, tho mus., tn ptl dcn'S adc on St c,ii,ss bay, aud the twelve grand ,da, e,tos ioi stoln, tenat. stoluneeilo, iad h..ipAseh"id .s. onpanmen, Saon ait.i tuilu~ed a AaeEto aud Il l'enae- ,"sa Nhei many pte.N,nF tnst,at,ons. he dcistmlned in sIst Ireland. and ~afly m November, g4t. stsfted iut thr st,y oi lbabltH. tn hls va, he stopped ai hes ,ct aud renamed aeeetsl dsys au count ot ihc Wsnd hcing ulti.,Noiahlr for h, rn. barking at fatkRale banns thf tune he spphcd |" the oiRau,st. to kho~ U ,heIc ~eIe an} oho,tnsn m the cathedral sho could .lns at s,ghi, as he wished Ia pfnsc snme baoks that had been hastily ,tsass tibed. bY tHinK the ,hoiuars ~he h he intended ,o pctipim in Ireland Somc oi the n"st hkel, s,ngrIs were scnl tor hut in ihe ahutua ,n the Mesnah aud ~ih ha Stnpes ~c sic healed laoi l4H.oa iaIlrd utterly that ilaudei, aiie, sseatlag Ia ioui of hyc different languages. stiei out In hu,sen tnali.h. " lou as hounttcl. ht you not tell me dai ,eu ,"uld >ing at snttc hcs, et .-ud the banter. "bu, nn, at l,,al Ngh, tn ghc ,s,h oi Notembrt trlt. Handel anived m bahln lie had taken si,h hlm h,s ot4tofio oi the 'Me.slah and to thai "senei"us and pol,e nstson, as hr all, th~ lash people. Lad been reserved the hfst opportunity ni passing judgment upon tbi> suslme utat4tio To then honor. bc Il ,e. otd.d Inc verdict was one ol snthd>e,ai,' approval. one anet t,ln,e IS told oi Ata t,bber hssinx sung He a.s dsspleed so ps,hetieally that A rev sienA gentleman totEt himself so isi ss to audibly eNelalm, Woman. ioi thu be ali tn, sin. iotstven.
 ~. .rr .~- ~-ht--.fal,-.s-.% lsE sss .. ihe sIi.d of August. 174i. and completed on the iaih ot Ihe nrs, month, so that ,his nas- ter pe.e was eompossd ,n the shoE, space ot twenty three days. loNarda the latter ] par, of the yet i7s2, Handel returned ,o ] England. anc on February K, i14bgsve has new oia,ous samson 1his was toilo~cd y tho oratotias oi " joseph. iselahalfeG, % lIet.piss Deborah, "ihe po. as,ona otsspua, Judas Ma ,s- b~aus solomon. iheodota, and "teptha. Inc l.si named was written under palntui diTC ulnstautes. Tor year Handel had had ihe uts partly hnlshcd, bu, could not get through |, on account oi ihe d,mnssa oi hts cyes. Al length he completed II. ba, the last ic~ pages of the seofe sha~ too clearly the progress the fearful Inal4dy had made. Alter a third unAus essiui opet ation he bst amr totally bind lie festgned to h,s heavy affi,s tom. and although he could no longer eoinpss~. he continued o give pcfiormAnf rs in aid of satious charitable iaasitnrons. ahen he used to imbfoy,se upon the organ. One 1f the most affect ing saenea ever siinesssd ~as during the pe,fofinanoe ei s4fnson.' when Heard, thea sfngef, came 'o the pathetic AT s otal eclipse no sun ao moon all dark amtdat the biale oi noon.
 The old man 4, the organ Nas observed to grow pale and uembie. And. when. in fesponss to the applause ci the people, he ~as led for~ ard, many were so oyer come by iheir emotions as ,o bars, into tears He dicd in i759, aged seyen,Y. four. Just one seek after having publiciy conducted the performance of the " aea-
 siah' iB Con, eni garden theatre.
 Ills mortal renaains rest in the Poet $ Corner" ai Westminster, bnt h. music has gone oa, into ali lands.