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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-17
An Anecdote Of verdi.

From sketch of the great Italian
composer in the January Century We
quote the following: Even in Italv
one can find detractors of Verdi, though
very few, 1 imagine, are notable for the
frankness and business talent aof one
Signor Prospero Bertani. Aida II
appears was sung in Parma, eariy in
May, 1872. On May Sth, Verdi received
ing epistle:
Sigrlor Verdi GentiIissin,o: lal-i y
ION the ID inst, I procee6edn III J.
Parma, attracted thither nv tbe 81, W
brated opera Aida and half an 6 So,T
before the curtain rose 2 occunied soat
No. 12o, expecting much Of the e1t to
tainment. / admired the mise en- So,
listened with great pleasure To A.
artists, and endeayored to lose notb;ns,
AiteT the opera 1 inquired of mvself
whether was satisfied, and received q
negative answer. returnedt to Reeu;o
ana IN the railway carriage ghearke1ad
to the passengers opinions: ali 49,
agreed that Aida was a great on. 70
Then determined to hear it aT,aw
and on the 4th inst, journeyed to.
Parma again and tried hard to Eel aIono
without seat, but was finally corr
PEELED, on account of the crush "th.
pay I'VE tiye for stall, whence watch
ed the performance with comfort Aftar
wards came to the CONCLUSION III
no number in the opera awakes ta aa
thusiasm or electrffies. that wifi IN "a
spectacular incidents it wouId nevar w ~
permitted to come to finish, and that If
after having been given in two or three
dust of the archives. Now. INV do
Verdi. you cannot imagine how yex ed I
am at having expended ON these two
occasions thirty-two lire, and especiaIIy
when remember that / am dependent
upon my family for support; the none
lald OUT assumes the shape of horrible
specters ana disturbs my peace of mib5
Hence l look to you for speedy REIN.
bursement OF my outlay. Ny account
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-17
Notes.

Ell. BUCKLEY is faring poorly on the
Coast with My Partner.
THoMPsoN's OPERA Company ha:
made a heavy hit in Portland.
ITIs not yet known what the Salvini
prices will be in Salt Lake. They are
doubled everywhere else.
John GoGRLAY, last week, attempted
to lick Dalzell, of the Nel0s Letter for
writing an adverse criticism on his per
Torrance. 1t was drawn battle.
THOMAS w. KEEEE, the tragedian, was
stricken with paralysis in Kansas City
on the 4th instant. Engagements have
been Cancelled for several weeks, but his
company will be kept together.
ROB GoRLINsKI has associated him
self with the Careless Opera Company,
and will. sing The Pirate King in The
Pirates Of Penzance; this transfers Mr..
Spencer to the character comedy role
OF the Sergeant of Police.
YoY REMEMBER Amelia Waugh, who
was out in San Francisco with Leonard
Grover-a very clever rough soubrette
and character old woman. She is now
working in the kitchen of small
clearinghouse in Brooklyn for her
food. l am told that this disastrous
state of affairs has been brought about
by liquor and cigaretteS.--New York
Letter, Music and Drama.
BooTH, WHO goes out under Barrett's
next season, receives $780,
900, for 200 performances. an average
of $3.50 per night. The Times, estimates
that Barrett will make $75, 00O-out of
the attraction as Booth has consented
for the first time in years to play in one
night towns. Barrett of course con-
tinues to star himself. Arthur B. Chase
Will be his representative with Booth.
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LADIES' UNDERCLOTHINC

offering of Scarlet Underwear
ing OF prices Our s5 quality reduced us
duced to $780, and full regular
clear these lines ON' 'eneanN
in our MUSLIN UNDFPvp
Fourbuton Enbroideredback
BUTTON GLOVES at &c. the
country ~ 0-'-e' III Ills
will WHITE HAMBURG EMBROIpFRTEs t,.
posed of at astoundingly low prices. 00ed<
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Total L. 81 50
~ hope you will relieve my annoy
ance, and in this belief, salute you,
heartily, 'BERTANI.
Address, Bertani Prospero, Via s.
Domenico, n. g.
'yThe astonishment of Verdi when he
received this epistle may be imagined;
however, he thought fit to look into the
matter, and wrote to Signor Ricordi to
have his banker at Reggie pay Signor
Bertani-if such a person was in exist
ence-the sum of L. 27.80. Il am aware
that this is not the entire amount he
claims, added the maestro, but as for
paying for his supper at the station-oh
mol He might have had supper at
home And he concludes: BE it under
stood that you are to take a receipt for
the money. and also a small memo
randum, by the terms of which Signor
Bertani engages not TO hear any of my
new operas; he will thus avoid the visi-
tatlon of spectres and spare me the ne
cessity of paying additional travelling
expenses Ricordi wrote to Reggie,
and to his astonishment discovered that
Bertani was no imaginary being, and
that he was in sober earnest. In due
season Verdi was handed the document
of which translation follows, and the
story was brought TO a close:
REGGIE, May 10, 1872.
THE undersigned having received
from IL maestro g. Verdi l.. 81 so in full
REIN bursement of two trips to Parma
to listen to Aida the composer of
which opera thinks fit should be re-
paid for the journeys, l not having
found the work to my liking. 1t Is also
understood that shall not again hear
any new operas by the maestro Verdi,
save at my own expense, whatever my
Judgment as to their merits.
(Signed) 'BERTANI PRosPERo.'"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-17
Confusion In the Park.

Arrangements were finally concluded
last evening with Mr.. Frank James,
manager of the new opera house, Park
City, by which the Home Dramatic
Club will open the house with Confu-
sion. One Of the stage hands from the
Walker Opera House goes out to the
Park this morning to build the scenery
% Rd sP psne e f by Mr. Street sGn OF ReC Of
Park City's artists The date of the
opening is not yet decided on, but 1t
will probably be near the next pay day
of the Ontario and Crescent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-17
The Organ Recital.

The recital at st. Marks Cathedral
will occur Wednesday evening, and it
goes without saying that the event will
be an interesting one to lovers of good
music. The feature of the night will of
Radcliffe. The forty-second psalm will
be rendered by the choir, the solo work
being done by Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs.
Daggett. DR.. Hall will give an Elijah
selection, and several other numbers
make up programme that will be full
OF interest to the lover of sacred music.
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COIN BROTHERS
- ~ .I{L.lNr
Our Sc Sen IIli1IIl Clearance Sale!
So at In accordance with established custom, we have
Marked Down Our Entire Stock
s2 And are Offering many lines Goods month
At AN ACTUAL LOSS
~ .gdH. be- ------A--l
a!as CLOAK DEPARTMENT.
We have left about 300 Ladies
fashionable which
about 200 Misses
which selling AT LESS THAN O
LADIES' WINTER SKIRTS AT LESS THAN COSr
We clearing lot SUITS at agreatIo
CLOAK DEPARTMENT.
SILKS AND vELvETs

Have been prices now quoting
COST. ~ 49, "'NP' u WINTER DfeSs Goods
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E. ]. BUCKLEY is faring poorly on the
Coast with My Partner.
THoMpsoN's OPERA Company has
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-17
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
Lewis Morrison and His Rep
ertOire.
AN ANECpoTE OF SIG, VERDI.
sIave'-Verdrs Sense of Humor
The Observation-Disclosures.
The Lewis Morrison Company.

The Lewis Morrison Company.
This company appears 1.-THE Theatre,
next Thursday evening, January Dist,
for three nights and one matinee. 1t is
said to be one of the most efficient dra-
matte organizations in the country, and
we in Salt Lake know there can be no
doubt of the place in the profession
occupied by the gentleman who heads it.
The company present in the follow
ing order the great Madison Square
Theatre suct ess: MAY Blossom. P"
BARLEY Campbell's Galley Slave" til e
comedy of Married Life" and PA
quita. The piece they have selected
for their opening performance. which IS
May Blossom, is one of the greatest
eastern success known in late years.
1t has been presented over 600 times.
$50 performances having been given { t
the Madison Square Theatre, New York
fifty at the Baldwin, San Francisco, and
the balance throughout the country
The press has been unanimous in its
verdict, wherever May Blossom has been
presented, that it is one of the best
plays ever written. The company
which presents it here is an unusually
excellent one. Lewis Morrison, the
star, appeared in thisscity last summer.
and is well remembered for his finished
performance. Miss Rose Wood comes
to US a stranger, but her San Francisco
and eastern reputation insure us an
artist of great merit. The balance OF
the company comprise E. ]. Holden,
Frank NJ. Wills, Louis Belmour. Frank
Richardson, ]. Madero, May Gethens.
Kitty Belmour, RosabellRoy and others,
late of the Baldwin, San Francisco. The
company carry all their own scenery
and mechanical efforts.
The following is the cast of May Bios
som.
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Controlling Climate.

In order to grow the less hardy fruits
successfully, it seems necessary that the
grower must ether live in locality of
mild winters, or else SO far north that fall
ure is sure without winter protection.
Those who live on the middle ground
rather take risks than give protection, and
so lose the majority OF the crops. The
Country Gentleman states that few en-
ergetic cultivators in the Northwestern
States succeed in growing superior crops
of peaches every year by giving little
winter protection. Two methods are not
ed. In one. the trees are planted in a
sloping position, and trained to fiat or a
fan-shaped form. Late in autumn the
branches are bent down, and covered with
corn stalks, which by retaining the warmth
from the soil. prevent hard freezing. The
other method is to plant the trees at the
base OF steep slope. or high bank, when
by training in the same manner, the
branches may be laid over against the
bank, and covered as above noted. 1t
would appear that the expense of covering
would be slight as compared with the
value of fine crop of peaches. Many
farmers who live in climate too severe
for the peach might thus at least supply
their own families with plenty of this most
delicious of fruits.
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colored woman with culinary tastes, got so in
terested that she unconsciously pushed up to
the minister, and he regarded her as one of
minister imagined that she was merely afraid
of the GOODNESS of the water, so before she
could explain the situation ne soused her
She came up suffering, and exclaimed:
What you dom ? Lemme 60, tell you !"
But he exerted his strength, and sent her
"kerchuck" below the surface again. She
emerged, clawing the air wildly. and shout
ing, "G'way from here Don't you chuck me
under ae'in, you nigger!" But the clergy
man was memorable, and he plunged her I'M
der third time, and held her there for
minute so as to let it soak in and do her good
Ten she came up and struck for the shore,
and standing there, looking like draggled
mermaid cut in ebony, sh. shook her fist at
the a@tonished pastor, and shrieked: "Oh.
III fix you I'll bust the head offer you. YOU
primary trash :! sousin' me and nearly drowned
me, when yon knowed well 'nough all the
time dat Use Methodist and been christened
by them OATS your betters. and knows more
about religion dan all the Baptists dat ever
shouted, you miserable black scum ! and me
got the rheumatic enough to set me crazy !!
Oh, I'll see what d.. law kin do for YOU III
have you rested dis very day. or my names
not Johanna johnson. you wooy-headed her
rin'. You hear me?" Then johanna went
home to redress, and the ceremony proceed
ed. 1t is asserted that Miss johnson has
| since borne testimony that the Baptists are
not any better than pagans.
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Test the Eggs.

At this season OF the wear. saws the
Journal of Agriculture. every body should
have an egg tester. BY this we do moi
mean that every farmers wife having a
dozen or more hens must HE herself away
and purchase some patent catraption
though there are some good ones sold very
low that answer good purpose. 1t is
meant though that all eggs should be test
ed by some means. Eggs that are infer
tile will be easily distinguished from the
fertile ones in three or tour DAYS after set
ting; in fact an expert may detect them
on the second day.
In France it is the practice to examine
or test the eggs after the hen has been on
them two days and If they prove unfertile
they are used on the table In this
country almost every one feeds the Young
chicks boiled eggs the first two or three
days of their existence. and for this pur-
pose eggs that have been set on six or
eight days are equally as valuable as fresh
ones.
Now for a cheap tester, take a heavy
piece OF brown paper, wrap it around a
stick. paste it fast al along, draw the
stick out and you have one that will dis
tinguish between fertile and unfertie eggs
when set upon five or six days.
To use the tester. we have but to hold
it to the eye and hold an egg to the other
end of it. looking through the egg toward
the sun or lamp. Every stage OF incuba.
ton may be noted in this way. and the
eggs saved by this process and used as
food for chicks will abundantly pay for
all the trouble. A still more valuable
consideration is the fact that when half
dozen hens are set at once the fertile eggs
may be put into 3 less number of nests
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Selected Opinions Worth Reading

The statement OF an Ohio dairyman
that with warm, well-lighted, clean
stables, and plenty of early-cut and we'll
cured grass. supplemented with the con
tents of good slo and weil-filled root
cellar. the comfort, health and profit OF
the cows should be no more problematical
in winter than in summer, is certainly
sensible.
1t is impossible to succeed as breeder
or feeder of live stock without a thorough
liking for domestic animals. If your boy
does not like to feed and handle stock,
does not like to pet them, he is not fit for
a farmer. Better let him turn counter
hopper, doctor, preacher, or something
else that he really does like.
Horses and cattle require Just as much
light and sun influence as we ourselves do.
Nothing can thrive without the benign in
fluence of the glorious sun. Dark stables
are the source of many diseases which
baffle the owners, and too often the veter-
marian also, as to the origin. Windows
should never be placed in front, the ma
ny otherwise perfect stables to the con-
trary notwithstanding. Concentrated
light is in many cases the cause of shy
ing. sore eyes, etc. The windows should
be behind, if practicable. but may be on
the side if well back.
There is no need of bothering about a
cows pulse to find out if she is well or
not, simply look at her nose. If we'll it
will be moist and cold; if feverish. dry
and hot She is like a dog in this respect
A staring coat or a hollow eye are also
points indicating trouble, and as symptoms
of disease, they are more to be dreaded
than the dry nose.
Missouri farmer who has been test
ing seed corn from the butt. the tip and
the middle of ears tor three years. finds
that the corn from the tips of the ears
will ripen first, that from the middle next
and from the butt last
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Points of a Good Mixer.

A good mixer must be able to eat g
great deal of food. Milk cannot be made
without something to make it from. The
cow does not secrete milk from the air
but from her blood. and her blood is sup.
piled from the food she eats To eat q
great deal COW must have strong Jaw
and we may put this down as one of the
marks of "a good mixer A strong jaw
does not necessarily require a big head
at least, what is called bulls head, large
in the upper part, but a strong lower jaw
with strong muscles to operate it. ANY
expa; sion of the head in other directions
may be detriment and drawing from her
food to support it.
A good mixer must digest great deal
of food. This requires an ample stomach
or stomachs, for the COW has four A
large stomach is indicated externally by a
large abdomen and great breadth between
the hips or great breadth of loins. A Judge
of cows will tell you that COW should be
wedge-shaped, tapering from abdomen to
nose.
A good mixer will have large milk
veins-that is. large veins leading to the
udder, under the belly. Those large
veins indicate large mixer.
Whether what is called the escutcheon,
the portion of the hind part of the udder
and adjacent parts on which the hairs
turn back in opposition to the general di-
rection of the hair. is any indication Of the
milking qualities of the COW. is a disputed
question. Many believe that where it is
large it indicates a good mixer. when
small. poor one. Others put no faith in
it.
A soft, velvety feeling of the skin. and
a rich, yellow color. especially in the in.
side of the ears. is believed to indicate a
rich mixer, at least, if not a large one. l,
is believed to show a tendency to fat, and
consequently butter.-RuraI Home.
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STATE OF MAINE.
Piscataquis, SIS.
Court Of County Commissioners,

December Term, lss5
Upon the foregoing petition il is considered by The
Commits sioners that the pettione ar responsible
and that thev ought 70 be heard touching the mater
set forth in their petition, and therefore order that
the County Commissioners meet at the dwelling
house of h. +. Sherburn in Kingsbury 80 called on
Tuesday,the 10Th day of October se6 AT O'Clock AN
and thence proceed to view the route mentioned in
said petition, immediately after which view hearing
OF the parties and witnesses will be had at some con-
venien place in the vicinity, and such further meas
ures taken in the premises as the mmissoners
shall judge proper And it is further Ordered that
notice of the time, place and purpose of the Commits
soners meeting aforesaid be given all persons and
corporations interes ed by serving atested copy
of the petition and this order thereon upon the clerk
of the town Of Wellington and posting up atesied
copies as aforesaid in three public places in said town
OF wellington, thirty days at least before the
time appointed for such view, and also by publishing
the petition and order thereon six weeks successfully
in the Piscataquis Observer public newspaper PRINT.
ed at Dover, in said county, and six weeks success.
sively in the kennebec journal, public newspaper
printed at Augusta, in he county OF Kennebec,
(the State paper the last publication in each paper
to be thirty days at least biore the time Of
OF said view, that all persons and corporations in.
terested may attend and be heard il they think it,
Attest: HENRY 3 FLINT, Clerk
A true C py OF the petition and order thereon.
Owls Attest HENRY Is FLINT, Clerk
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Baptizing the Wrong Woman

Baptlzings are Sunday morning feature
a TINS season OF the year, says the SUNNY
ooutn' and each congregation, in succession,
witness the immersion of the converts made
curing the past winter. Hymns are sung, and
every one appears animated by religious zeal.
NO one occasion, SO the story goes, . worthy
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Nem ADVERTISEMENTS.
WINCHESTER'S

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Is matchless remedy for Consumption
In every stage of the disease. For Coughs, Weak
Lungs. Throat Diseases. Loss of Flesh and
Appetite, and all forms of General Debility it Is
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per bottle Sold by druggists. Winchester & Co.,
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That me ~
~ scriber has been duly appointed Adminis'A'
ON the estate of
ANDREW ]. FREEMAN, late Of Sidney, "A
IN the County Of Kennebec, deceased, intesfss' ~
has undertaken that trust bv giyinr bond the -
directs AN persons, therefore, having den.uS e
against the estate of said deceased are des sStsd
exhiDtt the same for settlement; and AL ~ ~ ~.
Aent 70 @. II, LOvEOi'
April -, looe. w3uiV
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TITO the Honorable County c. mmissioner' of tn,
4 County of Piscataquis.

Your petitioners respectfully ask that highway
may be laid out from the terminus of the County
Road in Greenyille at Mcfarland place, go called;
thence northerly from said terminus at said McFs.
land place, to the north line of said town Of Green
vile, about ihree miles, thence in northery direc
ton across township 2 about five miles, running
between Prong Pond and Moos, head axe and near
the shore of Lilly Bay, to the north line of said town
ship 2; thence northerly across A, IA, through
Lilly Bay Farm to the foot of Roach Pond No !,
near the w corner of town-hip A, 10, about
miles, the whole distance being about seventeen
miles, following the tote road, as now used, from
and TO the foot Of Roach River Pond No. aboVe
named Your petitioners represent that highway
between said termini by the course above named
would be IA common convenience and necessity, and
pray your Honorable Board 10 lay out said highway
between said points in such case is authorized BY
the statutes OF tn Sta;e
Grcenviile March 22d, 1856.
JOHN II. ENELETH and Is Others.
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BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.

The Kennebec journal establishment is prepared
st all tiIaes give immediate attention to orders OF
any kind Of book or job printing We have every
facility for doing work cheaply and we'll Have new
presses large quantities of paper stock, and the
latest styles of type. Orders by mail will receive
oroDpt attention
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.nur Salf Or rG s.el.
YJNO the Honorable Board of County Comuissiops,
i in and for the County of Piscataquis.

L l-r
i in and for the County of Piscataquis.
We, the undersigned, inhabitants of wha; was III,
ly the town OF kingsbury, now unncOrp1ra,ss
place, and inhabi'anis OF the town OF ellington
would respectfully represent that public con, epepc
and -sity requires that highway BE- laid ont in
said unncorpora ed town and in the town Of Mel
liDgt0n, beginning at or near james Robinson.
house in said town, formerly kingsbury, running
easterly to Randalls Mills, called, in the town 81
Wellington, 10 terminal at or near said Mill. We
therefore request your Honorable Board TO view ssa
route and locate a highway in the most feasible 10.
cation, and n duty bound would ever pray
Dated az kingsburl October 9TH. 1855
b. +. SHERBURN, JR., and So Others
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and other fresh eggs may be placed under
the hens rendered idle by the removal OF
the unfertile eggs and the consolidation OF
the fertile ones.
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Can be had on application at the office, The
Daily and Weekly taken together afford the best
advertising medium for this section OF the State
For only so cents, special advertisement OF three
lines can be placed in the Daily Journal tor one
week cheap way to advertise for hired girls, for
lost and found articles and for houses 10 sell and TO
rent. As well adapted to Gardiner and Halloween
L. t1rA tn
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safe and sure remedy Red Star Cough
Cure. Free from opiates aad dangerous mar
cotics. Twenty five cents bottle.