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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-01-28


Bt-TTER-There is better trade and ii good de
mand at better figures for well kept creameries
There sold saturday some very choice June, Il
lG0.tub lot. at bic. We quote: Northern creamery
AT a5n2Sc u tb for choice to extra fall, and a22f
for summer; Northern dairy lSd23c for choice t.
extra, and u a lGc for fair to good: imitation cream
cry - roc for choice to extra ladlepacked 20 2t
for choice fresh, and Sdl1c for common to good.
InEEsE-Domand is better and prices firm. New
York extra, l04 l0i4 c " tb; choice 9a91ac ana com
mon to good, 5aSc; Vermont choice TO extra ;t S7a
a Toe: common D &c; common 10 goou' 49oc W OF
cestcr county fun cream, "a al01ac; sage, Sal2r
EGGS-Eggs are held at 29G30c y doz 1of ne'tl
by a29c for Eastern, 261a a2sc for Northern "A
a26e for Provincial.
REANs-The market remains about the same
York state hand picked at 81 50d %; pea, screen
ed, 81 - 30; medium choice picked, = % q
| 80; medium, ordinary, 81 25al 40: yellow eyes,
improved 81 coal So; yellow eyes, fiat, 81 5o9 60
red kidney 81 9042 90.
APPIES-Owing to bad reports from foreign mar
Dbl. Best Maine Baldwins sell in car lots at 81 . y
Dbl, and Massachusetts and Western at 81 oo y Dbl
greetings quoted at 81 30.
PoTAToES-Early Rose, Aroostook county, Me.
15c; do New Hampshire 65d10c; do Vermont 6oc
do New York, go a65c; do Maine Central and Grand
Trunk, 65a70c; Beauty of Hebron, Aroostook coun
ty, SOC: do Vermont, 65c; do New York, 6O963c
Burbank, 65a7Oc Proltcs, zoe; Peerless, Rense
laer and Washington county, \. =, 63c; Cnenah
goes. zoe; McIntireS, 10c Nova Scotia ana New
Brunswick Rose, Prolific and Hebrons, 15c; Early
Rose, Nova Scotia, o. Dbl, 81.
HAY AND STRAw-The market remains steady
and prices about the same. Hay, choice v ton, $2l
poor and damaged, Sl3al5; swale, SLAP; west
ern choice, $l7als; Western fair to good, Sl3al 10
Straw, best quality rye $2092l; machine rye, Sllg
II; oat, Sl091l.
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Generalities.
There is no small poX in Montreal,

There is no small poX in Montreal.
Prices of steel wire nails have been advanced
8 per cent.
There are 1000. 600 COWS in Illinois, Iowa
Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The young ladies of Miledgeville, Ga, will
soon give ''prOhibition concert"
The Mississippi legislature is to pass a bill
prohibiting the teaching Of polygamy.
Books on social etiquette are selling like hot
cakes all over Washington this winter.
The divorce cases in Lane County, Ore, for
1SS5, outnumbered the list of marriages twelve
to one.
>cctaranSm i'll the public schools at Long Is
land City, \. y, is causing Il disturbance.
The condition Of ex-President Arthur's
health is such as to cause some anxiety.
John i. Cough says this is probably his last
season upon the rostrum in the cause of tenn
perance.
Specked trout are now caught in large num-
bers, with rod and reel from Sebastian bridge,
i'll st. Augustine. Fla.
The next national cncampment, &. A. r.,
which is TO be held in san Francisco, will meet
some time between July % and August d.
The amti-,ilver men admit that the prospect
of passing an act at the present session of Con-
gre>> to suspend silver coinage is very unprom-
isng.
workman employed by Mrs. A. T. Stewart
has recovered 81 800 damages for injuries re-
cciVed while at work on her farm in Garden
City, L.. |.
Ii is understood that no change will be mace
in the Boston suryeyor>hip until the expiration
Of General lnderwood's term, April l6. Ii is
thought that Colonel Henry Walker will sue
ceed to the position.
mo bill is returned by the jury in the case
of cN-Water Commissioners W. i. simmons
and q. A. Wilson of Boston, charged with
conspiracy to dcfraud the city in the purchase
Of Fisher Hill As a reSerl Dir Site.
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A Good Old Deacon.

There once lived in Waldo county Il good old dea-
con whose greatest out was very hasty temper
The old gentleman went to his reward long since,
but numerous incidents illustrating his peculiar
lashincsS of temper are remembered by old in
habitants. ON one occasion while attending social
meeting held in a school house, in rising his head
came in violent contact with projecting cupboard
This brought from him an exclamation of an eX
ceeding worldly nature, which he ingeniously
blended with fervent eNhortation. The boys used
to take advantage of the deacons besetting sin now
and then when they wanted little fun. Once while
he was kneeng iii prayermeeting Il youth on
mischief bent trod on the worthy mans upturncd
heel this caused him to roar out "Blast ye gil
of II NV feet"
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--te NEWS
PORT OF BELFAST.

ARRIVED
Jan y. >cllS. Frank A. Nelson, Thompson, Cal
ali; Mary farroV tUHdon, Boston.
s,urn
Jan; y Srlls- Frank T. Nelson Thompson Bos-
,,,..>. ,,,,,,.
A"i-"iNNN i'hi0'
salem. Jan. l4. Arrived sch. Daylight, Hodg-
don. Phiia.
Portland Jan. u. Arrived brig Herman, IIch-
born, fhlpshur%, for Boston and iiarbadocs
san Francisco, Jan. Is. Arrived ship VIM. Nc
'IINcrN Dunbar Liverpool. Jan. 10. Sailed ship
Brown Bros, G"odcll. Boston.
Jacksonville, Jan. 20. Arrived sch. Charley
hI I,' atvI9"h' ''l''l0' ,a ,h co,,
DAVIS, knceland AuN caves
Wilmington y G. Jan ~ Arrived sch Char
lottt T. o;Glry Bartlett, AmLoy
MN WIKI JAN. ). Arriyr1 Sch. Iackawanna.
Clo--or 81 Domingo. Jan. b Cleared ship Louis
Walsh Ptndeton London; bark John NJ Clerk
tonalt sydney.
Newcastle In port Jan 81 sch Morris W Child.
IolrcN for S;igiia She sailed from the Break
water Jan. 2}d
Pa.,.Hr,lil;i Ham 20 Arrived sth susan y Pick
pIing Haskell Boston
Boston Jan a. Arrived ship Iceberg Treat
Iloiin. lI.i.s Herman. IIirhhoru. phiuSburg.
th,rIr,i1n' jan. Is Arriyri iii. NrliiG :. Pick
rl1n2 Mchern. New York
Richmond, Jan. Is Arrived sch. Lizzie l..
lhip~hur4 Jan. Ii. Arrived brig Herman, IIicl-
born ana cleared 18Th with ice fnl Boston to tiui
,.,jin ~ f,,. Ea,l,,,jn
,,., ,,
f''i'"N i'1i
St John, p r., Jan 81. Arrived sch. Annie Il.
Lewis, Lewis, New \ ork.
Melbourne, Dee. /. In port, ship Belle of Bath
\ickels. New York
Bucnos Ayre-. Dee. Il. Sailed brig Ned White
bow pvlmamhuco.
Rosario, Dee. . Sailed bark Augustine Robbie
Cu~ti-an, New York
Hong Kong. Dee TO- Arrived barque Alden BeS
Sc from Victoria
Barcelona, Jan IL Arrived haruue John Bun
van Lancaster, New York
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Lodge invited their friends to sociablc in their
hall on Thursday evening. The tables were boln-
tifully spread and about l35 were called to refresh
ments After this the tables were cleared away
and then followed an interesting entertainments
consisting of address by Hon. w. II. Sargent ;
lodge history by ID. W. Webster, ESD poem by
DIR. q. A. Wheeler and recitations from the text
book by members of the lodge, followed by several
speeches. These parts interspersed with
music, making very enjoyable and happy even
ing. The West Casne Dramatic Club gave an
entertainment in Grange hall on Saturday even
ing, consisting of the play The Last Loaf, music,
refreshments and sale of Il quilt. The parts were
well taken for amateurs and they We're rewarded
with Il crowded house. While coasting on Main
st, on Friday, Will Webster slid over the abument
| between Joycc's and Wineries wharves plung-
ing into the icy water, which fortunately was not
deep at the time. He was moi injured but consid-
crahly cooled. The Rev. Stnr Dallas came in
on sunday afternoon and sailed Mondav morning.
LIBERTY. II. I. Cove 3nd seectman of this
town, i, quite sick and has been for -omctme....
! Miss Hayes, of Boston, a Christian Scientist is
stopping at l.. c. Morse's. Prof. A. II. Dunton
has a large class in pcmnal-hp in this vilage....
The grand event of the season in this village will
be the concert and bail by >anborn's orchestra, If
Belfast, at hall >t. George on Washingtons birth
! day. Ii we get the rheunati ,lu out of legs
| we intend to shake them on that occasion II has
! been some time since we trippcd the light
! fantastic toe, but we are Of the opinion that we
can yet bob up -ereneiy in the Portland Fancy.
/ l.. c. Morse and his dog caught Il fox Haystack
/ mountain Friday morning, and only absent
from the house forty minutes. Charles Hunt of
Boston. is visiting at his brothers. W. II. Hunt -.
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Two More.

''Ihe Belfast Journal, the leading Republican
newspaper in Eastern Maine, and ably edited ar
any journal in amy portion of Maine,' etc. Brdg
ton News.
The Republican Journal, the model weekly of the
state commences the new year with new type. II
looked well enough before but is not content to lei
well enough alone. Somerset Reporter.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-01-28

The recent prostration of John L. Raymond
and Thomas w. Keene, the well known actors
is said not to be due to dissipation, as is often
suspected in such cases Raymond never drank
a glass of liquor or smoked cigar in his life
and keene has been a total abstainer for six.
teen wears.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-01-28

Gen. Lew Wallace, in an interview with a
Cincinnati reporter, spoke of IIalleck's envy of
Grant and charged that Halleck was willing
Lee should take Washington in order that
Grant might be crushed and Inundated.
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Searsport Locals.

a eolee''oh was taken Ill 'he cong oh'lci las
sunday IN al" Oh the chuic'' at Miiioi''' anu ~
reahzeo'
Our transfers are busiy engaged in hauling il
the wood which has been cut by the various large
gangs at work in this vicinity
The banks have secured Mr.. E. d. Sheldon for :
night watch at the banking rooms, and he will be
on duty from O'Clock 2. Nj. to ! AN.
Landlord Grimeu i maxine, nrenar,tions to re
ceive fine Sir kniyhts Of Relf,st who will visit
| here Friday evening acconn,niad bv ,anborn's
| fun orchestra
iiie eN'l' copies % 'i'e journal h'p' W S"'I az
'','7 ','''''> supp" ,I
i''7 - -'''
heiilpers oi the 'lup gave i SUI Piise p"i'N "
rie" n''i'et '"9' hui9"'N 'NV"'''S 80 pi'i,'i
FURNISHED "he Oh her el'9'' ~ WIG" 'i'
'"i"iS Is ho''''' ""' "'' !"'"S t''i'' '''' >'i!
| o"'"S ""'e '''"'
! NJ. j. Dow X. W. G. of the Grand Lodge of the
l. O. G. 7 instituted a lodge of the order here
Monday evening. The lodge starts under very
| favorable circumstances as some Of our most in
! iuentlal citizens are IN the movement.
| Ncssrs w o. 4 C. Barney have rrpaired the
door of Mr. Lanes safe and ii is about as rood as
new This Is a pretty good record for, an old
Valentine 4 Rutlar as the cafe ,v,. blown acrnss
the room twin take an e>no,t f., fin the Marion
rs it will need a new lock. stock ana barrel
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Edward Burgln, former resident died at the
insane asylum, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa Jan 18th Mr.
Burgln has been great sufferer from trouble IN
his head, contracted in the United states service
during the days Of the rebellion. 1t affected the
eyes that he almost totally blind. and this with
his dependence upon others for support made him
insane and he was removed to the asylum nearly
a year ago. He was a 2d Lieutenant q o. l. 4th
Maine Regiment, ana was afterwards an officer in
the navy.
nm. of am ;i,,,. ,.,,tt,. c.lIad to ATTEND
an intero.ti,,- co.e IN thp .,u,i. manifested the
+ ,il ,.i, il, ,,, Il,,i,.r m ,,,n,., ca.
,t.f 7.. +l II ,,,- ti,, i,ct,.rl,,i .,t,rr-
.r+rndoJ rb, f4in;p- ,,l head n, u4,,,aiJ i'm
,,,,,tr t t,,..,f, an. moro l,Ilar- The head of
I'LL. IN, tI,f. ,,.,-, j,,j ..t rb, MA, tl,,t tl.
.hiIl WAS liable to bc marked and was :.nNiols.
enduring Of the nurse, imam adjoining room as to the
frr 7b. l3.,or overbca,in4e tho, oup-riou inform
cd bor that fine child was marked and fold he, f.,
toll the father tile mark was L. o. d.
r,. ,,..4., 4 A.,
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TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER!
Ladies and Misses C|oaks !
"A p
Il. 4. ST\RRETT c CO,
We HAVE JUST Received
800 LADIES and MISSES CL0AKS,

Comprising mostly Importers samples and DID lots from the Man
ufactuers so per cent less than the first actual COST
Our intention to close this lot immediately therefore order
do it shall offer them to patrons at 40 per cent less
than the first We shall have them all marked plain figures
first retail price in BLACK FIGURES discount prices
RED FIGURES thus giving customers opportunity to
that they getting the real discount We invite early
speon for the assortment will be broken and bound
close them all before the FIRST OF FEBRUARY.
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LINCoINYTIIF Miss Fannio o,qI,,.,. i to.cI,
ING school in Camden Mr. and Mrs. JoaIJan,h
are in very feeble health This winter They ,ra
among our oldest citizens Renpett Pros exnect
to finish their DANCING school At tho ,.r,,., ,lie
week Mrs E. H. Fletcher has eope to Daorin,r
with her two children to s,,ana t,a ro,,,i,,1, ~
the winter nj her sisters Me- Ia. uu+,hi,,
concert and minstrel entertainment l, t,o ,,, j.
exuected ia come mr. soon
''i' e"s"se'' !"
80 ~ - - = un''ei
e'''n" we nave " nv" 07'i'9''i "' 'lie Corner
~. '''i'' i'o Yen i'i e'e, a. ''i ~ iie n"ioS
. '''', '''' 81 ~ "li'9N %" iiN"i"
NV u"''''i0 ~ V" any ms D'' ''"A07 an
1"' po'','' -" ri''i'' :" -"
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small business
p n r. j., :,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-01-28

These the damaged Blankets that we have had such ire
mendous sale for the past weeks and positively will
have more this season
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Fiuau- oi Rackpor and Camden presented as an
peal the Ice firms at Rockport, a list of prices
T. fellows SLID per day on the pond; 500 per
H5 iar -tevedores ten hours work; no boys
ola,r IS employed: balances paid in cash, weekly
4 committee Of the knights Of Labor was chosen
I" meet tine icemen saturday night. No work is
''ne on the Ice yet During the past thirty years
me valuation Of Camden has nearly doubled the
Population u about the same. Property owners
have decreased ten per cent Workingmen are
l'"Mhs 3" eee where their earnings have gone,
'Nf'usA iic tore pay system. The Knox Wooden
'"mlany heretofore working eleven hours an
hHanHei last saturday that they would begin Mon
F4E i' work ten hours without any reduction of
l"|. lhi7 ), their owu proposition and pleasant
SURPRISE a committee Of the Knights of Labor
lnrt i.e kncllor1 lee Go. The conference agreed
on weekly payments, but the wages were not
Seu'rl They probably viii be the same as on the
kcncner
N"ANyILLE. w A. Buard of this town moved
dwelling house from the head to the foot of the
Lake last week There some weak places In
a ue 'ee After the teams and building had passed
the ace was found to have settled seventeen inches
letting the water on top of the ice At that time
NE transfers with their thirteen Jokes Of oxen he
gan To feel alarmed but with a brisk use of the
coid iron they soon reached the stronger ice The
atair was unprecedented In the history Of this
town. James +. Knowlton has sold his farm
called the "Bullen farm" to Raymond Rich Mar.
zen and has bought George d. Marden's farm
known as the VIM. Crosby place. Mr.. Marden goes
E 70 fassadumkeag as foreman for b. Plummer &
g SON. Several Of citizens with their teams
are IN the woods for A. J. Nckerson and NARROW
packard OF Searsport George T. Nickerson with
'hfee teams and f. Greedy with two teams are in
p ,Hickefson and A. ;. Nlckers0n with two teams
'' ticIiry Zeal with one team are in for Packard
III f1per of Chelsea, Mass has moved into
s. - az aifiihan house. Alphonzo Cunning
b sold ms valuable four wear old colt to
h iidAtlIihe OF Belfast. Capt. II. d. Nickerson
i1r SeEeTal barrels of apples board the Katah-
tiit lhey We're consigned to parties in Boston,
Dut NE capt says Dayy Jones was the receiver
me Lanes And Society was not fully attended
laSt friday night at Eldridge Nickerson's on ac.
count OF the inclemency of the weather NexI
meethg al Mrs. Jane Nckersons, Feb 9Th We
are requested to publish the following card: The
members OF Swanyille cornet band hereby extend
vote OF thanks to f. w. Seavey and others for
eouitesles received by them the evening of Jan
Iist during the entertainment at No. Searsnort
Per order. w. opoi'
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AIiINID.
Jan. D. >ch~. Frank A. Nelson, Thompson, Cal
ali; Mary farrov, toulon, Boston.
SAILED.
Jan. u. Schs. Frank \. Nelson, Thompson Bos-
ton Mary farroW. Condor, Boston.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08

side ut his meeting Pie canned
gowned students yelled at hiln fo,.
hour and q half. but finally he cot \. ~
to permit hilnto speak BY appealing ~
their English love OF fair plav. Tt'
next time he visited the historic H..
was in 1878 What achangol lTa ,'.e
entertained by the well-known an,L.-
Professor Green, and bv the great ,.l..,
ologist Max Muller, and Canon Fl6st
presided at his meetings. Whom r.
landed at Liverpool he was presert-.j
with an address of welcome stoned b.,
100000 ''teetotalers" Of England.
Up to 1860, he spoke exclusively r,..-
temperance, but in that yea- he (gos
persuaded, after much hesitation. n H.
liver in New Haven a lecture ON SIM.
Life in London This proved a. grea,
success rs his temperance discon,-.
and was followed by Lights and Sb.J
ows of London Life, '.Eloquepce gnJ
Orators" Peculiar People. ..Faet gn5
Fiction, ''Habit. Curiosity" sn5
others with which thousands of his al
mirers are familiar. He has continual
TO lecture on temperance whenever AMI
wherever he is asked TO do So. bnt ~
late years has been most frouuans,,
heard on other subjects. Whom be ~
gan these outside discourses, he W.,
accused Of deserving the Temperate
cause, but respcndcdAthat he had dons
nothing Of the sort, but had simply ~
ercised his right to talk on any su.iees
he pleased.
To John B. Cough, said the Philado.
phia Telegraph, Of recent date. b..
longs the unique distinction of HAVING
addressed more human beings than anS
man now living on our globe And M
man living has been the innocent occg-
sion of so much hearty laughter and h
many honest tears. Sturgeon BEGAN
ten years later than Cough, and has
probably not spoken more than half "a
often. Henry Ward Beeeher did ues
rise into celebrity until Cough had been
for half dozen years the prince Of
platform speakers. For over forty years
no speaker has commanded such crowd,
who were eager to pay for the privilege
of listening to the most exciting of dis
courses delivered in the most dramatic
voice and gesticulation. As an orator
MIR. Cough reached his climax Of power
thirty years ago. His voice was then as
musical as flute, withmarvclous power
in the tender pathetic passages long
and hard service has made it somewhat
harsh and husky, but it is still an m-
stument OF rare compass and ilexibiliH
Sometimes he oycracts especially when
weary. But in the days Of his highest
glory no man could surpass him IN de-
lneatiou OF character andin imperscaa-
lions of "all sorts and conditions Of
humanity. He has often been q motler
a child. Il pleading wife, brutal hu4-
band, a plantation negro, Scotch
deacon, q freuchmau, raw lri>hmau.
"a pompous coNcomb, a poor besottcI
topper. all in one hours address. And
he cNolled i'm every character If be
had chosen To be an actor he would
probably have been one OF the greatest
comedians OF the age.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
E'oresha downing.

look within thine eyes.
My little child,
And see them dark, and deep, and earnest
clear.
They nswer widely back In slow surprise
At tears which tell my fear
NJ mother fears my sweet one, for thee,
That unawares, within the dusky deep,
May slunbcrous fires. all unsupported be,
And dark, strange phautows sleep.
And all my mother love
nv little child,
Yearns over thee, and longs to wrap thee
round,
EMBODIED safe and warm, my tender dove,
Within loves shcltcring bound
For thine will be strong maturity,
The Weakening mp, the coming INTO life
OF thy young powers, whatever they may be,
VIII bring thee fcyerish strife.
Then, oh. for thy sweet soul,
Ny little child.
Could all thy crosses but be mine 10 bear,
Could all thy burdens on my shoulders roll,
Or could in them share.
Thrice welcome were such pain csld weary
load.
But. ah. thy tender feet must tread alone
The certain wineprcss of thy womanhOod,
And must hear thee moan.
And shall sec thy face.
My little child
Grow terror white. may be, at the coming in
OF lifc's flood tide, o'erswecpng all the space
Where shells and play had been
For that, sweet heart, viii be the full flood
When Love comes singing youths sunny
sands
And browns ont all the letters rirIhood tried
To trtce with dreamy aants.
oh. then my heart implores,
My little child.
That thou be not ON mad, wild breakers
But borne ON blissful waves to blessed shores,
Where Love dwells with its own.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-08
AMERICAN OPERA.
Is there Musical Taste. Talent and Eater-
prise for Distinctive American W aslc@

prise for Distinctive American W aslc9
The most interesting musical event Of
the winter in New York was the bogiG-
ming OF the American opera The title,
suggests the old question, what is
American music hey ond the fact that it
is music in America? There was pa-
triotic disposition to call Patti an Amcri-
can because She was born here or be-
cause her childhood was passed here.
II was a kindly instinct of appropria-
ton. But Patti is no more am American
than many an American who was born
or whose youth was passed ia Italy is
an Italian Many am American artist
GOES early to italy and STAYS there many
years There was Crawford, the sculptor
ina Rome, and Powers. the sculptor, in
Florence, To Americans. Florence viii
be always known rs the home of Pow
ers. All his work was done there. Shall
we call HIM an Italian artist? For thirty
wears and more, William W. Story, "a
man OF rounded gifts and graces, has
lived i'm Rome. and has stood nj the
head ot-American or of italian sculpt-
urca
What is italian art2 What is Ameri-
can music? II is something more than
the work of ana artist who lives in Italy
or I'm America ThorwaldseA was not %
Roman. long rs he lived in Rome Haw-
thorne insisted Chat there was no ma-
tcrial for romance i'm America and ha
wrote the Marble Fan 1t was an ltal-
ian story written i'm Italy, but ii is one
of tbo great works i'm American litera-
ure. !lawthorne'~ tales arc q signal
refu,ar.ou Of his own theory. Thcy are
essentially and especially American. in
the TWicc-told Tales, i'm the Old ManSn
iu the Scarlet Letter, the House of the
Seven Cables and the BIithe8ale B9-
nance, everything is American.
What, then, is American opera? WHIST
Is American music! Is there an 8meri-
can SCHOOL, Are there American come
posers? And do we recognize the dis
tiuctive character of our music as wc do
,hat of Italy and Germanya There is
also q certain distinctive English music
music of glees and madri-ais and
concerted pieces. Is there American
mu-.a Of the same llnd2
Bgt before We answer shan we not
fin n .pra} Of rosemary upon the lt"i-
m opera Geparted2 Ia the uoble new
Opcra-house there has been an admira-
Bic German opera, Wagner in the lead.
Ai lie familiar Academy few intermit-
ton MARBLES tn tho beg inning q the
season. diving echoes Of either days were
uu gn.y The swan SONG vs. ltalan on-
o.sl and then American ul.ga. IL, .' ibe
pr.-p uump and PROMISE d. tou.A.
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