Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-12-11
Music and Dancing.
DEDICATION or MuIc HALL, HARLow
Block. DIxrITLp. "A SuocrssrIL
ESrERrAISNESr AND frNK TINE.


bled under the glsring lights Of the big
chandelier in Music Hall. Harlow Block.
Di,hsld. on Thanksgiving evening. The
occasion VI. the dedication Of the new
ball and q. matter Of course every
body In and around Di,hsld "a. present,
and Notwithstanding the muddy and al
mo., impossible state of the roads and
the threatening clouds people came from
all the surrounding towns far and near
and helped to swell the hsPPy company.
zone thing /. certain. .aid Manager
Y. \ Harlow. III the weather and rav-
cling bad been good. our hall couldn't
have begun TO hold them" aud be vi.
right.
when the Inspiring strains of,he Dir.
field Full 0rehs.,r.. eish, pieces. under
III. lead Of W. X. Chase, announced
,ha, the dedication eonoer, bad begun.
there Wi. no, an empty sea, in the large
ball and other seats had TO be broush, IN
and placed up near the very froni Of the
stage 20 accommodate the late eomer.
The programme presented by the msnI
assmsn, w.s made up Of local talent.
and duplicate Of IL would have doas
er,di, aud honor to any town In New
Rngland.
The opening aud closing o,eriure'
wsre rendered in an admirable manner
by the Di,fsld Orchestra. sigh, pieces.
Thi. band has had several years s,Pen.
snee and previously canned a reputation
for furnishing good music, bu, upon this
occasion, .s the popular saying .. "ihey
ou,did themselves" l, would have
been difiisul, to have broush, together
the same number Of players anywhere
outside the cities who would have pro-
dueed better music.
The Di.ksld Qusiis,ts. Mrs. Frank
s. Harlow. soprano; MI. Nellie l..
Stanley. alto Mr. William Z. Putnam.
tenor: Mr.. william q. Harlow. bass ;
gave . foe rendering Of two selections,
"The Roll Of the Lively Drum" and
"No~ Tramp o'sr Mo.. aud Fell"
The be-. solo. "Kins aud the Miller"
by Mr.. William q. Harlow, and the 90.
piano solo. "Hesr sorrow" by Mrs.
Frank \. Harlow. were admirably ren.
dsr,d and received by rounds Of applause.
Perh.p, the leading features Of the
programme were the reei,s,ion' OF Mrs.
Leila Fey Staple. aud the eornsi play
ing Of Master George Dana Holt. Mrs.
Staples. nee Ms. Leila Fay Ripley. i' .
graduate Of the Bli.h School Of Ors,ory.
Bo.,nn. and !. re, der Of great natural
ability 20 which ha, been added the sd-
vantage Of experience aud culture.
Her rendering Of the pathetic selection.
"si.ier and /. was fine. but the nature
Of the selection itself WAS no, 40 well esl-
eul.,sd TO "brng down the house As
the more popular one, A" Chr',m. Night
N the Qasrisp'. aud the latter did no,
fail TO accomplish ,hs, result. being
greeted by gres, applause aud eneore'.
Master George Dana Holt. the Won.
dsrfal musical prodigy is described by
the Lewiston Journal as "hardly bigger
than hi. eornet yet hi. tones ate mans
size and never fail to please. Prof H.
T.. Brown. the eorns,ist and teacher says
Of him: "ln al my experience OF more
than twenty years I. = teacher OF the
comet, | never had pupil whom could
begin to compare with him." Upon this
occasion be proved beyond q doub, that
all the complimentary notices given him
by the pres. aud public ATE we'll msriisd.
II !. simply . marvel how 50 young and
small a child could possibly have attained
the wonderful .kill thA, he displays IN
the handling Of 90 difficult, an instrument
A. the eornei. and is in itself an argu'
ment which the doab,ers Of the theory
Of born ,alen, canno, answer. MASTER
Holts playing was followed by round
after round Of applause and he gensr'
ou.ly responded 20 two encores.
The work Of Miss George Towls. ol
Canton, as secompani.t, added greatly "a
the pleasure OF the entertainment, and
Was highly appreciated.
THE BALL.
After the coneer, came the dedication
ball. and here again the skill and mu
,ic.l ability Of Cha'e's DiShsld Orches,r,
manifested itself 10 = marked degree and
received many compliments from thos'
Who danced to its inspiring strains.
IL was = brilliant scene. when ninety
couples joined In the grand march AM
the fine new hall became alive with or
ehe,trsl music and tripping feet. Man,
Of the leading citizens Of Disheld snC
the n,ighboring towns participated. The
absence OF any ,ign Of intoIicsn,s anC
the perfsc, ei,ili,y Of the occasion ~a'
noticeable and frequently remarked
about. The order Of dances was lonI
one and KEEP, the dancers busy until sl
"esily" hour.
IuE SUFFER-.
Intsrmi,sion and supper" VAS sl
item Of in,erss, in the programme ant
attracted the attention Of slarse numbe
Of people, Who seemed to enjoy IL. Th
large dining room In Harlow Block vs
twice filed and the turkey supper so.,el
up by Mm b. A. swssey. formerly O
Hotel Swssey. Canton, with number o
assistants was praised aud appreciated
In shor, It is compliment enough for III
supper to say that Dr. b. A. Svsssy
Frank Stanley. and the DExocRAr rep
resen,ative were three OF the best feeder
present and succeeded in " lowering th
record {" and large amount Of the food
THE HALL
Prior to his death, which occurs