Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-04-24
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of the May Dramatic Festival to b,
held IN Louisville, May 10Ih, Hill
and 18th, is surely rare one. No
since the days of the elder Bootl
and Edwin Forrest, has there beer
sucha combination of two ofthe great
est living delineators of Shakespear''
tragedies, as Edwin Booth and Law
renee Barrett. They are to-day, what
the elder Booth and Edwin Forrest
were thirty years ago. The tour Of
these two artists from the Atlantic Ia
the Pacific, has been one overwhelm.
ing ovation. The largest theaters
have not held one-third of the crowds
that clamored for admission. New
Orleans, San Francisco (played three
weeks, Los Angeles, in fact, every
place any price was offered. In Tex
as, Booth did something he never
thought or dreamed he would do
that was, played four matinees in one
week. The receipts for these four
performances, amounted TO twenty
thousand dollars. Every artist in
this grand combination has been
trained with the utmost care under
the personal instruction of Mr.. Law.
renee Barrett. The people of Ken
lucky will give them such royal
welcome that they never will forget.
When Edwin Booth made his tour
through Germany, the Germans, went
wild over his performance Of King
Lear, and crowned him, the King,
England has her Henry Irving; Italy
her Salvini, but Americas Edwin
Booth, is the King. His name is
known in all parts of the civilized
world. We say to our readers, do
not let this rare opportunity go by,
as il is once in a life time that such a
one is offered.
All railroads will give reduced rates.
Go and make up your mind to see
Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and
Julius Caesar. 1t only costs six dol
lars for Season ticket and reserved
seat. Single performances, two dol
lars. General admission, one dollar.
Write to Mr.. James b. Camp, BUSH
ness Manager, p. o. Box 63, Louis
vile, Ky, with amount for number
of seats desired, and he will take
pleasure in attending personally TO
the selection of seats. Do not delay.
We offer our best wishes for the sue
cess of Louisville's May Dramatic
Festival.
Louisville tobacco warehousemen
last fall sent out large quantities Of
seed for free distribution, and many
farmers accepted them, but not
plant has broken the soil where they
were sown. The warehousemen say
that they themselves were deceived,
but the farmers believe that the seeds
were scalded to destroy the germ,
and distributed freely to prevent
large crop. The farmers, as we'll as
everyone else, must know that the
highest price you can pay for any
thing is to ask for it.-Ex.
We stated in our last issue that
Pembroke farmer had planted So
acres IN corn, the largest crop ever
planted in the county. We have
since learned of two farmers In the
county who have planted much larg-
er crops this year. Mat Cayce, of
Church Hill, has 152 acres planted,
and james Word, of Belleview, has
l42 acres which he finished planting
last Saturday. If there are other
larger crops we would like TO hear of
them.
Rev. Bobert Nourse, who will lee
ture at the Methodist church Friday
evening, is an orator in every sense
of the word, who will hold his audi
ence spell-bound under the charm
of his graphic, racy diction, and the
graceful flow of sound sense and fine
humor. We have no doubt Mr..
Nourse will be greeted with a large
audience which he SO richly deserves.
Tickets 35 and % cts. Lecture be-
gins at s o'clock.