Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-02-21
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What the Boscobel Papers say About the
Minstrel show.

"'.'s inc po>coDel Iapers Say About the
Minstrel show.
II we may Judge from local press
notices the X. +. Minstrel Company
left a name in Boscobel. We print
the following clippings. The Enter
prise says:
Home talent entertainments. as
a general rule, are appreciated only
in the town in which they are gotten
up and fall flat il given before an out
side audience and for one to fulfil the
expectations of such proves itself to
be of no ordinary merit We had the
pleasure of attending the X. p. Min
strel show last evening at Ruka'
opera house and though we do not
pose as dramatic critic we do saw
that we enjoyed ourselves immensely
and from the prevailing sentiment of
the large crowd that was there we
draw the inference that they did too.
Lack OF time and space prevents US
from giving a detailed mention of the
program though it would give us gen
.uine pleasure so to do. However we
feel forced TO make some mention of
the special features that abounded
throughout the performance. Lam
caster must pride itself in being the
home OF SO much excellent musical
talent and the Instrumental and vocal
quartettes, which must be taken as
representative Of the best to be found
in our neighboring city, appeared to
be composed Of professionals rather
than mere amateurs.
Brudder Phillipson, who gave dia-
lect harangue on ..refohm, brought
down the house, while on the colder
ham Geo. Clementson as Manager
Crackerjaque acquitted himself in a
style that none could prevent himself
from laughing at. In the mind read
ing act Prof Kokactas improved the
opportunity to produce mirth un-
bounded by shooting cracks and
hits on anything and anybody The
burlesque circus that closed the pro-
gram was one continual take off" on
all the much-advertised special fea-
lures of the dime museum and did
not fail in its object to send away the
audience with more than a smile on
the face of verybody.
The "boys" from the Hub ex-
press themselves as being highly
pleased with the manner in which
Boscobel received them and are anx-
ious to reciprocate. We trust that
such sentiment will long prevail be-
tween the people Of Boscobel and Lam
caster.
The following from the Dial speaks
quite as well for the boys:
We have heard nothing but praise
from our people for the happy man-
ner in which the boys acquitted them
selves. Their orchestra music was
rare treat indeed. The Jokes cracked
on local characters usually hit the
mark dead center. A take.on on the
old-time circus was brim full Of fool
ishness as it was intended to be
and some of il caused the crowd to
yell with delight.
The editor interviewed the Dial
force and his own household this
morning and elected the following
opinions The Devil Fred Meyer
took the cake Boss Virgil Sho-
walter is an all-around dandy, Fine
Art job Printer-Ge0. Is. Clementson
ought to get job with Ringing
brothers yes, he gets in some great
touches OF chrome rcd. Lightning
Compositor No. Quig Sykes as a
leader is two full columns OF double
loaded Nonpareil poetry, heavily
slugged between verses. Comp. No.
2 Virgil Showalter and George Bax-
ter pleased me the best in many
things, but ! think w b. Carter has
the finest voice for singing. Comp.
No. 3 Walt Weber, G. w. Longdon,
Thompson and Clementson did some
fine execution in their Mandolin
Quartette Comp. No. 4.-Wish |
was as lively as that fellow inside the
lion. Devil Well, you needn't kick,
for you are az long as that circus
horse. anyhow. Editors Swear old
Kid think Geo. Thompson was the
prettiest man on the stage, and that
the best music was made on the cir
Gus drum by Dick Huftil; but 0 my,
haint AIRY Orion got big mouth
for circus gum! Lady Obituary Edi-
tor (sadly) There wasn't a death in
the whole thing it was all just fun,
that's all
At the conclusion Of the entertain
ment about so persons (members Of
the company and invited guests ac-
cepted the invitation of Mr.. and Mrs.
John j, Ruka to a banquet at their
residence which was grand affair,
heartily enjoyed by all.
We are proud of Lancaster's young
men and prouder of Boscobel,s good
people who gave them such warm
reception. One thing only we have
to complain of, the editor was con-
fined to his room with beastly at
tack Of neuralgia and missed it all.