The herald., 1897-01-31
ers which are sometimes hauled up by

| Sea lions come over from Catallrd oc-
| casionally and are quite tame and are
1 source of much interest to visitors.
rhe sea lions are very often source OF
annoyance to the seine fishers as they
are so big and heavy that they go right
| through the strongest seines with ap-
parently no trouble whatever. Monday
one of these lions was caught twice this
way, once allowing itself to be hauled
ashore in it's eagerness to fatten on the
sardines which the net enclosed but the
other time making a rent in the seine
| large enough to let row boat through.
Ducks have been hunted so much that
| they have gotten to be shy about feed
| ing in the marshes, rivers and pools In
| daylight. so they come down in great
| f1ocks from the feeding grounds at peep
o day and fly far enough out from shore
as to be out of range of the most far
reaching fowling pieces. Ducks have
been very plentiful this season, the hunt
erS from Los Angeles and interior points
invaria bly,, in their duck hunting expe-
ditions down in this section, going back
loaded. For some reason or other geese
do not seem to be so plenty as usual. 1t
is only a few years since they were so
numerous as to be a plague and terror
to the few grain farmers that in those
days sowed barley or wheat. They were
as destructive to the growing crops as
the hordes of locusts were to the crops
of Egypt, and for years 1t was next to
impossible to raise grain on account of
the depredations of the wild geese. Some
of the larger ranch owners employed
men whose sole business it was to ride
over the ranch and with firearms and
the waving of wool sacks try to scare
the geese from feeding from "off the
grass"
QUEEN ESTHER
The cantata of Queen Esther which has
been in preparation for a numl~r of
weeks under the supervision of Prof. G.
S. Cornell the well-known musical di-
rector of Chautauqua, was given at the
tabernacle Thursday evening to an au-
dience which in numbers and intelli-
gent appreciation would rival those of
the summer assemblies. Everybody ex-
pected something good, but except a
favored few who possessed inside knowl
edge of the capabilities of the cast were
totally unprepared for the splendid dra-
matte and musical feast set before them.
Professor Cornell had in Mrs S. c. Ken
dali, piano accompanist. an assistant
whose services were as valuable as on
erous, and who is justly entitled, with
him. to share in the grand success the
cantata scored.
The cast was splendid aggregation
of musical talent, the three leading char
acters, Queen Esther the King and Nor
Los Angeles favorites, Miss Whitehorn,
Professor Ragland and Professor Clark
respectively, the rest of the characters
being distributed among local amateurs.
The stage settings and appointments
were under the supervision of Rev. s. c.
Kendall, and while not so elaborate as
at some of the first-class playhouses,
answered the purpose exceedingly we'll.
The three participants in the cast from
Los Angeles were of course we'll up in
their parts, their singing and acting hav-
ing all the grace and smoothness i'm
parted by experience, and that they were
appreciated was proven by the amount
and liberality of the applause bestowed
on their efforts. Haman, DR.. A. T. Cow
ert and Zeresh, Haman'S wife, Mrs. VIM.
Schilling, were eXcellantly sustained i'm
presentations, the singing and acting in
the farewell scene receiving an encore,
as did also the effective work of Clifford
Smith in his we'll rendered Song of the
Beggar. The minor characters brought
into prominent notice by the skillful
treatment they received at the hands of
their clever impersonators, of whom
mention may be made of Miss Maud
Healey, Mrs. Ingersoll, Miss Nina c.
Cuthbert, Miss Ruth Brown, Tom Will
liams, L. A. Bailey and F. c. Foote. The
large chorus composed exclusively of To-
cal talent, showed their excellent train
ing in the finished smoothness of their
concerted efforts, their fine work in this
respect being a splendid testimonial to
the skill and ability of their musical in
structor The little boy page that at
tended the queen, Master Arthur Craig,
and the two young girls, pages to the
king, Memo Brown and Margaret Tutt,
deserve special mention for the clever
and correct manner in which they per-
formed their trying and sometimes diff
cult parts. The cast of characters, with
program, was as follows: Queen Es-
ther, Miss Whitehorn King, Prof. Rag
land; Mordecai, Prof. Clark; Haman, Dr.
A. 7. Covert; Zeresh, Haman's wife, Mrs
VIM. Schilling; Scribe, Clifford Smith
Beggar, Clifford Smith; Prophecies, Miss
Maud Healey; Persian Princess, Mrs.
Ingersoll; Median Prince, Miss Nina c.
Cuthbert; Mordecafs Sister, Miss Ruth
Brown; High Priest Tom Williams;
Herald, L. A: Bailey; Harbonah, F. c.
Foote; Page to Queen, Arthur Craig;
Pages to King, Memo Brown, Margaret
Tutt; Maids to Zeresh, Misses Fanny
Dillon and Lila Almund Maids to Queen,
Misses Florence Williams and Ruby
Martin: Zeresh's Daughter Muriel Chap
lin; Guards, r. J. Craig and E. E. Moore;
pianist. Mrs. S. C. Kendall.
The receipts, which were gratifyingly
large, will. after deducting expenses, go
toward the support of the public library,
which has no funds outside the volun-
tary contributions of our citizens To
the president of the library board. Mrs.
George c. Brown and Mrs. E. P. Terry.
Mrs. X. Almund, Rev. S. C. Kendall and
several other of the members of the
board, who, with Professor Cornell.
worked the scheme to such happy con-
clusion, are due in great measure the
praise and thanks of our people for the
delightful entertainment furnished.
The repitition of the cantata, which
was announced from the platform at the
conclusion of the performance to take
place last night, Saturday at same
place, was, on account of the unsettled
state of the weather, postponed indef-
nitely. those in charge having in the
meantime made arrangements to
present the cantata on the evening of
February 9Th (neXt Friday at Downey.
ORANGE COUNTY