Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-08-05
OPERA HOUSE
Was Opened to the Public
Last Night.
Defeating Exercises Consist
ed of Speeches, Burles-
ques, Songs, Dancing
and Cakewalk.

Barre's large new opera house was
formally opened to the public last night
by an entertainment presented by local
laleut. The house is practically cont
pleted now, although there are many
little things to be attended to yet.
The house, which has II forced seatin z
CO pacity of nearly 1000, was not ha f
filled, only some over 800 tickets being
sold. The program, as pre- sentcd, WIS
as follows:
Overture, Montpelier Orchestra.
Dedicating Address, Mayor j. W.
Gordon.
Special Dispatches read through the
megaphone, N. j. Roberts.
The Civic Federation in their new
comedy entitled "A Board of l'r#de"
Character Song, john Ande.oon.
Reading, Mrs. {, Il. scott.
Solo, Mrs. G. N. lleld.
Monologue, "Obli2ing his L,ndiady,
W. A. Drew.
Medley, Orchestra.
Solo, Miss Emma j. Phillips.
Cake Walk.
Song and Dance, Miss Edith Perrie
and Miss Lillian Gordon.
Song and Chorus and Reel, Com
pany.
Solo, Dance, Miss Edith Perrie
Cake Walk, Company.
Wing Dance, Miss Lillian Golhai-
The Montpelier Military Band is so
well and favorably known that it needs
no word of commentator. Mayor
Gordon spoke in part as follows:
"Dne of our young men said it would
be necessary to open the program with
something ordinary, therefore | have
that part. | wish to thank the young
people who have so generously taken
hold to make this opening a success. !
see that some of our citizens are absent
from the audience. wish TO say tha,
there will be nothing presented tonight
that will in any way be Objectionable.
If it should in amy way trauspire that
any one is offendrd ~ anything said
here tonight we have naIe arrangements
to have Judge Boyce sentence the Of
fender to solitary confinement in our
new lookup.
"Such as it is you now behold oul
new opera house. Some have criticised
it. and no doubt there are some that
would cricise it anyway. Il think we
can we'll be pardoned il we have no
produced a new wonder of the world
We havn not had an imperial treasury
to draw from or an Aladn'S lamp with
which rear Il splendid palace III Il sin
Gle night. We have only had smoke
talks. and from the blue fumes of lhest
has arisen this fantastical structure.
Some have called il an ornamental
bcdstead, and some have seen tit to cal
the tablets at the entrance the grave
stones OF the city council. Others have
seen various defects. think we have
not made many changes from the orig
inal plan, although such is not the gen
eral opinion. The building as it now
stands is substantially the same as yol
voted to erect.
Ii is for your Interest to have you
friends come to the entertainment to
morrow night, and make that evening"
more of a success than this will be.
think that our city has achieved wonders
We have had only two taxes
one of 20 cents for the building
J and one of 25 cents. for Il new schOo
house, and our debt has not matelialI
} increased. | think we have reason t.
! feel proud of our achievements.
Ned Roberts and his especial dis
patches which were delivered to tn
audience through the megaphone, mad
I a hit. The Civil Federation who pre-
seutcd :. A Board of Trade was con
passed of &. Herbert Pape, presiden
!. William Wisharl, James Higgins, AC
Z olph Lane, Clifford Holt, Frank Lend,
james Walker, Winnie BasSett, Nelso
Ballard, Fred Rich, Russell Calef, All
I Dean Perry. viii Drew was the di
! consolate husband of one of the 49,
! women. and j. A. l.. Julian in prtl
? coats was scribe for the press.
! The costumes were admirable. Son
? of the hits produced considerable lauy
= ter. and some of them fell fiat. Sever
. people were roasted incidental
. and on the whole these victims had
. reason to complain, although some
= the hits were trihe pussunal