Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-04-08
THE MINISTRIES
First Regiment Band Scored
Great Success Last Night
Fine Musical Numbers, Songs with Local.
Applications, Some OF the Star Features
and the Closing Climax.

Applications Some Of the Star Features
and the Closing Climax
When the Brattleboro "hall of fame In
| minstrelsy is made up the name of the
| First Regiment band should he written
| well toward the top of the list because of
| the entertainment in the Auditorium last
| evening. 1t was a Crack-a- jack, o. Is.
| from first to last. Prohting by the result
of previous efforts, the band gave to the
people of Brattlcboro one of the best en-
| tertainments of its kind ever given in
town. Much credit is due the general com
| mittee, consisting of f. &. Lcitsinger +.
| l. Swift and \. ID. wyatt, who worked in
defatigably T.. Il. Bagley who drilled the
chorus and arranged large part of the
vocal and orchestral music w. II. Hen
ley, who filed the position of interlocuter
| in an admirable way, the end men and
well one hardly knows where to stop
bestowing praise without going to the end
| of the list of all who had anything to do
| with the performance. They all worked
| hard, as the result has shown. The house
was packed.
When the curtain first went up it re-
| Nealed the large company in French court
satin costumes, furnished by NJ Sullivan
of Boston, who came in person. and the
effect brought forth an outburst of APP
plause and from that time on applause
was loud and frequent. The chorus wore
light blue, and the double quartet in the
| circle wore different colored costumes
with rich ornamcntations, and all had
wigs Of French court style. Eight of
| the ten end men were dressed i'm bright
red suits with green trimmings and wore
| black and white striped linen while pre-
miers ID. Frank Shea and J. Harry Estey,
who came on later, wore yellow plush
suits.
The medley with which the overture be-
gan was trimming full of sparkling music
| ole tIa utir
the band playing Dixie" The end
men did some rafting good work in this
medley. They were: Bones James p
Ferriter, Edward Gonyer, Hal March and
Alison Dugan; tambos, E f. Bagley, Louis
| Ellis, Howard G. Rice and J. Willard Cobb
The opening solo, Moonlight on the Mis-
sissippi,' was by Edward Gonyer. who ex-
ecuted some clever dance work after the
| vocal score. Courage a ballad, was
. well rendered by Alfred s. Thompson. and
for the next solo Hal March gave Good
bye Eliza Jane" in a pleasing way Wal
ter =. Gilbert sang Every day is sun
shine when the heart beats true" and for
this, well as for Mr.. Thompsons solo.
the chorus was sung by the double quar-
tet, consisting of Edward V. Morse. Wal
ter a. Gilbert, Arthur l.. Maynard Walter
:. Stearns, Fred c. Adams Alfred S
Thompson. George f. Adams and Arthur
. f. Brasor
At this point the premier end men were
announced, but they did not appear. Will
liam Brockington came on ana told the
interlocutor that the premiers refused to
do their part. The interlocuter called for
: Chief-of-Police Hail. and the officer i'm
: personated 10y Robert Canedy. went
into the wings and dragged the premiers
, to the stage. j. Harry Estey then sang
''He may get over it, hut he'll never look
the same" This song abounded in local
/ hits. and several encores were demanded.
, | one of the verses was:
10 Martin has an itching to be governor
. Of the state.
The bee is in his bonnet and is buzzfne
, round his pate
5 lie thinks Bell isn't strong enough and
stanton on the bum.
+ | II the Grand old Party wants to win Mar
4 tin will have to run
! He hates to give up "a fat job to take the
. executive chair:
, He'd rather deport Cinnamon ana chicken
thieves ensuare
first class boss
Martin will drop his playthings and mount
IS the Republican boss
t lie may get over it, etc.
.
THE royal crocodile was the title Of n
song admirably sung 10y Fred G. Adams
after which Mir. Henley announced Dam
| son PumS. hy '.NIls Cobb's dwarf and
j. Willard Cobb r-citcd "A poem ON tb. re-
\
, WAS Hannah, won't You open that door. 80
, hy Alison Dugan. II made a hit. and for
am encore Nh Dugan sang TN i'm "A co..
coanut tree" Premier Shea brought down
the house with a local version Of "Oh.
didn't he ramblo." Mr. shea hal one arm
| In sling MS the result of an accident.
| which lac put i'm rhyme one Of his
verses was
The people voted license a little while
ago.
| Despite the Tumor / have heard that Peel
Frost voted no.
, | Fits lost what little chance he had to rep
, resent the town:
= | | fear. If he's candidate. that he will he
turned down.
oh. didn't he ramble ramble.
: lie rambled around the block. taking an
account Of stock
| oh, didn't he ramblc, ramble
| He ramhled till he bumped against n
rock"
The closing number of the overture was
The man We will always love" by Al
fred Thompson and the chorus standing
and marking time. While this WIS being
, sung two veterans Henry REYNOLDS and
. Chas. T. Sturges, parted the drapery in
the rear of the chorus. bringing to view a
large bust of Abraham Lincoln. At the
| beginning of the chorus Frank Crosier