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».s-y.in01illl*2iiloiii;itlicau Society.As we were much pleased with thepublic exhibition of this Society, at the, OM Court House, on Wednesday night,we had intended to give a brief accountof their various performances. Our cor.respondent *' W.” has, however, favoredus with the following notice, which weinsert, with no other remark than that,taking all things into the account, all pas*sed oft'so well that it would perhaps haveboon better not to make any distiuciionbetween the mem hers til the Sucietv byway of particularizing.For the JournalMr. Editor : —The exhibition of the Phi lomathean Society, connected with the Huntingdon Academy, came oft* before a crowded house, on Wednesday evening last; and, were we to judge from the applause given at the end of eveiy perform* ance, the audience was highly pleased The exercises were opened by the President, Benjamin F. Miles, who made a short and appropriate speech to the persons assembled and the members of the Society during the delivery of which, the young orators sat together on thestage, wearing the badges of their Society, and presented quite an imposing appear* net*.Then followed selected dialogues and speeches, some serious—some comical. Unfortunately however, one or two speeches, really serious, were delivered in rather a comical way, which was in had taste, to say the least of it. This arises fioin the silection which lads make; they should never commit a piece, to perform hi public, or before their Society, which they do not thoroughly understand, and, if they are too young to make a selection, their friends should make it for them.The pai ls were so well sustained, that it is almost unneceseury to particularize. We thought, however, that Allison Miller,William .Stilt, J. Blanchard Miles and Thomas Read acquitted themselves per* haps the best. They appeared to understand perfectly, the parts assigned them, and to speak with more ease and Ireedom, than most ot the others.There were two or three female performers j but we did not learn their names. One ol them had her name changed, in a very agreeable way, by the parson, and should we find her out, we will pay our respects to her.There was an evident improvement inall the speakers since their last exhibition, with the exceptions that they did not in some instances, face the audiance, nor speak loud enough to be heard in the more distant parts ol the house.The music by the Jefferson Band added much to the exhibition. They have evidently improved and play exceedingly well.We hope all the young perlormers will still persevere, in the exercises of their Society,and that, by their next exhibition, we may find still greater improvement.W.thepar'Ji libel ifro iBuliovthelifetli (idiseni so uf iUp!ceiMiCmemebilchidciUIpinault;ill si i uitie •Si ipalSU!tinallui‘8)L*28idasd,uboffIIbeutlt;18anM*.fHitli cl I ill tilofn-:al i ar’sns m -e-lin irkforlit-ighes-In-pieew(ra-olallt;h clnilMcrilvtiieiorotc;l!Ciclclwuva:\\Iklig-icli be lis-re s-IItlim-ll-iOtII
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Huntingdon Journal
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Apr 05, 1843
Page 2
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Susan S.
CO, USA 07 Mar 2021
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