THE GEORGIA MINSTRELS.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 47, 7 June 1879, Page 2

THE GEORGIA MINSTRELS.

Tins clebratecl troupe of sable Minstrels made their appearance m the Foresters' Hall, Palmerston, on Thursday night, to a house crowded/in every part; Considering that a mimber of petibns had come into town on the previous evening only to be disappointed/the large attendance on the second occasion was a pretty fair index that the public had faith m the high encomiums we had passed upon the company, and the promise of ajrare fund of amusement. That they were not disappointed -was evidenced by the "unbounded and continuous applause with^Vhich the Minstrels were greeted from their entry to their exit, a bare glance at the oral orifice of the Corner Man being quite sufficient to throw. the audience into hysterics. Mr Wilson has an aperture betweoh the nose and chin of cavernous size, reminding one forcibly of. the Great Cave of Kenttieky, while the dimensions of the labial rolls of flesh which range on either side, appear like mountains of ebony standing guard over the coral reefs within. The writer of this notice spent some years m the principal Southern States before the outbreak of the late war, and has seen plantation, life m all its originality and purity." In addition to that, he has seen every white representative of the Negro character from Daddy Rice to George Christy and . the Bryants, - but has never seen a more genuine, specimen .of the "Essence of Ole Virginny" than t ßilly Wilson, who as a Tambo is without, an equal, having simply reduced its manipulation to a seienoe. Charlie Crusoe has by no means reached the sanie command of the Bones, but he is irresistible m his ; character of *'Judgo Crusoe," in his fainousstump speech, which we regretted to see unmercif ully cur- , tailed. MiC^Marshall is not a strangei' m these parts, aS& the > warmth of his reception testified t^ his heing a favorite. Each, member of the company has his especial forte, but as might naturally be expected it is impossible they could carry out the programme with proper effect, owing to the many drawbacks as to senery and stage, ihe troope "'appears again to-night, and those afflicted with melancholia had betternot miss the opportunity of enjoying one of the best entertainments -which has ever visited the district. .