The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1577.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 20, 5 September 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1577.

A small shipment of coal from the Wellington Company's mine near Westport was brought up by the Kennedy this morning. The quality is not such as to ensure a large demand jus present, but probably it will improve as the mine is further worked. It was not nice to be out last night whether on business or on pleasure bent, nevertheless, in spite of the moisture above and mud' below, a large audience found their way to the Odfellows Hall which was crowded in every part on the occasion of the first of the Nelson .Dramatic Society's performances. Very shortly after eight o'clock the curtain rose to Plauche's musical vaudeville " A Loan of a Lover, and a few minutes served to show that the performance was to be one of no mean order. Among those who took part in it the palm must beyond all question be awarded to the young lady who so charmingly represented Gertrude, the village maiden, who was innocent of lore-making and inexperienced in being made love to, but when the proper time arrived showed that she had a natural talent for the former, and was by no means averse to the latter. The acting of this young lady cannot be too highly praised. By every glance and every movement she showed how thoroughly she entered for the time into the spirit of the character she had undertaken to personate, and that she thoroughly succeeded in carrying her audience with her was shown by the storms of applause by which she was ao frequently greeted. The principal male character was that of "Peter Spyk," a dull phlegmatic farmer, who took a deal of Tousing, and "never got desperate till he took a thing into his head." Blind to Gertrude's charms, and to her evident penchant for him, it at last dawned upon him suddenly that she of all the village girls would be the wife for him, and his awaking to the consciousness of this was a capital piece of acting. The other and less important characters were all fairly represented. The farce " Ici on parle Francais " kept the house in a roar of laughter from the rise to the fall of the curtain, as was anticipated as soon as it was known that the principal part, that of Mr Spriggios, the lodginghouse keeper, was to be entrusted to a gentleman who in low comedy has not his equal among Nelson amateurs. The ladies all did their work well, especially Anna Maria, whose little bit of serrantgalisra was so perfect that we could not but wish that she might live in a perpetal state of quarrelling with her master and missis, and that we might be always there to see their little disagreements. Mons Victor Dubois was a splendid Erenchmau, and it is not easy to say which was the more amusing, his endeavors to express himself in English, or Mr Spriggins' flights in French. The irascible Major Rattan, who prided himself on his good temper, was very amusing in his wrath, and Mrs Spriggins, Miss Angelina ditto and Mrs Rattan found excellent representatives in the ladies to whom these parts were entrusted. The Society are to be {warmly congratulated on the success of this their first performance, and may look for another large audience ou Friday night, when the entertainment is to be repeated. The HarmoniclSociety's quarterly concert, to be given to-morrow evening, promises to bo unusually attractive, consisisting as it will entirely of miscellaneous selections, comprising several solos, duetts, part songs, and choruses. The members are reminded that the rehearsal takes place in the Provincial Hall this evening. Professor Anderson used to perform seme astounding tricks. We have for instance, sen him pour several kinds of wine — apparently— out of the same bottle. But we know of far more wonderful bottles than the Professor's. There is the most positive testimony to prove that disorders of the stomach, kidneys and respiratory organs, fever of an intermittent and remittent type, and all diseases requiring invigorative treatment, are cured by the agreeable contents of the bottles which hold Udolpho Wolfu's Schiedam Akomatig Schnapps.— Advt.