DE MURSKA'S INDISPOSITION.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2590, 26 April 1877, Page 3

DE MURSKA'S INDISPOSITION.

The Chronicle gives the following v«>r sion :—" Madame lima de Murska's irdisposition, whiffh hus-iatly prevented her appearance in opera at live Baldwin Academy of Music is rendered the more deplorable when the circumstance is.explained that the unavoidable ; disappointment of her numerous admirers is in no manner attributable to tlie prima donna's neglect of sanitary precautions or careless exposure to the night frogs now prevalent. As far as anxious inquiries have ascertained,.the indisposition of the songstress grew out of an inadvertence in the acceptance of a bouquet. Tlie floral tribute was tendered by Herr Muller, the baritone of the Opera .Company and the putative. hu;>band .: of.'-- Madame, Fabbri. Iltna received the offering most graciously, in the spirit in which it was bestowed, and was absorbed with the delicate fragrance and exquisite structure of the sweet posies, when her right eye suddenly experienced a prismatic effect that changed the nrrangement of the bouquet to a stellar formation, and the prima donna caught a momentary glimpse of more stars than are comprised in the whole chart of the visible heavens. About the same instant, Madame Fabbri turned on her heel aiid returned into the flies, exclaiming, in vociferous German, something riot written in the opera libretto, to the effect that that was. the sort of a hairpin she was. De Murska did not reply in the same tongue, and the purport of her remark was not noted. The indisposition ©ccurred during rehearsal."

He Bethought Himself.— A farmer entered a Detroit restaurant with his hat on the back of his head and a joyful look; in his eyes. Flinging his hat on the floor, he exclaimed, i." Whoop ! Sold my wool, arid now I want a tip-top dinner;" He : was invited to sit down at a table, handed a bill of fare, and asked to name his dishes. "I want chicken, turkey, oysters, fish quail, snipe, pie, cake, soup, wine—bring on the best you've got in the shanty;! "he observed, as he pushed the bill away The waiter hurried out, and the farmer produced his wallet and counted his money. His face grew serious after a few moments, as" he began to realise that luxuries cost money, and in another minute he pounded upon the table, and called out,." I want to see that waiter 1 " The waiter entered, and the farmer continued— •" You hold on a \ little. You may scratch out that other order, and bring me in some meat and 'taters and bread. I've sold my wool, as; I said before ; but I just happened to think that the corn crop may bust on me—and where'd quail on toast be then? So bring along the meat and'taters." It seems that Dr Mary Walker is still keeping a dairy farm.. A Western paper says that her calf has been bitten by ..a dog.:;v.. : ..■,:'.;.■••..-.■.-.;; :',."„.;. .■■...-■ ■ .■■:..