Good Templar Entertainment.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2834, 15 March 1878, Page 2

Good Templar Entertainment.

A very large assembly, as usual, met in the Templar Hall last night to witness the entertainment got up by the Star of Thames Lodge, 1.0. G.T. At 8 o'clock Mr G. N. Phillips, W;O.T., took the chair, and brieflj addressed the meeting, urging the young people, particularly, never to commence drinking. The pro* gramme was started by a pianoforte duet by Mrs Addey and. a little Miss Thomas. Song, "I'll Watch orer Thee," by Miss Ferguson, was nicely sung, and well received. Mr Pitkethley gave a good recitation entitled " Fire the Pile on Craiggowan Height," and was called upon for a repetition ; he substituted "My first pair of breeks," a Scotch laddie's story, which was very amusing and recited in lowland vernacular. Mr Hilton favored the audience with the song," May God defend the right; " he gave it in an able manner, and was encored: he sang again, aud was again applauded. Eev. J...T. Hinton then addressed the meeting, in which he denounced the "depraved public opinion, as displayed in ■• shouting/ which made people fancy otliers boorish and unsocial if they did not conform to this practice." In referring to the Licensing Law he said he had hopes of Sir Geo. Grey's Government improving it. Iv conclusion he read a poem of Cowper's on the intemperance of England. Mr Addey sang " The Sexton/ in good voice, but scarcely -powerfully enough. The Chairman then read " Miss Tabitha Trenoodle," a most laughable piece, which kept the audience in almost one continued fit of laughter. In brief the story runs thus: Miss Tabitha Trencodle was a spinster who possessed a field of grass, which grass she found was being unlaw* fully eaten by somebody else's cow or other animal. In order to find the night* thief, Miss Tabitha got up a tree in her field to watch. All the horrors she spent "up a tree," w»re related in an exceedingly funny way—-cramp had seized her and she couldn t get down. However, at last the cow that ate her grass was found, and, after much trouble; put in pound. The. result of it was that Miss Tabitba paid a guinea out of charity to release the same cow. Mrs Addey and Miss Ferguson played "Gloria in Excelsis," in first rate style. The Chairman here thanked the audience for attendance, Mrs Addey for conducting the music, and such as had assisted in the entertainment. "Who's that tapping at the Garden Gate," by Miss Ferguson, was perhaps the prettiest song of the evening, and met with a vigorous encore; the young lady replied by singing " My Bud in Heaven." The last item on the programme was the glee "The Watch on the Khirie." A very enjoyable evening was spent, and the thanks ot that portion of the public who were present are due to those who made it such. i