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burst into a flood of tears and rushed from the house, while Mr. Berry wept 

 aloud. Mr. Mitchell arose and said, ' Brethern, I have learned the beauties 

 of CO operation. I roll my clothes down the hill to Mrs. Watson and she 

 throws me a dozen eggs in return. This is sweet to me, but sweet potatoes 

 fried in butter are sweeter.' " * 



"Here Mr. Berry's feelings so overcame him that Fred, thinking him 

 threatened with an attack of horizontal parallellaries, thought best to re- 

 move him ; so he retired leaning on the arm of his dutiful son, while the re- 

 mainder of the lank assembly dispersed with a dejected air." 



Reservoir No. 5 was edited by Mrs. Margaret Collier Graham, and 

 from its pages I quote the following humorous announcement : 



CONCERT EXTRAORDINARY. 



We are authorized to announce a grand concert to be given by the 

 ladies and gentlemen of Pasadena at an early date, the proceeds to be equally 

 divided between the Pomological Society and the Base Ball Club. The 

 program comprises the most brilliant vocal and instrumental talent of the 

 place, and the mention of performers' names will be sufficient to insure a 

 large and breathlessly appreciative audience. 



The entertainment will be held in Mr. Moody's barn, which has been 

 secured at great expense and is being fitted up in the most dazzling style. 

 The program is as follows : 



Grand opening chorus extraordinary — "I am dying, Egypt, dying," in 

 B flat, by the Pomological Society. 



Solo, " Betsy and I are out," John Pease Babcock. This gentleman is 

 the only artist on the slope who can sing with a meerschaum in his mouth. 



Boarding-house trio, "When the tourists homeward fly," by Mrs. 

 Ivocke, Mrs. Banbury, and Mrs. Graham, accompanied by Miss Collier. 



Bass solo, "When the cows come home," by Seymour L,ocke. If en- 

 cored, Mr. Locke will give that charming ballad, " What is home without a 

 Moody." 



Chorus by the Gilmore family, " Out of the old house into the new." 



PART II. 



Mendelssohn's 59th symphony, "Dead March in Saul, "by the Base 

 Ball Club. 



Solo, "Hush, my babe," from Italian opera of "Nothing to do," by 

 Mrs. Conger, f 



Duet, " Almost persuaded." Miss Annie Clapp and Miss Gilmore. 



The performance will conclude with that tearfully pathetic ballad, "No 

 one to love," by Mr. D. M. Berry. 



The services of Mr. P. G. Wooster of Puckechechuck, Skehowtan 

 county, Maine, have been secured as pianist. Of this musical phenomenon 

 the Boston Globe says : " He has the most unprecedented genuinity of ar- 

 tistic feeling, and extraordinary excessiveness of manual dexterity. Es- 

 pecially was this noticeable in the difficult double run of thirds which oc- 

 curred in the presto of Gordigiani's aria from orchestral suite in 'D.' " 



We bespeak for this gentleman the most tumultuously enthusiastic re- 

 ception. Admittance 2^ bits. Children, three for $1. Tickets for sale at 



*This joke was on Rev. J. A. Mitchell, the bachelor pastor of the Presbyterian church. 

 tMrs. Dr. Conger then had in arms her baby Lulu, the second child born in the colony. 



