Poetry. Australian Fronds. the Ball-room
Oh, the ball-room's merry sound! How the dancers' steps resound— How the music swells and falls— How it almost shakes the walls…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts
Pictures, dances & concerts, 1865
9 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
Destruction of the Surrey Theatre by Fire
For the second time the old Surrey Theatre has been totally destroyed by fire. When we have said this we have said the gist of all that is really known about the matter. At twenty minutes to twelve on Monday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Poetry. on Hearing a Young Lady Sigh at a Ball
And dost thou sigh? What hidden thought Now wrings that youthful breast? As yet in grief and woe untaught, Thy heart should be at rest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Concert in Aid of St. Mary's New Church
On Wednesday evening a very successful concert, in aid of St. Mary's new church, came off in the hall of the Maitland School of Arts. The room was crowded, the ladies predominating in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dr. Chas. Horn's and Mr. M. H. [?]Wilson's Concert
On Wednesday evening a grand vocal and instrumental concert was given in the hall of the School of Arts by the above-named musicians, assisted by Mr. F. Z. Herrman, Herr B…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →La Trappe. (From "Historic Pictures?" By A. Baillie Cochrane, M.P.)
Those travellers who desire to visit La Trappe in general stop at Montagne; but even in these days the road from that town to the monastery is lonely and desolate. Few would venture to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. the Ball at Branxton. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—The committee of the Branxton School of Arts with praiseworthy effort, determined to got up a ball and supper, for the purpose of raising funds sufficient to provide furniture for their handsome new building, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Theatre on Fire. (From "Buying Life" in Chambers' Journal.)
I recollect such an occurrence, in a provincial town in the United States, where not only was the playhouse crammed with people, but the edifice was built of wood. This fact, so common…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Romans and the Britons. (From Pictures of the Periods. By William Francis Collier, LL.D.)
When the cohorts had defiled from the eastern gate of the camp, they were marshalled in three parallel lines, forming a miniature model of an army in complete battle array. Preceded…
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