The attendance of visitors Saturday
evening was very slim and the prospect
for a successful fair was dubious. Sun
day afternoon and evening, however,
matters brightened up considerably, al
though there was nothing like the num
her of guests the firemen and their friends
had reason to expect. The St. Joseph
Brass Band rendered handsome service
by playing all afternoon and until a late
hour in the evening, and the Silver Cor
net Band kindly volunteered similar as
sistance, giving (several tunes from the
stage inside the hall.
Monday night the festival closed
with a ball, and this was decidedly the
most successful part of the entertain
ment. The attendance was good and
the guests appeared to enjoy themselves
to the utmost. Music was furnished by
the Centeunial String Band, and to its
harmonious cadences nimble feet kept
tripping until three hours past midnight.
The net results of the fair and ball in
a financial sense were meagre, footing up
only about $200, but as the expenses
were unusually heavy, the Hooks are to
be congratulated upon achieving even
that comparatively smtall measure ofsuc
cess. Mr. James Teller, the large-hearted
patron of the company, was a liberal con
tributor, and his estimable lady donated
a splendid cake that was placed in raffle
and netted a handsome sum. The little
son of M. Tobias, Esq., held the lucky
number that won the cake. The raffle
was conducted by Mrs. Solomon Schon
berg.
' The following ladies assisted in the
- conduct of the entertainment, and were
indefatigable in their efforts to render it
successful: Mrs. C. Keating, Mrs. 0. Ter
rio, Mrs. Sol. Schonberg, Mrs. Moise Le
vy, Mrs. D. A. Weber, Mrs. C. Conghlin,
Mrs. A. Genazzini, Mrs. A. Thibant, Mrs.
