Entertainment at the Lunatic Asylum

ENTERTAINMENT AT THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. Last Wednesday [21 Sep] the inmates of the Lunatic Asylum, Fremantle, were entertained at a performance given by Messrs. Farmer and Imray's amateur company. The first part consisted of songs, ballads, choruses, negro sketches and jokes, which were highly appreciated by the audience. The performance concluded with a series of splendid dissolving views shown by Mr. Farmer. The pictures were twelve feet in diameter, and finer views have never been exhibited in the colony. The comic slides and startling effects produced seemed to be thoroughly enjoyed by the patients. At the conclusion Dr. Barnett highly complimented Messrs. Farmer & Imray and their company, and stated that it was the second time these gentlemen had gratuitously given their valuable services in arranging an entertainment for the delectation, of the inmates of the Asylum.