He continued with Matt Peel practically until the latter’s death, in 1859, after which he joined Bryant’s Minstrels in New York, where he remained about three years. Tommy Peel was born in Albany, N. Y., September, 1841; he died in Melbourne, Aus., July 31, 1869. J. F. SULLIVAN, prominent as a balladist at various times with the minstrel companies of Duprez and Green; Sharpley’s; Buckley’s, and Skiff and Gaylord’s, died in Boston, Mass., August 20, 1866; age 25 years. FRANK HOWARD (Hurd), an old-time general minstrel performer of several early companies, was born in Boston, Mass.; he died in Chicago, Ill., January 4, 1897; age 56 years. [Illustration: DAN. BRYANT “HANK” MUDGE S. S. PURDY A TRIO OF TROJANS. TOM ENGLISH, Born in Ireland SID. C. FRANCE, Born in England CHAS. K. FRENCH, Born in the United States ISN’T THIS THE FUNNY OLD WORLD?] J. K. “FRITZ” EMMETT (Kleinfelter), the famous singing Dutch comedian, played several minstrel engagements before coming East; but always in white-face. On June 1, 1868, at De Bar’s Opera House, St. Louis, Mo., (R. M.) Carroll and Emmett’s (J. K.) Minstrels began a brief engagement. Late in the same month he made his first New York appearance in _black-face_ at Bryant’s Minstrels, and this was not the only time Mr. Emmett ever appeared in corked features. The engagement terminated in July following. J. K. Emmett was born in St. Louis, Mo., March 13, 1841; he died in Cornwall, N. Y., June 15, 1891. BEN HAYES (J. C. Allian) the old-time comedian and general performer, made his first appearance with the Sands & Mazzoni Company, in 1863. That same year he joined the Morris Bros., Pell and Trowbridge Company, subsequently appearing with Cal. Wagner’s Minstrels for three years. With Frank Wild in Buffalo, he was associated three years, also in many other variety houses did he play long stock engagements. Ben Hayes was born in New York City, October 26, 1841. JOSEPH M. NORCROSS, for many years known as Joseph Norrie, is one of the oldest and most prominent interlocutors in minstrelsy. He first appeared professionally with the late Fred Sharpley and his own minstrel company in 1857. In 1862 he joined Carncross and Dixey’s Minstrels in Philadelphia, and in 1870 joined Simmons and Slocum in the same city, and remained two years with that company, including a trip to California. Subsequently Mr. Norcross joined Birch, Wambold and Backus’ Minstrels in New York, continuing there two years, after which he joined Bryant’s Minstrels, also in the Metropolis, and remained until the death of Dan Bryant. Mr. Norcross was two years with Emerson’s Minstrels in San Francisco, and a like period with Buckley’s Serenaders. He was with Haverly seven years, including a trip to England, in 1884.