That thought came to the Abbeys and was swiftly put into action- two Little Evas ascending to heaven on two ropes, two vicious Simon Legrees brandishing two menacing horsewhips, two Elizas clutching two babes skittering across the icefloes, even two bloodhounds and two ponies.
    The only thing there seems to have been one of was a wondrous curiosity which was billed in the programs as "Edison's Electric Parlor Lamp." Since electricity was still in the future as a common lighting source, we can only surmise that the lamp must have been battery-powered. This was Music Hall's first connection with the name of Thomas A. Edison.
    In the ensuing years, Music Hall played host to a variety of events. One, a lecture by one Theodore Tilton entitled "The World of Tomorrow," so stirred the Music Hall audience that the editor of the Long Island Traveler called for the founding of a group to present more such offerings and to give the proceeds to the Riverhead Reading Room, located on the top floor of the yellow-brick Bank Building still standing on Main Street. This was the start of the Riverhead Lecture Society, which in turn brought about what we know today as the Riverhead Free Library.
    In April of 1885, Music Hall contributed to the construction of the pedestal of the "Bartholdi Statue," according to a Traveler item.