Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-10-16

upon payment of one dollar, and ladie
upon the payment of fifty cents to TIL
treasurer. This certificate of member
ship admits the members to all the re
hesrsals for the year. There are ct leas
fifty Of these rehcarsals. and the regula
charge to those not members is ten cents
per eve. AS matter Of economy to thos,
who attend any considerable portion O.
the time-as many have during the past
year-the honorary membership is good
device. We hope many of the citizens
of this village may become members FOL
the ensuing year and feel safe in saying
that the investment is a good one and
for a worthy cause. It is subject Of
generalization, that in single year this
Association has assumed an honorable pc,
sition among the music loving people Of
the county. and some of its members rank
among the first talent in the state,
No part of our ornamental education is
so rtfning-so elevatiug-as music. We
have faith in the house where music is
cultivated We eau assure any young
person who considers the time spent in
musicai study lost, that no investment in
science or art will ever bring them half
so many sweet returns. To be even a
tolerable musician, is a passport TO good
society anywhere in Americ while to
have an apprcciativc ear for good musical
performances always gives a civilized
Stranger a good Impression of one. Mus.
cal cultivation has heretofore been rather
expensive to the people of this county
10 get scholars advanced beyond the
mere rudiments of the art, they have been
obliged to send them away to some city
or distant school. The well directed ef-
forts Of this association, literally sustain
ed by the people, as we have no doubt it
will be, will DO much to obviate this evil.
And there is no good reason why we
should be behind other counties in,the
state in this respect, and we do not mean
to be. But Que great trouble here ig, that
the people are not educated to pay for mu-
sic. Even those who really love it, do
not think it worth paying for, except upon
very especial occasions. This throws the
burden too much upon the performers. If
indeed, the performers were ladies and
gentlemen of ample fortunes, who could
afford to give their time and money so
freely, we have no doubt they would be
richly paid in the abundant pleasure they
derive from their own performances but
euah is not the case, and those who con.
slider it more profitable to pursue their
daily afliIs constantly, than to spend an
evening or two weekly in these rehcarsals,
should feel willing to pay little, each
in small sum--to sustain the associa-
ton. There are occasions in the lives of
all Of us when we want to hear good mu-
sic,-want a good choir--to sing, perhaps,
a requiem for our dead. We beg of you,
friends, to consider that, though musical
cultivation brings to its votaries much
pleasure, here in the country it is not pc
remunerativc; and little help
and encouragement from you at this time
will be appreciated by the association, and
VIC hope during the year will meet you
rich return in sweet harmonies. So when
the committeeman or woman gives you a
call, greet him or her with friendly re
coguition of good service, and cheerfuly
give the required dollar or fifty cents &C.
cording your male or female persua-
sion.