Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-12-24

that tn, exercises would be continued
ut half-pas seven in the evening. We
have TO mention especially the dcc'ama-
ton of little Willie Taylor. lad six
years o. age, who appeared upon the
stage with an extended defamation
which would have been crcditablc to
many n young man of mature years.
When we reflect that the exercises of the
afternoon, were taken part in mainly by
the little boys and girls of from five to
ten summers, we are astonishcd with
their free add easy appearance, manli.
ness and lady-likc behavior upon the
stage, and are compelled to aclln ,wlcdge
that their training has been valuable
and succe ssful
A inc Motto, worked in evergreen
These are our Jcwclsn overhung the
canopy, and further in the rear, the
Motto was displayed, Merry Christ
mas" The little ones mcrrly sang their
Christm as songs Of Santa Claus" and
well filled stockings wi any CT them
awake on Christmas morning and find
that Santa Claus has not visited them
We hope not. Parents, remember the
Jewels.u
AT o'clock precisely, the curtains
dropped and the exercises were closed.
The doors opened again at Gas ana at
half past seven, the piano responded to
the fingers of Misses Nellie Fletcher and
Kittie Foster in a lively march, and 95
young ladies came up from their rooms,
to take their places upon the stage :
BY particular request tour greeting
soug" was repeated by these young
ladies, assisted by many scores of the
young men CT the school, and was re
ccived, as in the afternoon, with great
applause.
2nd. The Immortality of patriots de-
lamatiOn-Braincrd.
3rd. Eulogy on JaclSson-Mooney.
4tI. Civil and Religious liberty, de-
clamation-Eddic II. Smith.
9Th. Dialogue-No cure no paw q
a burlesque on women doctors. The
following young ladies took part Kitty
Garvin, Ellie Ray, Mime Halves, Adct
Filibrown, Alice Lyon, Lille Cobb and
Carrie Carr II. Miss Carroll performed
the part of the servant girl to perfect
ton and the old LADY was on hand Will
hers.
9th. BE still. This was capital song
sung by 40 young ladies of Miss White.
class.
18th. The Polish Experimentation
by Arthur Weeks.
Sth. The Mechanic Arts--dcclama
l ton by sheldon Hatch.
9th. Martyrdom Of Perpotua-dcclam
ton by Charlie Sampson.
10th. BY request the Dutchman'
story was repeated by Regain.
1lth. The Christmas Tree and SAINT;
CT us. This was a Carol piece gottol
up for the occasion by Miss Weeks il
which 20 of her girls took part, wh'
were assisted by 20 of Miss Holyollc'
boys.
18th. Rum's manaic,-dcclamati
by Collins Huntington.
18Th Evils OF ignorance, -dccamatiol
by Arthur Hardy.
18th, Gallilco-dccla nation, War
ner
18th. French dialoguc-In which tn
, following young ladies took part: ETH
Stannard, Iary Clark, Minnie IIawcs
Libbic Pocluett and little Freddie Poo
quctt. As w had no Interpreter, W
were unable to fully appreciate tin
Il ;,I ~ : t,, f. I,.,t l.,
was bride in the arrangement, and tn
tablaauX ut the close Woul indicate
: death in the family. The tabeauX w,
excellent.
e 18th. School girls festival. This wa
> q beautiful cantata, we'll arranged b
Miss Weeks from some or diilcrcu
> works, in which her girls to the numbo
of 81 appeared. Little Carrie Baldw
D. was Queen Of the May, and Emma Bow
II man wa the Fairy Queen, with
l. tableau at the close. This effort was
t, decided success.
:, 18th. "The Rival Poets, y. Joscp
~ siansouci and Frank Smith, furnisAe
i" unbounded amusement for the large III
," dience.
70 18th. "Thc School Girls choice, rec
III tative. Two by two, to the number
10 young.lades, appear ana take part
nj this choice.
nj 10Th. "Our School House." with V;
riations to suit the neutrality-suspicious.
~, tiOn-Willie Tinker.
Goth. "Falmels Girls'-'rhis was O
ar exhibition % rare old fashioned far
be house kitchen, much at variance wit
the modern and popular idea of "W
10 mems rights" Here we saw the Grad
1, transmitted through many noncrnt iun