The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-01-23

essay force. Charlie story should /
have used that clear base voice To a 1
little better advantage. The tendency .
of such a voice TO q monotone is diff 1
cult TO overcome and Yet when it IS
used within its natural compass. and
sinks rather than rises 10 give force 70
its utterances It become intensely con !
yincing and powerful. The Witeh's
daughter, recited by Miss Keith was
well rendered especially in its more
pathetic parts. Though she had not
so fine voice as Miss Jenness or Miss
Whipple, she used what she did have
to so good advantage that we do not
hesitate to pronounce it the finest rec-
itation we hearl during the evening.
Frank ii. Waterman delivered that
old butnone the less eloquent declama-
ton on America. Mr.. Waterman
spoke quite well but must outgrow
that swinging motion Of the body. Let
him never attempt to he anybody but
himself, for he has in him the elements
of marked individuality. The essay
of Miss Sabin about pictures indicat-
ed a fine imagination and her descrip-
ton of home and school scenes must
have called up in the miads of many
of her hearers like pictures that were
long ago hung on the walls ofrmemo-
.ry. An Grafton by Joseph Scott of
Eden followed. 1t contained good
and original thought. A little weak
at some points but strong enough at
others to make it on the whole exceed
ingly creditable. The closing piece of
the programme was an essay by Miss
Nellie Whipplc and we will say no
more of it than that it well deserved
the place it occupied. Rev. Mr.. Hunt
ington addressed the graduating class
after which teachers were presented
with some very fine presents in a
neat speech by Mr.. Scott in behalf Of
the graduating class to which he be-
longed. Mr.. Crippen neatly respond
ed and after benediction the hall was
cleared and pleasant levee held.
CHICAGO, Jan. II.
DEAR NEWS
Though late. desire through your ever
welcome paper. to send New Years greet
| ings to my friends among its readers.
There has been 10 sleighing yet, nor
any very cold weather. but the mud sea-
son has been long-continued, and the
roads. in the country, impossible.
Banks have burst. and thousands have
lost their Savings and ten thousand
have lost faith in their fidelity. Failures
among prominent men, are becoming so
common, that scarce ripple ON the seeth-
| ing mass of humanity is noticeable. Two
months ago the Relief Society had had
twenty-four thousand applicants for help,
and it is said there are now ten thousand
unemployed men some of them trying to
exc out a miserable existence without
work while a majority are looking for
something to do, even though they get
small paw. Over 400 saloons dot and
blot this great city, and it is sad fact,
that more people congregate in them Oh
| al G,I la, IN, hn al, hoe
bined.
The Convention of the Ladies' Chris
| tian Temperance Union, With rset here
in Oct, gave new impetus to the work,
and soon after. by report from the chief
of Police on the South side, it was found
that of large number of arrests for
drunkenness, over twO-thirds were men
under age. Measures were Immediately
taken by temperance people to shut, the
doors of saloons against minors. and as
the result, an organization, called the Git
izeus' League, are now in active opera
tion. They employ men whose business ii
is from morning till midnight to search
out report these breakers of the law. Be
side this, the churches are all awake to
the work and in several of them earnest
christian young men have banded them
selves together, to resue souls. On each
Sabbath after the services of the day they
visit these saloons, and by loving earnest
appeals to the inmates. accompanied by
invitations to go with them to the prayer
meetings of the even. They save many a
wretchGd wanderer, who was once the
light of perhaps New England home
and who will during life bless the efforts
of the ''Y okc Fellows Bank" A daily
temperance prayer meeting is holden ii
Farewell Hall at three p. NJ, and two OF
the noon prayer meetings of theweek arc
especially devoted to the cause. These
meetings are full, and of late crowded
and constant revival work is in progress
There are touching scenes, and thrilling
incidents, which would be glad to relate
but have already exceeded the bounds
that had restricted myself not to pass
| will only add that as | close, the sun il
shining as warm and brightly as in June
and five hundred Of the Sons and Daugh
tiers OF dear old Vermont are happy il
r the anticipation oftheir grand yearly ban
quet this evening, at the Grand Pacific.
II. NJ. p.