St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-14

absence of the president, Mrs. Gov
Fairbanks, who is abroad, Mrs. c. NJ
Stone of st. Johnsbury, vice president
of Caledonia county, presided. A
pleasant address of welcome was made
by Mrs. J. H. Hincks of Montpelier,
which was responded to in behalf OF
the society by Mrs. j. H. GOulding OF
Dorset. The reports of the secretary,
Miss Aiken, and of the vice-presidents
showed an increase of interest in the
Board, and of membership, two new
auxiliaries, and six new mission cir
cles having been added in the year.
The treasurer reported receipts for
eleven months past-the books having
been closed a month earlier than here
tofore-at $1,000. AS one quarter of
the total receipts of the year have been
received in the month of October,
heretofore, the above sum is calculated
to represent about three-quarters of
the contributions for a full year. The
officers of the last year were reelected
with three or four changes made nee
essary by designations or removal of
residence. Addresses were given by
Mrs. E. ii. Barnes of the Bureau of Ex-
change, Boston, and Mrs. c. w. Park
of Bombay upon her mission field, and
Miss Jane Chamberlain of Peacham
upon her sisters work in Sivas, Tur-
KEY. Mrs. II. 4. Fuller of st. Johns
bury gave interesting extracts from the
letters of the missionaries connected
with the Vermont Branch. A paper
by Miss Mary c. Torrey of Burlington
upon "The claims of Missions upon
Young Women" was read. A resolu-
ton was adopted expressive of the
sense of loss in the death of Mrs. Lu-
ther c. Daniels of Rutland, the first
president of the Vermont branch.
The Musical Festival.
The annual festival of the st. Johns
bury Choral Union closed on Friday
evening of last week. AS was stated
last week, the chorus was not so nu-
merOus as at some previous gatherings,
but it improved rapidly, and became
what Mr.. Zerrahn claimed to be the
haSt ona for atfao+iHra uSa ba bo6 aUa,
had in town. The solo talent and in
strumentalists were all present both
Thursday and Friday, and the matt
nees and concerts were exceedingly
choice. The Thursday evening con-
cert was much the most attractive tC
the audience generally, because of its
variety. Besides three pieces by
Blaisdell's orchestra, and three cho-
ruses, Mrs. Lloyd sung a selection
from La Traviata with much bril-
liancy; Mrs. Henderson gave Balfe''
touching ebay is done," with real pa
thos Mr.. Want sung Sullivan's "Sail
or's grave" and Mr.. Babcock on al
encore of the "Path of duty" gave ;
humorous song which fairly brought
down the house. One of the choices
things of the evening was "The Fish
erman," Duet by Messrs. Want an(
BabcOck the audience would not Lei
them off without a repetition. TIL,
choruses of the evening were CRANE
and well done and there was nothing
better on the program than GOunOd'i
"Holy, Holy" and ITO thee, o Coun
try" by Eichberg. Taken all in all
the Thursday evening concert was one
of the best ever given in town. Fri
days matinee was also very fine; som,
consider it the choicest of the series o
entertainments. On Friday evening
the chorus brought out Haydn's ora,
toriO of the Creation. The solo part.
were taken by Mrs. Juliet F. Lloyd
Mr.. G. w. Want, and Mr.. d. NJ. Bah
cock, of Boston. These parts were
well done, especially that of Mr.. Bah
cock, whose magnificent voice wa,
equal to the occasion. The chorus
under the baton of Mr.. Zerrahn, CAV,
this difficult oratOriO with marked eff
feet.
While the festival was musica
success, it was not so financially. No
have any of these gatherings paid il
dollars and cents, since the manage
ment has procured the best talent ant
abundance of it. This year there wa
Il full quartette, an orchestra, and al
accompanist, besides the director
first class talent. Perhaps one-hal
this talent would draw as large audi
ences and give nearly equal satisfac
ton.