Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-08-14
Notes from the Fryeburg Chau-
tauqua.
MlGruls GRoyE, Aug o.

MARrmls GRoyE. Aug o.
w. G. 7. u. conferences have beer
held daily ,hi. week. undsr the ehsrs. Of
Mrs. /. VI. ". Stevens OF Portland. Mrs.
T. A. q. stieknsy Of Bro~nhsld. and
Nj. Elizabeth Yates Of Round Pond.
Among the many speakers q, these COZ.
ference. have been Mi. Laeia Kimb.ll
Of Chicago. Mrs. NJ. 7. w. Merrill and
Mp. Geo. S. Hunt Of Portland.
Among the graduates in the elias. Of
IS W. Mrs. Cora $. Btgs. Of South
Pari.
One more testimonial to the beauty Of
ffyebars va. given by Hon. Geo. Make
peace To~l-. who said ih., !, Vas one Of
the most beautiful places he had ever
visited.
Several Of the lecturers have given
lecture. which have been delivered 3,
Ch.u,auqaa and birmingham. 90 no one
can complain ,h., the Assembly doe. no,
furnish ,hs bee, the land affords.
The Maine ChAutAuqua Union has
elected officers for nsS, year. Nsp little
;h.ngs !. made from last years board.
Prr.lieni. freeman Hatch, Esl
Vice Presidents, lev. I. o. Warren, u. ID II,
Rev. Asa Dalton, u. ~. ". W. sisison.
secretary. ". II. stevens.
Treasurer. y. wai.rbouse.
Ekscauve Commlttss. freeman Hatch, 7 ~.
johnson. Rev. n. q, saov, y. ". Edison, Rev.
u. Cousins, Rev. ". y berry. Rev. a. q. Dunn.
Rev. q. .. Lindsay. is. DafTo-s.
Many people imagine that Chlu,aa-
luA Assembly resembles = e.mp-mes,.
ing This L.. great mistake. The lee
,urer repre,en, all parties Of politics aud
III denominations Of religion -. this
year there have been Univer,alis,'. B'p-
lists. Congregstionali,,,. Uhiiarian. and
Ms,hods,s. The subject. are quite as
varied-li,eraiare, art snd science. rem.
ini.esher. Of travel aud adventure, ten.
Persnoe and the questions Of to-day,
and the more solid lectures have been
enlivened by those illustrated. Several
concert. have been given.
Oxford County has no, been well rep
resented q, the Assembly. though Brown.
field has sen, large number. Mrs.
Mary Snow Giles Of tina, town was one
u the graduating class.
Herbert Gle, !. member OF the com.
mi,,ee chosen by 80 TO decorate the aud.
forum hsI' year.
Mis-. II. Ella Charlie. Of Lowell spent
this week q, the Grove House. Mrs.
Edward Bell and Mrs. Seth Walker Of
Lowell attended some Of ,h. lectures.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Woodbury. Of
Sweden were on the ground, one day, as
sere also Mr.. and Miss Maxim OF Sjuth
Paris.
The Fryeburg Horse Rail Road has
accommodated many Of the to~n'people
Who have heretofore been unable to attend
the meetings. II ha. carried from 200
to 400 passengers daily baiween the
grounds and village. .
Some Of the boarder 10 the village,
from Portland. Bo.,on and Philadelphia.
have been constant attendants, showing
that they appreciated the value Of these
meetings.
One Of our bu.ies, farmers, who has
been prssn, whenever !, ". no, good
hay weather. says he know. Of no way to
get 50 much Information for one dollar
,nd fifty cents.
Oae Of the best lecturers was Prof.
H. l.. Chapman. formerly OF Bethel, now
professor in Bowdoin College.
Msrihs's Grove Is q gres, resort for
babies. The queen Of them all Was
airline o.gOOd, daughter Of MI. and
Mrs T.. S o,soOd Of the Argus. Though
le. than = year old, she takes to pencils
and paper as readily as duck to water
w. w. Ste,son, E'q, Of Auburn,
Superintendent, Of Schools Of that city.
mas given two exeell:n, addresses.
Rev. John Collins with son and dsugh-
ter. and others from KeEr Falls, have
been pre.en, through mos, Of the As
.embly
1ns dining room =, the Grove House
ha, been the scene Of many lively dis
cu.,iOn. over topics introduced BY various
lectures.
One pleasant feature throughout the
two weeks. has been the lack Of Stiffness
and the pleuan, aequainiAncss made.
The river bank =, sunse, Is the place and
time for many pienies.
The three rainy days this week have
been rather d.mpening. but the las, day
VS. beautiful AID the weather for the
mountain excursion was hne. Many
Chsi,.uquans and O,hsr from the sur.
rounding towns enjoyed this ,riP to
R.bysn's aud Mount Washington.