The Portland daily press., 1892-06-25
Attractions Promised at the Coming
Assembly in Fryeburg.
AN OUTLINE OF THE MEETINGS TO
BEGIN JULY 26TH.

| Lecturers,
The Northern New England Sunday
| School Assembly and Maine Chautauqua
Union will meet as usual this SUNNI er
at Marthas Grove Fryebury. On
the picturesque Saco just out from the
| beautiful village of Fryeburg is MARTHA S
Grove, charming summer retrea that
has come into marked pro minence as a
resort for Sunday school workers and
Maine Chautauquans.
Here the assembly will hold it S seventh
annual meeting from July Goth to Angus t
18th. The programme is very attractive
1t offers to those W ho attend several
courses of instr uction. one of which is
| the Swedish system of gymnastics.
Prof. Robinson who has taught gymnas-
tics in the Boston schools for three wears
| will be with the assembly all the time
and will teach two classes. Onea is normal
class for ladies only, which is intended
! for teachers and those who wish to use
the system in the school room and home.
This is rare opportunity for teachers
to gain a knowledge of gymnastic
teaching at small expense. Prof.
Robinson's cOnd class will be for any,
one interested. He will also give four
lectures on gymn astics and methods of
| teaching the same.
Miss Anna Barrows, teacher of cook
| ing in the School of Domestic Science. y
| Boston, and lecturer at Lasell Seminary.
| will preside as mistress of kitchen and
demonstrate the superiority of scientific
cooking and give suggestions regarding
marketing, table-setting and laundry
work; also kitchen garden for the chill
| dren.
Prof. F. A. Bowdoin, well known
music teacher will have charge of the
musical department. He will be assisted
by Mrs. Jennie King Morrison, Miss
Lizzie NJ. Brown, Miss Florence G.
Knight, Mr. Everett Waterhouse of Port
land, Mrs. Cora F. Pike of Norway, and
Miss Mamie Jones of the Cecilian
| Quartette. as pianist with other noted
| talent.
Miss Gertrude L. Stone, A. NJ, r. B.
Dunn professor of normal instruction in
| Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Female
| College, is to have charge of the Sunday
school teachers department. Miss Stone
gave unqualified satisfaction last year.
| Her list of lessons is an attractive one
also give private lessons in map drawing
| and clay modelling.
On W. G. t. U. day Mrs. Stevens
| president of Maine w. C. 7. IT,, and Miss
Lucia E. F. Kimball, superintendent of
the Worlds and National Sunday school
department, will give addresses. Other
prominent women will be present and
| speak. The White Ribbon Quartette
will furnish music during the day. Prof
). L. Ford of New York will appear for
the first time as reader. He is a
teacher of rank, a reader of unusual
versatility. He has flood for the
hungry" fun for the mirthful'' and
tears for the pathetic
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore whom every
one delights to listen to will give two
one on Columbus Rev. L. W. Staples
| will give two illustrated lectures on
The Rhine and the Alps" and eve
suvius and Pompeii'' Prof. Shailor
Mathews of Colby University will also
give, an illustrated lecture on "a Day in
Ancient Rome,' and will lecture on Col
lege Day. Miss Cecile Gohl of New
York is a new star and is making quite
stir in the lecture field. She will speak
on Home Life in Sweden Miss Gohl
has spent ten years in the land of the
midnight sun, and her lecture is exceed
ingly interesting. Recognition Day. is
always gala day in the assembly, and
never fails to draw great concourse of
people.
Bishop r. S. Foster, D. D.. LII, D.. of
Boston, will give the address. Bishop
Foster is an orator of great popularity
and one OF the ablest men that ever
graced the American pulpit or platform.
Among the other attractions are two
grand concerts by the Cecilian Ouartette
of Portland with John S. Barrows and
Miss Susan Walker as readers, and
grand closing concert under the manage
ment of Prof. Bowdoin in which MANY
noted singers will take part.
There is to be ''Y. M. C. A, Day.,
Young Peoples and Sunday School
Day." college Day. "Grange Day. and
Board of Agriculture Day. On all
these days prominent speakers will be
present and deliver addresses. The fol-
lowing noted speakers will lecture: Rev.
J. M. King. D. D., of New York, Miss
Mary F. Farnham Of South Africa. Rev.
Edgar M. Smith, D. D., Rev. Asa Dalton.
D. D., Harry w. Kimball, A. B., Rev.
w. F. Livingston, Miss Pike, Rev. H.
Hewitt, Rev. G.. w. Bradlee, Rev. d.
S. Bean and many others.
On Political Day. the three parties
will be represented by able speakers, and
it is expected that a great crowd will be
present.
The assembly this year will be the best
ever held. There will be two White
Mountain days, in order to accommodate
the large number who avail themselves
of the opportunity to visit Mount Wash
ington at a very small expense as the
fares on these days are very low. In
former years the numbers have been SO
large that some have been unable to 90
up Mount Washington because there
were no cars to take them. These days
are ''red letter. ones with the ASSEMBLY,
Fryeburg is reached from Portland by
the mountain division of the Maine
Central railroad, passing Lake Sebago
through some of the finest scenery In
America. The equipment of the road is
complete and through the kindness of
Col. r. b. Boothby, the general passenger
agent, the fares on all divisions of fhe
road have been greatly reduced. At
Fryeburg station the horse cars are in
waiting to take passengers to the
grounds. Mr.. S. w. Fife, the accom-