The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-27
BRAINY MEN AND WOMEN.
Are Gathered at Fryebnrg by the
Chatauqua Assembly.

Instruction and Recreation Are Blended
in the Days Programe-who are There
and What They Are Doing.
| Especial to the Press)
Martha's. Grove, Fryeburg, July rs,
1894. always thought you enthused
over Fryeburg. because it was your home.
| No see it was because it was Fryeburg. u
| Overheard on the piazza of the Grove
House.
Fryeburg is indeed sui generis. Was
there ever before such a charming pano-
rama of the forest, field and hill as that
which stretches away from the banks.of
the lovely Saco to the foot of the far
famed Chocorua? Within a stones
throw the street cars come jingling down
to this sylvan retreat, and all the arts
and sciences are in full swing under the
most competent instructors obtainable.
The eleventh session of the Northern
New England Assembly and Maine Chau-
tauqua Union opened last evening with
an unusually large mum Der, though the
rain had been coming down in buckets
out, and the air was fragrant with the
odors of the pines and ferns beaten out
by the storm.
Il would know l was in Fryeburg if
were bllndfolded," said ,one of the fire.
quent visitors to this lovely spot.
The first meeting was held in the
Auditorium. Inspiring addresses were
Lindsay, DR.. Carleton Kimball Vice
President E. y. Forbes, ESQ.,. Torlington,
Conn.,. Rev. F. N. Morgan, Miss Fish.
German instructor, Miss Parker, French
teacher, Prof. W. A. Robinson, Boston, M.
Wilson, Prof. Bowdoin, Miss Treadwell
and Mrs. E. II. Osgood, instructor in
parliamentary law.
The music this year is to be of high
order. The chorus rehearsals under
charge Of Fla Bowdoin open delight
fully. Mrs. Cora S. Briggs, South Paris,
one OF the finest pianists in the State is
an ideal accompanyist. Mrs. Eta Ster-
ling Sparrow, SO well known in Portland,
has been engaged as soloist, Mrs. Cora
F.Pike. Saco, contralto, Mr.. Fred 1.
dom, bass.
The morning was devoted to class
work. In the afternoon Mrs. Mary A.
Livermore gave her first lecture on ga
Modern Miracle or The Story of Chica-
CO." In the evening Rev.J.J. Lewis of
Boston delighted large audience with
his illustrated lecture on "The Passion
Play"
Among those present are, from Port
land: Rev. Geo. d. Lindsay and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Bowdoin, Chas. H.
Eastman, f. FL. johnson, Mrs. S. Eaton,
Miss lAinnie B. TreadwelI, FL. Day, Mrs
p. S. Osgood and Miss Osgood, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Warehouse, Miss B. B. Water
house, Miss Waterhouse. From Saco:
Mrs. Rudolph Richner, Miss Ruth Rich
ner, Miss Nellie Richner, Miss l. B. Rich
ner. Miss L. Fish, Brunswick; Ed
win N. Forbes, Torrington; Jesse C.
Forbes, Torrington; Miss Alice E,
Meader, Miss Annie B. Parker, Lynn,
Mass; Miss Lizzie E. Burnell, East
Hiram; Cora E. Clemens, Hiram,
Harold B. Eastman, Woodfords; E. r.
Staples, Bridgton, Miss Clara E. Staples;
Miss Cora F. Pike, Saco; Miss Cora S.
Briggs, South Paris; Miss Sparrow, PORT
land; Miss Clara M. Stauon, Miss Mary
r. Station, Mrs. G. H. Caldwell, Miss Il.
.. Chadwell, Miss Kathie M. Bent, Miss
Clara G. Breed, Lynn, Mass; Miss Lily
S. Brown, Bridgton; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Fish, Miss Ell. Woodride, Brunswick:
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Turner, Buxton Centre:
Miss Florence Cook, Atlanta, Ca; Miss
Annie Emery, Buxton Center; Mrs Kate
4. Wilson, Worcester, Mass Miss Luella |
p. Sleeper, Franklin, N. H.. Miss Alice
buchanan. Bangor; Miss G. r. Burgess.
Warren; Rev. F. Fl Morgan, ,tSkowhegan.
Miss M. Il. Thompson, Boston, Mass. Mr..
+. r. Bradbury, Brownfield Miss Grace
N. Wyman, Miss Marian Wyman. Mrs. J. |
W. Wyman kent's Hill; Miss Ella Fish. |
Hyde Park, Mass. Miss Sarah M |
Chase, Boston Miss E.W. Gould, Bridg- |
ton.