Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-30
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CHARLESTOWN.

Rev. II. w. Darling and wife were in
town on Friday of last week.
Gardner Way is home from fishing
trip to Long pond and vicinity.
Mrs. James l.. Hunt visited friends
in Springfield, VT, last week.
Mrs. Hegus, Mrs. Colman and Lottie
Colman returned to Medford, Mass,
on Monday of this week.
A number of Charlestown people at
tended the camp meeting at Claremont
Junction during the week of its services.
The parched verdure of the lawns
and street borders give the fine old
street look very unlike "Old No. Az
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Roundy and
little Ralph were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Way on Monday and Tues
day of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter McIlroy visited
friends at South Charlestown and called
briefly on friends in this village the
first of the week.
Corn is being harvested rapidly and
potatoes taken from the ground in order
to get anything that is like crop from
the ravages of the drouth.
Delighted audiences enjoyed the two
evenings of travel with Rev. J. J. Lewis
in which Italy with its ancient Won
ders was explored and the "Passion
Play' at Oberammergau once more en-
joyed.
The school board has arranged the
following course of study for the
Charlestown high school:
First year-Fall term, arithmetic,
English grammar and composition
or latin, physiology; winter term, alge-
bra, English grammar and composition
spring term, algebra, English grammar
and composition or latin, botany.
Second year-Fall term. geometry,
English authors or latin, physics; Win
ter term, geometry, English authors or
latin, physics; spring term, geometry,
American authors, physics.
Third year-Fall term, algebra, Eng
lish literature English history; winter
term, algebra, English literature, gene
raj history; spring term, arithmetic,
American literature, civil government
Composition will be continued during
the second and third year in connection
with literature and history. Each pu-
pill of the third year will be required to
give one defamation or reading and
one essay before the school in the fall
and winter term.
The entertainment given under the
auspices of the Congregational society
as a church benefit, was, through the
management of Miss Emma Parker
and her friends, decided success in
every respect. "The Cradle Song of |
Many Nations was unique in all its
arrangements, and the beautiful tableau
was staged with wonderfully realistic
effect. The selection of those who re-
presented each type was true to the |
ideal, and perfectly natural was the
poise of each figure of the Giving
pictures, as the rise of the curtain pre-
sented them to the view of the large
audience. The burning of the colored
lights served to enhance the beauty of
each scene, and the melodious voices of
the singers, hidden from view, as they
rendered the "lullaby" of the various
nations, was transporting to the imag-
ination of all. 1t would be difficult to
discriminate, SO perfect were all the
types in the embodiment, but special
delight centered in the fairies, as with
outspread pinions, and brilliant wands
they guarded the cradle ofthe innocent
babe and the beautiful Madonna. Mrs.
Hubbard, Mrs. Labaree and the singer
from Bellows Falls, Miss Cooper, eli
cited great applause; Mrs. Labaree was
several times encored and returned to
bow her thanks for the appreciation of
the audience. Mr.. Hubbard also re-
ceived encores and kindly responded at
one time with a song the boys APP
preciated. The piano accompaniment
to all the songs was fine and the piano
solo was enjoyed by all lovers of in
strumental music. After the exodus
from the upper hall to the lower the
"sorcerers" held court in true Romany
style under the greenwood boughso
and the rattle of nickles betoke the
tempting of fate in the desire for knowl-
edge of the future. The patrons of the
ice cream department were many and
the walters were kept busy until late
in the evening. Mrs. James A. Hunt
decorated the stage-front with flowers
and foliage in profusion, while the
lower hall with the national colors, an
abundance of dropping ferns and the
japanese lanterns gave it a pleasing
appearance from all points of view.
The receipts were $50 and upward of $50
will accrue as profit from one of the
finest entertainments ever given by such
young participants. 1t is only right to
say that the ladies of the Congregational
society and their friends appreciate the
helpful kindness of Miss Parker and
her friends and the force of young
people who assisted in the beautiful