Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
ORWELL.

some 2S young people are stHl at Suilsel
Lake, their two weeks will soon be up
II. d. Branch and family have taken car
riage drive to the south part of the state,
Some 70 Orwell people took in the trip
through Lake Champlain last Friday. Our
! Sunday school netted about SIS.
The leading question of the day is the water
question, and that is, Have you any? Many
farmers are driving their stock; others are
watering with pals from wells.
The officers of the Orwell Farmers club
held a meeting last Monday evening at the
residence of the president, f. d. Griswold, at
which a large amount of business was trans
acted.
The Orwell Farmers club held its annual
meeting last Saturday evening, and elected
officers as follows; President, +. d. Grswold
vice president, James Thomas; treasurer, f.
VI. Bottum secretary, NJ. d. Branch. Voted
to hold fair this fall, the date left with the
officers.
Too late for last issue.
Miss Julia Bascom of Whitehall is visiting
at Mrs. d. w. Clark's.
Mrs. Virginia Kimball OF Boston is visiting
her brother, Louis n. Bessette.
Mrs. Wilson and daughter of New York
city are visiting Mrs. Walter II. Vincent.
\. J. Huff, NJ. X. Brown, Chas. Z. Ray and
Lewis Cuts attended the races at Glens Falls
on Wednesday and Thursday
The Bascom family Of Shoreham and Or
well held picnic on Mount Defiance Mon
day, Aug. IL. \ large number were present.
large and appreciative audience COM
pletely filed Orwell Town hall on the evening
of the 18th to witness an artistic presentation
Of the well-known drama entitled "1he Flow
ing Bowl" Long before the rising of the
curtain every seat in the house was occupied,
and standing room was at a premium. Every
part OF the country was represented. Many
faces familiar as far south as New Orleans, on
the Pacific coast, way down in Maine and
throughout the Middle states were scattered
through the house, and so many friends ex-
changed greetings across the hall that it
seemed as if one large family had met by pre-
vious appointment on common ground to
make the evening one of festvity and rejoicing.
Promptly at o'clock the curtain was rung
up, and instantly everybody quoted down to
enjoy the treat in store for them. The play
was an enormous success, and the manner in
which it was presented showed the result of
hard study and careful rehearsas on the part
of the ladies and gentlemen taking part. The
attention Of the audience was held from the
beginning to the end, and as the plot was
gradually unfolded the feelings of all present
were wrought up to the utmost intensity; and
in the last act when Marion discovers her
father in the rough boatman and falls on her
Knees at his feet crying "Dasies, Dasies," the
house burst INTO long-continued tumultuous
applause, bringing the evening to such sue
cessful termination that the heart of Miss
Anne J, Phelps, under whose supervision the
jplay was produced, must have throbbed with
'alglorious triumph.
| 1t would be a pleasure to make personal
mention of those who took part in the play,
but this would include the whole company, all
of whom performed their several parts to the
entire satisfaction of the large audience. We
must, however, call particular attention to the
finished acting of Miss Jessie Mosman, whose
portrayal of Marion Moore showed talent of
high order. Miss Daisy Daniels as Jessie
Morris acted her part so well that it is no
wonder that she almost drove her lover, Char
lie Wilkins (John Stickney) to commit some
desperate deed. Martin Moore, represented
, by Carl Daniels, was ably rendered. his sur
render of his daughter to the reckless Herbert
Poole to save himself from ruin being one of
the many hits of the evening. Harry Church
as MAJOR Fitzpatrick, the comic Irishman of
the play, caused the audience no end of fun
by his natural rendering OF son of Erin. All
the other characters, including Alison Matot
as the young lawyer, John Alden as the boat
man, and Warren Baldwin as Pete, a black
boy, were iaultessly portrayed, and the large
audience is to be congratulated on having wit
messed dramatic performance that will long
be remembered with infinite pleasure.
There was an important feature of the play
that was particularly noticeable and that was