Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-05

by Miss Olive Dutton, and the school il
Dist. No. taught by Mrs. Myra Gray
closed the Goth ult.
Mrs. r. A. Melcher and Mrs. Henry
Parker are recovering from an attack O
pneumonia.-R. Maplesden is sick at tn,
home of his daughter, Mrs. D. A. Elliott
n Newport.
Twenty-seven below zero Friday morn
ing.
Hollis Blair of Jay is working for Will
jerks in his studio.
Miss Nellie Bean of Lowell, Mass, is Wis
iting at G. IL. Prouty's.
Rev. j. M. Dutton and wife have gone to
Lebanon, n. H., on visit.
Ed Carrick is making a business trip
through the state of New York.
There will be promenade and dance at
the Green Mountain hall next Friday
evening.
Lawyers Young and Young and E. A.
Cook were in Montpelier the past week in
attendance l. supreme court.
Darling & Son have been filling their
ice-house the past week. The ice is TWEEN
ty-four inches thick and of the best quality.
G. A. Ramsdell, who went from here to
North Troy to look after his hotel there,
has sold the same to G. E. Farnham of
Burke, who has taken possession.
Last Tuesday while Henry Blake was
preparing some wax at Z. Mansur's house.
it took fire, and his hand was badly burned
SO that in spots the flesh dropped off,
Last Wednesday DIR. E. E. Whitaker,
assisted by Drs. Ranney, Rutherford, and
Macleay amputated E. A. Stewards leg.
He stood the operation nicely and is doing
well.
Henry Leach has moved from Mrs
Roby's house into w. E. Tuck's tenement
house.-C. G. Davis has moved into his new
house on Second St.-Charles Morse has
moved to West Derby.
John Hildreth has closed his work at the
meat market Of 2. c. Blake & Sons and
gone to his home in Charleston.-C. G.
Tower of West Derby is back again.-M.
IL. Brown has closed his Iabors at the
freight office and is at work in the post
labOrs in the C0Ledonjan office at st. Johns
bury and is stopping here with his parents
at present.
The singing convention which met here
last week was a grand success financially
and otherwise. The chorus numbered one
hundred, among whom were many young
and promising singers. The orchestra
Of
eornet, clarinet, trombone and viola. j.
A. Wilmington, the leader, is a master of
he violin, especially happy in trills and
rapid passages, while liquid notes flow
from his agile bow like the song of the
robin in springtime. The parts seemed
we'll balanced and the cornet soloist,
Joseph Renaud, did some artistic work as
we'll. Angelo Truda played the clarinet and
). Haywood trombone. The quartet rem
lered some selections which were pro-
excellent in manner and matter.
F. L. Martin, bassO, from Boston is very
superior artist. He reminds one of Prof
RiX in his best days. His tones are deep
md rich and seem 20 be equally good in
oW, high or medium register. It is sell
lom one listens to a basso whose articula-
ion and expression is in many respects so
perfect. Frederic Smith, tenor, of Boston,
S one of the most pleasing soloists ever
heard in the county. His control OF his
7oice is truly remarkable. At times he
will pass from the finest pianisSimO to The
most powerful fortissimo without appar-
mt effort or facial expression. He is
trong of lung power and his tones are
oil
he most enthusiastic applause and he has
o return in answer to the encores usually
fter each selection. He will always be !
to the county by lovers of good
music. Miss Jennie Hunter, contralto, Of
r. l., is young, graceful and
adylike, and will make friends and win
avOr almost anywhere she sings. While |
here is nothing remarkably striking about !
Ter singing, there is much that is pleasing. /
II fact every tone of her voice is SO flute !
ike as to make her singing delight to all
Who hear it. Her voice has good register,
Ter words are distinctly enunciated and |
he seems to put soul and spirit into what |
he sings. Mrs. Carrie Doty Spooner,
opranO, of Newport, r. l., shows her /
dice to advantage in the selections rem /
cred. She possesses much power and |
has been well trained. She is !
allied a frst-class artist and her services !
re in demand and her musical ability !
in many places. Mrs. /
lucia Meade Priest, reader, rendered some
ne selections during the convention. She
xcels in foreign dialect recitations, and /
avors the kind Of pieces that might be
allied serio-comic, productions in which
eople might both cry and laugh as they
sten to the different parts; these she
ses to good advantage. Her facial ex-
ressions and dramatic manner help to
make her auditors listen with rapt atten-
ion and applaud any esspeciaIlY fine pas