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

and his kindheartedness serves to ca pti-
vate his chorus so he can make them
shade his compositions to his own liking.
occasionally he INDUCES in soma pleasantly
which is irresistible, causing convultions of
laughter which lubricates the vocal ma
chinery, and prepares the members of the
chorus for close, solid work in bringing
out the sentiment of the music. Miss
Anna Green of Newport, pianist, is a young
| lady of good musical talent and presided
very acceptably at the piano.. She seemed
to be able to execute the most difficult
music and has apparently a brilliant future
! in music awaiting her. We missed in the
chorus the familiar faces and voices of such
! singers as Hezzie Green, Asa COWles, Carl
Grimes, Merrick Taplin, F. w. Baldwin,
T. w. Bailey. Fl. Cleveland, Mrs. Homer
| Thrasher, Mrs. Jewell, Mrs. Ellen Ware,
! Mrs. +. w. Baldwin, and many others who
used to attend the convention. Your
! correspondent could not help realizing
what grand opportunities the people of
! Orleans counCy and vicinity had enjoyed
during the years of the life o. the musical as
ISOLATION. In our retrospect we call to mind
tlC "lHoAN u JIG p1dLO, MIS- 41dIbHd Llama
Shepard, whose soul stirring music used
to thrill and enthuse the whole conven-
ton. A woman of such queenIy dignity
that none ever saw and heard her preside
at the piano without being inspired with
a greater love for music and higher ap-
probation of musical accomplishments
How she threw her noble personality into
her playing and marched the most difficult
Orator1os through, striking in with her
voice on any part that failed in it's eXecu-
ton, until the whole chorus caught her
own enthusiasm and mastered the most
difficult music set before them. Shall we
ever find her equal? 1t is reported that
Carl Zerrhan said of her, eff she should
die l should never want to lead an
other singing convention" The officers
chosen for the ensuing year were: Pres1-
dent, IL. S. Root; vice president, G.. HI.
Prouty; secretary, Mrs. G. A. Tarlton;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. c.. A. Brown;
treasurer, G. F. Root; assistant treasurer,
G. f. Bigelow: executive committee, G. F. |
Ranney, T. M. Dawson, E. @. Blanchard. !
There were singers present from Coat1cook, |
Beebe Plain, Troy, Evansville, Albany, |
Newport, West Derby, Richford, Derby |
Line, Hatley, Worcester, Mass, Barton,
Hardwick, Lyndonville, Morgan, Pas
sumpsic, Glover, St. Adams, Sheffield
Coventry and Montgomery.
Newport Center
Mr.. and Mrs. F. l.. Hildreth and Mrs.
Nettie Perkins attended the musical con-
vention at Newport, last week.
Fred EstelI has had charge of the cream
I,
is at his home in Bloomington on account
of the severe illness of his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Campbell.
The literature club will meet with Mrs
o. j. Adams the evening of Feb 10th. The
subject for he evening is FLAMES Russell
Lowell" Mrs G. L. Erwin has charge of
the musical part of the entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Goddard of HoI-
land visited relatives in this place a few
days, recentIy.-Misses Edith Bailey and
Laura Beadle were home for a short time
recently.-Bert Scott of Barton Landing
was here last week cutting ice for the
creamery.-Fred Estell has returned from
Burlington, where he has been attending
the dairy school-Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bart
lett have returned from their visit to Prov
idence, r. /.
The following are the officers of the Sun
day school of the F. B. church for 1900:
Supt., D. l.. Hildreth; Asst. Supt., John
Kilby; Sec, Nettie Smith; Asst. Sec, Car
RE Willis; Treas, III. L. Smith; Lib, Will
lie WEIGH; organist, Nettie Smith. Teach
ers: Glass No. L, d. l.. Hidreth; No. 2, III.
L. Smith; No. 3, Mrs. Chas. Litchfield; No.
I, Geo W. Rogers; No. 5, Addie Glines;
No. 6, Nettie Smith; No. Z, John Kilby;
No. 8, Mrs. NJ. S. Harris; No. 8, Myrtle
Meacham.
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