Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-19
MAN 105 YEARS OLD.

'hs idp'uIy compiled and the number of
pupils attending the schools and other in
te:cS'T figures can soon be made I. bile.
MAN 1O5 YEARS OLD.
Antoine Green of Lowell, who is visit
Ing his son, Thomas Green, in Berkshire
was In barber shop in Enosburgh Falls
village waiting his turn on Saturday
morning. The unusual thing about It is
that he was born June IL, 1901. in St. Fran
els. Que lie has lived in the States for
the past 10 years. An unusual incident
occurred when in 1861 he enlisted but was
rejected on account of his age. Mr.. Green
walks erect with his six feet two inches
and would PASS anywhere for not over
80 to 90 years. His hearing Is somewhat
defective though not more so than many
of CO.
BELLOWS FALLS HAS GRAND
OPERA SINGER
After many years of hard and conscien-
tious study. aided by natural vocal abil-
ity, Miss Annie Dellingham Fletcher, u
charming young society woman of Bel
lows Falls with Il remarkable soprano
voice, IL being eagerly sought for grand
opera the coming season. Her delay in
|
she has had several nattcring offers
Miss Fletcher has been very uncom-
municativc even to her closest friends
about her debut with some leading COM
pany this season. With the exception
of a comparatively few Appearances be-
hind the footlights. and those principally
for the cdification of her vocal instruc-
tor, Prof. Frank FORESTER of New York
la ho hal TINT. af
experience on the stage. Despite that,
however, she has shown conclusively that
she is IL good actress as we'll as "A clever
vocalist. OF ali who heard her recently
in New York. WHOM she was given an OPP
portunity to sing before several critics,
not one was more enthusiastically i'm
pressed than Mr.. Maurice Grau who sent
her very nattcrng letter complimenting
| her upon her achievement in the musical
| world. and at the same time Offering her
a place In an opera company with a
good salary and with a promise of a
substantial advance for the following sea-
son. after she has had n years eXper-
! iencc. That was some weeks ago and
although she was urged several times to
accept she has not fully decided AL
| though tho salary is good, and even more
| than Miss Fletcher anticipated. still there
are other offers which she has received
which would net her n greater income
| for the next few years. and with COM
panies, too, that are regarded as among
the leaders. With her natural ability as
| n vocalist, Miss Fletcher sings with a
grace and ease seldom found in one of
such limited experience on the stage.
She was educated in St. Agnes Hall an
exclusive Episcopal privn,e school In this
town. 7. was while there that her in
structors advised her parents to give her
n finished musical education.
| They, however. decided on an
instrumental musical education for her,
and Miss Fletcher was given instruction
upon the piano She sang she played,
when the opportunity presented itself,
and was many times warned by her
mother that she should devote her time
wholly to her piano II she wanted TO be-
come Il musician. Afer Miss Fletcher
had learned the first rudiments In In
strumental music and convinced her par
ents that she was determined to study,
her mother took her TO the studio of
Lucian Howe, at Rrattleboro. After a
few minutes in his studio. during which
time sho played on n piano and sang the
scales. he advised Mrs Fletcher to send
hor daughter to one of the best vocal
teachers in Boston. This advice was
taken, and after studying for three
years in that city and afterwards in New
York, Miss Fletcher gained the distinc-
ton of being the equal OF any young
woman vocalist heard in New York city
| for years
NEW CANOPY FOR MONUMENT.
An, ;pay. a 4 n hn han, ilS
., tha ,,i,,o,o 90 1.,,,,,,,,cto, u,as ,,odo
IUaarosdoy ~ tho nracttca, raconstruc.
,,or -, ,ha sold,ors monument nv tho s,,h-
s,,,,,t,on to, tho conony nortion no q
ne stat,,o =, soIa,on -, ,,o a,,,
,rho 0o,,ro 10 .ho g,r, ., tho Ioto
A. p Childs of Brattleboro, arranged for
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