Farm Home Demonstration Schools 



1719 



In the church each evening nearly two hundred persons gathered to 

 practice the old songs that wiM ahva\-s be loved and will always live. 

 The church choir and other singers, as well as many who were confident 

 that they never could sing, enjoyed working together under the direction 

 of the instructor in charge of the music, in preparation for the old-fashioned 

 singing school, which was a fitting close to the week's work. The program 

 of this school is given as follows: 



YE FIRST PUBLICK MEETINGE OF YE JACKSOX\TLLE SINGING SCHOOL 



AT TE CHURCH IX YE V.1LDW00D 

 ON TE ELEVENTH DA^-E OF ^T FULLSOMTE MONTH OF AUGUST 



Sara Buchanan Huft", ^-e Mistress of ye Singing School 



"If Singing be so good a Thinge 

 I woulde all Men might Leame to Singe." 



Ye School assembles itself at ye twentieth Hour, being just Candlelite, 

 in goodly Companie with: 



Many of ye Friends from near and far. 



Ye Minister of ye Church, and Dame. 



Ye Deacons and ye Elders of ye» Church, and Dames. 



Ye Leader of ye Sabbath School, and Dame. 



Ye Master of ye Grange and divers High Officials of 3'e Grange, 



and Dames. 

 Ye Players upon ye Harpsichord in Church and Grange. 

 Ye Superintendent of Schools of ye First District, Tompkins 



Coimty. and Dame. 

 Ye Members of ye School Board, and Dames. 

 Ye Teacher of ye District School, and Goodman. 



Ye School is Called 



Then: Takes place, as is ye Custom, ye Tuning of ye Voices. 

 Then: Ye Singing of divers Melodies led by ye School: 



Song of ye Ancient Timepiece. 



Melodic by Dvorak. 



Glee: Come "V^liere the Lilies Bloom. 



Tenting To-night. 

 Then: Ye Candles are extinguished. 



Note: Ye ^Minister of ye Church admonisheth Youths and 

 Maidens as to seemly Beha\-iour diiring Absence of CandleHte. 

 Ye Magick Lanteme Pictures are shown on ye Sheete. 

 All present join lustilie in singing ye olde-time Songs of Home, 



Church, and Countr^^ 

 Then: Ye Candles are set aHght. 

 Then: Ye little Maiden Ruth Updike, but five years of age. sings bravely 



and alone a Song of ye Merrie Robin. 

 Then: Dame Osbom plays upon ye Harpsichord and sings: Song of ye 



Olde Cabin Home, which Song was writ by ye Dame's Music 



Master fifty years ago. 

 Then : Village Maidens give out Tunes of ye College. All present join in 

 ve Refrains. 



