Dee. 15, 1916. 
YE OLDE FOLKS’ CONCERTE 
-MANcuHEsTER MENNE AND WOMENNE 
ENTERTAIN IN TowNE HALL. 
Y° Goode folk of y® Towne of 
Manchester, wh is y® olde village of 
aye Creeke, gathered in y® village 
all on Wednesday at eventide and 
enjoyed greatlie y® singinge of y* 
olde tyme hymns and ballads by y* 
bigge chorus of 30 male and female 
voices under y® auspices of Harmony 
Guild. Y° sweete singers being: ma- 
trons as follows—Mesdames R. C. 
Allen, Charles Savory, F. G. Cheever, 
eA mnoerr, |. W. Carter, H. W. 
Purington, F. Clifford Rand and 
Thomas Baker; and maidens as fol- 
lows—Dora Rogers, Marion Lations, 
Beth Jewett, Lena Jones, Violet Read, 
Bella Porter, Annabelle Lodge, Mil- 
dred Peart, Elizabeth Wentworth, 
Josephine- Ray, Ruth Norris and 
Annie ‘Lane. Certain gentlemen of 
y® towne assisted in y® harmony, 
theyre names being: George Sargent, 
John Carter, Stephen H. Hoare, 
Oscar Raymond, Archie Cool, Dr. Be 
A. Willis, H. W. Purington and G. A. 
Knoerr. Y° skilled and excellent 
musiker, who directed y° concerte, 
was he of Gloucester towne, G. Allyn 
Brown; while y® singing master, wh 
waved y® baton, was oure nabor, A. 
— C. Needham. 
: Ye gownes of y* ladies were of y* 
splendour of bygone days and in few 
townes in y® land today could be 
found such an array of costumes of 
yester daye; for y* olde village cher- 
_yshes y® memoryes of y® past. 
If perchance y® goode folke recog- 
nized not theyre nabors in costumes 
of y® past & found naught in y® ap- 
pended programme wh revealeth 
theyre names, be it knowne that y* 
~ fittle “Sunlight Merrytwinkle Read” 
is Violet Read, “Sister Mehitable 
Jerusha Allen” is Mrs. R. C. Allen, y° 
coy maiden, “Saphira  Melodious 
Cheever,” is Mrs. F. G. Cheever, 
“Adonijah Peltyah Carter,” wh sange 
y* duette with Sister Cheever, is John 
Carter; y® four younge men wh sange 
in y* firste parte were Archie Cool, H. 
W. Purington, Oscar F. Raymond 
and George Sargent. Know also that 
“Hallelujah Epaphroditus Cool” wh 
sange of y® cominge of “Cousin Jed- 
idiah” was Archie Cool wh cutteth y° 
meate. “Squire Abimelech Knoerr,” 
whose voice quavereth with age in 
y® singinge of y® dayes of King 
George III, was G. A. Knoerr. Y* 
five callow youths wh sange y* mourn- 
ful tale of y® grasshopper were George 
Sargent, John Carter, Stephen H. 
Hoare, Archie Cool and Dr. F. A. 
Willis. Y° liste of y® tunes appeareth 
herewith: 
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‘“Blessing” 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Goodman Haskell will throw open ye bigge doors att early candle lyte 
wh is 7 of ye towne clock; & ye singing will begin at 8 of ye clocke, so as 
to favour ye menne folks that cannot get theyre chores done earlier. 
Squire Ichabod Bildad Brown (a fine Musiker) will make much noise on 
ye bigge Music Boxe. 
Squire Obejoyful Needham will pitch ye tunes and keep ye tyme. 
All undue giggling and napping will be chastised by ye tything man, 
Captain Hodijah Ebenezer Carter. 
Ye First Parte 
Auld Lang Syne and Invitation Y° Bigge Choir 
Sister Mehitable Jerusha Allen will now sing y® familiar 
old tune, “Revolutionary Tea” 
Ye Old Fashioned Rounds 
“Scotland’s Burning” 
“Three Blind Mice” Y° Bigge Choir 
N. B. Forasmuch as many of ye younge womenne who singe have never 
sunge before so many folks & are therefore shame-faced, ye younge menne 
present will be so good as to look away from them when they singe. 
“Ye Advice of Grandma” sunge by 
y® little Sunlight Merrytwinkle Read 
N. B. Ye audience will keep very still, so as to hear ye words ye small 
singer will sing. 
Two Proper Hymns, “David’s La'rent” and 
“Greenwich” Y°® Bigge Choir 
Ye sweete and Melodious Duette, “Dost thou love me, 
Sister Ruth?” will be sunge by Saphira Melodious Cheever & 
Adonijah Peltyah Carter 
Ye Bigge Choir, with y® help of y® Anvils will make 
much noise on “Y* Anvil Chorus” 
N. B. Clap with your hands, but do not step with your feet, as by so 
doing ye dust will rise, and ye sexton will ask more stipend. 
“Ye Jolly Yankee Sleigh Ride” by y® four younge menne 
N. B. Undue levity will be suppressed by ye tything man, who will 
call ye name of all who giggle over much. 
Y® Goode Old Song of Miriam called ‘Sound y® Loud - 
Timbrel” by y® Bigge Choir 
Ye singers will now take six minutes to reobtain theyre breathe (wh 
they do sorely need) and will eate of ye doughnuts and Pickles wh they 
may have; and ye people can enquire for theyre nabors and ye younge menne 
can ask ye maidens such as they want to go home with,—wh is quite proper. 
Ye Second Parte 
“God Hath Appointed a Day” 
“Cousin Jedediah” 
Y® Bigge Choir 
Hallelujah Epaphroditus Cool 
and Y° Bigge Choir 
(Ye audience must not laugh at Hallelujah; he has on his best clothes.) 
Y*® Goode Old Anthem, “Strike y® Cymbal” 
Sister Mehitable Jerusha Allen will sing ye single part. N. B. Ye 
wimmen folk are reminded to take off their mittens so ye noise will be louder 
when theye clap theyre hands. 
Squire Abimelech Knoerr will sing y® reminiscences of 
“When George III was King” 
Y® new & worldlie song 
“Under Blossoming Branches” Y° Bigge Choir 
Nabor Balmagilead Sargent will sing ye single parts, if sobeit he lose 
not his way from Boston. 
Alle y® goode nabors will be glad to hear Saphira 
Melodious (she was a Woodbury) as she lifts her 
sweete voice in y® old favorite, “Loch Lomond.” 
Y° Bigge Choir will nexte singe y® glorious old anthem, 
“Jerusalem, my Glorious Home” 
Ye Five Callow Youths will render y® sad & Tragick 
“Grasshopper” Cantata 
by y® Bigge Choir 
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Y° Ende 
N. B. Ye nabors may now lite their lanterns. 
N. B. Those who feel theye have had more entertainment than they 
did paye for, may hand some pennies to ye tything man. : 
N. B. Ye towne folks who did.stay atte home, will now be sorely vexed 
that they did not go to ye Great Singing Meetinge. 
