19th Century Hague — Concert night

The Ticonderoga Methodist Episcopal choir was on the road to the neighboring town of Hague, and music afficionados from Ticonderoga were expected to make the trek with them.

The choir was scheduled to perform a concert celebrating the United States Centennial on Sept. 9 at Phoenix Hall in Hague, the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Sept. 8, 1876,

The program would feature instrumental and vocal solos, duets and ensemble selections.

“Those who attended the last concert held by the choir a few weeks ago will not be against taking a ride to Hague and spending a pleasant evening.”

Admission was 25 cents — the equivalent of $7.17 in 2024 dollars. Admission for children was half-price.

In other 19th century Hague news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• “Asa Leach caught the largest trout in the vicinity this season. It weighed thirteen-and-one-half pounds,” the Hague correspondent reported in The Morning Star of Glens Falls on Sept. 1, 1894.
• “A party of about twenty-five from Hague and Silver Bay, Lake George, came to Glens Falls Saturday and dined at the American House,” The Morning Star reported on Sept. 17, 1894.
• “John Braisted shot a nice deer Tuesday at Silver Bay. … A good potato crop is reported by the farmers. … Scott Baker has begun making cider in his new mill,” the Hague correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Oct. 6, 1894.
• “Harry Clements is building an addition to his cider mill for a horse stable,” the Hague correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Oct. 13, 1894.
• The town of Hague was apparently getting ready for the high voter turnout expected across the state in 1894, the year of a referendum on a package of constitutional amendments that a state Constitutional Convention recommended.

“Five new voting booths have been completed for town hall, also a new table,” the Hague correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Nov. 1, 1894.

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