Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-09
An Evening with the Glass.bIowers.

spend an evening with the celebrated Bohemian
Glass-blower-, hoping thereby 10 minglc instruc-
ton with amusement ON our way TO the Village
Hall, we made desperate attempt to recall the
natural philosophy 81 our youth aud the physics
Of our subsequent school-ddys; but with some
what discoumging results wcmnsi confess llsy-
ing arrived at the hall, by means of the most
primitive method Of iocomotion, We marched
bra,ely up the steps leading To the interior of this
imposing cdihcc-imposing on The crcduity Of
those who ga there expecting to pass comfortable
evening and, with an air ct once conciliatory and
impressive, presented our tickets and proceeded
to take our seats. when the genilcmanly door
tender suggested that, a. our tickets were good
for the previous evenings entertainment on'y, we
Immediately disgorgo sufficient quantity Of
good aud lawful money, % remunomte the troupe
for the infection u our presence upon them This
we proposed to do, with the easily recognized air
VI Ia gentleman Of means, while i'm our hearts
there lurked serious msgiying Az to the state of
our eNchequer Fortune h,vors the brave. and We
took our seats after having deposited with the
above mentioned functionary the price of adj
mission minus two or three cents, which we didn't
possess in change and which, as We didn't like to
break into bank bin Of large denomination, the
door-koeper discounted Having obtained our
seats, We patiently awaited the commencement of
the exhibition. Happily We had not long TO wait,
for the principal b'orcr soon made his appearance
and began The dance After a series ~ expert
ments, very simple and not Of absorbing Interest.
We began 10 wonder II these were really part Of
the entertainment. After mature delibcmton,
we arrived at the sad conclusion that it was oven
20, and prepared to bear our disappointment ac-
cordlug to the teachings Of the stoic school Of
philosophy concealing our chagrn behind
"smile that was child-like and bland. and. as
we iondly hoped, indicative Of internal peace and
comfort. But at last our disgust got the better
Of our discretion, and We vonturcd an indignant
pooh at one Of the simplest experiments only to
be repressed by the angry glances Of the rest Of
the audience lsomo twonty-sX or twenty -seyen In
NUMBER, who glared at Ms until We really began
TO wonder II It wouldn't have been better to have
remained at home, or at least 10 have RETAINED
from expressing onr feelings In the presence Of
such unappreciatiyo listeners. The evening wore
on, and finally came the distribution Of presents,
As per advertisement FOR further particulars see
'mall bills. An oirgdai mecrs-iaua pine niatle
9fg'gss, was b. be presented to the hnmelest man
in the audience, the relative claims Of tie gentle
men present to this distinction to he considered
and decided By a committee Of three ladies For
some unexplained reason the pipe was disposed Of
in the same manner as the other presents The
only reason we could think Of for this breach Of
contract on the part Of the blo'ccrs was that pos
sihy there didn't happen to be three ladies
present, though Of this we arc not positive
Another Irregular proceeding that we noticed was
the failure to fulfil the promise contained in the
hand-bills, to give every person in the whole as
senbly present Out Of the whole number Of
persons in the hall statistics given aboyel, only
some twelve or thirteen donations were made AZ
we believe Perhaps portion Of our disgust at
this last breach Of promise may be attributed to
the fact that we were among the neglected ones
But aside from all the failures t1 keep promises,
and in spite Of the shortcomings, weare compelled
in pure justice, to mention favombly the glars
steam engine, which is really very interesting
piece Of mechanism; a perfect marine engine.
with safety-valye, stoam-whistle and all Through
out the evening q pressure Of five pounds to the
square inch Of surface Of the glass boiler wa
maintained The engine worked smoothly aud
quietly and is really an object Of interest to any
one. But with this exception, tho entertainment
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consider demonstrated by the scarcity Of the
audience. II we might be allowed to express ON
opinion, we would suggest that possibly the
greater part Of the JlorHg was done upon tn,
bills and posters circulated throughout the village
Aud now goodbye and good riddance to the glass
blowers
! CALAIs.-llaryest Grange No. II will hold 8
! meeting at their hall in Fast Calais on Frida,
evening, February Is.
WARnEN Warren has come to the front, ant
voted unanimously to bond to the amount Of eigh
times It's grand list, IN aid Of the Green Mountain
railroad.
NERsHIRE. Farmers arc selling OF their pota
toes at about two shillings per bnshel. I'D. II
Gilman in addition to his present number Of sing
ing schools, is to commence one at Ely, on Mon
day evening. Mrs c. C. Cotton has, the pas
week, returned from visit Of several weeks +,
friends in Boston aud vicinity
NEwnuRY. The closing exercises Of Newbury
Seminary will commence February 14th. The ex
aminations will be held on Monday and Tuesday
lecture will be delivered before the students OF
Monday evening, by DIR. II. A. Cutting. His sub
ject will he, "Cunusities shown by the micro
scope The students interview will take plnc,
on Tuesday evening at seven o'clock
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EA-A serious accident occurred At this place
ON Saturday morning. A man named 1homa
Iafere, who works in the furnace connected will
the mines, threw a quantity OF melted Stag on tn
snow, which exploded, throwing the melted rocl
upon him, and burning him fcarfully one ey
was destroyed and his clothing set on fire but d
was made comfortable and is expected to recover
BARRIE. - Statistics Of school district No. s
January /, 1876: Number Of families one hun
bred and sixty number having children, eighty
four children under five years, thirty-seyen
between five and ten years, forty-six between
ten and fifteen years, forty between fifteen am
twenty years, thirty-one; whole number, on
hundred and ffty-four Births, thirteen; deaths
eleven
MpDLEsEN.-Rea estate changes have bee
quite lively of late. James Cameron has sol
his farm to Benjamin Barrett, for one thor
I sand three hundred dollars; George Wiley Ia
sold his farm stock and farming tools, to Clarenc
Keton for six thousand five hundred dollars;
T. Andrews, Of Richmond, has sold his farm
known as the "Chatterton farm to Portus ,
Miles for thIco thousand three hundred dollars.
NORTH MONTPELIER. -"Ihe Old Rheumatics,
played in this village on Thursday evening las
was pxpellently nerformed he the younn am,