Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-03-22

| Republican, the Rutland Herald and the Free
Pres speak in terms OF unqualified praise
This company will give concert In Montpelier
March 30, when people may expect "a bright
evening Of music
The possibilities which exist in Barre granite
for monumental purposes are well illustrated by
work now going through the shop Of Mr.. Sum
ner Kimbal OF this village. 7. II. Mccormick,
skful workman in the employ Of Mr.. Kimball,
is just putting the finishing touches upon beau
tifu stituette entitled, Memory" Supporting
itself by an urn the figure, which is four feet
high, Is bending above the grave with an express
sion indicating fond recollection Of the buried
one. The position is natural, and the drapery
gracefully arranged. It Ia designed to stand at
the foot OF grave, and IL for a gentleman near
jackson, Michigan. Mr.. Kimball Is also making
fine monument for David Davis of Bloomington,
Illinois, viee-president Of the United States. 1t
is of the spire pattern an elegant design and
will be polished from the base up. Its cost will
be SO, 800. A substantial monument Of the cot
tage pattern, surmounted by massive urn, the
faces Of the die highly polished, and the entire
structure standing thirteen feet high, for party
in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is nearly finished. Two
large and expensive monuments OF the spire pat
tern are among other work in hand, one Of which
is to go to Greensburgh, Indiana, and the other
to Cincinnati Ohio. MIR. Kimball employs at
present twenty-five men at his shop here, and
twelve at his quarry in Barre lie sells quite
large amount Of rough stock to western stone
cutters, and altogether his business amounts to
about $4,000 a year.
THE entertainment given by the ladies of Beth
any society at Capital Hall last Thursday evening
was one of the most novel OF its kind we ever
witnessed The Band of Hope from lopetown
was composed Of such variety Of instruments
that to enumerate them respectively would be
almost impossible, but the sweet t?) harmonies
Of the combs and the rich full tones OF the from
bone (?) blending they did with the clink, clink
OF the finger glasses made such sweet music as is
seldom listened to outside OF large cities The
"Strakosh Opera Company" gave short oper-
eta entitled 1.-THE Professor at Home" which
was well rendered and received an encore. The
Swedish Ladies Quartette gave two selections.
The vocal selection by Mrs. Briggs Magnetic
Waltz by ArditD showed that this ladies' time
had not been spent in vain during her years
study in Boston and many remarked the great
improvement in her voice. In response to
hearty encore she gave ballad, "Kissings no
Sn," by W. A. Briggs. The entertainment
closed by the celebrated Peak Family and their
word-renowned "Peakses Abroad" This con-
sisted of vocal selections with description Of the
different "Peakses " beginning with an "a"
and ending with a "Y" given by one Of the Sis
tiers. Nearly every number on the programme
received an encore, and we hope at some future
time to hear the different members in new selec-
tons. One Of the most interesting features of
the evening was the " sculptress' Triumph" given
by five young ladies. The parts showed careful
rehearsal and the tableaux were well arranged.
We congratulate the ladies on their success and
hope this will not be the last of their efforts to
please the public