Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-02-22
ADDISON COUNTY.
middIebury.


1t was Informally opened Wednesday night
b, the holding therein Of The eleventh annual
masquerade tall, and sheet and pillow case
| party. Externally, the building IL by many
| considered to bC somewhat i'll proportioned
| from the standpoint Of Architectural beauty,
| hut the most zig lrOus critic will find little to
| find fault with IN the interior of the build
lug. The hall itself is Indeed hand.
some one, and the baptism which it received
from the masqu raiders on Wednesday night
| was In all respects worthy of it. The man
agtrs Of tn nall, Mcssrs. W. II Sheldon,
| julius W. Pitts j. E. Severance and =. F.
| Chapman. had done everything in their
power to make the affair a success, aud the
result # their cTnrts must have been cx-
tremcly gratifying TO them. There were not
80 many couples Of dancers present us had
| been expected, 1t is true, as the bad cDndi-
ton OF the roads rendered ii almost impOssi-
bic for those to attend who had to drive
from any considerable distance, but the towns
along ON the railroad between Rutland aud
Burlington were well represented and in all
the number Of couples dancing WAS about
fifty \ large number Of spectators tickets
were sold, and when the grand march was
struck up by the Howard Opera House or.
chcstra ut half-past eight, nearly all the seats
in the gallery, as well rs the available space
on the stage, were occupied by spectators.
The scene presented by the dancers was
beautiful and picturesque in the extreme
the different varieties Of costumes ranging
all the way from the grotesque tt
the gorgeous. Many Of the costumes were
quite costly and when the floor was filled
with the dancers going through their cvolu
tons a very brilliant and striking effect was
presented to the observer. Previous to the
unmaskiag hut few Of the dancers had beer
leco 5uizcd, and when the unmasking came
at about ten o'clock, there we're several VERT
able surprises. That presented by the un
masking Of Mr.. George G. Chapman was
however, by all means the most complete
Mr.. Chapman, although lie is a grandfather
danced as nimbly as The younger folk and
so thoroughly was he disguised and so wei
did he carry ont his part that his identity
was never Suspt CtCd-nOt even by his two
sons and two daughters, who were present
and from whom his intention to attend hat
tbeen kept a profound secret. The ball wa.
brought to an end at four O'clock Thursday
morning, and is considered to have been the
most brilliant and satisfactory one of The
VI series, in which 1t was the eleventh. 1t wa.
also the most successful one from the fnan
Cial point Of view, and taken all in all, wa.
probably The Etaudesi affair of the kind evel
held IL Addison county. The music furnish
|
was unusually fine AVID was spoken # by al
in terms OF the highest praise.
Miss May Powers has returned home from
Boston, where she has been for the past iy,
months STUDYING music at the New England
Conservatory Ol Music.
Edward J. Cjnners Of Middlrbury has
accepted Il challenge t. wrestle Z. j. Grifiu
at RWl,ud at an carly day.
tn, b,il,lir,, y.hirb NI.o,ro Arotro o,d
s.r',,,, m ,i o., ~ ai,'
will TIC 4OX 29 feet, and will have brick
front.
IN. d.,nc, f..,. tho ,,..,,6, of tho n n
| p,si -, ~, N;,ijiat,,,' I,ld >i ~,
ausnics nf In. n"st an Tbursd - uigb' ,s s,e
y very succe~NtuI one in every respect.
lh' To were 9o couples if'sent-so many us
10 IrCtSsita'e an adjournment from the
to"d l'mp'afS hall, IN winch 1t was TO
have been held, t. the larger hall in the
VIZ" i''"'''
ne ros'i between mere ana New llavcn
mas been covered with water Tor part OF the
instance curing me past two or tfrce days,
the Ne" Haven river having overhpwed its
hanks unurr the influence OF the rams, SO
inuch SO li''t II" road Tor "A considerable
distance was n one Time submerged under
SIX lecl OF Waltr.
Miss Agnes watts is sperdrg the winter
in West Rutland, where She is visiting rela-
tlvc'.
The attachment on the property of the
| Gutter N,rilr e ,nuauy has icon withdrawn
and everything is row running along smooth
~ again. The president Of The company is ex-
pected here during the carly part of the
week, and the company has received no in
jury from its temporary embarrassment.
The attachment was put ON at the suit of a
party to whom the company, as at present
constituted, is not indebted, ard it would
seem as though some one had blundered
sadly. Work IN the cpmpany's shops here
was suspended for only brief time, tn,
+ men keeping along ut their employment I'm.
der the direction Of Deputy Sheriff Cobb
|