The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-17
North Montpelier.

QUITE severe frosts occurred In this vicinity
Friday and Saturday nights Of last week, doing
considerable damage to garden vegetables, etc
E. PRAY, JR., goes to the head with three
hundred and three bushels of oats threshed by
his A. w. Gray & Sons threshing in
some less than nine hours work.
THE cards are out for the marriage OF C. c.
Bennett OF Pierre, Dakota, to Miss frankie
Tabor OF this town. The ceremony Is to take
place at the residence Of the mother of the
bride next week Monday.
THE cheese-factory In this village closed after
very successful season, last week Mr. A. ID.
| Coburn, the manufacturer, may well pride him
self upon the quality and quantity OF the cheese
1t being as fine as the finest made in the state
THERE was general turnout from this town
| to the state fair at Burlington last week Sew
eral of our enterprising farmers and horsemen
| took their stock and horses to compete for pre-
| miums, meeting, we understand, with fair sue
| cess.
THE cheese manufactured at our factory / as
attained an enviabe reputation, and 1t appears
| several dealers are taking advantage of the
same, selling other makes of cheese for North
| Montpelier fsctory's make. Right wrongs no
one, but is this just square?
As tall corn seems to be all the rage through
out the county North Montpelier comes to the
| front with stalk raised on the farm OF A. M.
| Cate, who is one OF our most successful farm
can be seen any day gracing the front of the
store Of W. G Nye.
THE many friends OF our old townsman, DR..
Horace II. HOLSTER hear with pleasure of his
| approaching marriage to one of the fair
| daughters of his present home, Bath, N II.
DIR. HOLSTER has been located at Bath for about
| two years, and in that time has built up a
splendid practice, besides becoming a general
| favorite with the good people of that village
THE MONTPELIER OPERA COMPANY, the
| members OF which are justly considered among
| the best musical talent in the state gave an
entertainment in Vestry Hall, last week Tues
day evening, at which time they presented a
choice programme, consisting OF solos, duets
and quartetts, followed by the charming comic
opera, The Sleeping Queen" The rendition
| OF the opera WAS very materially aided by the
| full and elegant costumes which the manage.
ment had procured from the city. Those OF
the Queen and PHILIPPE in particular were very
becoming Where all did 80 perfectly the parts
assigned them, 1t Is hard to psrticularize. 1t il
enough to say that it was rich musical feast
| The audience showed their thorough apprecia.
ton by the rounds Of applause that greeted
| their every appearance upon the stage. We
hope to be favored thus again some time in the
| future, and bespeak for them in advance a
crowded house.
Mr.. AND Mrs. f. B. NYE and son of Wake.
| field, Mass, returned to their home week age
| last Saturday, after very pleasant visit among
their old friends and relatives in this place
Mr.. and Mrs j. M, Willard of the East village
returned from several days sojourn at Sara
toga Springs a week ago Saturday They
report pleasant trip. Mrs. Alonzo j. Cutler
and son of Chicago, ILL.,, accompanied by Mrs
| b. o Warner cher mother) of Peoria, ILL.,, are
in town on short visit to Mr. Cutters many
friends and relatives. .. j. L, Coburn of Chi
cago, ILL.,, is here on a visit He is an uncle o.
| Hon. j. A. Coburn and j. L. Coburn, ESQ O.
this town. George Rowland and wife. &C
companied by Walter L Pierce and AL Ben
jamin, started last week Thursday on triy
West, intending to visit several points in Iowa
Dakota, and perhaps Nebraska.