St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-12
FANNY KELLOGG CONCERT.


Thomas, and inform him of the death
of his sister.
FANNY KELLOGG CONCERT.
The second entertainment in the Y.
Nj. c. A course, concert by the Fan
ny Kellogg company, was given Fri
day>evening. Music hall was we'll fin
ed with decidedly appreciative audi
ence that applauded every number on
the program. Miss Fanny Kellogg was
the prominent figure of the evening.
She was quite deliberately attired and
was cordially welcomed. The COM
mittee was obliged to substitute c. F.
Webber, tenor, and G. E. Hay, bari
tone, for Messrs. Fessenden and Bah
cock who were at first announced to
appear, as both the latter were unable
to be present on account of other en-
| gagements. Mr.. Webber did his best
to make Mr.. Fessenden's place good.
Mr.. Hay performed his part with
twice recalled. The last half of the
program opened with a solo by Miss
How which was very happily rendered.
| Her recall was the heartiest of the
evening and in response she gave ''The
story of the street lamp"-the best Sc
lection of the evening. Mr.. Liste
mann's violin selections were fully up
To this artists high standard. The ex-
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nous was remarkable, and the audi
ence showed their appreciation by re-
calling him after each of his numbers
on the program. Mr.. Reach, piano
accompanist, had a difficult place to
fill, not having played with this com
binatiOn before this season, but his
work was very acceptably done. The
audience entered into the spirit of the
occasion with interest and found good
share of enjoyment in it all, which
shows that st. JOhnsbury audience
the circumstances may be.
Having said this much in behalf of
the entertainment, and it all can hon
estly be said, it should be added that
the concert as whole was a disap-
pOintment, both to the public and to
the committee. The experience of the
committee, however, was richer than
| the concert. When it was found that
neither Fessenden nor BabcOck could
come, Mr.. Moves wrote to the mana
ger of the company saying that the
committee engaged the Kellogg com
pany in order to secure Fessenden
and BabcOck. They cared very little
about Miss Kellogg, etc, etc. 1t was a
sharp letter and brought back a sharp
answer from Max Bachert, the mana
ger, to the effect that Fanny Kellogg
was good attraction, that she often
received as much individually as was
paid by the committee for the whole
company, and so on. But the joke of
it all came in when Fanny Kellogg ar
rived Friday afternoon and was intro
duced to the committee as Mrs. Max
Bachert, the wife of the manageri
ST. JOHNSBURY HOUSE MIDDLE.
There has been another change in
the management of the st. Johnsbury
house. All sorts of rumOrs have been
current for month past and this week
they have come to IA head.
Z. E. Bedell bought the house of
Jerry Drew, Nov. q, 1884. George
Grow agreed to buy of Mr.. Bedell one
fourth interest in the house and bust
ness the first of September last. The
j price for the fourth interest was $3.50.
Mr.. Grow paid $500 down and paper
was drawn up providing for the future
payments. Considering the unsettled
state of affairs a good business has
been done at this house since August
Unfortunately, however, consider
able amount of money was owing fOl
provisions, etc. The money taken in,
Mr.. Grow asserts, was applied to these
back bills, and matters didn't seem to
to be getting better very fast and
something had to be done. First, Mr.
Grow talked of buying half interest
in order to secure what he had already
put in. Finally he decided to with
draw altogether. The written agree
ment was destroyed, but the matter
don't end there. The creditors are
coming on to Mr.. Grow for their ac-
counts. Ranney & Norton, Sylvester
& Gray and Dow Brothers have at
tached his property to the amount OF
S475 to secure bills aggregating about
1925.
Mr.. Bedell and his son Edward are
running the house and these troubles
do not interfere with the business. Mr..
Bedell has made good many improve
ments in the place since year age
putting in heating apparatus and tidy
ing it up generally. He has kept /;
f good house. Jerry Buck and William
Little have not been employed at til,
hotel since the first of the week.
There seems to have been something
of a misunderstanding between Mr.
Bedell and Mr.. Grow. The latter IN
dcrstood that Mr.. Bedell was to lOol
, after all the back accounts. From thu
representations made him he though
the hotel would pay for itselfin a shor
time. The business has been fully NJ
a to his expectations both as regard
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