The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28

Mendelssohn's Elijah
THE following is list OF the letters un-
called for at the Montpelier (vt.) post-office
October o. 1885:
Miss Nellie Byrne. VS., Houghton,
Miss NJ. Connolly, Patrick Kane, I'd,
Mrs. j. +. Copp, Antwne Lower,
Afs Miss Il Sms "sy l. Foley }GH% Ee4y LEoSi & Masham
Anna B, Graufield Willie sharkey,
Miss Hattie Ladd Dennis Star,
l.. II. Brockway, l. w Shattuck,
IL L. Clark, Eddie II. Wheeler,
SoRn e. K. 6%ss. 6%ssr Cd EFaSs II. wafd MnFT'n'
Ira d. Harron,
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised - and give the date
GEORGE w. WING. Postmaster.
ACCORDING to the Free Press, the contest |
between the telephone company and the |
citizens of Burlington has reached point |
where passion takes the place of reason,'
and while the former are not considered as
blameless in the present difficulty, the latter
are unwisely seeking to deprive the telephone
company of rights that legally belong to it,
Fortunately for our citizens, Montpelier is
not affected by the telephone war that is
going on in Burlington and other places
our telephone exchange being under an in
dependent management, and there is no
reason to apprehend the slightest trouble.
Miss JESSIE CoUTHoUI, one of the finest
lady elocutionists in the United States, will
give reading at Capital Hall on Friday
evening of next week, November 6. The
Providence Or. I) Journal and Omaha (Neb.)
Herald have these highly complimentary
notices of her: " She has become a profess
sional artist of rare excellence" " She is
Justly accounted dramatic reader of ex-
ceptional talent" The Montpelier military
band will add few selections to the enjoy
able features of the entertainment. A
special train will be run from and to Barre
and large delegations from Goddard and the
Vermont Methodist Seminaries are expected
to be present.
THE Boston polo club will appear at the
Golden Fleece again this evening, having
been disappointed in their intentions to put
in night at Rutland, and thus having one
spare evening on their hands. The team is
composed of the best players from the best
teams in America, Doe, captain and first
rusher, being member of the famous Glou-
cester, Mass, team. The other members
are as follows: Cornell, second rush; Dodd
cover point Smith, half back Norway,
goal Levesey center They have organized
to beat the best teams in the world and eX-
pect to do it. They spent some time yester-
day giving the Golden Fleece team points"
and an interesting game may be looked for
tonight.
WE have received from E. w. Thompson
formerly of this place, and at present New
England passenger agent for the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad, with head
quarters in Boston, a little pocket volume
containing full directions for playing whist.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacitc's union
depots in Chicago, with the Lake Shore and
Chicago & Grand Trunk railways, are great
| Vppipnrp NprmOptprS Unip0 Vast
saving tedious transfers across the city in
omnibusses and the rough handling of bag
gage. Vermonters should ask for tickets
via the great Rock Island route for all
worth, Omaha, Council Bluffs, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis, etc. This is now the only
double-track line west of Chicago.
OF John I. Raymond, the great actor,
who is to appear as "Col. Sellers" at Blanch-
ard opera house, November 10, the Chicago
Inter Ocean has the following: "Mr Ray
mond last evening enacted, with all the de-
| licious nicely of humor that distinguished
his early assumptions, the familiar but not
| by any means contemplate, Col Sellers
Mr. Raymond gives to his part the sincerity
of his intelligence, appreciation and artistic
instinct, and has therefore made it so ire
sStibly funny, so complete a caricature,
that it takes all the good of him to itself,
and leaves him quite without the capability
to give distinct form surrounding and ele-
ment to the action of any other character.
1t is a masterpiece of eccentric comedy, sus-
| taned by a multiplicity of delightful de-
| tails that are as much Raymondisms as the
prescribed business of the part and which
make up as well-balanced, effective, and
entertaining a. performance as any within
the sphere of comedy. AS old as are the
points, the fun and the oddity of this role,
the audience is invariably treated to much
that appeals as persuasively to laughter as
though the quips and boasts and hy-
perbole were altogether new. 1t needs no
description of the Col. Sellers of Mr.,
Raymond. 1t has changed only as the come
dian has found crevices into which he could
! crowd some guy or sotto voce remark cal
culated to set merriment in motion, even
though it destroy harmony of sentiment.
| Mr. Raymond seems even as fond of upset
ing the gravity of the people on the stage
with him as he does of exciting the applause
of the people beyond the footlights from
him."
NOTHING decisive has been developed the
past week in regard to the contest over the
Montpelier post-office. Probably a large
majority of citizens would be glad to have
Mr. Wing retained as postmaster, but if a
change is to be made we learn that a good
many democrats are favorable to the APP
pointment of Mr.. l.. p Gleason. A Wash
ington dispatch says; :" AS to the contest
In Denalt OF Il. Ill. BaScom Tor postmaster at
Montpelier, of which so much is said in the
New England papers, nothing is officially
known as yet 1t is stated on inquiry at
the department that no application has as
yet been filed on behalf of Mr.. Bascom, and
at the White House it is said that the sub
ject has not been mentioned. 1t is learned
however, that Mr.. Bascom has papers ready
to be filed in the near future, which con-
tain endorsements from many prominent
citizens of Montpelier" Hiram Atkins is
reported as saying in Washington that
when change is made Bascom will
surely be appointed, but in that case Post
master Wing will he allowed by the Presi-
dent to remain for some time to come.
Notwithstanding the revolt of disaifected
vermont democrats against the influence
and pretensions of Mr.. Atkins has assumed
considerable proportions, he seems to have
everything his own way in Washington.
He secured twenty-three changes in the
post-oiiices of this state last week, and was
so well pleased with his success that he en-
tertained leading officials of the post-oice
department at dinner. The almost abso-
lutte power welded by Mr.. Atkins in the
disposition of the federal offices in Vermont
is an unpleasant fact for many people; but
it is precisely what was to be expected from
the accession of a democratic administra-
tion.
LARGE company assembled at the
Golden Fleece Monday evening to witness
the exhibition game OF polo by the Boston
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