The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-10


The Association polo team of Burlington
will meet the Golden Fleece team at the
Golden Fleece, Saturday evening, in the
fourth game of the series for the present
season. The rink has been closed for some
time past and there will probably be large
attendance. The band will furnish music.
To-MoRRow evening Company III will hold
its annual banquet and ball at the Pavilion.
At half-past seven o'clock there will be a
concert by the Montpelier orchestra, and
choice programme, including selections from
several operas, will be given. The soldier
boys hope for large attendance at the con-
cert and ball, and will probably have it.
WITH Kerry Cow" two nights of min
strels, two of Stafford-Foster the mil
itary ball, a polo contest, three nights OF
opera, " The Mountain Pink" Neil Burgess,
several church sociables and an average of
seven or eight drive-whist parties per week,
Montpelier lovers of pleasure have their
time pretty much occupied during the
month of February.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(vt.) post-office February 9Th, 1886:
Miss Bailey, Joe Barney,
Mary Il. Hayden, j. T. Gates
Miss Lizzie James, L. ID. HaZen,
Ellen +. Lamson, Charley McGill,
Mrs J. G. Padgett, II. H. Thomas,
Mrs l.. A. Storrs, Harris wilinsky,
Mrs A. j. Wheeler, s. L. Wisweii
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
"KERRY Cow" made decided hit in
Montpelier and was generally conceded to
be the best entertainment yet given in the
new Opera-house. The com pleteness of the
stage setting, the equal merit of the various
members of the company and the simple
beauty of the drama itself combined to give
entire satisfaction to all who were in attend
ance. A dove-cot, with carrier pigeons fly
ing about at liberty, pump, with running
water, glowing blacksmiths forge and a
horse were the features introduced to make
the scenes true to life. The scene in which
Dan O'Hara forges and sets the shoe of his
rivals horse was the most pleasing of the
play.
THE Eastern Argus, published at Port
land, has the following of the performance
of the " Rose of CASTLE - by the Mariana
Opera Company of Boston, which appears
in Montpelier Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings of next week: "As Elvira,
Queen of CASTLE, Miss Eta Kileski was
very satisfactory. She has sweet, clear
soprano voice, and her acting is good. Miss
Gertrude Edmands, as Donna Carmen, is a
! fine contralto singer and pleasing, grace
full actress. The magnificent tenor of Mr..
j. c. Bartlett, who took the character of
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! lighted everybody and compelled the audi
ence to applause. He acted with great
spirit and finish. Mr.. Cornell and Mr..
Brine sang and acted excellently, while Mr..
Clark, as Don Florio, kept the audience in
good humor in his usual faultless manner.
WEDNESDAY, Thursday and Friday eve-
nings of next week the Maritana English
Opera Company will appear at Blanchard
Opera-house in three of the most popular
and pleasing of English operas" Mari
tana," "The Rose of CASTLE" and " Martha
The company is composed of eight talented
artists and is under the direction of Mr.
Leon Keach whose name is familiar tC
many musical people and who ranks among
the best Boston pianists. The company has
gained an enviable reputation and is highly
commended by the press in every place
where it has appeared. The first and last
named operas are familiar to many, and til,
60 Rose of CASTLE " is said to be equally good
Season tickets will be sold at reduced rate
and there ought to be a large attendance o
people from Montpelier and vicinity ever,
evening, for the opportunity is one whicl
lovers of good music and acting can hardl.
afford to let pass. Tickets will be place,
ON sale at the Phinney bookstore Frida,
, morning.
, SUCH weather as that of the past two days
if continued, will prove most disastrous T.
the success of the winter carnival to be he'll
in Burlington next week. The sleighing i
fast disappearing in that city and the ic
structures are beginning to show serious 81
fects of the warm weather. The peopl
have planned for one of the greatest event
in the city's history and their efforts to max
it a success are deserving of reward. Visi
ors are expected from all the surroundin
states and Canada, and clubs from BostoI
Toronto, Montreal, Quebec and other cite
have announced their intention to turn OF
in force. Coasting, tobogganing, ice boating
snOw-shoe and horse-racing, hockey an
I skating matches, fancy skating, promenad
concerts, sleighing on the lake. procession
: fireworks, illuminations, banquet, a earn
v val ball and grand concert by the Montrei
n Snow-shoe Club, with chorus of one hun
dred voices, are among the attraction
offered. Visitors will be admitted free
= the toboggan slide and coasting grounds, an
p the free use of the toboggans and travers,
) will be rendered to them. Special traiI
D will be run from Boston and New York an
d nearly all the railroads in New Englau
, will carry at greatly reduced rates. lii u
> weather is favorable there can be no dou
of the success of the affair, which will be Il
r first of the kind ever held in New Englan
n THE minstrel entertainments given |
70 the Apollo Club, Saturday and Mondi
!, evenings, were very successful, and the clt
of comes out from S75 to 500 ahead as resu
Saturday evenings performance was we
d attended and, but for the extreme leng
1t of the programme, would have passed
le very satisfactorily. The overture aboundt
N in fresh jokes, with large number of loc
t. hits, but it lasted nearly two hours, and,
St the performance began little late, it w