The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-07

opera chairs and rising floor. When com
pleted the hall will be leased to j. j. Pratt,
who proposes to make engagements with
several irst-class companies for the coming
season.
Mrs. MARIA LANE NEWTON, aged forty
five years and eleven months, died at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. Melissa l.. Nor
ris, Friday evening, July I'd. Mrs. Newton
was the youngest of the three surviving chill
dren of Mr.. G. " Lane Of East Montpelier.
She was married to Mr.. George L. Newton
October 30, 1860, and for more than twenty
years had been a resident of this place
Mrs. Newton was woman who did not en-
ter society to any great extent but those
who were so fortunate as to form her ac-
quaintance ever found in her true friend
In quiet and unassuming way she did her
best to make home pleasant Her kind
words and kindly acts will be long remem-
bered by those who knew her. The funeral
services took place Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock, Rev. j. Edward Wright Of
ficiating.
THE Apollo Club has been to Lyndon
vile and added another block to the monu-
ment of fame which is rising in its honor.
Saturday morning the club and band came
from their respective rooms-the former in
plug" hats and the latter in the hand
some new uniforms described last week. AT
the Montpelier & Wells River depot they
boarded special train and in short time
were landed at their destination. All Yer
monters know that Saturday was hot day,
but it is doubtful il there was any hotter
place in the state than Lyndonville. The
sandy streets were unsprinkled and with
the scarcity of shade-trees the heat was
almost uncomfortable. The hall in which
the performance was given was the only
cool place found during the day. After an
excellent dinner at the Union House, the
two organizations went to the trotting-park
where the races were in progress. These
were temporarily suspended and the club in
two long lines led by marshals and headed
by the band, marched up the course by the
grand stand, loudly cheered by the specta
tors meanwhile. The band then entered
the stand and performed several selections
after which the party returned to the
| Ville," where the evening performance was
preceded by an open-air concert by the band
in front of the hall. Lyndonville has very
pleasant opera-house, and in this the Apollo
Club gave the best performance in its his
tory. Everybody did well, the audience
was apprecative and nothing occurred to in
terfere with the success of the affair. The
hall was full, notwithstanding the fact that
a free show by the Sagwa Indian troup,
drew several hundred people to another
part of the village. The company left b,
the night express train, which was quit,
late, and reached home at half-past fou
o'clock Sunday morning. The trip was
tiresome one but will add S75 or more t.
the Apollo Clubs treasury.
THE spectacle of rival theater companie
waging war against each other in a plac
of the size of Montpelier is an amusing one
and one which our people had the privileg
of witnessing last week. Two ten-cen
oh frix- a
Blanchard Opera-house and the other a
Capital Hall. The latter was under tn
local management of j. j. Pratt, and, un
fortunately for Mr.. Blanchard, was consid
erably the best company. During the frs
of the week its performances were each pre-
ceded by a parade of the streets and al
open-air concert by the Montpelier militar
band. These, of course, attracted many per
sons and resulted in packing the hall ever
night, while the company at the opera
house was but poorly patronized. Wednes
day night both companies gave 9Th
Streets OF New York" In the forenoon
rumor was spread to the effect that MI
Blanchard was to have parade in tn
evening and that the Barre band and Vol
unteer Hose, No. ], would appear. MI
Pratt, not caring to be outdone, secured thu
use of hose-cart and two or three small
fire-engines and arranged for procession
in the evening. The Barre band and Vol
unteer Hose did not appear, but a fre-en
gine stood in front of the opera-house dun
ing the day as a sort of suggestion of tn
great fire scene which was to be witnesse
during the evening, and team carrying
large transparency, made like an a ten
and adorned with announcements of tn
show at the opera-house and 1.-THE grea
fire sceone," was driven about the street
in the early evening. The street-sprinkle
was ornamented during the day with
announcement OF the show at the hall an
a similar announcement placed upon on
wall of the Gould house, which was passin
slowly up State street at the time. At hal
past seven o'clock the military band cam
out, and, led by Messrs. Henry and Burton
managers of the Capital Hall company
marched to the Union House corner, wher
the hose-cart and engines were stationed
charge of temporary tiremen in red caps an
white shirts. These were formed in line b
hind the band, and were followed by the go;
team owned by the company. The colum
moved down Main street to the Golde
Fleece, counter-marched and went dow
State street to the hall. A line stretche
across the corner of these two streets
prevent teams from driving down the latte
was raised for the passage of the proce
sion, and the driver of Mr.. Blanchard's az
vertising wagon tried to follow the proce
sion, but the line was dropped immediatel
was obliged to go around by the way of Il
{ Union House bridge and Elm street. I'll
whole affair was witnessed by a larg
crowd, most of whom had heard of the a
rangements and expected to see some fu
Both companies played for the last tin
Saturday evening, the hall company havr
stayed three nights longer than was origi
ally announced and the opera-house cor
pany leaving when their engagement WI
, but half completed, having been original
announced to remain here two weeks. "
hear that Mr.. Blanchard has vowed new
have Dnnthpr
house again. We sincerely hope he W
keep the vow, if he has made such an on
t and wish that Montpelier might new
again be tdcored with cheap shows" II
reason for such a sentiment will be obviol
to all persons of good judgment, and 81
sentiment itself will be very generally e
: dorsed.
2 Personal.