The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-01
LETTERS uncalled for at the
vt.) post-office January 30, 1888

Miss Jane johnson, frankie Gerry,
Mrs. Cora Preston, James n. Johnson,
Mrs. Jermie Silsby, &. kroomer,
Mrs A. Il. Thomas, Clar Knapp,
Miss Orvis Willie, Spauding Bros,
Miss Mary Willie w. S. Walton.
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised " and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
MONTPELIER people were deprived of
the concert by the Hungarian Gypsy Quar-
tette, after all. The musicians were com
PEELED to 90 to Barre Thursday afternoon
by team, and the uncertainty of their being
able to get back and the extremely un-
favorable condition of the weather led the
local contractors to cancel the engagement
of the company for Friday evening. They
were able to return by train Friday after
noon, but were forced to cancel an engage
ment for Saturday evening at some place in
Lamoille county and remained here until
Monday morning.
MEMBERS of the coasting club and all in
terested in coasting are urged to attend a
meeting at the Armory headquarters Of
Capital Guard) Saturday evening at 1880 to
discuss the advisability of further attempt
to keep open the East State street slide for
coasting, and provide means if such a
course is deemed advisable. 1t is pity for
so many fine sleds to be idle with such
privileges as exist for the continuance of
the sport. If all who are wont to partici-
pate in it would contribute their share
toward its maintenance the burden of indi-
vidual expense would be light hut certain
it is that it can not be continued without
some cost for keeping the track in condi-
ton, and it is equally certain that the ex-
pense will not be assumed by a few which
all should share alike The attendance and
spirit of the meeting Saturday evening will
! has a 1pSirp nj
| MONTPELIER was in no way sighted by
the storm which ragged so furiously through
out New England last week. Nineteen
inches of snow fell between eight O'Clock
Wednesday evening and noon Thursday.
! The morning mail from the south on the
! latter day was nine hours late and the day
! trains We're at the mercy of the storm.
! Thursday Moons south-bound express
passed the night between Montpelier and
| RoXbury and did not reach White River
junction until Friday noon or thereabouts.
The afternoon mail, due here at 4:20 got
around shortly before noon Friday, and
Friday afternoons mail was also some
twenty hours late. Most of the day trains
Thursday, Friday and Saturday were can
celed. No night trains were started Thurs
day and Friday nights and all freights
were discontinued The train which runs
| between Montpelier junction and Barre
was stalled near the Shepard crossing all
! Friday forenoon and the mail was brought
in by private conveyance. No train left
for Barre between Thursday morning and
Friday afternoon, and when one did go il
was with the aid of two engines and plow
The Worcester stage did not get through
from Wednesday until Saturday and the
Berlin mail was transferred by a carrier on
snow-shoes. The blockade continued until
Saturday evening and was by far the worst
for years During all this the Wells River
road suffered comparatively little incon
venience. Trains averaged not more than
one to two hours late, and the worst trouble
experienced was by the mail train west Fri
day evening, which was stopped in drift al
the Sabin crossing and lay there until the
middle of the evening. The past three have
been model winter days, and the oppor
tunity to clear the roads has been fully i'm
| proved