The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-11

Miss Jamie Reed, e. y. Smead ~ Co.,
John Berring, Jim smith,
A. s. Cory, j. Il. Ware.
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
AT the annual meeting of the Sunday
school of the Church of the Messiah
the following officers were chosen: Su-
perintendent, ID. f. Long; assistant SUI
perintendent, Mrs. Fred Blanchard secre-
tary, Mary Bliss; assistant secretary, Julia
Mead; treasurer II. M. Cutler, librarian,
George Mead, assistant librarian, Richard
Hyde: pianist, Nettie Gale; soloist, Miss
Emma Cutler. Mr.. Long subsequently re-
signed the office to which he was elected
and a substitute is not yet chosen.
SEVENTEEN young ladies enjoyed sleigh
ride to Waterbury Saturday afternoon. j.
@. Adams furnishing the means of trans
portation. A most excellent supper was
furnished by Messrs Barrett & Son at the
Waterbury Hotel and the early even
ing was pleasantly spent in dancing and
whist-playing. Mrs. L. ID. Taft, Misses
Alice and Edna Taft, Ella NJ. Waite, Mary
Fullerton, Hattie Tromblee, Evelyn Lease,
Hattie Ladd Dora Hodgdon, Jennie Graves,
Annie Graves, Mary Freeman, Louie Clark,
Grace Morse, Maud Whitney and Mary
Graham made up the party.
THE engagement of Mr.. Charles T. Pars-
loe at Blanchard Opera-house next Saturday
evening is really one of the events of the
dramatic season. He is the first actor who
ever personified John Chinaman on the
stage and has become one of the most pop
uar comedians on the stage. In " A Grass
Widow" which he will present here, he as
sumes the role of Wun Lung, mischievous
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more genuine amusement for the audience
than is ordinarily found in half dozen
plays. The comedy is a story of amusing
complications and mishaps and, in its way
one of much originality, and it may be said
with all sincerity that for those who 90 to
the theater to laugh and laugh heartily at
pure. unadulterated fun, " n Grass Widow
has few equals.
IT needs but an announcement of theil
coming to insure for the Mariana Opera
Company an enthusiastic reception and tC
furnish the pleasantest of anticipations fol
their host of friends in Montpelier. Next
week Wednesday evening the company will
appear at Blanchard Opera-house in Don
zetti's melodious opera, The Daughter OF
the Regiment and on the following even
ing in Balfe's charming opera, "The Rose
of Castillo" The company this season com
prises Miss Emma c. Tuttle, soprano; Miss
Alice Carle, contralto; Mr. Bartlett, Mr.
Cornell, Mr.. Brine, Mr.. Clark, Mr.. f. b
was formerly with Neuendorrf's company
and the contralto is the Miss Carle OF
| Doyle Carte's company. Both are operate
favorites. The names of the gentlemen are
nearly all familiar in connection with the
company. Mr.. Leon Reach is the musica
! director.
THE officers of Vermont Lodge, No. 2
1. o. o. F., for the ensuing year, installed
by DR.. b. w. Braley, d. II. G. NJ, of Barre
assisted by past grands T. r. Gordon
George l.. Lane, j. p. Donovan and C. w
Guernsey, at Odd Fellows Hall last Thurs
day evening, are as follows: l. l.. Robbins
n. g.; George Tromblee, V. g.; 7. T. Ran
ney h. S.; F. A. Sherburne, p. S.; ID. w
Dudley, T.; G. T. Somers, w; w. A
Taylor, c.. F. II. Bascom, r. S. n. G.; C
H. Heaton, l.. S. n. g.; w. Arthur Jones
chaplain Merrill Russell, l. G.; j. j. Young
o. g.; S. 7. Noyes, II. S. V. G.. E. o
Cheney, r. S. S.; Charles o. Foster l.. S. S
The representatives elected to attend the
meeting of the grand lodge at Island PonC
next month were f. ii. Bascom and II. G
Webster; alternates, ID. l.. Sanders and f
A. Sberburne; trustees, F. A. Sherburne
c. F. Collins, T. T. Ranney; janitor, G. T
Somers; finance committee, ID. l.. Sanders
7. T. Ranney, S. 7. Noyes. The lodge i
now in a prosperous condition and has owe
ninety members. - The officers o
Thomas Wildey Encampment are to be in
stalled Friday evening, January 20. Tn
camp" numbers forty-four and is con
stantly increasing in membership. Their
is some talk of organizing a " canton" ant
it is rumored that new subordinate lodg
will be established over the river on Ber
lin side.