The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-02-06

Puifer of Bennington grand scribe, Joseph
X. Egerton of Northfeld; grand treasurer,
George p. Arthur of Bradford; grand junior
warden, Lorenzo G.. Burnham of Burlng-
ton; grand inside sentinel, Charles w.
Farr of st. Johnsbury; g.and outside SEN
tinel, Herman j. Joy Of Brattleboro; grand
marshal; Frank H. Bascom of Montpelier;
grand representative to the Sovereign Grand
Lodge Dr. j. III. Jones of Bradford; district
deputy grand patriarchs, H. G.. Sparry of
st. Albans j. 7. Beach of Burlington,
Jerome Corbett of Brattleboro, A. l.. Bragg
of st. Johnsbury, Chester Pafmenter OF
Rutland, T.. S. Harris of Bennington, e.
Huntley of Northfeld, David l.. Sanders
of Montpelier, f. w. Raymond of Post
Mills, A. G. Bugby of Derby Line, George
p. Arthur of Bradford and l.. ID. Mcleod of
Bellows Falls.
THE fair for the benefit of the Montpelier
military band opened Monday evening at
Capital hall The various booths and tables
were laden with an abundance of articles
both useful and ornamental, and the eXhi-
bition was arranged in most attractive
manner A dozen valuable presents are to
be drawn by the holders of season tickets
A piano lamp, an oil painting and rock
ing-chair are also to be disposed of by ticket.
The fair reopened yesterday afternoon at
two o'clock and continued through the
evening. The band was present each even
ing and showed that it was deserving of
the support and patronage of the citizens
by rendering several selections in most
creditable manner The success of the af-
fair, from a financial standpoint, was as
sured by the large returns on Monday even
ing and Tuesday afternoon, which far
exceeded the expectations of the committee
in charge. At three o'clock Tuesday the
receipts amounted to over $500. At the
! time of going to press Rev. w. j. o Sullivan
was ahead in the contest for the easy-chair,
| to be voted to the most popular clergyman,
! f. III. Brewer led in the vote for the most
popular clerk and Ruth Blackwell was the
| favorite in the vote for the handsomest baby.
The fair reopens this afternoon and contin-
ues through the evening.
COMFY FARMERS DAUGHTER " was pre-
| sented Saturday night at Banchard's opera
house by Blanche Curtisse and an alleged
Incompatible company" The drama is
a bold and striking portrayal of human
wickedness and the plot abounds in thrill
ing and tragical situations. The greater part
/ of the play is supposed to have taken place
| in a dream, and the action has all the
! horrors incident to genuine nightmare.
| In its presentation Saturday evening the
| company failed, in the early scenes, to catch
/ the true spirit of the play and the acting fell
short of that intense earnestness that would
have been the outcome of perfect concep-
ton of the drama. Toward the close, how
ever, the action was much stronger and the
happy denouement" was rendered in a
particularly pleasing and effective manner.
The chief fault of the company, as whole,
seems to be its fondneSs for I" posing" Miss
Curtisse posed, Mr.. Winter posed Miss
| Purcell posed-in fact the only ones who
did not pose were Mr.. Forhan and La
petite beauty" The former gave a perfect
rendering of the role of Jack Hartley and
| Philip Bartram, and the latter made a de-
hghtful Little Nellie. Miss CurtisSe gave "A
brilliant Interpretation of the part of Lizzie
| Stark, the adventures. The other parts
were well sustained, the acting of Mr..
Winter as Harold LennoX being worthy of
particular mention. All things considered,
the company succeeded in giving a salts
factory presentation of most difficult play.
The annual meeting of the Vermont Odd
Fellows opened Monday evening with a
largey-attended reception at the Pavilion
given by the Grand Lodge in honor of DR..
William Milligan, grand representative to
the Grand Lodge of the United States, from
the lodge at Cambridge, Mass. The chief
event of the evening was the banquet, to
which about thirty-tive officers and dele
gates sat down. Grand-master Henry w.
Hall OF Burlington presided as toast-master
with his usual ease and dignity. The first
toast on the list was: " Brother William
| Milligan, may his fraternal star never grow
dim," and was responded to by Past Grand
master Henry Clark In response to the
sentiment, "Odd Fellowship in Massachu-
setts the old Bay State, whose example
has been copied from the Atlantic to the
! racine, Dr. w lllldll MllllBdn spoke dt
length of the workings of the lodge
at Cambridge and of the general con
dition of Odd Fellowship throughout the
country. The Sovereign Grand Lodge,
the honor of the fathers of Odd Fellowship, -
was responded to by General w. w. Henry
of Burlington, for four years grand repre-
sentative to that honored body. The gen
eral gave several entertaining incidents OF
his Journey to the last session of the lodge,
and told of his interest in the advancement
of the order. The remaining toasts and the
speakers who responded are: "The hospi-
tality of Cambridge Lodge, No, l3, whose
latch-string is always out" Past Grand
master w. ID. Wilson of st. Albans
vermont and Massachusetts, may they
continue to be bound by the frater-
nal link that may never be severed,
Deputy Grand-master o, III. Henderson of
St. Johnsbury; "Odd Fellowship in Yer
mont, which has been weighed in the scales
OF forty.three years and never found want
ing" Grand-secretary III. e. Parker of
Bradford; The benefits of Odd Fellowship,
as numerous as the sands of the sea-shore, -
Grand-treasurer G, p. Arthur of Bradford /;
" The inner man, its relations to members
of the order" Past Grand-representativ
IL. l.. StillsOn; Secret fraternties, are
they beneficial to the world at large?" Grand
warden g. f. Eddy of Bellows Falls. AT
the close of the exercises DR.. Millgan
thanked those present for the royal man
ner in which he had been entertained On
Tuesday the annual session of the Grand
Encampment was held in the rooms of Yer
mont Lodge in opera-hOuse block. Grand
patriarch j. III, James of Bradford presided
and every elected and appointed officer
was present. Fourteen past chief patriarchs,
eligible to the Grand Encampment degree,
were introduced and the degree conferred.
The annual address by the grandpatriarch
was an admirable production, delivered in
a most pleasing manner. The report OF the
grand treasurer shows a balance of S455. .02 in
the treasury. Over one hundred members
were in attendance, it being the largest
meeting ever held. In the evening Moose
River Encampment of st, Johnsbury
exemplifed the patriarchal degree, and
Hiawatha Lodge of Barre the initatory de-
gree, before the Grand Lodge To-day
Wednesday, the Grand Lodge of Vermont
holds its annual meeting at the hall.
SEMINARY HILL.
GEORGE DUTToN left school last week,
Miss Legg will go home this week -
Mr., Hamilton, a former student, is visit
ing at the Hill. - Messrs. III. @. and
A. w, Kendall visited at home last week.
- Mrs. Harvey of West Topsham has
been the guest of her son. 80 Miss Eta
Palmeter arrived last week. She intends TO
review some English studies, preparatory to