The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-02

legislature that evening. Those present,
however, speak very highly of Mr.. Hough's
selection of poems. "Griselda and Semra-
mis-" a character sketch, was well received,
but "How They Caught the Panther E"
seemed to be the favorite. Miss Ida Hub
bard sang two selections very acceptably.
MAN was seen last Wednesday after
noon hastily boarding the j45 train at the
Wells River station with an IS clock under
his arm. just as he had reached the steps,
the clerk at the Union house seized him by
the arm and had few minutes earnest con-
versation with him. The outcome of IL
was that the man went one way and the
clerk the other but the clock had changed
hands. The patriotic visitor, who came to
cheer for the president, was trying to
Jump" his hotel bill.
JUDGE G. w. UPTON of waukegan, ILL.,, who
spent his early years in this town, studying
law with Hon. l.. B. Peck, has been at the
Pavilion, with his wife, since last Thursday.
Unfortunately, on Friday, in going to Barre,
where he formerly practiced law, he caught
cold and has since then been quite i'll, al
though he is now somewhat better. Judge
Upton was a schoolmate of Hon. Charles
Dewey, and it is many years since the two
have seen each other. 1t was in 1851 that
he left Barre for Waukegan, where he is
now Judge of the coGrt of appeals.
THE United States Clothes Pin Company
is doing large business both in its spec
iality-the best clothes pin in the world-and
in lumber, in which it is dealing extensively.
1t received this week a carload of hard pine
from Alabama, a carload of white wood
from Kentucky and other lumber from
Canada 1t sends its pins to every state in
the Union and to foreign countries, recently
shipping a bill to Aberdeen, Scotland The
company brings in this way large amount
of money into the town in the course of IT, e
year, and spends it here for the most part.
Thus do these diversified industries contrib.
ute to the towns prosperity
LABOR DAY (next Saturday, is to be cele-
brated in Montpelier this year, and day of
unusually attractive events is promised.
The procession is to form on Barre street at
nine o'clock in the morning, and the line of
march will be through Main, School, Loomis,
Liberty, Franklin, Elm, Main and State
streets to the state house, and thence to
Nicholas meadow, where the sports will
occur. Plenty of good music is promised,
for the Montpelier Military Band is to head
the Montpelier branch of stone cutters the
Barre Band will be at the head of the Barre
branch, the Sherman Band of Burlington
will escort the Barre branch of blacksmiths
and the Northheld Band will keep the
Northfield branch in step. F. w. Carver is
to be marshal of the procession, and f. f.
Bowman and William Haskell will be aids
AT Nicholas meadow an admttance fee OF
twenty-five cents will be charged, but ladies
and children will be admitted free, The
sports are likely to be very interesting and
well worth seeing. A wrestling match be-
tween two well-known miGdle-weights foI
the championship of Vermont will have a
purse of S25 aS a prize. A base ball game
between "A nine of stOne-cutters ami the
High School nine will be played and there
will also be game of foot ball between the
Barre teams. The tug-of-war between the
Stone-cutters of Montpelier and Barre, for a
purse of SO, will be one of the big events ot
Z hn Al N tn ha fpll lnN
ing minor events are to occur: A doughnut
race, 100.yards dash, 200yards dash (fol
quarrynen only, q three-legged race, q
hurdle race of 200 yards, an apprentice race
of 200 yards, putting a stone of siXteeI
pounds, running jump, and standing broad
jump.
The Apollo Banjo Club went to West
Randolph, last week Friday evening anC
gave a concert which the residents of that
town enjoyed extremely. A special cal
took large number of Montpelier people
with the club at half-past six in the evening
and the greater part of the company re
! turned on the early morning train The
concert was in Dubois & Gays hall, whicl
was filled with an appreciative audience
| The encores We're numerOuS-so numerous
in fact, that it was found impossible to re
spond to all. The club had four number.
on the programme, and to two of these the
| enCores were so persistent that responses
/ =
| perhaps the best hit of the evening, and
with it-or rather, with the " Right Whee
March," which followed 1.-THE first par
closed. The banjo solo of Mr.. Piper wa.
received with much applause, and the
g British Patrol" was given in response
The trio of Messrs. Atkins, Piper and Put
nam also was warmly received, and tn,
Crystal Wave Waltz" was presented t
| appease the eager audience. Mr.. Putnam
| sang Golden Morn " to the clubs accom-
paniment, and of course he was encored
| Mr.. Atkins magic trick solo " was one o
the best things of the evening. One of the
! most artistic numbers of the programme
was the guitar duet, " Fantasia" by Messrs
| Blakely and Weston The club was assisted
! by Miss Josephine NJ. Hartman of st
Johnsbury and Master Arthur Dewey oi
| Montpelier. The former has been a student
at the Emerson School of Ofatory in Boston
| and this year is to be the teacher of elocu
tion at the Lyndon Institute. 1t was really
| her first public appearance as reader, and
she more than met the expectations of the
! audience. Her first selection was "Tht
| Day of Judgment" and in acknowledging
| the applause with which it was received
she gave The Irishman's Panorama" Hei
second number was " The Whistling Regi
ment," the club giving whistling ac
| compartment behind the scenes. Master
| Dewey's number was a schOttische, whicl
| he rendered on ban nieaurine. A waltz wa,
| given in return for the applause with whicl
! il was received. After the concert the hal
was cleared, and for two hours dancing wa.
! enjoyed. the club kindly playing portion
of the time. Those who went from Mont
| pelier are loud in expressions OF satisfaction
| at the way in which the club was received
| and at the character of the entertainment
| The club seems TO have covered itself will
| glory. Why cannot it give the same con
! cert in Montpelier?