Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-10

at It's own leisure so far as the public can
see. 1t Is an outrage on the public that in
Boylston street, for instance, there should be
no night labor; but that the repairs of the
track should be allowed to drag on for so
many weeks, simply to suit the convenience
of the West End, while the entire city is
annoyed and disconnected by the confusion
and disarray Of the street
Well Done, Girls.
There was leap year party given by work.
ing girls at the South End one evening last
week. Their dance order was upioue
affair. II announced that they were "work-
ing girls, aud were proud OF it," while on the
back OF II was this poem" which should
immortalize Its author
THE members OF the Viola Club are pleased
tonight 10 see
Their friends, and TO afford each gent q rare
opportunity
To secure tonight partner-a partner dur
Ing life;
One whom You may revere and ca II by the
sacred name OF wife.
''Our leap year dance Is at an end; we've
done our little mite
To help those gents whose shyness leave.
them in sorry plight.
While escorting your ladies home connubial
matters Tx,
You may be henpecked Gust the ssme) II yol
wait till &c."
Insurance Commissioners Semi-An-
nual Report.
Part II. OF the annual report OF Insurance
Commissioner Merrill, just Issued, relates
to life, casualty and assessment insurance
md is chiefly valuable for its full Information
concerning the assessment endowment
Orlers. The insurance commissioner was
oud In his dcnunciations at the time when
he orders were most fourishing. and II he
has ceased his sermons il 10 because the
orders have pointed their own morals.
Their record has been discourasing one.
Doomed to failure because the structural prin-
ciple was unsound their affairs were, in the
most cases, nagrantly mismanaged and their
treasures numerically plundered by their Of
tcers. Some Of the offenders have been ar
rested and compelled to disgOrge, others
have escaped with their plunder and Others
cannot be touched by law. Thousands OF
dollars have been lost, and the blow has
fallen upon those least able to bear It, Since
the scmi.annna report in July, % Of these
orders have gone TO pieces and four Others,
just one-half altogether, of the entire list OF
Massachusetts corporations Of this charac-
ter. are in process OF dissolution. The IT.
ability of those remaining Is $40, I33, I75, and
towards liquidating this amount they have
al . 1 Al oJ I,, tha ofata
urv.
Benefit Concert on Board Ship.
Under broad awning on the after-deck
of the Leyland line steamship Lancastrian,
and enclosed by wall composed OF the
flags of England and America, hung side by
side, sat an audience OF about 500 people
Saturday evening, listening to concert
given In aid OF the Sailors Haven on Water
street, Charcstown. The Lancastrian was
lying at pier OF the Hoosac Tunnel line
docks. and by invitation Of Capt. Perry the
concert was given, the talent being mostly
drawn from the officers and men of the YES
sci. Among those present were the captains
OF all the other steamships at the docks.
The programme closed with the singing OF
"Auld Lang Syne" and "God Save the
Queen" by the audience.
Notes and Gossip.
Most OF the clergymen are off on vacations,
but the devil is yet at home.
The valuable stock Of books of the late ia
nous Boston book dealer, T. o. H. P. Burn
ham, Is advertised for sale. There are over
100 no volumes in the collection, many of
them being books of great rarity and very
great value.
The new American comedy-drama bya
Boston playwright Is highly spoken OF by
those well posted In histrionc matters. 1t Is
founded on incidents of the Revolution, but
is not written on the hackneyed lines usual
! to such plays.
On Sunday evening, June IL, the Ober-
ammergau Passion play, which was given
with such success by the Young Ladies'
Charitable Association, for the benefit Of the
free Home for Consumptives, at the Boston
Theatre on May -, will be again performed
at the same playhouse.
The play bills of the Columbia Theatre
next season will bear the names Of Rich,
Harris e. Frohman, Mr., Charles Frohman
having purchased the third interest former
ly owned by Charles +. Atkinson. All the
attractions of the coming year will be fur.
nished by Mr.. Frohman.
For the summer season at the Globe The.
atre, Boston, Mr.. A. l.. Sutherland will be
manager for Mr.. Henry E. Dixey, and Mr..
Frank B. Richards press representative. The
former will be remembered as the success
ful manager Of Neil Burgess Circus, the lat
ter acting In his present capacity for that or.
ganization.
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