The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04

pllcaJlOn lOr licenses 1Or next season Will be
sent out in few days. New applications
should be sent TO j. e. French, internal
revenue collector, Portsmouth, N. II.
In its report Of the music festival in that
city, recently. the Concord, N. H., Monitor
says: Among the attractions of the after
noon was the flute solo, brilliantly and eff
feotively rendered by Mr.. George H. Wilder.
1t is too commonly supposed that the flute
is an instrument minus soul. In the
hands of Mr.. Wilder the flute attains some-
thing of the timbre and richness of the hui
man voice. 1t speaks and MARBLES and
trolics and behaves much like bird that is
very much in love with its mate. Mr. Wilder
received enthusiastic applause and was re-
called"
ALL people are reminded that there is a
stringent village bylaw against throwing
paper of any description into the streets.
Merchants, bill distributors, and all other
persons who care for the tidy appearance
of the village, should obey this regulation
from sense of its reasonableness-but IL
any wilfully or heedlessly disregard it, they
should be reminded by the officers of the
pains and penalties that follow violation of
law or bylaw. Street Commissioners Rob-
erts has put the streets in a fine condition
as to cleanliness and all classes should
work together to keep them neat and clean.
If the musical critic of the Arg,,s is not
careful he will acquire reputation as a
humorist of the broadcast gauge. Judging
from three or four stickfus in last weeks
issue, we infer that he was at the Mary
Howe concert. The fair singer filled him
| with enthusiasm, and hurrying home, while
the spell was on, he started in. The cre-
alton was Jim" Mrs. Howe-Lavin was
admired by "a considerable minority"
Mr.. Van. Santvoord played an "etnde."
Mr.. LAWN sang an aria from La Gro
conda, Miss Howe rendered /" Air du Ros-
sgnot," while, to cap the climax, Mr.. and
Mrs. LAWN sang duet from La Trav."
This last break was dreadful. The utmost
familiarity with "La Traviata never
could excuse such fippant reference to
that the Argus dramatic critic was ill that
evening, and that the snake editor was
given the concert assignment.
HANDSOME posters from the press of the
WATCHMAN announce briefly the rich pro-
gramme which will be carried out by the
Apollo Club minstrels, the evenings of May
II and 13. The " first part" is entitled
" An Evening Party at Professor John
sons" and is decided innovation in min
strel show first parts. The usual collection
Of 9 Jokes and and gags" is sprung by Pro
and catchy music embraces several rollick-
ing choruses and solos by Burt NJ. Shepard,
George III. Rolfe, George A. Knapp, f. E.
Piper, Fred W. Bancroft, Will c. Berry,
and Herbert S. Chapman. The "great
moral second part " opens with ludicrous
sketch, THE Governors Body-Guard,"
dedicated to his Excellency. Governor Car
roll S. Page, and is followed by bewilder-
ing olio OF specialties, including character
sketches in costume by George A. Knapp
and G. j. Haviland, Burt NJ. Shepard, Fred
w. Bancroft, and the Apollo Banjo Club,
clog dancing by John T. Callaghan, etc,
ETC., the whole concluding with the march
and drill of the Apollo guards in Roman
costumes, led by Arthur g. Eaton Seats
go on sale next Monday, at Longs. Fare
one way over the Central Vermont railroad
between Waterbury and Northfeld, and
special theater trains over both railroads
between Montpelier and Barre after the pro-
gramme each evening The show will
probably visit Woodsville n. H., and st.
Johnsbury, if the people of those towns can
stand it,
A MARRIAGE, in which there was a tinge
of romance and more than tinge of COM
plexity, was performed by Rev. G.. w. Gal
agher, last Thursday morning. The even
ing before, just as Mr.. Gallagher was pre-
pairing to attend service, couple presented
themselves at his home, and announced
their desire to be married. Their names
were William H. Forter and Miss Emma
Z. Ranno, and they appeared to be very
: fond of each other. The prospective bride
had been employed in the family of A. n.
Blanchard, but the couple had come from
Woodsville, n. H., where the parents of the
young man lived. Mr.. Gallagher said he
license was a New Hampshire document
Perplexity No l.. Mr.. Gallagher took the
young man up to Town Clerk Merrills
house, left him there to get out Vermont
license, and escorted the young lady to the
service. Before it was over the young man
came in. Then happy thought struck the
pastor. "My friends" said he, "there will
be pleasant wedding after the service, to
witness which you are all invited" Every
body stayed. But just then the young man
in the case explained to Mr.. Gallagher, in
an embarrassed wav, that the town clerk
would not grant him license. as he was
under age. Perplexity No. 2. An attempt
was made to telegraph to the young mans
asleep. So Miss Ranno was invited to
spend the night at the parsonage, while
hers devotedly put up at the Pavilion.
With the morning came papas consent by
telegraph, collect, and" they were mar
ried and lived happily afterwards"
WHAT will happen in granite matters here
and in Barre is one of those things which
no fellow can find OUT" but it is hoped that
serious conflict between capital and labor
will be avoided The paving cutters in
Barre struck last Monday, but no definite
action has been taken by the cutters and
polishers. The point of issue appears TO be
the date on which new bills of prices shall
go into effect The manufacturers wish
that date to be January |; the cutters say
!, May l, as heretofore The cutters ask
slight increase in the prices; the manufac-
turers say no. At largely ly-attended meet
ing of the Granite Cutters Union, in the
Barre opera-house last Saturday night, the
executive committee was instructed to meet
committee from Concord N. H., on Mon
day. The committee arrived and secret
conference was held Monday night A
spirit of uneasiness prevails which will not
be allayed until the matter is adjusted for
the coming year. Monday morning 200
quarrymen, including those at Quincy, Cape
Ann, Mantle, r.. l., Milestone Point, Conn,
Redstone, N. H., and Hurricane Island,
, Maine, went out, and the 1870 quarrymen st
Westerly, who quit work April /, remain
firm in their demands The cutters in those
places, and the workmen in all the other
departments, are agreed to support the
quarrymen in so far as they will not handle
any stone quarried by non-union men All
the unions are opposed to the wish of the
manufacturers, that all bills shall go into
effect January instead of May l. and this
will be the great issue, probably, to which
the question of a general strike will later
contine itself The granite labor unions
were never more strongly organized than
to-day. The quarrymen appear to hold the
key to the situation.