The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-11

| pr1ate-WreathS OF rye and bouquets OF 1unl-
| per berries Over the platform hung the
| class motto for 1892, "On to Rutland" One
| of the most interesting numbers on the
rather long programme was " The Tale of
Dump" by A. w. Spaulding. Other Sc
lections were; A" The Broken Pitcher"
Jake" Robinson; ammonia and its
Uses" William Miller; song, " From Bench
to Bar" with bag-pipe obligato, John
O'Grady; tableau, "Ten Nights in Bar
Room," l.. d. Russell; song There is
John Chimney; recitation, " In the Soup"
George Wade; chorus of departing grad
uates
We going far away
Far away to leave you now"
An account of the distribution of diplomas
will be found in our regular court report.
No matter what the feeling toward Hiram
Atkins by political, social and business
enemies, there is but one sentiment ex-
pressed by one and all in the hour of his
bereavement, and that is the sentiment of
sincere sympathy. In the very moment of
his triumph, after long and bitterly
fought political battle, when his friends
were rendering their joyful congratulations
there came to him the announcement that
his wife had been taken away. Strong man
though he is, despite his age, the blow
completely Frustrated him, and stricken
with grief, he was carried to his home
Mrs Atkins died shortly after five o'clock,
of apopexy. Since the death of her mother,
bWO ytdIS dRO, SUE ldlltu TdDluly III
health. Mrs. Atkins was the daughter of
the late Ezra Il. Kimball of Bellows Falls,
and married Mr.. Atkins twenty. eight years
ago, being his second wife. They had no
children. The funeral was Sunday after
noon at two o'clock. After prayer at the
house the remains were taken to Christ
church. The cortege was met at the
church doors by Rev. A. n. Lewis, and Rev.
Howard F. Hill, the former loved rector,
and the Episcopal burial service was per-
formal Mr. Hill reading ba ha
bearers were Hiram and George Atkins,
George w. Kimball of Bellows Falls and
Henry M. Kimball of Boston. The casket
was loaded with roses and callas. The
remains were inferred in Green Mount
cemetery.
: the granite troubles. The New England
Granite Manufacturers Association at Bos-
!, ton last Wednesday voted that the men,
hers of this association shall stop all work
in all their departments, with all employees,
on the evening of May IA next, provided
! they do not make agreements in all locali-
/, ties which shall terminate January 1st
1888" This looks as though the cutters
of Montpelier would be locked out next
3 Saturday night if the members of the asso-
+; citation here follow out the dictates of the
New England association. Last Thursday
: morning between 900 and 1000 granite cut
ters and tool.sharpeners struck in Barre
1 and the streets of that town are filled with
lult mcH' lutTt Is uO ulSOTueT, however.
The granite cutters of the Barre branch of
, the Granite Cutters Union adopted several
slight changes in their bill of prices and
presented the same to the manufacturers
3 association, January 80, to take effect May
|, in accordance with an agreement that
{ three months notice must be given by
l either party of any contemplated change.
Q March IL the association replied, refusing
1 the increase, and demanding that bills OF
| prices must go into effect January l. The
N tfarS ban OF mill Wa1p al,,,
a night, in the hope that an amicable agree
5 ment might be reached. That night the de-
a cision of the New England Manufacturers
association was considered by the union
cutters and sharpeners and it was voted to
, suspend work until satisfactory agree
. ment should be arrived at. The cutters
. made the concession that they would fix
, the period of notice at six months instead of
4 three months. There the matter stands,
! and all hands are awaiting with interest the
developments of next Saturday.
8 SEATS are selling rapidly for the Apollo
t Club mnstrels tomorrow and Friday even
d. ings. Tickets for the second evening go on
: sale this morning. The entertainment has
0 been well advertised, and the managers will
q be trife surprised if the Opera house is
not packed the first evening. Every one
, who can go the first night should do So as
/ it will be a regular ovation. Friends are
|, not enjoined from bringing flowers. The
I beautiful souvenir programmes, booklets OF
SlXty-IOur pages are tne fnOSt elaborate pro-
A grammes ever seen at a minstrel show since
Noah's first arktc expedition. The great
" first part is a decided innovation in min
3 strel openings 1t is entitled " An Even
ing Party at Professor Glenn Johnson's, )"
and was constructed especially for this red
letter occasion by Bert l.. Taylor None OF
| his jokes, the author declares, antedate the
, Rameses family, while most of them -four
{ ished as late as the English Renaissance.
! Joseph A. DeBoer, as "Clem johnson, -
xyil ha a nil pt aurpriaa for ha nd
Such interlocutors are rarely seen in min
strel show. The "great moral second part !"
, , comprises list of fine speciaties, including
: : character sketches in costume by Fred w.
Bancroft, George A. Knapp and g. j. Stani-
|; land, Burt NJ Shepard, and the Apollo
: Banjo Club. Irish jig and clog-dancinS
will be performed by John T. Callaghan.
Other specialties in profusion. The whole
|, concluding with the march OF the Apollo
! guards in Roman costumes. and the beauti-
! ! full tableau, "Apollo Witnessing the Birth
of Minstrelsy," G. j. Staniland posing as
Apollo A special train will be run, Thurs
day evening, over the Montpelier g. Wells
River railroad, leaving Marshtield at 4 :35
|, Round trip tickets for fare one way over
the Central Vermont railroad between Ran.
dolph and Waterbury. Theater trains to
Barre over both roads after the performance
3 each evening.
THE liveliest blaze which Montpelier has
/
evening, shortly after six o'clock, when
the house and barn owned by William H.
Hunt, near the corner of Main and Loomis
/ streets, proceeded to burn up or down, as
,, you please. The flames started in the
barn; how is not apparently known, 1t
, was rumored that man drove into the
i barn smoking pipe. and some fifteen min
utes later the fire occurred. This is proba
bly, fake; likewise the report that a
|, man fell off the roof and was killed. The
only thing that didn't fall off the roof
! or out of the upper window was a man.
No.. 4 hose, Volunteer hose, Capital hose
the hook and ladder company and good
share of the town were on hand a few min
utes after the feeble alarm sounded, and the
work of salvation was begun The fire
proved stubborn, despite the three power
full streams of Berlin chasers." AS fast
as one part of the house was " saved an
other part broke out again, One chimney
was saved seven times. The barn, which
was filed with hay, was complete job of
destruction. The Morgans and Hambleton-
ians attached to the livery were gotten out
safely. The interior Of the house was eaten
nm by the " "deVOurinp fames.p although