The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-24
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY "a 1894

William Dillon and others. The hall was
crowded, and the occasion was most en-.
jOyable.
THE entertainment in the Ladies' Library
Guild course, given last Monday evening by
the Lotus Glee Club, assisted by Miss Min
ME Marshall, reader, only increased the
popularity of these artists in Montpelier.
Each member Of the glee club has a fine
voice, and all blend with perfect harmony,
Miss Minnie Marshal's recitations were the
feature of the entertainment. Her graceful
gestures, charming appearance and finely
mouulated voice, as well az her fund of
good nature shown in her responses to RS.
peated encoreS, won the favor and admira-
uon OF her audience. The concert was one
OF the most successful in the series. and
gave universal satisfaction.
THE sparkling musical burlesque "Chro-
nothanatoletron " will be produced at
blanchard opera house next Tuesday even
ing under the auspices OF the Kings Dlunh.
ters Other attractive features on the pro.
gramme are musical selec ions under the
direction OF f. w. Bancroft, the Columbian
dnll by thirty-three young ladies', and last,
but not least Miss Margaret Shanks the
versatile and talented elocutonist, whose
appearance at the entertainment given last
year by the Apollo Club is still delightful
memory. The entertainment is given for
the purpose of raising funds with which
the " Daughters " may aid the worthy moor
OF the village, and, unless all signs fail the
opera house will again be packed ID the
doors.
The following from the Boston journal of
a recent date will be of interest to many in
this vicinity; Mr. Willard S. Martin, Jr..
who graduated from Tufts College last
June, and has since achieved unusual sue
cess as local special agent for the Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New York. has
Just been appointed general agent for New
Hampshire and Vermont of the Massachu-
setts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mr..
Martin will have his headquarters at Man
chester, n H., and will enter his new field
OF work with the best wishes of all those
with whom he has been brought i'm contact
since living in Boston" Mr.. Martin il a
son of Hon. Willard S. Martin of Plainfeld,
and his friends in Montpelier and elsewhere
will be glad to know of his undoubtedly
well-deserved promotion.
CHARLES DEF. BANCROFT furnishes the
following interesting statistics regarding
the births in Montpelier during 1898: Whole
number of births, ninety-seven: of which
iOrty-iour were males and ffty-three fe-
males. The number born in January was
six; February, six; March, eleven: ADril
eight; May, two; June, thirteen: july
seven; August, eight; September, ten; Octo.
Der, ninei November, thirteen; and Decem-
Der, four. Twenty of these births occurred
on Barre stree, and the fathers of twenty.
six are granite cutters. One hundred twelve
OF the parents were born in Vermont:
twenty-elght in other states; twenty in
Canada; ten in Ireland seven in Scotland;
four in England; and one each in Germany
and Russia. Thirty of these births were
the result of marriages of persons of differ
ent nationalities.
F. w. BANCROFT gave his Irish Songs
and Song Writers to very large audience
at Albany, n. Y, last week. The Argus of
that city thus speaks in praise of the enter
talnment: Very few of those who attended
Mr.. Bancroft's recital on Irish Songs and
Song Writers last evening anticipated the
genuine treat prepared for them. The lee
ture was novelty. Like an illustrated
lecture, the beauties of some of the sweetest
irish melodies were shown by giving the
songs themselves to the accompaniment of
the piano, Mr.. Bancroft has sweet, we'll
modulated tenor voice, and the essential
quallhcation of reciter, if that term may
be used to describe his excellent work-a
clear, distinct, and perfectly natural pro-
His intonation adds to the
charm OF the Irish songs which require the
peculiar richness of the Irish brogue to give
them at their best"
Miss FANNIE F, WALDO of williamstown
died last Friday morning at the home of
Mrs. Amy p. Hibbard on St. Paul street,
where she had been visiting. Miss Waldo
was thirty-three years of age, and has for
long time been i'll with dropsy. She was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Hibbard
OF Willamstown. A lady of much more
than ordinary talent and ability she grad
uated from the Vermont Methodist Sem
mary in June, 1889, and since that time has
been teaching in Montpelier, East Mont
pelier, Barre and Williamstown She was
a sister of Mrs. K. j. Colby of Plainfield
and Henry b. Waldo of Willamstown.
Her body was taken to her home last Sat
urday, and funeral services were held in
the Methodist church there Sunday after
noon. Rev. G. o. Webster, the Baptist pas
tor at Montpelier, Of whose church deceased
was member, officiated
THE chief of the weather bureau directs
the publication of the following data. COM
piled from the record of observations for
the month of February, taken at Mortified
statlon Tor period of six years. 1t is be-
heved that the facts thus set forth will
prove OF interest to the public as well as
the special student showing, as they do,
the average and extreme conditions Of the
more important meteorological elements
and the range within which such variations
may be expected to keep during any cor
responding month, Mean, or normal, tenn
perature, l7'i the warmest February that of
1880, with an average of 90; the coldest
February that of 1889, with an average of
IL; highest temperature during any Feb
ruary, 56o, on the 9TH, 1S90 lowest temper-
ature during any February, 32a, on the 1th.
1889; average date of first killing frost in
autumn, September 2l; average date of last
killing frost in spring, no report; average
precipitation for the month, 242 inches;
average number of days with 01 or more of
precipitation, IA; greatest monthly precip-
itation, 3.29 inches, in 1890; least monthly
precipitation, 1.73 inches, in 1892; greatest
amount of precipitation in any twenty-four
consecutive hours, LOS inches, on February
and 8, 1880; greatest amount of snowfall in
twenty-four consecutive hours (record ex-
tending to winter of 1876 only, rs inches,
February 20 and 81, 1885, average number of
cloudless days, o; of partly cloudy days, 10;
OF cloudy days, 13; prevailing winds, south ;
highest velocity of wind during any Febru-
ary, 90 miles on February 13, 1891.
NOT since the County Fair" was at
Montpelier last June has Blanchard opera
house been crowded to the doors as it was
last Friday evening. With a seating ca
pacity of 800, fully 200 people were present
when the curtain rose on the first scene of
the operetta, Golden Hair and the Three
Bears" given by the pupils of the public
schools, assisted by local talent. The
chorus of eighty-tive school children was
assisted by Katie Hutchinson as Golden
Hair, Mrs. f. L. Pitkin as Woodland Queen,
f. w. Bancroft as Bard, Ruth Roleau as
Faithful, Jennie Hunt az Will o. the Wisp,
Will 5. Smith as Big Bruin, Bertha Slay.
ton as Nanny Muff, and Dean Slayton as