The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-03

day evening; and the air was heavy with
| the perfume of the floral decorations when
Mr.. NJ. 9. Hooker of Washington. d. c.,
and Mrs. Sadie L. Gadding of Montpelier
| were united in marriage by Rev. G.. w.
Morrow, pastor of the Christian church at
West Randolph, of which the bride is
member. The ceremony was performed
under festoon of roses and evergreens
The bride carried bouquet of lilies of tie
valley, and was charmingly attired in a
gown of heliotrope silk trimmed with
duchess lace and passementerie. The bridal
presents were elegant and numerous Mr.
and Mrs. Hooker will be at home in Wash
ington after January 10.
THE Rutland Herald Of last Thursday
morning failed to notice the entertainment
given the evening before by the Kelley
minstrels in the opera house in that city.
Gus Deming, one of the interlocutors paid
his respects to the Herald, when the curtain
| rose at Blanchard opera house last Thurs
! day evening, in language more forcible
than elegant. He advanced to the front of
the stage and said, " Ladies and gentlemen
| had hoped to see this beautiful opera
house a little better filed than it is tonight,
but we shall do the best we can to give you
good entertainment. We are fresh from
triumphs in Rutland due partially, per-
hapS to local causes. We also come un-
heralded, as the Rutland Herdid has failed
| TO notice our performance of last evening.
But the Herald is journalistic "reminiscences.
it.PR PR"rVeyor Of mu'ty facts and we forgive
The entertainment given in Blanchard
| opera house last Thursday evening by the
Kelley Minstrels of Rutland deserved some
thing better than the meager audience that
gathered there. The manner in which the
! programme was carried through would COM
! pare most favorably with higher priced and
| more pretentious companies that have Wis
| lted us. The costumes were new and fresh
| and the stage setting for the first part
| showed excellent taste. In front of a large
/ American flag in the BACKGROUND, bust of
Dr. Leslie E. Kelley was pleasantly con-
| spicuous. The jokes were new, and the sing
! ing IN the first part was repeatedly encOred
| especially the songs of T. Lotus and j. Nc
Donough The variety entertainment was
wei chosen and mirth-provoking. The
| blending of the well-traned voices of the
Welch quartette was charming and they
| We're recalled again and again. If the bows
/ dldh make any money on this trip thev
can have the satisfaction of knowing that
| they more than satisfied their audience and
/ advertised themselves as a first-class anna
/ teur troupe.
The civil service commission at Wash
| ington has ordered that an examination be
held in the post-office at Montpelier on
Saturday, February TO- commencing at nine
/ o'clock A. NJ, for the grades of clerk and
carrier in the city post-ofiice Only citizens
of the United States can be examined. The
age limitations are, for clerk, not under
eighteen; Tor carrier, not under twenty-one,
or over forty. No application will be ac-
cepted for these examinations unless filed
| with the secretary Of the board on the proper
blank, before eight o'clock P. NJ, Monday,
January %. The civil service commission
takes this opportunity of stating that the
| examinations are open to all reputable citi-
zens who may desire to enter the postal
service without regard to their political
affiliations. All such citizens, whether dem
ocrats or republicans, or neither are in
vited to apply. They shall be examined
graded and certified with entire impartiality,
and wholly without regard to their polit-
ical views or to any consideration save their
efficiency, as shown by the grades they OBJ
tain in the examination. For application
blanks, instructions and information rela-
tive to the duties and salaries of the differ
ent POSITIONS apply at the post-otiice to D..
Z, Clark, secretary of board Of examiners.
FIFTY years ago last "Wednesday, II 3nry
H. Deming of Danvile and Miss Laura d.
Vail of Montpelier were united in marriage,
by Rev. Elisha Scott, on the very spot, al
though not in the same house, in which,
amid the congratuation of relatives and
friends, their golden wedding was cele-
brated Wednesday afternoon, December 27.
After their marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Deming
went to Danvile where Mr.. Deming was
in business. Several years later, they re-
turned to Montpelier, where, for several
years, Mr.. Deming was associated in busi-
ness with the late n. p Brooks, under the
firm name of Brooks & Deming. He re-
tired from business some time in the sixties,
and has since enjoyed in rational way the
fruits of his labors. Mr.. and Mrs. Deming
have one son-Chares H.-a well-known
business man of Montpelier. A younger
brother died in 1876. From four to eight
o'clock last Wednesday afternoon and even
ing, their pleasant home in State street was
crowded with invited guests, who gladly
extended to the venerable and worthy
couple congratulations that had in them
nothing of a perfunctory nature. Among
those from out of town present were Gen
eral T. S. Peck of Burlington; w. S. Boyn-
ton and daughter of st. Johnsbury; Mr.
and Mrs, w. III. Blake of Swanton, the lat
ter niece of Mrs Deming; F. Il. Kimball
and James B. Hale of wbury; Mr.. and
Mrs f. Deming and daughter of Wells River
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kelton of East
Montpelier.