The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-19
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ton of Mrs. t. s. Brophy, and the musical
Mrs. Fl. W. Cate and Mrs. j r. Waterman,
violin solos, by Miss Florence Shipman and
Miss Eva Clark, and piano solo, by l.. j.
Hathaway-was under the direction OF Mr..
Hathaway. The tableaux shown were as
follows: Nydis, the Blind Flower-girl OF
Pompeii," Miss Julia Cross; Rivals"
Miss Daisy Lane, Waite Sabin and Ralph
Wiley; Sprlng-time" Misses Helen Brock,
Corinne Lane, Matte Tanner and Agnes
Allsrd; "Spinning loves Yarn" Miss
Katherine Smith and Waite Sabin; I" The
hearts Through Lie" las chiiIdrep) Ruth
Roleau and Harry Taplin, las youth( Jessie
Clay aud Leslie Hayford, (married) Miss
Maud shurtleff and Waite Sabin, Told agel
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow VI. Smith; Carmen"
Miss Ssllie Oviatt; "The Lost Chord"
Misses Florence Ferrin and Kate Hutchin-
son; "a Daughter Of the East" Miss Daisy
Lane; "a Summer Young Man." Ralph
Wiley, and Misses Lucia Bailey, Eva Fuller,
Matte Demeritt, Bessie Pitkin and Jessie
Clay; Waiting at the Stile," Miss Bessie
Pitkin; "An Admirer Of Art" Miss Bessie
Bowers and Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow NJ Smith;
low M. Smith. Ralph Wiley, Leslie Hay
ford and Roy Morse; " The Artists Studio, )"
Misses Julia Peck, Florence Cory and
Agnes Allard; When Other Lips and
Other Hearts. Their Tales OF Love Shall
Ralph Wiley; "The First Kiss" Kate
Hutchinson and Roy Morse; The Pride of
America" Sibyl Wright. "Our Noble
Benefactor," The latter was a life-sze por-
trait of Hon. Homer W. Heaton, over which
young miss, representing an angel, was
hanging a wreath Of white flowers. Every
thing passed off without hitch and the en-
tertainment closed at sessonable hour.
In temperature suggestive of pneumonia
and absolutely dangerous to health, three
hundred or more voters gathered in Capital
Hall last Monday evening, in response to a
call for a general caucus to nominate Off
GERS to be voted for at the next annual
March city election. W. A. Lord called the
meeting to order and stated its object. He
was elected m )derator, and K. A. Mutt sec
rotary. Nominations for mayor were called
for and A w. Ferrin nominated George o.
Stratton. Fred l.. Laird nominated Stephen
Elections on the business abilities of the
present administration. George W. Wing
was nominated by j. r. Seaver. A ballot
was in order, and A. w. Ferrin, Fred l..
Laird and j. r. Seaver were appointed tell
ers. The result OF the ballot was as follows:
Necessary to choice. .l5i
Mr.. Stratton had .................'......... lS5
Mr.. Shurtlen mad. .....,.................... VI
MIR. wing nad............... ................ on
acknowledgements. ......'.....'.'.'..s..'.
and Mr.. Stratton was declared the nominee
for mayor. On motion of #. l.. Laird the
nomination of Mr.. Stratton was made unani-
nous. T. r. Merrill was nominated by
reclamation for city clerk, g. Def. Bancroft
for city sheriff T. j. Keegan for first con.
stable, G. 8. Whittier for second constable
A. W. Ferrin, M. e. Smile and l.. a
Bixby for auditors, George W. Parmenter
for overseer of the poor. T. R Merrill for
treasurer, and L. Bart Cross for commits
sioner of Green Mountain Cemetery, to sue.
coed himself On motion of j. G. Brown
each ward caucus to be held was requested
to elect one member Of the general commit
tee, who shall have charge Of calling the
caucuses in future and attend to all matters
az representatives OF the general caucus
DR.. o. l.. Watson and j. Fl. Senter were
nominated for first and second city grand
jurors. A ballot was necessary to nominate
the third, as f. p. Carleton and George e
Holden were in nomination. Mr.. Carleton
received sixty-four votes and Mr.. Holder
fourteen, and Mr.. Carleton was declared the
nominee of the caucus. Five ballots were
necessary to nominate a man to serve al
lister for three years. Abraham Long
Charles Perrin and j. o. Livingstone were
the nominees. The result of the fifth ballo
was as follows:
Whole number Of votes cast. ................. 10
Necessary to choice:
Cnaries II, ferrin au'''....'..'.'.....'.'.'.
Abraham Long nAu. oil
j. O. Livingstone had. So
and Mr.. Livingstone was declared the nom
inee Of the caucus.