The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-04-10
ABOUT TOWN.
Various Events of the Week.

A play such as "For Fair Virginia" that
brings in many slirring illusions and oppor-
tunities to appeal to the emotional patriot.
ism that characterizes the average audience,
is always successful, unless an attempt is
made to represent an imposing martial ar
ray by few local citizens and muskets.
This is fatal. Employed as an enrsged
mob or shouting populace, the effect Is
the same. Their familiar trick OF feature or
movement, in the unfamiliar costume of the
stage, has for one an irresistible and ludi-
Gro 3 fascination, and it would require the
divinity Of Sarah herself to overcome this
and keep ones attention on the orbits of the
fixed stars. Otherwise the comics must
mUnopolize it.
The ladies of the Methodist Reading Club
observed red letter day on Wednesday az
ternoon at Mrs. Clark's on Loomis street.
The illuminator OF this seasons calendar
had used up all his red paint, owing to the
unusually large Number of such days this
year, and was unable TO furnish anything
but very gray day for the use OF the MEM
bers. But they, being of an enterprising
and optimistic character, ma o the day so
bright inside that no one minded the dull
LESS of the water color out Of doors.
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A few Of the young people took Lent by
the forelock and their partners by the hand
and trod a few measures Wednesday even
ing in the Pavilion hall.
We ought to be honorably discharged
from the obligations OF observing Easter in
this latitude. The spirit of the time, 80
much of which depends upon the respon-
sive thrill awakened by the spring, is yet
afar. The children carol to the effect that
the "Easter flowers are blooming gay" and
not crOcus has peeped; land Easter larks
are singing" when not bluebird has APP
peared-or at least II one OF that hue has
appeared twas because he was cold. The
flowers on our Easter hats would be frost
bitten. The Christmas spirit is ours, or
ought to be, by right of appropriate climatic
conditions, but our Easter eggs must be
forced to life by the unnatural heat Of an
incubator, But it's pleasant to think that
the sap goes creeping up inside the maple
trunk5-at any rate, inside those up which
the worms have not previously crept to de-
vastate-and that you may get bid to sug-
aring-off in some adjoining district. Some OF
the romance has gone with the brass kettle,
though the purity of the latter-day product
is an acknowledged Improvement. The
present process saVors much more OF the
chemical laboratory, and the gypsy flavor
OF the earlier mode Is attractive in the retro
spect, It's parallel case with the old oak
on bucket and the germs that dwelt therein.
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Worcester branch is doing his annual
spring cleaning, shaking up his bed. wiping
| off shelves where the unused tin.ware had
| collected in unseemly disorder, mOpping
| out the neglected etore-rOoms at the cave
aud other points, and rising to the occasion
| generally. The water is OF volume To
float cake of ivory soap. Let us make the
river god member of the village improve.
ment society in the hope that he may be
| encouraged to cleanly habits of less spas-
| modic type. Let US offer libations, tho
| material for which can be obtained by
! means of occasional raids, and get his tri-
| dent nickei-paCed. Thus encouraged, he
may be willing next summer to keep the
dust iald IN that portion OF his property that
lies above the Union House beidge
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George Pitkin entertained some young
| friends on Thursday evening at a sugar
party in his "shanty" on the banks OF the
aforesaid stream, This imposing edifce
hardly deserves the name "shanty," eX'
cept in the sense given TO that term in The
the most desirable and comfortable struct.
ure known. One could hear on Main stree
that it was an enjoyable occasion.
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Sad 1t Is that such wild and fearless
| creatures should be 30 transformed mex
Monday, when "shades OF the prison house
begin to close about the growing boy" But
such are the requirements of civilization
and the absurdities of busy work, ;" that h,
may be set to computing the aggregate o.
the freckleB he has accumulated during tn,
March vacation, Sundays not included
thereby inculcating morals and subtraction
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"Alas, regardless OF their doom
The little victims play
No sense have they OF ills to come,
No care beyond today.
Yet see how all around them wait
The ministers OF human fate
And black misfortunes baleful traini