The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-02-15

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nv MANI AM.
CHATTER Y.
We isss Captain tsnl sed b. canal large
and his h~seilfui daughter Mary Ann down
u tho Ea,e Bsslr, laid up for The winter
with Isrs, neeg of river add canal hcais.
nmes ssfc lively there, . sort Of Foe
Masonry s1is,ius smosx b,atDsn every,
~hfre aad ~ 500 ~ the hest got sst,h
Ter pintsr Waiting aud getting Atquasn cd
~as ali he 70. Msry Avn ~ usl TO Il
the lead AID shs tooa tsi large company
Of The bsst mss,cisns on the nsrt, both
slsis ard youus IN e, AZ hsr command.
NAV fol med a musical combination ard
an d li..m,sls,s the Northern Variety
Mi st elsn tut stre more commonly known
~ the Canal Cansrirs." They practissd
every nisht Tor iwo weeks Aod then Mary
Ann ~ leader Of the band had an ofier 10
play In the OF the Nes York variety thea.
tfss ard q, zeD u ,hrm made their 6rst
APPEARANCE on the stage, They had pro
gram ~ music, songs aud dances aud II be-
leg mixture OF the aid aud bressg north
Il took The variety people BY storm and
efcore after encore called them again and
again into 'hsslare n The footlIghta apo
h. ~eek'sr.ssssasmen was q SUGGEST.
Ahou. TbsDksxins they orsan!xed tso
". upss, ore o. men and one OF ladies only
for the Negro variety shows. Each tro p
COZ tsined eigh. members and the girls, led
by Mary Ann, Allied several short engage.
ments The played corpets, bsfjos and
msntoiins, and Nil appeared 81 once on the
9 ske with The same instruments dress d
In hall Indian or border costumes. This
was . taking strike aud their services were
~ great demsnd and they became 60 prof.
Client that At Christmas they consolidated,
fnmirg troupe Of about twenty taking 10
he gentlemen and some older actors ard
iar'ed 90 the road playing in the New
E. gland s;ste,, Cd up the Hudson and 90
into Ca nada, In fact going over The terri
rItory wb,re they WIRE I'll well known and
tie, d ew fullhous.s IN nearly every town.
Tsey played at the old Globe Theatre 10
Troy and several H. iebts OF the road har-
ming 10 be In town celebrating the holt
y, went 10 a body to see the "Cspsl
Canaries'. Among US were some old lake
md canal captains and " the troupe filed
onto the stage ~ d bowed to the audience,
these old chaps all Jumped to their feet
AMI yelled .Lo,c Bridge" and the whole
troupe dropped fiat on the stage expecting
to be bit b. \ low canal crossing bridge,
but 10 an instant they were on their feet
again and the way they played and sapP
,as a caution ard when the end mer
spiurg their jok,s those old bald headed
sinners OF cap aims who sat clofe up to tbs
stage got II bsck with interest. After the
show We went sound to the Troy House
where they we're stopping, and bad q
re, go d visit. then discovered that
Mary Atm had q lover In the troupe who
VISA capital, IN The Erie canal, owning
bis boat ard q defendant of French and
English settlers at Fort Desrborne on Lake
Michigsn, now Chicago. Love seldom runs
SID, 9th and before spring this match was
broken of. But Captain Joe cher lover)
had Induced Captain Bill to make trip up
the Erie canal and ito the big lakes AND
so when spring came they all hauled up thu
Hudson to Albany ard thence to Buffalo
and took TOYS for the Lake Superior up
per regions loaded with general cargo Of
supplies. The voyage was new to both
Captain Bill and Mary Ann aud they were
we'll pleased With the trip and when they
returm to Buffalo Captain Bill swappeo
hi- barge for lske steamer Of medium size
and took on general merchandise load Of
freight stopping at all the lake porte, thei
back agsin up to The copper mines and
back down TO Chicago. While at Green
Bay fine yoang man, . Yankee of the
Eastern Sat 8, came aboard and chartered
Captain Bill to take q load Of supplies to
an island 10 Lake Huron where be had
large lumber camp. From first sight Mary
Ann and this young man Of 80 we're "amit.
ten" and he, having taken Captain BID int
partnership, Bill putting bis steamer
sgainst the Yankees lumber plant, they
were soon shipping lumber to Eastern
p ints and Mary Ann and Della the French
woman, were installed In q neat cottage
and Frank Franklin was q boarder. while
Captain Bill towed the lumber bargcs OF
made long trips which paid good prices.
Mary Ann had canoe, and being good
sailor she. with Della, we're to be seen ex.
pioriog the islands and sometimes Frank
WAS with them. Things ran smooth a.
wing honey and whom the lake froze up
the steamer was moored 10 the cove and
Captain Bill was another boarder at Pine
Cottage. On New Years day Boss" Frank
came home from the main land with cler-
call looking chsp At high noon and Frank
and Mary Ann we're made one. About 100
Of the lumber men we're there, and q few
women white and half-breeds. The men
were heavy stout lumbermsn Of nearly
very nationality but logged out In their
best, they made . brave showing. After
the wedding great fest was spread In the
boarding hcusea'd music and dancing was
nj ysd uutisfsylight The winter passed