The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-10
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0rtisa of Hia These fuafes hr,anc ihe
nsmhfai meai,crs 10 bus family Ar ae1rc
~ isc,n h,,, Ia.rsliary pftiaeetion To
prove g. We VIA rrf,f 60 en- Seen headcd
"a snftllf IA nsmsuon," rrisfinf ~ =
Salvsioru 10 Royaliou dunns Witch balls
wrrc collected in ihe uir s.. vh,ch W.
pcnucd about ont Htl- aro. This ucm
vas copicl ty ma.i oi oar State papers a.
,he rae. anl saan af oar exchanges
farther oT followed snii. liavclicd West,
then Soufh, rprui fine summer among
the snrtt plantations chilly Vmicr APP
pr,arhsd q took oa new vitality pa
pers ol thilrdcirhis gave Il prominent
place among sr'ssJr.sns, oar editors At
homo believed . was san vthcr astcfuid,
and here II goes again as the latest won
dor Of TIE past week by the Rai'aa8 li,g.
old. IRE Pressani halca-dozcn mot' OF
our contemporaries. Green .Naan'ila licr-
aik
Wrll. what Vt an that II /, WAS pen
ncl' iu thc &. W H,n'i Office, i, is prob
ably lu.' as true as u ever was.
STATE ANtE CONVENTION.
The Burlington Frte Pres reviews at
length the proceedings Of this convention,
approving Of some things, and conlcmuing
other. OF Us action towards the State
{ pspcrs the Free Press says--
liu, uurenorous towards other papers,
mi unca.icd Goa. ~ We consider the action
of tha Society IN the premises, for ourselves
/ We are willing 10 look at II with entire good
humos We say too that It will give us
ycry great pleasure ,al, will admit our Eau
/ lhoriy TO speak for ourselves to have all
those sccieues aud all the sub-agcnts in
/ terost Ia msyiyes in getting for the Bur
GngioH Free Press as many responsible
I subscribers as they can. II thereby our
list shall be tripplod or quaduplcd, 50
much the better for the Temperance cause.
I We say further. that If in addition to all
that aid. any porsun or any committee will
give "a the whorcwth 10 support good
"associatc editor" we will engage to make
paper which will exert as wide and whole
some an Influence for the Temperance
cause, as the Temperance .Hdniri does,
To say no more. We should not wonder ii
other editors in the State were rcudy to say
the same! We by M means intend to dis
parago the editor e that paper, in the a.
bove remark, albeit, we cannot agree with
all his modes of action and speech, earnest
as we believe his friendship of the cause
TO be.
---lAQuoR SrisuRG.-An intinerant
um-peddlcr was arrested in this Village on
Tuesit last, and in his sleigh was found
two kegs and two large jugs containing
rum. lie was forthwith put on trial, and
falling to convince the Court that he was
the innocent lamb he claimed TO be, he
was adudgcd vioa,er Of the statute and
fined twenty dollars and costs, --amoutng
in al to thirty dollars,--and his liquor, n
bout fifteen gallons, poured upon the
ground. Bran Ton Post.
Il scisure of several kegs AMI bar
relof'iquor was made the same day IN the
grocery of $. +. Paige but Mr.. Paige
being absent. no action as yet has been had
on his case. ID.
At the annual meeting Of the
franklin Co. Agricultural Society, at 81.
Adams, on the Doth, the following officers
were chosen -
President, Harmon No,hrop; Vice Pres
idents, Daniel Story, A. q. Bennett; Sec
Rotary. WIN. Henry lIoyt; Treasurer Vic
tor Atwood.
~ SrRANGER.-On Saturday after
noon lost gentlemnn of this place, re-
turning from Windor, saw live Robin
pcrchcd in tree by the roadside. To
make sure that it was n vertable robin
red breast, he refined up and caused the
the bird to ily.-!Springfeld Telegraph
Tho survey for direct connection
between the Vermont and Canada Railroad
and the Rnt,and and Burlington, as con-
templuted in the charter Of the Vermont
and Cinada, is now in progress.
worthy townsman, Arson Buck, Esq, sold
ia, COW a few days since which weighed
on the hoof 1880 pounds 1t was a cross
Of the Durham aul native breeds She
was sold for $40 and taken to Boston Ia
crafty the lovers ofroasi beef. ST. "A Ness.
~ SPLENDID pREsENr.-W I'M
dcrstand that sundry employees on the
Vermont Central Railrod have presented n
beautiful gold cronometer 10 John Crombie,
late superintendent Of Motive Power. Mr..
c. goes South, for the benefit Of his health.
which, we are sorry TO learn, is so much
impaired "a 10 render this course nccessa-
ry.-Vt. Waterman.
-P0PULATIoN OF BBATTLEBORo'
Misunderstanding To a census just taken
by the Clerk of School District No. a.
comprising the village of Bratileboro, the
population Of the village Is 2J6l. The
number Of scholars, including all persons
between the ages Of aud II year,, Is $50
Last year the total number Of inhabitants
w9s 2l9i, and Of scholars 553. Increase
in population "a decrease in scholarsll.
This last exhibit indicates that matnmony
is on the wane, or tina; its results are no,
as successful as formerly. We commend
this consideration 10 the younger portion
Of our adolf population. Upon them rests
the solution Of the problem.
The above being from the Eagle, it should
say upon us rests the solution" Sc.
--FATAL AcCIDENT.--An accident ol
a peculiar naiure occurred on the Manga
tuck Railroad, Ct, on the 25ih instant. AZ.
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