Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-12-11


years, OF Quarterm'ster-General Davis Mr.
Gould, who was in the employ of Gen. Davis
accompanied by the Generals daughter, went
into field not far from the residence, loaded
log upon sled, and started for home. The
little girl unfortunately getting too near the
log was struck by it in such manner az to
lntiict injuries which caused her death in a few
hours. Gen. Davis, who had LETT home for
Brattleboro on Friday morning, received the
sad news by telegraph in the afternoon, and
arrived at home in the evening, Just in time to
see the little sufferer die
DEATH OF Hon. john JACKsoN.-We are
panied to learn from a correspondent /" A. A.
n" who writes US from Brandon, that the Hon,
John Jackson, late Senator from this county.
died at his residence IN Brandon, at four
o'clock on the morning Of the 9Th inst, of
typhoid fever, at the age of about 40 years.
Thus, says our correspondent, large circle Of
friends are suddenly stricken with grief at this
bereavement, while the community at large have
sustained an irreparable loss.
HOSPITAL AT BRATrLEBoRo.-A military
hospital, we notice, is being erected at Brat
tleboro 10y the federal government. The build
ing is not an expensive one, but conveniently
arranged, having been adapted to use by Dr.
with center thirty feet square, and two wings,
each with sixty feet front. 1t is expected
that il will be completed in few weeks,
The CoNTRABAND TRADE IN WAR MATE
RIALs.-The Burlington Times is informed
that there are now aggregated at Rouse's
Point about l4,000 muskets, $50 swords, 500
large revolvers, 100000 caps, and eleven
tons of powder, which were shipped from New
York. A portion of these arms were stopped
once by Provost Marshal Draper, of New
York, while in traaSitu, but very singularly
were permitted to go forward. They are now
held at the Point by Marshal Dunn, by order
of the Secretary of War. The weight of these
articles is over one hundred tons, and their
estimated value is $4,000. The weapons
will arm seventeen regiments. A Mr.. Hey
decke came forward as the agent, but on ex-
animation has been dircharged as guiltless.
The owners or shippers have been discovered,
but their names are not made public.
The FUNERAL SERMON of the late Mr..
Lyman Fisher will be preached on Sunday
next in the afternoon, at the Methodist Church.
He belonged the lst Michigan Regiment, and
was killed at Gaines Mills on the 9th of June
last. He was formerly a resident of this
town.
AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY Associations
We are pleased to see that the good work
forming Agricultural Library Associations is
progressing as it should. In addition to those
we have already noticed in this vicinity, such
associations have ju,t been organized in West
Rutland and Castleton. The officers of the
West Rutland Association are, John Proctor,
President; J. E. Manley, Vice President
Richard Watkins, Secretary, and Rev II. NJ.
Grant Treasurer and Librarian. A Farmers
Club has also been formed there, with L. B.
Smith, President; W. Gilmore, Vice Presi-
dent; J. B. Proctor, Secretary.
OF the Castleton Association, Rev. II. 0.
Higley is President; j. S. Benedict, Vice
President; B. W. Burt, Secretary, and L. W.
Preston, Treasurer and Librarian.
OF the Brandon Association, whose formation
we have before noticed, Rev. C. II. Thomas is
President; w. NJ. Lincoln, Vice President
ThO's Ross, Secretary and of the farmers
Club, S. j. Merriam is President; A. S, Cook
Vice President, and Cha's M Winslow, Sec
retary.
The Association and Club formed in our
own village we have already noticed, with
some of the doings thereof.
These Associations, and others formed in
the state, are the result of the efforts of Mr.
John Raynolds of Boston, formerly connected
with the New England Farmer. Under the
plan devised by him small number of in
dividuals, by associating together, can, at an
expense of five dollars each, place within their
reach library of the best works pertaining
to agriculture, horticulture, &C., &C., including
stock growing, faniery, fruit raising, garden
ing, the dairy, and many other subjects. Mr..
Reynolds has established more than two hun
dred such associations in Massachusetts. His
experience as an agricultural writer, and bis
knowledge of the standard works bearing upon
the subject, give him peculiar fitness for the
work. The plan is such, it will be seen, as to
place within the reach OF the farmer, at a tri-