Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-04-23

establishment Of MoSsrs. Goodnow A.
Vance, boot and shoe merchants, Of IN,
village. The day being the birthday Of
the senior proprietor, and the birthday
Of the JUNIOR having hQ. recent,
I p}ssoi, the iadv employees of tho e,no,
lisbment conceived the idea of making
! zach a bir,h-day present, Accordingly
| rkc> set about raising "the ucedrul," by
subscn, rtion, among all hauds, both male
and Ccnls,. and i" gool time brought ia
two beap,iE, books, which We're duly pre-.
s,nted. lore he, with the good visits
I've, &c, ! q the Ia. "'',' ne "'''r was
pleasant to all con,erns. u anu especially
credi'abIc TO the ladies'.
CoRS CoLruRE-7'he bess way Np'c-
pare the ground to produce the ~. '"'OA'
dant crop Of corn, is to spread tEs m. ""'e
On the surface after il ha, been plough, .
and harrow it in thoroughly and evenly;
then mark the ground in regular rows,
both ways, from three 10 lhren anu half
feet spaces according to the kind of corn
plantel-large caring corn requiring more
space than small. Plant six or eight kerr !
ne's IN each bill, aud when hoeug tho first
time pull out the most unthrifty plants
leaving only four or five in each hill
leaving it in rows both ways, and
cultivated, makes much less labor in .
ing, which is now mora importansAan
when help wa easier to he obtaine Inc
main difficulty in spreading mule man
ure over the surface, however 'lchy II
may be, proves far more benef' 10 the
crop than when turned undiwllh tue
plough, a very straight draAg harrow
Will hesve it up in punches, nevenly on
the surface. We are crediy info med
that S. R, Hunters Patent volying har-
row will thoroughly pulyer' and NIX the
manure with the suracsand not clog
however mulchy the mare may oe'
A PRAocAL FARMER.
FAr.1 AccrDruy.-A man named
Nicbsoj RYAN WAS ~ over md killed Oh
the Troy and Poston Ballroa., near Bus
L,rp,. n,,Io, ~, ,t,t,v afternoon about
civ o,l,o,- u. 90. ;rtoviatej at the
,;.,. 49,, ,,..,.,,rsl warned of
his dancer uos,;d bo waza resident of
Troy, and that he resided q FIRST street.
49, NJ, ,dson has emoyed his Of
6c.. - g, roo,, o,,,r yau;and Fox's drug
store. j&wlt
VERMONT CoxvrrNcr.-" he nine
teettb annual Conar.lce Of the Methodist
Eniscopal Cbprch sosed at ST. Albans,
On Monday Auri ooh The occasion
was ma of unusual interest Reports
were presented IN the various bene VIOLENT
enterprises connected with the Church;
also the temperance causeand the state of
the couptrr. Bishop Simpson preached a
very powerful sermon On Sunday in the
Congregational Church, Letote an audience
estimated at fifteen hunoed. The char
scter of V, M. 6imonts, If Burlington'
was brought into qusstrn, thorough In
vestgatlon had, and heezpelled from 'ns
Conference, for duct 'noeoom'ng nln-
lister of the gospel.
g4- The Caledonia says that poor
how in the Vermont 4tb.at Lees MiIls~
oaived q fash wound IN he arm above the
elbow which was dressed BY the surgeon
and not again looked # for three DAYS.
and for ought the boy knew was doing
well, when the surgeon came and told him
1t must be amputated; and, in spite OF his re-
monstrances, it was amputated at the shout
der. The patient boy lived ,snd alter lyngm
the hOSOltal for six uuOths was, OF course,