Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-11-19

hoar and a half very pleasantly, yester-
day afternoon, in the High School of this
village. The general good order and
good behavior of the scholars were anna
rent. The rectations in geography and
arithmetic, which were conducted by Miss
Humphrey and Miss Wightman respect
lvely, were very creaiiable. Among 9TH
er things, several of the class ske,ched
upon the blackboard, from memory.
map of Rutland county, and divided ii
very accm ately into towns. II will be
recollected that the examination of the
school occurs next week.
WANTED. One hundred and twenty
hive volunteers are wanted for Rutland, TO
whomwill be gwen the government bounty,
government and state pay, choice of regi-
ment, and such town bounty as the town
of Rutland shall vote to raise. The Sc
lectmen have opened a recruiting office in
Bntfum's Block, and are ready 10 receive
those who prefer volunteering TO the
chances in a draft. Read the advertise
ment of the selectmen in another column.
RECRUITING. We are authorized to
state that the quota Of Ludlow is secured;
and that in Cavendish eighteen men have
signed an obligation to enlist as soon as
a specified sum, in the form of bounty
money shall be guaranteed TO them. There
is good reason to believe that the required
amount will be raised.
Eleven recruits, mostly young men from
Brandon, arrived here yesterday after
noon, en- route for Brattleboro. A part
of them are expected TO join the Seventh
Regiment, and a part the Second Battery.
TEACHERS EXAMINATION The pub
lie examination OF teachers OF common
schools for the town of Rutland, viii be
held in the High School building in Rut-
land, on Saturday, Nov. 2lst,at 10 o'clock
A. NJ. The public generally are invited to
attend. Prudential Committees are espec-
tally requested to be present.
g-. d. q. MOORE,
Superintendent.
I'd tues&fii&w) ,
THE NEW ENGLAND WomEs's AUX
ILIARY ASSOCIATION, Branch of the San
itary Commission, ask the people of New
England to remember the soldiers On our
public thanksgiving day, by giving freely
OF their abundance, in general contribu- |
tlons o be taken mp IN all our churches. /
The money thus obtained 10 be expended |
for material in tie town where it is col |
lected this made into soldiers garments
and sent to the Association. at % Sum
mer Street, Boston. Thus may our pray
ers ana our haEdiwork be united in a |
work of relief and blessing.
VERMONT SOLDIERS. The Springfield
Republican says; The good Offices Of the
Christian Commission and their hospital,
the Soldiers Rest, were dispensed on Sat
urday to So sick Vermont soldiers, mostly /
from the 10th nfan ny ami lst cavalry, on
their way to the Bratteboro hospital
They were under the charge United States
surgeon Ira b. Smith, and Mrs. Major
Gage. who received her commission from
The government for her brave and efficient
services on several western battle fields.
She has passed through no less than lour-
teen battles, besides being oil fncaleua-
pie service TO our soldiers in many of our
hospitals.
INTERESTING ro Wool GRowERs.
4 correspondent of the Free Press says
hat bit of mercurial ointment, about
He size OF pea, win cure the itching Of
ne ilne wooled sheep, which has been so
troublesome the past season. and caused
hem to pick themselves, and iniare the
ooks Of the fleece very materially. He
warrants it to cure in three days without
he least injury to the sheep.
PATRIOTIC. Schcol District No. i. in
he town of Westheld, VT, with popula-
lou OF only $50 men, women and children.
has already furnished taOeRty-sir soldiers
or Union army. In the census sta
lstcs population like this would be sup
'osed to have only SO voters. The New
oort News does not belieye there is
chool district IN the entire State that eau
how more patriotic complement of in
labilants.
DiPrHERIA. Mr.. VIM. Hickok. of ,
franklin, informs the Messenger that
within range Of one mile of his residence.
shlch is sparsely settled locality, there I
ave been seventeen deaths since the Sth !
i March. Out OF three families six chill
ren have died, and in one, Mr.. Merritt
records, four have dled--all from dip
heria.
EXCURSION. There was an excursion j
twenty-on cars, carrying about six hun I
red persons, from Newport to ST. Johns /
ury, on the 18th inst. The excursionjsts :
about an hour at st. Johnsbury y
nd then returned. !,
ACCIDENT. On Sunday evening, Clan t
las Welcome, of yergennes, head work- .
ian at Husted's, when near the Me,bo- a
lst Church, stepped off the sidewalk. and 4
Is foot turned on one side; before he
'nld recover himself he broke his lep.
GOVERNMENT Horses. Sixty-6ve G
0rses, intended for the war, arrived in D
lis town yesterday. They were pur- !.
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