Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-04-30
Local and State Items.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.-In Ine flfe c0mpa-
MES of this village have been ordered out
for semi-annual review and inspection ON
Saturday, the 10th day of May, at half
past three O'Clock p. NJ, on the depot
grounds, by Chief Engineer George Den
mis-.
MAY DAY.-0n the evening of May
lst (next friday there is to be a Social
Assembly at Firemen's Hallin this village.
Dancing from 8 to o'clock. The trip
pers of the light fantastic, &C., are too
well acquainted with the "style" in
which things are wont to be done at these
parties to require our advice to go.
REcRuITING.-A recruiting detail from
the llth regiment, comprising two heuten-
ants and twelve non commissioned officers,
has reported to Major Austine at Bratte-
boro. The lieutenants in charge are Lieut..
C. X. Fleming, Co, Il, and Lieut.. d. G.
Safori, Co. D. 1t is proposed to recruit
the llth to 1900 men, constituting twelve
batteries of one hundred and fifty men
each
A FAuRE.-A Mrs. Plum, on Thurs
day, under the influence of temporary in
sanity, supposed to be the result of too
free use Of stmulants, aspiring to make
herself, in the language of Mr., MantalIni,
ga demnition moist, unpleasant body"
jumped into the Branch, at Montpelier
Alter floating down stream twenty or thir-
ty rods, buoyed ur by her clothes, she
was rescued without being seriously dam
aged by the bath.
DoGs.-The listers of Woodstock have
set one hundred and thirty three dogs in
the list.
THE TELEGRAPH. - The Woodstock
Standard says the subscription list Of the
Orange County Telegraph has been pur-
chased by the proprietor of the Montpel-
ier Freeman.
PERsoNAL.-A telegram received in
Wllliston on Thursday last, announces
the death of Rev. Joseph Sargent, former
ly of that p'a ace, and recently chaplain of
the 18th Vermont regiment. He had
been sick for several weeks with typhoid
fever. His remains are to be sent home
for interment,
DR.. A. H. Crosby, of Wells River,
Vermont, has recently been appointed eX-
amining surgeon by the Commissioners Of
Pensions at Washington.
Capt. Fl. E. Foster, Co. c, Sth Yer
mont Volunteers, Superintendent of re-
pairs on the Great Western and Opelousas
railroad at the time it was opened by the
United States forces, was met by the en-
ployees of the road at the St. Charles Ho-
tel, in New Orleans, and presented with
beautiful gold watch, valued at $500.
After having been in service since
August of 1861, AdJutant G. c. Kinsman
of the 4th Vermont has been obliged, from
continued i'll health, to tender his resigna-
ton. 1t has been accepted, and on Thurs
day he arrived at his home in Brandon.
BUTTER AND CHEESE IN VERMONT.
The American Agriculturist says upon
good authority that during the year 1862,
there were shipped at the ST. Albals Sta
ton alone 2400 tuns of Butter and Cheese.
This is equivalent to 100000 lbs, or
nearly .fUe million pounds.
CoRN-PoPPING sPEcuLATIoN.-W Warren
ren Heald of Chester, member of the
10th Vermont regiment, recently conceived
the idea Of sending home to his wife for a
cOTn-p0pper, and some corn, thinking that
he might succeed in selling popcorn to
the soldiers therebysturning few honest
pennies. The corn, with co,n7poppsr ar
rived savely in the Old Dominion. and the
corn was par, he'd but there was no means
of putting it up for market Warren
therefore wrote to his wife for two hun
dred co1p-pGps1s which was read corn
peppers by Mrs. Heald and she went TO
Robbins with the ordtr. who sent on al
the corR-poppsrS he had, amounting to over
one hundred. We understand that thew |
have arrived safely in Virginia.