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Consul General 20 Havana.

S. WOLF, esq, a well-known lawyer of this
city, Is spoken OF as Consul General to Havana,
and II Is said that he will receive the nomlna-
tlon. We know Mr.. woLY, and feel that his
nomination is one cminently lt to be made.
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Personal.
Hardware.

Skates.
SKATES sKArrsn
sKATES!!i
sAvA0E's SKATE DEPOT.
S2i street, near Tenth,
SIGN OF THE BIG FLAGl
10000 PAIRS OF SKATES JUST RECEIVED.
A large and Hne assortment Of
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN's SKATES
AND BOYS SLEIGHs.
ALSO,
FANCY ARTICLES
suitable for
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS PRESENTS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC HARDWARE,
HOUSEKEEPERs GOODS, &c, &C.
wholesale and retail
AT NEW YORK PRICES. NOS: In
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Billiards.

MErHoroLITAN HOTEL BILLIARD rARLoR'
No, 86 Pennsylyanlu Avenue,
METROPOLITAN HOTEL nO6-9m
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y OSEPH l.. PEAR SON,
BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
CORNER OF NINTH AND STREETS.
SECOND STORY MASONIC HALL.

WALL PAPER AND WINDOW SHADES,
w Of the latest styles and prices, At ,,,,,
klDWELL HENDERSoNs,
uOl2-lm sos Ninth street.
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For Sale or Rent.

I1oR REYT-oNE LARGE ROOM OVER sTINB.
l. MBTZ's hat and fur store, "a Pennsylvania ay-
enuei suitable for an once. de5-3t
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Delegates to the Macon convention.

INC Convention then adlourned tlll Tomorrow.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-04
J.. J. B RANDALL, p-us.n.,,
N. P. Smoss, 6 aeu,'aA
GEO. A. MERRILL,

A DECIDED lxPRovBsgsr.-Er. Editor /:
Those who have had occasion to pass
over the sidewalk a few feet south of the
FRANKLIN Hotel and Court House, for the
past month, 10 moist weather, whether
our own citizens or the hundreds froN
abroad who have been in attendance
upon the County Court, cannot have
failed to notice the yawnipg gulf Of al
most bO.tomless mud through which
the poor pedestrian, male or female, has
been compelled day after day to wade.
No rod Of turnpike In the county Of Rut-
land was ever more frightfully out of
repair. 1t would certainly have required
a days work OF two men, and an ex-
pendituIe of from four to six dollars by
the corporation TO put 1t 10 orsipary re-
pair. suca extravaganza, of course,
could not be thought OF. We are credi-
bly, Informed that few days ago some
humane gentleman actually donated to
the corporation an ancient piece Of
weather-besten board, and carefully ex-
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h ,ooo -.
10 ioo@' ar Livingston, the American
s aotoe IN France, purchased foU
rIeucn meF'no lambs nom The govern
,1es MONS, aud seat them into the
, un'"S o'slts' lie subsequently ob
oa,neu = oucE from the hameoNlIle;
u9eN WIN thtse imporlauons he found
W = uIeA .! excellent grade sheep the
"Io' , n "n q was IN much demand
iu io9- Ooi' humphreys, the Amer,
NJ ''',H,sve' ia opSln, orou2hE ialo TIE
Sn''y" N'a',s ~ rams ana 10 c"es, Sc
49,, ,. ''o'N 'o' vest S1chs ID jAa1 com"
- 100
>, AZ ioO9 ana 1910, Mr.. Jarvis, the
ohll.N states coNsnl at Lisbon, shipped
10 'A'S country, $500 Spanish Metino
shtyp, selected from The couh-cated
HocNS o. certain spanish mobiles, These
sotep We're chosen rom i've diht1ehI
'aIni'ics' or breeds. About 1000 Span.
ism hefinoS were imported by other pc
sous l'oui loo' 10 ioil,
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NEW York ITEMS. Geo. II. Buel has
bought the hotel property at North
Granville, formerly owned by Mr. Rowe,
An unknown man was run over by
she cars at Meoers Junction, Wednesday,
and instantly killed,
1t Is said that the new Merchants
Union Express Company will soon place
their messengers on the Rensselaer, "
Saratoga Railroad,
On Tuesday young man named
Read became involved in a dispute with
e,eme soldiers in Plattsburg, which was
brought to a fatal issue by one Of the
soldiers stabbiug Read in the neck with
his bayonet, killing him almost instant
ly. The murdered man was a son o.
VIM. Read, jeweller, former resident o.
Burlington.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-04

The gold receipts from customs ar
now averaging about 100000 per
we elk, and the internal revenue receipts
about the same.
Secretary Stanton was upon the
Aoor Of the Senate, Thursday afternoon.
Report says that he urged the policy OF
. sum mer session. bat this is doubtless
mistake.
The impeachment investigation will
rest till the middle of May, when it will
be resumed and pushed promptly to the
end. The committee can sit away from
Washington, if it chooses SO to do, and
II may meet in q cooler place after the
hot season commences.
The Senate had q long executive
session, Thursday, and rejected the pon-
nations OF Gen. Henry w. slocum for
naval officer at New York, and Frank p.
Plair, Jr., as minister to Vienna. The
latter received only six votes for confirm
alton, and there was no division on
Elocsm.
The clerk OF the House has supplied
the President with certified copy OF
the resolution requesting him to remove
collector Smythe Of the New York Gus
tom house, together with the evidence
taken in the premises. A strong New
York influence is urging his removal.
The House has passed joint reso-
luton providing that eight hours shall
hereafter constitute days labor in all
the government workshops, navy yards
eic,. or where laborers are In any gov
eminent employ. II wac referred in the
Senate, out came within one vote O
passing there.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-04

NorIoE.-The affairs of our schools
having been for few days past in a
condition somewhat confused in the
minds Of the people In the district,
owing, In part, to circumstances Incl
dent to the change from the old to the
new system, and also to report or no.
tlce which appeared in this paper of yes.
terday to the effect the schools would
commence on Monday next, signed by
Messrs. McDaniels, Stearns, Perkins and
Toohys a portion of the members of last
years committee, while the committee
elected for this year have given notice
that the schools would commence on
the 18th of April next; therefore, we
hereby give notice to all interested that
the schools in the Graded District will
commence April llth, 1867.
And we also invite the CO operation
and assistance Of all Of our citizens in
carrying out the new system so as best
to promote the cause of education In our
village.
IL ! : 3 s,I RANDALL Prudential
GEO. A. MERRILL,
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a oAkD 90 THE People OF THE
oAADhD % liaooI DrsrRfcr, RUTLAND
III we" 4 the fact that notice appeared
, ~ VI" paper yesterday signed by Messrs.
'i'i >sniels, Perkins, Stearns and Toohy,
III associates as Prudential Committee of
he Union School for last year, stating
that the Union School would commence
its next term en- Monday next, hereby
wish to state that that notice was prepared
and published without my knowledge or
consent, and that | wholly disclaim any
part in the proceedings, and of the res
possibility connected Herewith.
A committee ~ meeting consisting of
the above named gentlemen was held in
private at some place unknown to depo-
nent, at which said notice was concocted
and brought forth, and considering that
two Of the above named gentlemen did
not know until within few days past, by
their own confessions, that they were
members of the board for last year, L
think the result of their labors is rather
remarkable, not to say creditable.
| ma Re the above explanation not be-
cause have any apprehensions that the
people of this village have been misled by
the above notice, but to say to my friends
here who have elected me so many times
to the Office of Prudential Committee and
who have SO uniformly stood by me in all
the perp.exities incident to the office, that
| had supposed that my term of Office for
last year expired March Goth, the end of
the school year for which |, in common
with the gentlemen who signed said notice,
was elected. j j. r RANDALL.
Ratland, March 30, 1867.
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tended II (as far as it would go) over
this abyss OF mud. The example Is
hopeful, and we daily look for s,sme one
who shall initiate this generous seed,
Another board would probably make 1t
possible for our wives and daughters TO
pass that locality to school aud church,
But who can oVer'estimate the comfort
this would be TO them-the dear crea-
lures One OF the most pressing wants
In this village is good sidewalks; but II
we are ever to have them, we must act
In view Of the maxim OF Tacitus "Ds
mmoyib8 re6as, pyiqeipss eoaHltaat, de nc.
jOriJEs omaes," which means, when llber.
ally interpreted and applied to our own
case, the chiefs Of the village consult
concerning minor affairs, but the whole
populace must take the more important
ones, such as constructing sidewalks,
into their own hands, in imitation OF
the whole. sdHled gentleman who donated
the aforesaid board V0x Pop.
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A GooD JoKE.-The scarcity OF good
beef in the Rutland market has been for
some time past proverbial, and our
butchers have been obliged to travel far
and wide and pay high prices for the ar
ticle in order to keep their respective
markets supplied. A few days since,
Mr.. S. of Pittsford, it was announced,
had few fine fat cattle which he offered
for sale, which fact coming to the
knowledge of one Of our butchers, he at
once started for that gentemans resi-
dence and got the refusal of the cattle
for two days, when he returned home.
The next day another bovine vender
butcher No. did not take the cattle on
the following day, he might have them
at the price then and there stipulated.
On the day appointed, butcher No. l
called upon Mr.. s., and after bsntering
for some time as to the price of the cat.
tie, concluded not to take them, the diff.
ference in price being but two dollars.
This transaction becoming known to
butcher No. 2 he at once set out for
Pittsford, but his departure having
come to the knowledge o. butcher No. /,
he, regretting his failure 20 purchase
the cattle, at once procured a fast team
and endeavored to reach Mr.. SIS before
his rival. When near the establishment
of the aforesaid gentleman he succeeded
10 passing him, but butcher No. 2, whip.
ping up his horse, succeeded in reaching
the goal about the same time as butcher
No. l, and at once sprang upon the steps
and started for the door, which, how
ever, he would not have succeeded in
reaching until too late, perhaps, had not
butcher No /, In his haste to be in
ahead and secure the cattle, fallen
full length upon the stoop. Az It
was, both men reached the door at the
same moment, and sought Mr.. SIS pres
ence; bot butcher No. l was again
doomed to chsgrin, for In his excite.
ment be attempted to open it upon the
wroDg side and az q consequence ran his
hand up to his elbow through light of
glass In the door, yelling at the top of
his voice at the same time, "Mr. S.,
I'll take them cattle" Both men rushed
in, and commenced bargaining with
the owner for the cattle, each one
claiming his right to them. At this
juncture the team OF butcher No. | be.
came frightened and ran away, when. of
course, he had to go and secure them.
leaving butcher No. 2 to complete his
trade. By this time considerable merri-
ment had been excited among the by
ISLANDERS st the laughabls mishsps OF No.
l, who upon bis return consented to
lesve the right of ownership TO albitrs.
tion, which was agreed upon, aud, TO
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-04
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE.

At the Mechanics State Fair, held at WOl.
cester in September snd October. 1886, at whict
time all the first class Sewing Machines were
represented, the Florence was awarded To
highest premium-A SILVER MEDAL
At the New England and Vermont State Pan
held at Brattt bOro, Vt, Sept, 1865, the Com
mittee on Sewing Machines submitted tho Ia
lowi 9 report;
THE FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE.
1--WE consider the perfect fnish and snccaes
full working of the Florence Sewing Machine,
exhibited by c. Patch & Co, General Agents,
Boston, Mass. des lves more than passins
notice. This Machine appears to cor. bine a.
the excellenCes, but none ofthe defects Of othcr
Sewing Machines with which ~ are acquainted,
The great variety Of work that can be accom-
pished ~ its four different sti ches, The reFeF
sible feed motion, easily effected by thumb
screw the sclt-adjustiDg tension, the rapiditS
and quality Of the work don byit seem clearly
to dem and Of us the award Of the Soeietys
highest premum-its silver medal
Rutland, No,. Soth 1895.
This will certify that took a Florence anG
Grover Ba er sewing machine on trial at the
same time. Ipreftred aud bought the Florence.
Reasons Wight takes the same itch on bot.
sides and don't take more than half the thread,
MARY a. COLLINS,
Dress and cloak maker.
West Rutland, Nov. Goth. 1866
This may certify that | have Florence sew
ing Machine which works well Iconsider it to
Dt u simple CODsuutlSU HdCulUe ana easy 10 y
kept in order.
MRS. j. NORTON.
Cornwall, Nov 2sth, 1896.
This may certify that have Florence Sew
ing Machine which stws on all cloth to my sal-
islactiOn. had no difficulty in learning to woTk
it. should bny the same if were to purchase
again. MRS. CHARLES BENEDICT.
Middlebury Nov. 2Oth, 1865.
This may certify that l have Florence Sew
ing Mach ne which works to my full satisfaction
and equal to its Recommendation.
MRS. G. HAMMOND.
Pawlet, Dec. 9th. 1855.
have Florence Machine, owned it 81
moths. II sas proved itself all it is recon
mended-a perfect machine in every respect.
Attic j. WHITC0M-.
have sold one hundred Florence SewiEg
Machines in Rutland, Addison and Winds0r
counties which are giving g. cd satisfaction,
any one wishing to see the machine in opera
tiOn with the intention of purchasing If suited
can have 1t at their place by addres sing,
Il. L. GLEASON, RutlaDs,
i3-TSm Travelling Agent
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Local aud stat. Items.

SosAL LEGISLATIVE EsAorEENr.--The
following Is summary OF the legisla.
lion In which RutlaS9 is interested;
An Act to incOrpsrsSe the Peoples
Gas Light Company. ThiS bin provides
for the organization Of new company
to furnish our village with gas II
thought expedienk
An Act enlsrging the powers o. the
Rutlaud Graded School District. This
bill legallzes the action Of the corpora
ton in consolidating the several school
districts substantially upon the basis of
the plan proposed by the committee at
the village meeting upon this subject,
and provides for school meeting TO be
held on the 7th day Of April next, This
is an important and judlclous measure
which our citizens should adopt, and
place the educational interests OF Rut.
land upon 2 higher and more permanent
basis than heretofore. We trust the
people will avail themselves of the good
result which can but flow from it, not
only to the schools, but in forwarding
the prosperity and growth of the village
by the inducement which the high
standard of education it will secure Of
fers for people to make this town their
residence.
An Act to incorporate the Cain Il
Drake Marble Quarry. This incorpora-
tion is local only so far as it promotes
the manufacturing interests of one of
our leading citizens in a neighboring
locality.
An Act to incorporate the Rutland
Railroad Company.
An Act to prevent breaches = ,,,o
peace and unlawful combination MI
is q general law which affec' 60 Lii 81,
parties who employ a lar ,o nno,hor -
workmen, and protec 70 tSon 1T.oua ~
terruption in their tusiress w outsid,
parties who ere Seeking. by threats ant
intimidation malic .ou,sly to prevent theil
employees from .aboring.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-04

The FIRsT PBGaED BooTs.-Mr. DeX-
ter Gilbert of Enosburgh writes to the
st, Adams Messenger that "the man is
still living and in good condition who
made the first pegg6d boots and shoes
that were made in Franklin County, and
until disputed claims the whole State
for his fame" The man is Mr.. Gilbert
himself. He says; II worked in the
town Of Fairfield in the years 1911 and
1912. In the summer Of 1912, old Squire
Read of Cambridge went to Massachu-
sets, and while there watched the oper-
alton of making shoes with pegs. When
he came home to Fairfield to visit his
son, Rensselaer, Read, with whom was
at work, and described the operation to
me so minutely that fixed up lasts and
tools, and made few pairs. / worked
| In different towns in the State for three
years after, and commenced business for
myself in York State the year 1916. |
saw no other man make any begged
shoes until 1918 or 49," Mr.. Gilbert
further states "In the year 1908 l com
mcnced learning my trade in the town
of Brandon, this State, and g year or
two after | saw the first crimped boots
that ever saw. They were called gu
NARROW boots, after general who was
fighting Napoleon in those days. The
first right and left boots l ever saw was
in 1912. This Information is for the
younger craftsmen"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-04

PsBoAuTIoN AeAIssr INDIAN DBfRR-
sArioss.-General Sherman has issued
an order that two pieces OF artillery and
twenty muske,s, with proper amnuni-
tios, shall be supplied to each steamer
That sscends the Missouri River above
Sioux City. the coming season. Com
handing officers Of posts above Sioux
City are authorized to increase the num-
Der Of nuskets ard the amount Of am
nuuition II deemed necessary for the
safety Of the boats.
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add to his misfortuDes, was decided in
favor Of bis rival. This he could no
longer stand, and throwing down y dol.
lar to pay for the light OF glass he had
broken, jumped into his buggy and start
ca Tor home, amid the laughs aud jeers
of the eroTd, leaving No. 2 to take
peaceable DO session Of the cattle and
return az his lelss.'e.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 80, 1907.
Editorial Correspondence.
hoSTPsLrRR, March ~, 1867

MONTPELIER MhiSn -, Aoof'
Nv last com munleation was closed
while the legislature was hard at work
n completing the business OF the SEA-
sion. The Act for rebuilding the jail In
Windsor County caused considerable
discussion In the Senate, and AFTER an
ineftc,ua effort 10 indthnitely pospohe
n, the bill was passed and immediately
carried TO the House after that body had
Informed the Senate that they had IN
ished the business OF the session on their
part, yet they entertained the bill so far
as to have II read, and after spirited
discussion by Mr., Grover Of Wells in IA
vor and Mr.. Rounds Of Chester IN oppo'
sltlon, il WAS laid upon the table. The
speech of Mr.. Grover was characterized
by fair and candid statement of the
merits Of the bill, which made decided
impression, but the earnest speech Of
Major Rounds, setting forth the wants
Of the people of the southern part OF
Windsor County for the formation Of
new county and the impatience OF the
House to adjourn, accomplished its de-
feat The bill p! Incorporation Of the
Gain and Drake Marble Company passed
both houses. An Act incorporating
the Northern Telegraph was enacted.
This Is the extension Of a line now be-
Ing erected though the States Of Massa-
shusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont
TO Montreal. The charter In this State
does no. confine 1t simply to this route
but may be laid in various directions
Among the corporators and directors
are Gov. Smith, Gov. Smythe OF n.
H., Ex Gov. Andrew Of Mass, DR.. Geo.
3. Loring and other prominent citizens
Of New England. Col. ]. w. Robinson
Of Concord, N. H., is the Superintend-
snt,and has had much experience in the
establishment of telegraph lines. The
Walloomsac Railroad bill was not con-
sidered from want ofnotice, only In com
mite, and we learn the hearing, from
the manner and spirit in which 1t was
conducted, was quite amusing. The
House refused the appropriation for the
building of workshop at the state
Reform School. The question OF the
feasibility of making appropriations a. .,
special session probably caused the tos
Of this really much needed M assure
The only really exciting deba' 90 or or
positjon were made upon y a. Rutlap
Railroad and Windsor Con n,y Jail bill,
We think all parties b ecame Statistic
tina, the former was narmless corpol
alton and only Int AIDED to harmonic
conflicting intereF ,ts, and there was n
hidden design to prejudice the rights {
any party.
Both buses practically adjourne
about 2 o'clock on Thursday evening,o'
were not declared adjourned witho'
day until 8 O'Clock Friday morning, an
Fac members left for their homes.
We have given in hasty manner
general view of the proceedings OF tn
extraordinary session OF the General A
sembly, the like Of which never befo
assembled in this commonwealth. AS
the propriety of the hasty legislati(
which has been enacted, we express
opinion, but leave the people to judge
Ii after they have had time for its CO
sidsration, and seen its practical oper
tiok. II. O..
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PoIIcE.-A fracas occurred on Center
street on Thursday afternoon laat be-
tween two negroes and o couple of white
men, who applied some opprObriOns cpl
thets to the former on account of thei'
color. Result, four men arrested and
s25 or $50 contributed to th(. nublic
funds for bre ach Of peace Dad drunken.
uess.
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HoFEL CHANGE.-The hotel at lras-
burg, this State, is about to change pro-
prietors, r. P. Richardson, the present
landlord going out and s. F. Edgerton,
of Hyde Park, taking possession.
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SrABBINa AFFRAY.-The Newsdeaer
says that Burt Lamphear, Of Hydepsrk,
was arrested a week ago Friday for stab
bling the blacksmith, st North Hyde
park; but the affair was afterwards
settled.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-04

Soar SroNE.-A quarry of soap, stone
has lately been found in Windham, and
parties are engaged quarrying the same,
testing its value and practicability for
use.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-04

SPANISH MBRINo SHEEP. -- The hne
wooded sheep Of Spain we're divided in
to Transhumantes or travelling fiocks,
and the Estantes, or stationary ones.
The first were considered the most valu.
able, and were owned by the royal fam
lily, the mobiles and the clergy. These
were fed on the plains Of Estramadura
and Leon in winter, and driven in spring
to the mountain pastures in various
parts Of Northern Spain. The journey
northward was commenced in April, and
that to the South in October; the dis.
lance was about 400 miles, the time
spent being about six weeks. The
lambing season was in January. No
particular care was taken Of the ewes or
their young, and during seasons when
pasture was scarce, one.half and some
times three-lourths Of the lambs were
destroyed, and those which were spared
were nursed by two ewes each. This
arrangement was made mostly for the
ben.fG of the ewes, for it was found that
when q eve sucked lamb her fleece
was deficient in weight. When the
spring migration commenced, the lambs
were about three months old and nun.
hers of them persisted on the way, AS
during the journey the ewes received
neither shelter or nutritious food. The
ordeal of travelling eight hundred miles
every year removed from the focks the
old sheep, and also weak constitutional
or sickIy ones, and left only such az
Were vigorous, and able TO endure hard
ships, properties which seem TO be in
herited by the American Merin0s in an
extraordinary degree.
The Spanish Merinos were introduced
into the United States in 1898 by Mr..
Poster OF Boston, who imported two
ewes and a buck and presented them to
8 friend, who showed his appreciation
of their value by killing them for NUT
ton. In 1901 four Merino ram lambs
were shipped from France for the United
States, but three died on the passage.
The survivor was the means of founding
come very good grade fiocks for his
owner, E, |. Dupont Of Wilmington,
Delaware.