Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-05

=, Alh,u, j. ~ have = '''al''. 90 IN
the village green, a. midnight 'n Tues
lsy The edi,or OF the Ir'"''''r' wants
70 De- there,
The Rev. Herman c Riggs has ac'
eep,ea the call Of the Congregational
slur,h in 81. Albans, and will commence
nj labors tomorrow
~ II Lucia, Esq, has just commenced
the laaetice % Law In Ncrgcnnc- The
N.neaher .lcals Highly oi hi"t
Good winter apple, r.u le l~aglI in
the vicinity q Nerg'npc' tn St5o per
barrel
/ "A young lady u 20 summers, ; feet
II mohc, tall, weighing $40 H., passed
llEough Island Pond on theoar, for Cana.
I In, Oct 20,
~ valuable horse belonging to a lar.
mcr in Addison county was bitten on the
/ ietlock joint by a rattlesnako, and died in
fifty minutes in great agony, The reptile
was trampled 10 death by the horse in its
rearingS and pluuging after the bite.
The Grand Division Of the Sons Of
Temperance Of Vermont, at their recent
annual session, elected James Squires, the
present worthy representative from Char
lotte, Grand Worthy Patriarch,
A son Of Z, \. Conner, Of Shelburn
Point. about five years Of age, on satur-
day, fell from load Of potatoes, and one
If the hind wheel. ot the wagon passed
over his chc., and stomach, badly iniuring
him.
"A man by the name Of Laport, 40
years old, and living near East Cam
bridge, On Thursday last was well at din.
ncr time, and went out TO chop some wood,
Not coming in at night, search was
made for him, and he was found dead
near his work.
Foster x Cheney's drug store, Stan
stead Plain, was burned on Sunday night,
Loss $1,000. Fully insured.
--Amasa Turner, pensioner Of the
war Of lsl2, died at Chester, on Monday
last. lie lost an arm in one Of the bat
| ties Of the war, hut maintained habits Of
personal industry 10 the close Of his life
a traveller stoppinAat Chency's hotel
in Westmore, recently, had with him a
valuable pair Of horses, one Of which got
hung and broke its neck.
-Twcnty-onc head Of cattle, belonging
to S. NJ Field, were seized by officers OF
the customs at Newport, Monday, for
undcr-valuation.
--Orison Foster, of Tunbridgc, Vt ,
says in the \. f. Farmer that he has cut
this season. at two cuttings, from AZ rods,
2,9i1 lbs Of hay. being at the rate Of 3.
tons per acre.
The Lamoille Newsdealcr has an ar
ticle on skunks. Among other stories it
tells the following When Sheriff Dwin-
nell went the other night to rouse Bro.
Small to get warrant to apprehend the
counterfciters, he saw one of these pretty
creatures On Smalls door step, and sup
posing il TO be an animal Of the feline
species, he went to poor pussy it, in a
very sympathetie manner, and receivcdnn
return for his kindness Il most gushing
/ greeting We leave the rest for the imag-
nation Of the reader. However, the
story has its moral DO not caress your
neighbours cats in the dark
The eases Of young Lord and Elan
dcrs, of Orange, for shooting at Mr.
Becde, have been disposed Of. The father
Of the former has paid $50 fine and cost
for his son, and the latter has gone to tn,
Reform School at Waterbury.
The West Rupert Cheese Factory
Company made sale last week of the en-
tire lot of cheese that they had on hanC
and are to make, at 10, cents pound
delivered at the depot, about $1,000 lbs
in all
Receipts for customs at Island Pont
for the last three months have amounted
to sijl in gold per day. As many good
are bonded through to Portland to pa.
duty there as pay duty here.
--Rcy. William A. Robinson, of Bar
ton, has in his possession specimens o
koordish and Turkish handicraft domes
tic utensils, and of the flowers, pods an,
buds of the country, which were sent t
him by his sister, missionary at Mdrasf
Central Turkey. Among them are spec
mems OF pods or shells similar TO those {
: which the Prodigal Son would fain hay
filled his belly. They are called in th
, Scripture "husks;' but the reference is t
this kind of r'rajbcaR or Ceratjd. 1t
! fiat, dark colored pod, sweet and plea
;, ant to the taste, and said to be quite n,
tritiou-. The taste is not very dissimil;
i, to the dates we have here
ACCIDENT a negro boy, Samu
Burke by name, had leg and part of OF
foot taken off while Stacking ears
Middle Granville station, yesterday NOR
ing.
n THE PRAIBlrs On FIRF.-A locom
o tive set fire to the grass on the prairie
near Altoona, Iowa, last week Fam
ed by the high wind, the fam
e dashed into the neighboring farms, lea
n inga swath OF ruin behind. The farm
t. Mr. Cummings was swept Of eyerythir
d house, barn, with horses in it, grain
e the stack and fences, all were swallow,
up. The farm Of Mr. johnson, near b
lie met the same ruin, only he managed |
p great efforts to save his residence. A