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

And the little creature shuggleu IN. ana
nut his head as close To the corner Of the
rock as possible, while the heavy ears
whirled past him. And many were the
moist eyes that gazed, and silent thanks
giving went 10 heaven,
WILMINGTON, No, a-Kilhngton, No.
8, was out yesterday for final and last
trial and examination previous TO her
acceptance, Notwithstanding Mr., \. l..
Davis, the foreman, subjected her 10 the
most severe tests, she proved herself fully
adequate to all and every emergency to
which she would be likely 10 encounter.
After practice Of threo-quarters Of an
hour on the depot grounds. She was
taken TO the reservoir on the corner Of
Main and West streets, and AZ both eta
lions worked admirably and TO the salts
faction If the Trustees, who, at the end
i tho trial. accepted her, and now she is
The propertylof the village, We now can
20 to our rest, always excepting those
laboring on morning paper and sleep
sith more security, from the bare fact
that a steamer is stationed in our midst,
Mr. n. s. Bean, superintendent and in.
sentor Of this class Of steamers, also a
member of the Amoskcag Company, came
On with the machine. and put her into
working order. Mr.. Bean has had an
experience of eleven years in the manu-
facture Of these steamers, and, previously,
was builder of locomotives, and in both
positions has proved himself to be a
thorough and practical mechanic. We
are trustwhorthily informed that the en-
viable notoriety of this company is due
principally to his individual efforts,
Some of our citizens may desire to
know about the capacity and strength Of
our new. steamer, which is as follows :
Boiler il thirty inches in diameter, sixty
four inches in length, and contains two
hundred and sixty-three hues, Of II!
inches in diameter, and eighteen inches in
length; steam cylinder is 81 inoh dia-
meter, with an eight inch stroke pump
Il inch diameter by eight inch stroke.
She can discharge about 700 gallons Of
water minute, throwing two streams.
'he time of raising steam, sufficient to
pay with, since she has been in our midst,
has varied from four to six minutes
III. killilxton is numbered three
hundred and three. which shows that this
class o! machines ar" in good demand
Committee OF the N;sung Mems Christian
Association announce that they have SCI
cured the lecturers and completed ar
ranoomen,s fnr d course of first class lee
turos the .oming winter. This informa-
ton will be extremely gratifying To our
people. The Committee propose to sell
tickets for the course at a reduced rate,
and we trust our citizens will all subscribe
for tickets at the first opportunity, and
encourage this matter. Let it not be
said that we cannot sustain a good course
Of lectures in Rutland. DR., Ninton,
Theodore Tilton and Stephen II. Tying, jr.,
are the three first lecturers in the course
dates of lectures will be announced
soon.
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Press makes extracts from our local
columns it should be more careful. TIC
he point The Free Press of yesterday
,opios from our Wednesdays paper most
If the Castleton items we published that
lay, making each one of them a Rutland
item. Neighbor Free Press IRE doH't ask
credit for them, but hope you will not
nislcad paople by making errors in copy
ing from our paper
RrrLANn BAPTIST SoCIETY.-Rcv. L.
Mills, Of Troy, y. Y, has accepted a call
from the Baptist Society, Of Rutland, to
be their pastor. 1t is expected he will
commence his labors at once. The Soci-
ETY. are fortunate in securing Mr. Mills.
ADDISON CorNrY You've MEMS
Young
Mems Christians Associations of Addison
County have issued the following oircu-
lar:
DEAR BRETuRFN 1t il one of the
encouraging signs of the times that God
Is everywhere turning the hearts of His
people 10 il deeper consideration of the
Importance of activity and union in His
service. As result of this change of
icchng. Christians in various parts of
the country have been moved 10 assemble
together, regardless of UNCONVENTIONAL
distinctions, to provoke one another unto
love and good works, ana to consider more
especially the means by which the Law
members of the churches NAV accomplish
more than heretofore in the service of
Christ, IN the fulillrneut of His great
command t" preach The gospel to oyery
creature.
In accordance with this feeling a mass
convention of loun. Mems Christian As.
sociAtions was held at Brattleboro, COM
mencing Oct. 10Th. That Convention was
great success. To many of the Chris.
tian pastors and lsymen of the State i,
proved a Jerusalem indeed.
a resolution was passed there that the
Associations of this State be requested tc
provide for holding Christian Conventions
in each County, having in view AS an OBJ.
lect the organization of Y. NJ C. A
throughout the State
To carry out the spirit of this resolution
as well rs TO arouse an interest in tn,
churches to this great work given US t.
do, and to aid in securing that union o.
effort and sympathy among Christian.
which is so important to the great sue,
cess in our God-given mission, we invite
all members of Y NJ. c. A. in Addison
and Rutland Counties to. attend thi.
meeting. A cordial invitation is also ex,
tended TO, each Evangelical Church in