Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-02-20

Bethel has population Of 1904
-Chittcnden county has ZIG Justice
I the Peace.

-bctht! has a population oi lNo4.
Chittcnden county has ZIG Justices
Of the Peace,
tn" FIRST company of Vermont sharp
shooters was. in 3, battles,
Rev A. c. Stevens delivered lee
ture>before the Brattleboro lyceum last
week, ON Men and the Times"
The Episcopal Society in Chester,
have extended call to Rev. 4. b. Elan
derS to become their rector the ensuing
year.
Francis Goodhue of Brattlcboro, has
been elected a Director in the Vermont
and Massachusetts, Railroad.
st. Adams is uo rival for Minnesota,
for her thermometer viii only run to
twenty below zero.
The friends of Rev +. w Olmstead
of East Dorset have presented him with
donation Of Sl65.
The Addison County Temperance
Society holds its annual meeting at Mid
dlebury, Wednesday, Feb, 10Th.
j. Page of West Charleston during
the past week sold four two years old
steers for the snug little sum of $500. a
portion Of them he raised from calves,
The receipts of the fair and festival
of the Baptist church in Brattleboro, on
Tuesday, were $40 There were some
700 visitors.
Mr.. W. : Limphear. OF Brookfcld,
while putting up his horse at the Ameri-
can House in Montpelier, on the 9th, re-
ceivod a kick from the animal, which broke
BOTH bones Of his Lex below the knee.
The dwelling house Of Hayden II.
Tracey of sheldon was burned, together
with its contents, about 4 o'clock on the
morning Of the 3ist ult The inmates
had barely time to escape with their night
clothes. Loss some $1,000, and no in
Surance. @
A steamer is being built at Shelburne
Harbor, Lake Champlain, to run between
Vergenncs, VT, and Pittsburgh, n Y,
which will give direct communication
with Canada and Northern New York.
"A correspondent Of the Boston Stand
ard, writes to that paper complaining
that the printer made bad work with a
copy Of some Of his -poctry published in a
previous issue, by printing the word boys
instead of logs and he gives the poetical
correction Of the printers mistakes:
The Printers own devil har a mind that is cute
In setting OF type when the subject will suit,
He plays OF q Joke with the least OF has noise,
In turning Of log into pling up boys.
But a week or two since IN my ode upon Spring,
Which meant 10 have made most beautiful
thing,
When | talked Of the dew drops from freshly
The nasty thing made it from freshly blown noses
WILLIAM Ii. MORSE.
North Troy, Vt
Last Friday the roads between Wood
Z ford and Wilmington were rendered alb
solutely impossible on account of the
heavy drifts Of snow which were piled
up in good earnest. No mail was re-
ceived at Bennington from Wilmington
way during Friday, and did not get
through until dark Saturday night.
The Newport Express has received
The following communication
Mr. Editer Dear Sir Allow me to Con.
tradict the Statement in your issue Of
January % Relative to Having Tryde
all the Lovers AT Newport and Derby
Center, is vanc Now that is Not one Word
of Truth in the Statement Fer | Never
Said A Word to Any Loyer except John
young Esq Derby Line | Have No bout
But What l Could Have obtained the
Servis of Cross Cit Jim of Newport Had
| Been So in Clined + ID NJ