Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-26

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CAsrLEroS.--Mrs. Bingham, few
evenings since, gave u touching history
of her thirtyive years experience in six
different States at the South as a teacher
among the different classes there. She
was educated at Mrs. Wizards seminary,
Troy, n. Y, and Is u woman of rare intel
lectual attainments, and one that has ac-
. complished a great and good work among
the poor ignorant people OF the South.
/ She lost husband and two sons during
the rebellion, the former died in Libby
prison They were all for the Union, and
suffered for the Union Mrs, B. is now
striving to raise funds to aid in the sup
port of school for the poor over which
she has the charge in New Orleans. She
spoke in the Methodist Church. The con-
gregation made her a present of twelve
dollars in money as they deemed her OBJ
ject worthy one, and she deserving Of
aid as a representative of the North, for
what she has done and suffered at the
!, South
Rev Doctor Parks, presiding elder of
Poultney District, preached at the Metho-
dist Church week ago last Sunday.
His theme was ON the life and character
of the Saviour asa divine teacher, from
the words Learn of IN The sermon
was eycryway - rthy { the eloquent and
learned preachcr l.v. Mr. McGilton,
former pastor OF this church, occupied the
desk last Sabbath. The congregation
was happy to aco and AR him once more
much improved in health and strength,
4 with a fair prospect of future usefulness
r in the work of the ministry
An old liquor seller, driuker, and fight
er, from 1Tydeville, was brought before
Justice Spencer last week, to answer fol-
;, his misdeeds. After a hearing, he wa
fined $50 and costs. For the want OF tn
needful and friend to bail him, he wa
taken by officer Caswell to the county iai
n where he will have an opportunity t.
ponder over his past otfenses and reform.
i The Adams Manufacturing Go. has be
h come prominent and prosperous busine.
!. institution among US. For months pas
r they have made from seventy-ive to on
g hundred thousand slate pencils day, an
e still the cry is for more, and large mum
Der of orders are unfulflled The rouq
o stone il taken from the quarry, which
it near by, to the mill, where it is sawed in
'e to blocks one inch thick and from five I
ie six inches square. These are split int
l four pieces, then planned from that to tn
r. rounding machine from whence the
.. come out complete pencils ready for use
i Then they are counted in hundreds an
SO packed in paper or pasteboard boxes o
o. 100 in each, and then 100 Of thes
ee are put into larger wood boxes and sen
o. IN every direction through the countr
ID and foreign lands. The force employed
of to accomplish this vast amount of work i
s. one hundred, men, women and children
lie and steam engine of eighty horse power
ID This company few months since rurcha
ut sed timber lot in Hubbardton, payin
ID for 1t $4,000, from which they obtain thei
p lumber and wood. The waste stone
which Is considerable, is ground into dus
he the process being similar to that O
IN grinding grain-this is used in the man
Sc ufacture of paper and paint, and is put u
= in sacks of 2OOlbs. each. There is quite
err demand for this dust. The sacks for thi
10 and the boxes for the pencils are mad,
in counted and packed by women and chi
oren' q. W. d.