Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-15

LAKE ClIAMIIAlN.-l he 1cc - sur
firm in the lake, and teams are crossing
from Port Kent to Burlington. The snow
around Plattsburgh is about four feet
deep, and the roads nearly impossible.
| BuIlpiNr.--House building all over
town is progressing finely. On almost
every street new buildings are icing
erected, and the signs Of improvement are
visible everywhere.
PoTATo TRApE.-The potato trade is
reviying with the opening of navigation,
and the farmers are sending in the escu-
lents quite lively for shipments to New
York. The price paid at the steamboat
wharf at Troy y: Y, Tor peach-blows, is
twenty shilliug= per barrel
STOCK N THE SNow.-The St Altans
Transcript says: Wonders will never
cease. The morning train from Montreal
on Saturday, April Sd, got stuck in the
snow at st. Lambert, aud there was no
train between Montreal and ST. Johns on
Saturday, and Sunday two engines With a
snow plow came through to St Johns
without train With no commurica-
1 ton with Montreal later than Friday
night, the train from St John. due here
on Saturday night did not arrive until
Sunday afternoon.
Engineer Al" Flanders, who loft St
Adams Saturday uigh, for St Johns, got
stalled in "a Snow bank at Grand Ligne.
and PASSED the night there. Sunday
morning Engineer Dan. kimball went
from 81. AlhaHs TO hi~ relief with a snow
plow; hc hauled Flanders out Of the
snow bank and proceeded to St Johns.
Dan returned with his snow pillow from
St. johns in the afternoon, bringing with
aim one car load of passengers from St
Johns We think this is remarkable
record for the ith day Of April.
BHlsroI-The hall in the lower part
of the Bristol AaaIo1ny building, is being
rcfttei and improved and new seats,
paint and paper, for a school room, which
VIII add materially to the capacity OF the
."stito'ioR' rom present ,pi''''
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Bristol is making rapid advancement
III aehltectnrai Improvements w.
"hlth'g mas recently c""lPieted." " lifSt
store whi'h he has already hilea with
furniture the Academy building has been
modelled ana a number OF houses are 70
b" erected TINS season. "m. Dunshee
WI a'So ou''" i'Is' 'H'ee story store III
impof.ancc and the people are already
aritatinr the question Of building a rail.
road n i frou New Haven nv to com
meet with the Btlden's Falls road, i'll
Middlehury.
Moro than tLre,.fourth- of the sehol-
ars over twelve years of age. in Bristol
Academy, are professors of religion.
So saws the Register.
RETRENcHMENT.-DuIing the debate
IN the House on Saturday ON the MiseeI-
ianoeus deficiency hlll' Mr. Dawes SAID
that the system OF hydro'tatle press print
ing which h.d been carried on IN the
treasury ana winch had cost the Govern
illehl iii'ii'oHS oi uoll''rS' was To y aoah-
toned, and the work was hereafter to be
done on the roller presses under control
of the Treasury Denartrnent. but not in
a. T..,. p,i1a;n ,,.h;.,, .,s 90 10
devoted TO i'' ie8'''ih'te uses ms Is
another of the economical reforms In this
Department.
PoULrNEY.-The new Episcopal church
in West Poultney. has been provided with
a,belI of fine clear tone
-Lucius Collins has purchased of the
Boston company, which owned it, paying
81 600 we understand tho mill nronertv
a. Ham,t,r hridgo iroI,dine, tbo ro,ror
-
on ooth Sides OF 'he river ana 'iiree houses
on tie foultney side lie VIII erect
buildings for milling purposes as soon as
the weather permits.
III, p.,,..: -,
o-l''-H sNes INC ioi'owins
account Oh surprise visit recently gwen
Rev. John Goadby, ID. d., the esteemed
pastor of the Baptist church in West
porl,,ov
NJ, n c1oIL9 .no9 esollns sas', 1eV. - anu
friends in Grove ST Thew had heen awav
but few minutes, when their house was
entered by some fifty or sixty people
ev "ou so ha 1en noeod e pa' 10. 'ne
to regnlate matters 70 anti
thamselves When tb.x, b.d boor ca ON,