Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-29


May 1st, at the residence of E. w. Smith
Eco, on Pleasant street, from 8 to 10s
o'clock.
Observation-Disclosures services Sun.
day afternoon have been discontinued a,
the Brick Church, for the purpose of de.
voting more time and attention to the in.
terests of the Sabbath School connected
with the church. A good share of the
congregation have united with the school
sometimes. The school is larger than the
number who meet for worship in the
morning. Among the pupils, are those OF
all ages, from four to eighty years; the
oldest teacher being about seventy years
old. Within the past year, the school
has contributed nearly one hundred dol.
lars in aid of the Sabbath School work
among the freedmen of the South. One
class of five misses donated fifteen dollars
three other classes gave trihe less
the younger portion of the scholars
Most of them have already learned to be
generous in behalf of good cause. The
officers of the school are Rev. Lewis Fran
els, superintendent; Charles Langdon,
assistant superintendent; Charles Ran.
som, secretary; l.. w. Preston, librarian
Miss Emma Higley, musical conductor.
Officers Of the church, Lewis Francis,
pastor; II. o. Highley, Stephen Griswold,
w. c. Guernsey, deacons c. III. Willard,
B. f. Adams, w. C. Guernsey, church
committee; William Moulton, clerk; II.
o. Higley, treasurer; NJ. Caswell, collec-
tor; ID. Ii. Lake, sexton.
Mr.. Henry Dewey, son-in-law of Col
+. Parker, has this spring changed his
place of residence from Bennington to
Castleton, he having purchased fifty
thousand dollar interest in marble COM
pany Of Mr.. Charles Clement, of West
Rutland. Mr.. Dewey is associated in
business with Messrs. Parker, of Castle
ton, and ellison, of Rutland.
II. J. Stevens who has been suffering
from the effects of a broken limb, and
was confined to his house more than a
year, is now going about our streets,
though not as he used to go, but with the
aid of crutehes or canes; his health i
good. 1t is with considerable difficulty
that he gets about, still he recently made
visit of several days among friends in
Addison county.
Martin Kane, of this place, track
man in the employ of the Whitehall rail
road company was very badly hurt al
Whiteha by falling from the cars few
weeks ago, is slowly recovering under tho
professional care of DIR. III. L. Smith
without the loss of limb or life, as was
feared at first he would lose one or both
1t was reported in the Whitehall papers
and through the Herald, that he had {
wife and six children he has wife anc
only two children. He is an honest, in
dustrious man.
About fifty of the friends of min'
host Bachelor, of the Bomoseen House
from this and neighboring towns, congre
gated there on wednesday afternoon and
evening to enjoy maple sugar feast, and
superb oyster supper, gotten up in
Bachelors best style and taste, enlivened
with music and dancing in the parlors
Music on tho violin by Mr.. Wells, of Rut.
land. Miss Ida Greene. of Poultney, pre-
sided at the pianoforte. Every feature OF
the entertainment was complete, and all
things connected with it passed as merry
az a marriage bell.
"A few weeks since quite large
company spent the afternoon at the Bo
moseen house, from two of our adjoining
towns. When the time came for them &c
leave for home, they called for the amount
of their bill, which included dinner FOR
the party, keeping and care of teams; on
being informed that it was 81 so couple
they protested against paying it, saying
that it was enormous, perfect robbery
and the like; finally one of the gentle
men proposed that they hold consulta
ton over the matter in one of the parlors
Batchclder said that he had no objections
to that; they had got his lowest figures
they could pay it or not, Just as they
pleased. In "A few minutes the protest
ants returned To the office, and each il
turn laid upon the desk from three to five
dollars, most of them the latter sum, a
the same time thanking Mr.. u. for hi
kind care over them during their visit a
his house. The scene closed with glori
Gus laugh at the joke so smoothly played
upon mine host of the Bomosoen house.
Mr. II. O. Brown, of this town, fur
nishes the following item In levelinl
down a sandy Hill on my farm, about fiv,
feet from the surface, came upon a hu
man skeleton, perfectly petrified to hare
stone think it must be that of an Indian
as we have found several Indian arrow
and other trinkeis near the skeleton.
have no doubt that this knoll or hill wa
at ono time used as an Indian buria
ground. b. w. b.
PRoCToRsvILLE.-L week, the Rev
ID. A. Mack delivered series of tire
lectures, in the Methodist church, upol
the condition of our country, its past
present and future-especially inculcatini
the Importance of a sound morality, pru
dent economy and reasonable industr
among the people. The lecture was abb
written, well delivered, and favorably re
ceived by the people. Such speakers a
Mr.. Mack are destined to do much goo
in any community.
Married, in Proctorsville, by the Re,
]. S. Little, on the evening of April 22d
Mr.. Abraham Smith, of that village, age
20 years, to Mrs. Eliza Matot, of Brandon
aged "a years.
The officiatiuo c,er0vman rema vks tho