Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-07-22

from the Postmaster General Tor a daily
mail to Burlington, in lieu of the old ac-
commodation of mail to Burlington and
yergennes on alternate days. That part
of the route from Hinesburgh to Monk
ton has been stopped. The new arrange
ment began July 1st
While the patriotism of Young
America was ventilating itself on the
Fourth at Williston, in the usual way,
one of the youth more valorous than wise
proposed to try the mettle OF the gun by
wadding it with sheet lead. The result
was, as might have been expected, gem
eral bolt: the powder refusing to be LED
in that way, uneeremoniously backed out
and in doing so, hurled the breech OF the
piece between the instigators legs tear
ing his pants, and materially reducing
his ardor for experiments of that KIND by
copious efusion Of blood. Some OF the
pieces were blown distance of thirty or
forty rods.
The Superintendent, Of Schools in
Huntington, in his annual report To the
/ Board of Education, says The registers,
properly kept. and seasonably returned,
ar, the only means by which the statls-
ties, 80 much needed by the Egperintend-
ents and Board of Education can be OBJ
tanned | would suggest the addition OF
one item 10 the register; that Is 10 state
the number OF children between t ana -
years OF age not attending ''ho'l any
district clerks have filled out 'htif re@iS-
ters with Suitable ere. Som" OF them
cannot be mldr to balance accounts.
EssEA. COUNT,
Island Ion.. in Brighton i LISP foat
,.boye the Ocean.
Tho rock in Essex County j. more
,l,r.,l, r,niie than in any other part of
rho stan
The punber Of Sabbath scholars
connected with the Con 'rrsati"naI
Churche- IN Essex county l. @4o
The population IN EaseX county IN
1871 was only oo'.
The superintendent Of schools IN
: Luueuburgh III HI, annual report Z" the
: Board OF Education says We must have IL
stringent law, obliging parents and guar
dians t. send their children TO school
and send them all the time. over MY
per coat o. The money and OF the energies
. oi me 'e''"eiS - ''''1'1
more than huudrediold IN the heA'
generations life and business SHINE on
S.t y-........,,,- ,b,+ ,.,-..r an, re,
A cont ~ l..r children are in tie streets ~
I ont If school darir.u school hours.
/, t,,.,.,.,l..,.,a,,.,f Fv....r NJ, ana
NJ -. y.l,,3 p,nd bav. decided
, - Mia ], f,n,'1,y and n.eA;ua -hop At
Island Pond this season
! -Ine oaprur51 ~r,.sy,, ,--..-.~-> J-l...a
Pond last Sunday evening was com
plete success IA" house was ht4fd Il
o,trhowing, the scholars per ormed ;hell
parts fiuely. and The singing was excel
lieut. \ collection taken t'r the benefit o
the Society, amounted to $40
H II Lewis OF Island Pond. ha
- sold his farm TO Levi Puney, for 5000
: He also sold bis personal property "a
: auction. gathered together all lie had, anC
very quietly lett town, leaving his family
behind him, together with about 5000
for hi, ueighbors, who had embossed note
for him, to pay.
! a correspondent of the Record, a
) Island Pond writes. One of the most hor
:, - rid transactions was brought to light il
this village on Saturday afternoon, Jul
:, 3rd that we were ever called upon t
Is record As some boys were out in a fiel
4 near the Catholic church, they found
dead infant. It appears that the chil