Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-13
Gen. Grant Marble QUAR-,

quarry situated in tie cnterprisinr town
OF brandon, one mile from the depot, to-
ward lit.sford. The railroad pns~cs
within lew rods of the quarry, and no
better location for working a quarry.
with all the machinery, buildings and
dumping ground, exists in tie town or
State than the General Grant quarry.
There is 4 large outcropping OF marble,
and but little depth Of earth to be re-
moved at the base to ohstruct the inne-
diate cutting and. qnarrying of large
blocks or valuable marble. Without ac-
tual measurement, | should Judge the
quarry to be about thirty rods in length
and at least sixteen III width A. to
soundne>s, color, purity from foreign sub
stance, evenuess and fnenes, Of texture
and granular crystalization and su~cepti-
bllity Of high polish, it Is all that can
be desired to warrant any company sue
cess IN the expenditure OF capital to bring
it into market. The success OF other
quarries within the vicinity, and Of the
same geological age and character, render
this doubly certain.
As geologist and mineralogist. have
no interest in the matter any further than
my profession is.cuncerned, and desire
to acQuaiut Capitalists ana tho public
with the vast treasure of wealth that ex-
lists in the lime and marble deposits in
this part of the State. Those who wish
to interest themselves in the Cen Grant
quarry can call on, or address, Mr. Pitts,
of the firm of Ross & Pitts, Brandon, Vt
S. c. CHANDLER.
MIDDLEBUKY.- Samuel Miller repre-
scented Middlebury in the Legislature in
1191
Mrs Fannie Davis Smith l,rtur,s at
the church in East Mid1..ebrry, ne 1t
Sunday.
Aaron Ellis OF Middlobury, las
shown the edit / of the Register due Ks
egg which Treasured 5. by 81 inches.
A. : Styles, photograph ar@sc, isl
takln3 views around Middlebury ard VI.
ciraty, among which are the C.eu.grega ga
aonal Church aud Park, and fine view
of the Falls at High Water
L r. Sayre's grocery at MiddI ebury,
was broken open, last night. and all the
small change carried off, togeth er with
other property to the amountof $50 or
$50.
Mrs. Meacham, widow of the late
Hon. Lewis Meacham of Ne " Haven,
sails for Enropc, III. oompar " with a
small party, on the Goth inst.
The following officers WEI installed
by Deputy A p. Upper. in old Spring
Lodge, No. "a, |. Q. &. T. of / asst Middle
bury, ON Saturday evening Is ST.
V. r. E. Wright, w G. T.
Miss Alma Lee, w. Y. T
james Manney, w. S
Miss Lucy Gilman, w. A 5
Norman Douglas, W. +. s
Allen r. Foote, w, T.
Austin Peck, w M.
Miss HELEN Upper, W ID. NJ,
Rev 5. W. Bidwell, W. G.
Miss Mary Manney, w l. G,
Wilbur Hayward, w. o. G..
Mrs. V. r. f. Wright. w. r. H. s
Mrs Helen Foote, w. j.. IL. S.
BURLINGToN.-Thet following are the
statistics of the beno solent contributions
of the Baptist chur eh in Burlington in
1868, specified as follows: foreign mis-
sions, $332.37; .ome missions, $2Gs. 80
State convention S206G9; Baptist publ
cation society, $47.00 miscellaneous,
S161.15 fo'i minutes, $4305 total
amount, ST 1886.
The naterial of the Burlington Sem
tinei' no been purchased by NJ. Lanctot,
propri' .tor of the new French paper at
Burl 4ngton.
M Lanctot, of Burlington, lectured
IN Tuesday evening at Richmond. Sub
( ject, "Annexation Of Canada 20 the Unit
ed States"
The meteorological record at Bur-
lington for the first week in May, shows
the average temperature AZ Q 81; barom-
eter-mean height, 29,393 inches; fall of
water, l. 25 inches fall of snow, inches
To STOCK BBEEDERs.-The manifest
interest prevalent at the present time in
the improvement of our cattle and horses
is an encouraging sign of the times, and
should arouse all farmers and hroodoro If