Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-06


Wright, after having examined the prem
ises, and made inquiries of the witnesses
disliking litigation, deemed it best to pa,
the plaintiff sixty dollars rather than de
fend the suit. This sum he agreed I,
pay, but the Selectmen took the groun,
that he had no legal right to settle suit
that the Agent could only prosecute anc
defend" and refused to draw the orde
for the payment of that sum, taking tn
case out of the Agents hands. At thi
dead lock-" Mr.. Wright resigned Que
ry.-Can a Town Agent settle law sui
without the approval of the Selectmen, OIL
must an Agent carry on suit to the ut
most extent the courts will permit
BENsoN.-This Is the week for the com
mencement of most of our district schools
The examination Of teachers for certifi.
Gates occurred April Both. Il. ID. King
ESD, the superintendent appointed by the
selectmen TO fill the vacancy in that office
occasioned by the removal of DIR. L. d.
Ross from town. conducting the examina.
ton. The several districts of the town
are waking up to the importance of pro.
viding comfortable school houses. Dis.
tricts No. and made extensive repairs
last year; this year district No is to
build new school house the centre dis
trict are making repairs IF their school
property by painting the house and build
ing new fence. The centre district has
expended some and is to expend more
money for school apparatus
One great evil of our schools is the
habit of being tardy at school. On ex-
animation of the school registers of this
town for the year ending April 1st, 1869,
find goodly number who have had but
few, if any, tardy marks to their names.
Should not promptness be part of the
education of children Z And is il not the
duty of parents more than that of teach
ers TO attend to this. / will give the
names of those who have not been tardy
at school during the past year:
Centre District = Summer School
John kellogg, Bell. Benedict, Eva Gull.
Winter School-John Kellogg, Bell
Benedict, Cora Sherwood, Hattie Hawley,
Eva Gull
District No. 3-Winter School.-Char-
lie Lee.
District No. 5-Surnmer school.-Char-
lie Coats.
District No. G-Summer School-Hat-
tic Walker, Hollis Norton.
District No. 10-Summer School-Edna
A. Smith, Ellen VI. Rice, Mary T. White,
Lille c. White.
Propose, Mr.. Editor, that you agree to
publish the names of all those scholars in
the several towns of Rutland County who
attend school every day that school keeps
this summer, and do not have tardy
marks. These facts to be gathered by
the school officers of the several districts,
and reported to you at the close Of the
summer term. Let us know how many
and who they are. What say you2 L.
W. --est cordially agree tn the propo-
sition contained in the above, and hope to
be able to give complete list of all the
scholars in every district in the county.
1t will be stimulus to some to improve
in that regard. EDITOR.
CAsTLEToN.-On Sunday, the 25th ulti-
mo, fatal accident happened to Mr..
John Doyle, near the pencil mill, four
miles north of this village. Mr.. Doyle,
and friend of his were about stating
On ride, and had taken their seat in the /
buggy, when the colt which was har-
nessed to the buggy became frightened
and ran with great fury out of the yard. |
men were precipitated out of the wagon
with great force, and thrown several feet |
MIR. Doyle died from the effects of his
wounds on Tuesday of last week. The
funeral was attended on Thursday, by
arge concourse of people, at the Catholic
church in this village. Rev Father
Lynch officiated at the funeral, and long
Procession followed the remains to their
asst resting place in the Catholic cemetery
It Fairhavcn.
The net proceeds Of lthe Catholic fes-
ival, given at the town hall a short time
ince, amounted TO nearly one hundred
lollars, TO be applied in part payment for
IN organ for their church, and the choir
Connected with it recently organized.
VIM n. Bachelor has purchased the
Sanford Hotel property, with the excer-
ion OF the furniture and the livery con-
lected with it, paying therefor six thous-
md dollars. The house will not be used
3 hotel amy longer. but will be con-
han sixty years it has been in active and
Profitable operation as hotel. Now il il
lmost deserted, and will hereafter stand
$ a monument of departed hotel glory
Great changes have taken place in
within the last twenty years.
twenty-five years ago, we were blessed
nth three good public honses,-now we
ave only one first class house. Then we ,
ad five merchants,-now only three.
hen we had two churches, the Congre-
ational and Methodist,--now We have ,
hese with the Advent, Liberal Christian ,
nd Catholic. Then we had no railroad, ,
now we have one on either side Of us.
hen we were fnll of stage coaches COM ,
az and going in every direction,-now
re have none. Then we had no immense ,
late, Marble and Slate Pencil establish-
we abound with them, and !
Their manufacturing interests in different {
arts of the town, that were destitute Of
,en. At that time we could boast Of .
and newspaper Of our own, !
now we.are well supplied from Rutland
lostly from the HERALD Office: Notwith- ;