Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-09-23

OoiiOAn1.-Aue OafeOOuIuu gives tDe
following notice of the late John d.
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John d. Chase, born In Concord. VT,
Sept. %. 1606, died as IslAnd Pond,
Aug "a. lSoo. assd sixty-two years and
eleven months. t
Mr.. Chase vas the founder of the viii
lsge Of West Concord, he hsvipg built a
house and moved Mis- family there in 1888
AhDut tAiA time be commencsd the build.
ing of dam and ssw mill. altbouyh he
had but little capital for such an enter
prise, except uncommon natural mechan-
icsl skill. isdnnitshle viii, and active
hsnda- In 184l and ~, he. in company
wish Levi Hove, erected . griss mill,
which vas one Of 1hs hsst in the State.
This was soon followed BY . second saw
mill, and slsofa foundry snd machine
shop. In these Last enterprises he was
sasociStsd with others. Mr.. Cbass. in
connection with bis two sons, carried on
An extens:ve business in the machine
and mill manufacturing business for sev-
eral years at West Concord. On account
of pecuniary embarrsssmest the business
was given up some six years since. For
The past four years he has been establish
ed 1t Orange. Mass, in the employ OF
the Turbine Water Wheel Com
pany." At the time Of his death he
was engaged st Island Pond in putting in
one of his water vheels- He had long
beeu subject tn occasional attacks Of faint
ns@. On Monday. the 23d ult, be was
attacked while st dinner, and rising from,
his chair hs passed into an sdjoining
room for the purpose Of lying down. bur
fell upon the for before reaching the b.,d.
In his fall be struck his bead .,ssinst the
casing Of the window, 40 severely IA, IN
the opinion of hi~ ply sician. TO cause hi-
death. Although bis mind wa- clear only
nation vas expected, till the following
Thursday, when he WAS attacked with
pArAlysis-snd fingered In an unconscious
stsss till Friday. when he fell asleep.
quietly ~ an infant His remains we're
brought 70 West CoaOord. that an only
daughter living there might 80. th--.-.a
ffo0 there carried 70 Orange, Mas. IL
10 singular coincidence, th~t the very
day he was carr ed there. was the one be
had ~ritt.sn bis wife she might exp.cr
him home. Mr.. Chase leaves . wife and
three children-tw0 sons, in business at
Orange, Mass, and one daughter living
1t West Concord. He vss = good citizen
and man very generally respected.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. =
Hon. A. Il Cispp. Congressional Printer,
With view 70 have . fair equivalent
rendered the Government for value given.
has adopted rule requiring the work of
the competitors to Be measured, and if it
is found that any OF the Irregular hands"
who are not at currrnt prices earning the
wages allowed by the Government, "a
per day.) they are TO be taken off and
placed at .'piece-vork In accordance
with this rule, thirty-seven competitors in
the document room were notified. on Sat
urdsy evening that, in consequence Of
their not having como mp to the standard
during the months ju.topast. they would
be required 70 commence last Monday
morning at "piece-work." There was, Of
course, some di-satisfsction. Among
those whoss work was over the standard
required was Lewis II. Douglas. .abe col-
ored oompositor, whose application for
admission to membership Of the Typo
graphical Union has not been acted on.