Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-25

AN ACCOUNT OF ~ EArM GALE.

the societies u the L.x oaueoh and
Congregational chnrah. ~ hell Thsahs
giving Dsy, It III = =. church IN ON
village The reading At The Holy SCRIP
tures and opening prayer wsrs by Rsv
Professor George n. webher, and tho dir.
cussion BY Rev. L. 8. Walker. We have
seldom had the good fortune to istsn to I
sermon more pregnant with great and
highly important truths, better conceived
and forcibly expressed. The proposition
acknowledged by all the good, What ''traa
religion is the only sure basis Of our ma
tons future greatness and prosperity
was elaborated with great force and
power. The prominent evils that threaten
our social and religious fabric, and with
these our national stability, viz: intern.
peranee, political simony, modern 'spiritu.
alism, Romanism and Paganism were
severally treated in their order. We oh.
served very few rhetorical fourishes in
the sermon. 1t was presentation of stern
undeniable facts, and as such produced q
marked impression upon the audience
Together with the presentation of the
foregoing evils, was also the encourage.
ment TO christians to labor that is derived
from Gods word. 1t was rich treat fol
the christian to enjoy, for we know that
no power can subdue and overthrow the
hosts of Gods elect, 80 long as his church
is faithful to the great trust he has con.
fided to its care, viz: the evangelization
and salvation of the world through the
influence of the Holy Spirit, and faithful
pre- aching Of his blessed Gospel. The
discourse stamps Mr.. w. as deep and
profound thinker in Bible and profane
history, and a close student and observer
of events transporting, 80 full of meaning
TO church and State
A. J. Severance, Esq, has of late given
tangible evidence OF his kind regards for
the laboriug man For some years he
was the agent of the Middlebury Marble
Company, employing a large number OF
operatives He after while surrendered
his agency and engaged in another bust
ness which is highly remunerative. At
present he i IN New York city, and re-
Numbering that Thanksgiving Day was
approaching resolved To make the hearts
of his old employees glad and accordingly
ordered his agent here to purchase and
supply the men each with good turkey
for Thanksgiving supper. The turkeys
were purchased, in number %, and dis
tributed The grateful men received the
presents with three hearty cheers for
their old employer, and three cheers for
the agent. May they long live TO enjoy
many such scenes.
Prof. Kane, accompanied by his niece
Miss Mollie Kimball, treated our commu-
nifty last Tuesday evening with vocal
concert Owing to a misunderstanding
in regard to the place of meeting, the
audience was small, though appreciative.
The singing was of high order and gave
good satisfaction.
On the morning of the 18th inst,
very high wind passed over the east part
Of our town close to the mountain,
amounting at times to perfect gale.
Fences were blown down in all directions,
shingles torn from roofs of houses and
barns, and much damage was done gener-
ally. Several hives of bees owned by Mr..
David Lovett were thrown down, scatter
ing the boxes of honey quite unceremoni-
lusly, and driving the busy bees" far
md wide
"A worh.-.~-- - - lii al, Beideu
Falls on the 18th inst, had his shoulder
blade seriously injured by he falling Of a
heavy lever
-Our town va, visited esrly il the morn
ng and through the forenoon Of the Goth
INST. By the most furious gale Of wind
rom the southeast ever known among US.
Before Daylight the wind roared over the
Mountains like distant thunder No
Harm vas manifested, however. ae often
lac wind blows ia the east very hard,
YLilo ia our village it is comparatively
luiet But on this occasion the gale ex-
ended to the yillugo, whore in its terrible
ury il did m immense amount of dam
ge. 4 fret, shingles loosely attached to
he roof OF barns, dc., begun to fly quite
,riskly, and soon the slate gu the build
ugs gave way, and the air ives filed with
hem flying ia all directions. The gale
teadily Increased, and trees that had
TODD many d hard storm, were seen to
.ield, torn UP by the roots and Frustrated
0 the ground Houses began to rock TO
nd fro, tall ehimncys toppled and fell
With a terrible crash, in some instances
'assing through the roof of the building,
o the extreme danger of the occupants.
The tin on tho cotton factory and l.. Val |
ett's store was rolled up like paper. Peo-
lie began to rush into the streets from |
torres and shops, not knowing what was
oming. Great excitement was occasioned |
y reports of falling chimn Us. &c, that |
yere created with fearful I'd ;,idity. The |
Glowing are the worst case Of loss, viz. /: |
)ne barn of J. L. Bushnell, half of the
cot of the dwelling house of Jas. Nc
Donald, the roof Of the store If Il. VALET
chimneys blown from dwellings,
t s. B. Rockwell, ID. Stewart, Mrs @. |
4insley, and Prof. Weber two ON the
ounty jail one on the Union House, one
n the mill Of Sheldon Il Owen, one on
Church, one on house of
asper Donnell, two on store Of +. Val
cite, one on house of Mrs. Dennison, one
n shop of A. Wilcox.
The covered bridge near the old paper |
nill, was partially unroofed and other
wise injured. Hay stacks were blown
yer and the hay scattered in every direc-
ion. Windows were blown in and brok-
n in pieces, window shutters torn from
heir fastenings, fences Frustrated in ev-
ry direction, barns unroofed, sheds blown
own. and the air filled with missiles of