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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-11
THE MoRRIsyILLE FIRE.-A CORE,

THE MORRIsvILLE FIRE.-A cores
pondent of the Free Press furnishes the
following particulars in relation to the
Morristown fire: A fire broke out about
2 o'clock on Monday morning of the first
inst, in the Masonic Temple building in
in this place, which consumed the whole
building and the dwelling house of N. P.
Grout. The Masonic Temple was built
about eight years ago by the late Hon.
Thomas Gleed, and contained two large
law offices, occupied by George w. Hem
dee and G. J. Lewis, and by Powers &
Gleed, the post Office, drug store, occu-
pied by A. @. Gates, grocery store occu-
pied by J. A. George, and . harness shop
occupied by VIM. Jones. 1t was three
stories high, the two lower ones being
owned BY 81. 81. Powers, and P. x. Gleed,
and the upper one BY the Masonic Fra
ternity. The upper building was insured
tof sboat $4,000. The lazUs law hheary
of Powers & Gieed was wholly consumed,
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MIpD1EBURY Lake Duumora Lodge,
No. IL, Of odd Fellows, has been revived,
and holds it, meeting. on Tuesday even
i,ls Of each week.
1t will be gratifying to tho friends OF
MID, ebnry college to know that Mr..
John Baldwin, oi New York city, has
recently added $4,000 to lis previous
donation of SIP making S22 900 for
the endowment Of a prolcssorship in col
lege.
A team belonging to j. Battell, E-q,
of Ripton, was recently dragged down AN
embankment, Just above the East Middle
bury peg factory, by the sheds sliding off
and drawing III" h"r-r- d''.,- -<i,h them
The horses were badly bruised, the sleds
considerable injured. and the harnesses
had to be cut
The Register mentions the death at
Aurora, Illinois, on 18th of February, of
Miss Mary Fish, aged ., and remarks:
The oldest residents of Middlebury will
remember Miss Fish, as she lived for more
than fifty years with DIR. Brewster and
family. She was Il woman of deep piety,
strong III her attachment to the church OF
her choice, and always earnest in her
prayers and efforts to build up the Saw
ior's kingdom on the earth. She was
Christian in the fullest Specification of
the term Her death was sudden, but
peaceful
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New Jersey by John P. Stockton,
James A. Bayard of Delaware by Thomas
F. Bayard, VIM. P. Whyte Of Maryland
by VIM. T. Hamilton, Peter G. Van
Winkle of West Virginia by Arthur |.
Boreman, Benjamin Wade of Ohio by
Allen s. Thurman, Thomas A. Hender-
son of Indiana by Daniel d. Pratt, David
T. Patterson of Tennessee by VIM. G.
Brownlow, John 3. Henderson of Mis-
souri, by Carl Schnrz, James r. Doolittle
of Wisconsin by Mathew H. Carpenter,
A. S. Welch of Florida by Abijah Gilbert,
and John Conness of California by Eugene
Casserly Mr.. Sumner of Massachusetts,
is the "Father of the Senate" having
served eighteen years conseeutively,
while the senatorial service of Mr.. Cam
eron of Pennsylvania, ante-dates that OF
all his colleagues, his first election to the
Senate having been in 1S45, though he
has served in all but ten years. Mr..
Hamlin eff Maine has been member of
the Senate for thirteen years, in addition
to the four in which he was vice presi-
dent OF the new Senators Messrs. Buck
ingham, Scott, Gilbert, Bayard, Brown
low, Boreman, Pratt, Carpenter, Schurz
and Casserly become members of Congress
for the first time, and Messrs Scott and
Bayard have never held political office
before
The full House of Representatives con-
tains 243 members, and counting the ad-
ditional member at large which Tenne-
see claims, 244 OF these, 207 have been
elected, II belong to the States of Vir-
ginia, Mississippi and Texas, which are
not vat in the ITuion and % to Georgia.
Alabama. New Hampshire and Connecti-
GU, which have not yet held their cleo
tions In New Hampshire the election
takes place March 8, in Connecticut and
Georgia April 5, but in Alabama, which
is entitled to six members, no election has
been ordered. OF the members already
chosen the Republicans have 131 against
1i3 in the fortieth Congress, and the
Democrats 20, against 49,-still leaving
the Repuhlioano the strong working ma
jority of r. Among the abiest Of the re-
firing members of the House are Messrs
Wilson, Of Iowa, Pomeroy, of New York,
Shellabarger and Delano, of Ohio, and
Moorehead and Williamson Pennsy lvania
New England will lose Messrs Eliot and
Bald win, of Massachusetts, seats
will be filled by Messrs Buttinton and
Hpar.-Pike, of Maine, and Woodbridge,
of Vermons. The number of contested
elections in the new House OF Represent
tives will be unusually large, including
four eases from Missouri, three from Penn
sylvania, and two each from Louisiana
and Tennessee. Tho territories will be
represented BY eight delegates, of whom
three are Democrat.
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SHREWSBURY. = In letter to tn
Christian Repository, the Rev. G.. S.
Guernsey writes as follows relative to
Shrewsbury:
Here l am preaching one-half of the
time, and Cur meetings have been grow
Ing in interest and numbers from the
commencement of my ministry here We
have received few little jogs from the
preacher at Northam, but they have been
powerless thus far to harm. NV second
year is now nearly closed, and could they
find minister to come and reside with
them, | have no doubt the interest would
be greatly increased. But as for me, |
cannot 90, and should continue to visit
and preach with them one-half of the
time for the third year, shall endeavor
to keep up the interest, if possible, and
add to their present prosperity. The So
ciety Is now making an effort to remodel
and enlarge their meeting house, and
make II more convenient, aud more pleas
ant TO the eye, and better adapted TO their
renewed interest and increasing wants. |
have no doubt they will succeed The
Sunday School Is in excellent condition.
The penny contributions, one-half OF
which goes to the benefit Of tho school,
and the oth0r half 70 aid the burnt-out
Portland Society, amounts to about 20
cents per SUNDAY. We have two very
active and efficient little girls to act, one
as collector and the other as treasurer
They seem to enjoy their duties very
much. and in due time one-half OF the
accumulated fund will IL iurMarded by
the treasurer to the trustees OF the Port
land Society. How many schools in the
State are doing the same good work
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THE RUTLAND HERALD.
MONDAY, MARCH /, 1869.
A Glorious Day for the Republic.

To-day is proud day fer the Ameri-
can Republic, witnessing the outgoing
from the Executive Chair Of one who has
not only betrayed the principles he ennun-
ciatad, and of the party which eleYat-
ed him to high position, but who has
thrown himself into the arms of those who
would have tramplel under their feet the
Constitution and laws of the land. and
driven from the Capitol the peoples Rep
re,cntatiyes, who have faithfully stood
forth as the exponents of the principles
ot freedom and equal rights, and turned
aside the mad frenzy and passion, and
thwurted the designs of a recreant official
The nation should rejoice that there
enters upon the discharge of the high
official duties which have been committed
to him by the voice Of a large majority
of its freemen, oaf who led our victorious
hosts IN the darkest hours of our history,
ald who viii bring the country out into
the bright sunlight Of Peace and Pros
petty. The services Of to-day at the
ma onrl capital are suggestive and appro-
priate, ~ it will be in honor OF oGe who
but yesterday rescued from great dsnger
the nation which Washington found
el. The entrances OF ,E.a Great Cap
tain OF the age upon the Presidency
OF the United States is an cverit which
should call forth the heartie~t enthusiasm
Of p.triot hearts, causing them to rejoice
in tie ffet that ho viii carry the h,,sor.
intagrit, and jtssao0s If the country with
him into all his acts, and e4y TO rebrllt,u-
hosts aud 20 all ,4e nations Of tia cortl1.
81. Let ,,s hare Pas.
Let all the nation reioice.
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BuRMNGToN.-The thermometer, at IL
o'clock Tuesday night, at Burlington, re-
gistered lG degrees above zero, being a
rise of IA degrees in the previous twenty
four hours
The water act of the city of Burling-
ton was accepted, with substantial una
nimity, at the meeting on Tuesday.
AT the city election on Tuesday, p.
d. Ballou was elected mayor over Carolus
Noyes by 203 majority, and Hon. VIM. G.
Shaw was reelected city judge by 212
majority over VIM. II. Hoyt. Three Re-
publican aldermen were elected also two
Republican school commissioners This
is sweeping Republican victory over the
regular Democratic and Workingmen par
ties The total vote cast is less than the
number of voters registered by 26S. 1t
was larger than the vote of last year by
154, when the total vote cast Yves 767, and
Mr.. Ballou was elected by 1913 majority.
The Free Press says in reference to the
result: :
The result of our election yesterday,
was due first to the open and manly posi-
ton taken by the Republicans. For the
first time in our city politics, the issue was
put by them squarely on party grounds,
and as result they sweep every ward
with strength which has probably sur
prised some of themselves.
It is due secondly to the early nomina-
tion of worthy candidates, and to the ac-
tive efforts in their behalf of the canvass
;nr committees and public spirited citi-
zens who assisted them.
It is dueG.irdly to the poor generalship
Of our opponents. They would have
done better with open nominations of can
didates who accepted the positions assign;
ed them, and with fair and open can!
yass, The dark-lantern style of conduct
ing . campaign, may answer in some
quarters; it Is not the high road to favor
and success in Vermont. t # ha
Il II proper here to make acknowledge.
mpt of the assistance rendered by the
~ independent Dsmocrats, who. disgust,
q 18th the vould-be le&ders Of the, de
d y, and their pitable belfttljng o.
MORA. vt into raid on tho city UAice'
for their pc.
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CASTE IN SpIN.-Men who three
years ago were BARRIERS and gentlemen's
Wallets, now strut the streets Of Madrid
with stripes of colonels on their coat
sleeves: and, notwithstanding the boasted
equality, which allows street-porter TO
light his cigarette under the nose of the
Duke. Of Ossuna, there is ranking bitter
ness ii consequence. The ladies in pro-
yincial towns whoa t.oops are billeted,
inquire whether the oti:cers afo uI the
old or new regime, and If the latter, they
order them to the kitchen.
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CANESDIsit.-The annual report of the
town OF Cayendish for 1869, is the most
complete document of the kind, that it has
been our privilege to peruse. 1t not only
gives the summary of the expenses Of the
town, but for what each order was given
by the by the town officers, and u detailed
statement of the items of each town
officers account for services. The report
of the superintendent of schools is also
added to the other town reports.
TIE CosT OF InE rooR-1he farm is
appraised at S2,3il57 personal property,
81 ,s20.6o; interest. $24913 overseer's
bill and services, S9066 orders drawn,
S4i149, making a total of 81, 76607. The
credit side shows the following Farm and
personal property, $4,275G4; avails of
farm, s., 1924 actual cost OF the poor,
S646S3; cost of poor not on the farm,
Sl60S6: transient poor. SS727, making
cost of poor on the farm S39S.70 If no
interest is reckoned on the cost of the farm,
the whole cost of the poor will be 1897 10 !;
cost of poor on the farm, S14S97; num-
Der of persons now ON the firm, A.
TAXEs RAISED Town, S35 32 State,
$2,s56 50; county, Sl4l6S; highway,
S2,13112; school, 81 ,636 55; total Sl0,-
31S.49.
LIQUOR AGENCY.-Paid for liquor and
expenses, 81, 1,7l405; amount paid by agent
into treasury, Sl,050; profits sl1S.Sl.
GENERAL SUMMRAY.-Totald debt, S22,-
3l674; resources, 5,7920S Debt of the
town, March, /, 1868, $l6,534 Sc.
One notice in the town warning was
that the town were to vote on the erec-
tion of monument to their soldiers
Another provided for the putting up of
the collection of taxes at auction.
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RUTLAND, VT, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH H. 1862 =

clined to vote, or expressed more forcibly
their protest against such mortifying alb
sorPtion OF their party, by voting the Re-
publican ticket. Their course was much
to their credit.
Finally, we beg the fainthearted ones
who have been startled by the confident
predictions of our opponents that they
were about to take control of this city, to
note the fact that Burlington is Repub-
lican city by over 200 majority. This
majority could probably have been made
1OO larger with some additional exertion !;
but it is sufficient for all practical pur-
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A LARGE REwARD.-Most people are
looking for az easy mode of making mon.
ey, and thus save themselves from the
many hard days work incident to the
of few dollars. Our read
ers will, therefore, thank US for referring
them to the new advertisement of Mr..
Geo. w. Hilliard, in another column, by
which they may have chance of making
81 900.
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1HH :! !ts>ACnCsETTs LIQCoR LAW
Boston papers say that of the seventeen
members Of the joint Legislative commit
t-e OF the liquor law, seven, perhaps nine,
will report in flyor oi restoring the pro-
hibitory law. With no modification except
a to State ana town agents. Three of
the committee viii oppose a restoration Of
the prohihitory law. and the remaining
member. Of the committee will report in
favor II the lrohibitory law, with its re-
strictipns "a regard 70 the sale Of cider,
and perhag+ OF lager Jesr and ale, re-
moved.
Tho Legislature will be divided upon
The question Of the. notifications of the
lay, and warm and prolonged contest
will prob bly, be the result in both
bra nc1e-
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-PoultneY is to have q new

-Poultney is to have q new
=, =. building here COM
no'ei' Anolo " situated, which was
mooious ana e"siol Stanley Boarding
formerly known as the r,o..-o;.l Chi.
House, latterly as the .n vbo i
lege. Il has been leased by to..,p y and
said to "know how to keep
Is said to be opened in April. Sr:,,
Tho Green Mountain Slate ana y
Company has recently been formed
dayslop : quarry nsar Ponlhey. There /
ere hnmsrous qsa1issis thhat ssgio3 h1A |
only few that - rfsfAAnt sid dpae-I
ated extensively. This company IL thought
to have struck rich vein, > real placer,
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also the library of Hendee e. Lewis; j.
A. George and A. o. Gates are the great.
est sufferers, as their goods are but par.
tally insured. w. Jones will also suffer
much, as he was not insured. The dwell
ing house OF N. Z. Grout was insured for
about 5000. The fire is supposed to have
originated either in the harness shop or
post office, as they were adjoining, and
the fire was first discovered in that part
of the building, Total loss, above insur-
ance, 81, 500. Three of the leading law
yers of Lamoille county bar, Hon. Geo.
W. Hendee, II. Henry Powers, Esq, and
Philip K. Gleed, Esq, lose their valuable
law libraries by the conAagration.
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HIDpLEToWN. - At Middletown real
estate has doubled III market value since
the springs were discovered, and nobody
apprehends that it will rccedc AL en-
terprises in the vicinity have received a
fresh impulse, and arrangements are being
made to accommodate an increased mum
ber of visitors the coming season. An
Other new thing j, the foundation Of the
"Middletown Mineral Spring Company"
The discovery Of these ''healing waters
was made in june last, and although but
little has been done 10 spread their fame,
they have already gained wide rcputa-
ton. Tie reason for il is they are gen
uiue, and when used demonstrate their
value. There are now two companies en-
gagged in bottliag the water. Gray Y
Clark own what iro known as the Heal
ing Springs, and the new company what
are denominatel the Mineral Springs
There are in all eight or nine springs. Their
waters appear by taste, smell and sedl-
ment to be identical Prof Maynard, Of
the Troy Polytechnic Institute, has ana
lyzod the water; from one Of each com
rany, and pronounced them identical.
The springs present a curiosity every dny,
equaling our conceptia.~ i the Pool OF
Bethesda Almost the invariablc answer
given by any man you meet to the ques-
tion, 'wne.e base sou oeen OF mere
are you going is, "to Middle;own."
What are yon loaded With Z. Jug-"
The cures narrated BY many who have
used the water have been % sudden aud
are SO marvellous as to stagger the faith
Of the most creduIaus Whercunto this
thing will grow We cannot predict I'VE
ahull see what we shall see
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NCHEsTER.-The 10th Annual Report
of the town of Chester, for the year end
ing February 13, 1869, has been submit
ted in print to the inhabitants of said
town, and from the document we gather
the following;
The expenditures for the financial
year 1868 sum up as follows:
For repairs of roads and bridges, sl,lO7 Is
For injuries sustained by accidents on
roads aud bridges, 6S IS
For land damages in laying and alter
ing roads. 43l so
For collector. fees and abatements, 1888 70
Fos state pay to Henry Gibson as sub
sJitute, l6l 90
For attorneys fees, 79 90
Eur services oil all town and district off.
GERS. 467 IS
For interest note FOR which order
was gwen, 1000
For blank books, printing reports, list
ers' bills, eIc, So 90
Expenses Of supporting poor, 2,2ss 90
Total, 1850 SO
The oveneer has paid tor support, in
cluding his services ana expenses, $1,000 O4
To which add interest on appraisal Of
lsos, 5sS -
Making, s2,2ss 81
From which deduct amount received
from the farm aud other sources, $50 6j
Leaves the amount actually expended
IN excess OF receipts for support of
poor, sl,fjl Sc
Expenses for supporting poor in 1867 81. .6i9 II ;
decrease for the year 1868, 1926.
Total assets OF the town on the 18th day
af February, 1888 81
Total Liabilities, 1862 AZ
Balance of assets in excess Of liabilities, s2sl 80
fhe amount OF the grand list for town
taxes) ioI 1863 Is slo,399 81
Sixteen persons have been supported
upon the town farm the past year, and
fifty or more different individuals have
been supported or assisted; who live away
from thesiarn.
The Central House, ON Depot street,
has been leased for term of years, to
Mr. Cass, formerly proprietor OF the Ea-
gle Hotel. at ProctorsYille
John H. Hawks has purchased the
Xenas Marshall farm in the southwest
part of the town, f Alvenzo ID. Thomas,
Tor sl2 90.
II Dickinson, J. f. Taylor, and T.
Dickinson, OF Springfield, Mass, have
purchased OF b. f. Snow, Jr., * Co, of
Fitchburg, Mass, an interest in the lower
paper mill, at Bartonsyille, and paying
for the same $4,000 The new proprie-
tors will continue the business under the
name of Union Paper Co.
Hugh Christy has sold the samuel
Wiswell' farm in Townshend, TO Abel Z.
Johnson q Co. for $4,000. We trust
our friend ABE" may be as successful in
tilling the soil as he was prosperous while
engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Monday the lst inst, was the coldest
dry of tho season. the mercury standing
at 26.deg below zero.
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A MODEL FAkM.-Tbere is model
farm in Mower county, Minnesota. II is
owned by VIM. Buck. who settled IN Ra-
cine township in 1856. He had sufficient
means to purchase 4so acres of land at
government prices, upon which be went
TO work. His labor was reasonably re-
warded. After seven years of hard toll
and economical living, he began the erec-
tion of q handsome residence. which he
finished in 1854. His barn viii accom-
modate 100 head OF horses and cattle. 225
tons of hay, and the bins will bold 1000
bushels of grain The upper floors are
Laid With tvo-inch plank. Mr. Buck. last
wear, sold $5,050 work Of stock. snd has
new ON hand some f3ty head of horses,
and forty head Of cattle. He has under
plough 220 acres, besides 1S0 acres IN
timothy RrAaa.
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and it is confidently expected that the
quarry will prove one of the most success
full in this region. Few people abroad
have any idea of the magnitude of the
slate business at Poultney, Hydeville and
Fairhaven, Vt. and Middle Granville,
NY. From the Middle Granville station
there were shipped, last year, nearly nine
hundred car loads-from Hydeville and
Fairhaven each about as many, and from
Poultney three hundred and sixty-five
car loads. Thus much, and the business
is only in its infancy
The annual report of the town officers
of Poultney, show the total liabilities to
be $10,23763, with resources to the
amount of S10,71S6G leaving an excess of
$4S1 %. The total expenses of the poor
from March /, 1868, to April 1, 1869,
was $73210 The town. reports for
five years, from 1868 to March
1868, it is found that the average annual
cost of the support of the poor has
been 81, ,3e053. In this is not included
expenses in consequence of the prevalence
of the email pox. Damages paid for in
sufficiency Of bridges, $S9.S5. hxtraor-
dinary expenses in consequence of foods
last spring, sl,082 05; making the total
current expenses, $l,S93.17. Paid for
support of schools, $S039 town officers,
$192 30; war debt and interest, S2,-
957.62
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RUTLAND RAILROAD CoNTRoF Frs fES-
The Middlebury Register. in a f'ce-
tious vein, takes off the Rutland news
papers on their railroad controversies.
Wo 20 i'll for the Northern Pacific and
Middletown Springs heartily:
1t is confidently asserted that the Rut-
land papers are about to open another
railroad controversy for the good of Rut-
land. The Courier will advocate the
building Of the Lamoille Valley railroad
from Sutherland Falls northwest through
sudbury, and thence to Alaska; while
the Independent will prefer the West
River Valley route to a large confection-
cry establishment in Ira and the corre-
spondent of the HERALD, under the edi-
torial head will claim that the Not tho"
Pacific road to the Middletown Springs
will best subserve the material interests
6f Rutland
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ADDISON RAILRoAD.--The stockhold-
ers OF the Addison railroad company meet
at the office of Col. George A Merrill, In
Rutland. ON Tuesday, March 10Th, 1869,
at II o'clock n.., 10. TIE election OF direct
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SNOW OK TIE PLATTsBURGH AND
MONTREAL. RoAD.-The train that went
went up to Moores from Plattsburgh, on
the morning Of Saturday last, started on
its return at half past ten o'clock, am,
and al five o'clock pm, had worked its way
only 10 Sciota, where il laid up for the
night. On Sunday morning another train
with help from Plattsburgh, went up to
meet ihen The track was filed in with
snow fot n.ites, il some places ten feet
deep. The trains me, nea. Sciota station,
aud did not yet back to Platt,burgh until
five o'clock, P. m, on sunday The Mon
diy a.sa. train 70 Moores had to shovel its
way from seis,a. 2ud was all day getting
through. This is tedious rpil2a2ding. So
says the Free Press