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

Brackctt ~ the Associate Editor of the
HERALD He is not unknown to the peo-
7ile OF Rutland county ~ a reliable and
antei .orisng gentleman, who has attained
r.uk "a his profession, and as an agreea-
hle and 8igorous writer, who with expe-
rience will meet the approval of the read
.ars of the HERALD, and receive cordial
welcome from the editorial fraternity of
.aur town and the State.
TnANks-->Our thanks are due to Asa
Collins. ESD, ~ Chittenden, for pack
age Of excellent maze sugar. Mr.. Col
iins has made this season one thousand
pounds of sugar from 10 trees.
NEW SfEAMER.-A new steamer for
the Pittsburgh and St. Adams Ferry, is
nov being built At Essex, New York She
will be launched about the lst of August,
and tits the intention Of her owners to
have her ready for business as early as the
LIST of September. Her builders are
Mes-rs IIoskins, Ross & Co., of Essex,
Ny, her model being the design of Mr..
Or~on Spear. of Shclburr. The owners
are John Tobias of Grand Isle, and
Archibald Fortune, Of Essex, y. y Her
dimensions are / - feet in length, % feet
beam over all, and 9 feet depth of. hold.
She viii have a prop Her engine IS! inches
diameter of cylinder, with % inch stroke.
Herengiue aud boiler, made by w. Page
* Son Of Waterford, n. Y are nov ready.
She j. to be finished and furnished in a
neat and substantial manner, with spe-
citl view to the ferryiug business on the
Lake. Her name will be the Grand
Isle, aud she will be commanded by Cap
tain John Tobias, one of her owners.
Person NL.-Ed. 2. Alderman, of Brat
tleboro, has been appointed general agent
for Vermont of the Amicable Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York This
company has high standing for oharac-
ter and especially for economy in conduct
ing its business Among its corporators
are such men AS A. +. Stewart Joseph
Hoxie lie Grand Lockwood, and p. b.
Clafiin
Tho fuderl of Hon. George Folsom,
who diod in Rome, Italy, on tho 9th of
Marah. was attended YESTERDAY Tuesday
from ST. Marks Epi,c pal Church in the
Bowery, corner StuyvesAnt street and
Seeold avenue, New York.
Mr. George Jones, of the New York
Timr-. rer4rued on Monday from jack
sonyille. Florida. where he has spent the
last mouths of The winter for the benefit
Of ht. hcilth He has been greatly bcne-
fitted by h.- Southern residence. The
many friend, OF Mr. Jone. in Rutland
county vail be grttlfied 10 learn OF his
improved health Mr.. Jones il a native
Of Poultncy.
ST. ALHANs. - The First Congrcga-
tional Church in st. A lbans has within the
last fifty years contributed F3,7i5.O to
the Vermont Domestic Missionary So
ciety.
On Friday afternoon last large
number Of the members of the Methodist
Church met at the parsonage to receive
their pastor and family, who were to ar
rive at FIVE o'clock A pleasant and
agreeable interview ensued, good supper
partaken, sentiments offered, and speeches
made, and hearty and cordial welcome
given to the pastor by t4pse among
whom he il to labor the coming year.
Hon. w. G. Smith returned home
from Washington on Saturday evening.
st. Adams has two well kept livery
stables VIM. Fuller, Esq, the senior
proprietor of one of them, has been en-
gagged in the business in the same location
for the past forty-fve years.
Frank r. Carpenter has been elected
w. c. T. and Miss Anthem Warren w. ".
T. of ST. Adams Lodge of Good Templars,
No. 30, for the present quarter.
Six inches of snow fell at st. Adams
on Sunday night.
Rev. J. G. Campbell, of Ireland,
=, cached at the Methodist Church in ST..
Alb. us on Sunday, and fairly electrified
the con gregation with his thrilling elo-
ouence Tie was on his way from Ireland
IA Montreal. IA a representative Of the
Irish Conferen &c, but necessarily detained
by failure TO connect with Montreal
train.
MIDDLEBUnY.-Josh Hyde was the
second person to represent the town OF
Middlebnry, in 1894 and 1875.
Tho Congregational Church in Mid
dlebury has contributed $6ys5956 in fifty
years, TO the Vermont Domestic Mission
airy Society.
--Middlebury ia 800 feet abosc the
ocean.
The total contributions Of st. Ste
rhap,a nL..=al, AIiddlalu.< Il