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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

PATENTs.-The following patents were
issued to Vermonters for the week ending
July 10, 1870.
Richard N. Allen Pittsfeld, for car
coupling.
William FL. Abel Bennington, for knit
ting maohine.
Henry @. Varnum Hartford, assignor
to himself and James E. Larkin, for COM
bined horse hay rake and tedder.
DARTMOUTH CoLLEeE.-At the recent
examinations and commencement of
Dartmouth College the following prizes
were awarded
1st Crimes prizes for excellence in Eng
lish composition of $4,000 was awarded
to Lois Bass, No. Scituate r. 1. I'd
$24OC Josiah Ware Dearborn, West
Windor, vt, members of the senior class
To tbs junior class LIST $1,000 to Eben
Brewer, Westfeld, N. Y, I'd, Martin D.
Bisbee, Springfield, VT, $1,000.
Ontory junior class, first prize of $1,000
VIM W. Flint, Concord, N. H, second
prizt of $500 Melvin o. Adams, Ashburn.
ham, Mass.
Sophomore class, first prize of $1,000 to
Ralp, Talbot of Fayette, Mo-, second
prizeof $500, James f. Colby, st. Johns
bury, Vt
1s Latin prize of $4,000. to Edwin d.
Mason, Passumpsic, Vt, I'd $500, VIM.
A Holman, Deering, N. Fl.
1s Mathematical prize, Edwin D. Ma.
son, Passumpsic, Vt, I'd, James F. Beard,
Chsrlestown, Mass.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

THE WEATHER.-Sundayw was one OF
the most fearful days of this prolonged
season of extreme heat, and had it been
day of general labor there would undoubt-
eddy have been recorded many cases OF
sun stroke. Sunday night was most
exhausting, wherein sleep was almost an
impossibility and undressing when at
tanned. The thermometer rose from 81
at a. m, to 90 at p. m, and at marked
81, marked So at and so at 8, showing
a uniform excessive heat during the day.
This hot weather is of unprecedented ex-
tent, affecting the length and breadth OF
the country. On Saturday it was 70 at
Washington, 81 to 104 at st. Louis. Light
ming played with tantalizing brightness
in the north and in all around behind
heavy clouds, but no rain fell in Rutland
for the relief of suffering mortals. There
was no great change yesterday except an
occasional breeze. If this state OF the
weather continues it will be serious pull
on animal endurance. There are no
signs apparent as we write of any change.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-The
$4,000, 900 mortgage bond given by the
Northern Pacific Railway Company to
Messrs. John Edgar Thompson and Jay
Cooke as trustees for the bondholders. WAS
executed and signed Friday at the bank
ing house ofRJay Cooke e. Co.. in Wash.
ington. Over $4,000 worth of revenue
stamps were used on the bond. The
lr'0"ne considers the bill in aid Of this
road as lone of the great measures Of tho
session BY passage tho speedy building
OF the road Is insured, and within fon,
years a vast region of fertile country. IN
surpassed for grain growing and stoot
raising, will be opened for speedy settle.
ment--a region larger in extent than
Great Britain and France combined
which will eventually support millions Of
people"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

Head REsT.-Lyon & Curtis, of Spring
field, Mass, have recently patented a port
able head-rest, which will be welcomed as
a benefaotion by railway travellers, and
viii, we are sure, come into general use.
Every one who has travelled in the ordi-
nary passenger cars al night, has expert
enCed the discomfort of trying to get into
a comfortable position to sleep,-a feat,
which, as our passenger coaches are con-
structed, seems TO be almost an impossi-
bility. The head-rest referred to does
away with all this inconvenience, and
makes travel by night luxury. 1t is as
grateful to the head as a pillow, can be
attached in moments time to any car
seat and, when not in use, can be COM
pressed into small space and put away
in the corner of ones valise. Altogether
it weighs only fourteen and one-half oun-
ces. Measures are afoot for forming a
stock company for manufacturing these
rests, which will doubtless find a ready
sale, as they meet genuine want.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

SABBATH SCHOOL CONVENTIONS
Rev. J. II. Vincent of New York, has
promised to be in Vermont August 18th
and remain till Monday, Aug. %. 1t is
expected he will conduct S. s. Workers
Institute at Burlington on the 10th and
18th, and will speak in several of our lar
ger towns. He comes under the auspices
of the State Sunday School Executive
Committee of Vermont, of whom o. B.
Douglas, Brattleboro, is chairman, who
can be addressed relative to any engage
ment to be made with Mr.. Vincent.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

A DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL BY SPE-'
CIAL TRAIN.-William III. Vanderbilt OF
New York, accompanied by his family,
arrived in town from Bellows Falls, about
four o'clock on Monday afternoon, in one
of Pulman's Palace Cars the. "Shoo Fly"
The train under the charge of ID. G.
Pierce, train master of the Rutland Road,
mad the run from Bellows Falls to Rut-
land, distance of SO miles in one hour
and nineteen minutes, stopping only at
Ludlow.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

Hon. Rollin j. Jones, u. s. Internsl
Revenue Collector for this Congressional
district, spent the day last Wednesday at
Fair Haven. He relieved the purses of
the tax payers in this vicinity of large
amount of money. While there, Mr..
Jones was assisted in his duties by Hon
John w. Stewart, next Governor of Yer
mont. Uncle Sam employs able.bodisd
and able-minded men to look after his af-
fairs. .....n
Uncle Sam has had another servant
looking after his family relations for a
week past, in the person of Mr.. Cole of
Poultney. We don't believe the old mans
family has multiplied or rerlenished much
at Castleton in the last decade.
The old depot has been demolished.
Another is going up in its place rapidly,
of greater dimensions and more modern
style. Town talk says it will be the best
looking building on the road. So mote
it be.
"A. N. Holt is freighting eight hun
dred hard wood logs to the chair company
factory in Rutland. They are the avails
of trees Frustrated at the time of the
great gale of last November. More than
that number of stately hemlocks were up
rooted for him by the same wind at that
time.
"A game of base ball was recently
played between the Lightfoots of Gran
vile and the second nine of the Clippers
of this place. The game was a lively one
throughout and resulted in victory for
the Clippers.
Mr.. L. W. Preston is now a member
of the Board of Trustees of Castleton
Seminary. He was elected at the last
meeting. B. W. b.
THE VALUE OF PURE WINE IN SICK
| NESS.
Few people are aware of the benefit of wine in
sickness, consequently we publish the following
extract from Hooper's Medical Dictionary:
The chief difficulty with reliable wines has been
their scarcity and exhorbitsnt price, but this has
been removed by the introduction Of pure ma
tive wine extensively cultivated by Mr.. Alfred
Speer, of New Jersey. We understand he has
submitted his wine to the test OF many OF our
celebrated physicians and all concur in its puri-
ty, medicinal properties, and superiority TO the
best port wine Most of them, 10 signify their
lust appreciation of its salutary Effects prescribe
it in cases eff debility affections Of the kidneys,
and chronic complaints requiring tonic, sudori'
fc or diuretic treatment.
Druggists sell it,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

fall and winter will be occupied in get
ting ship ready, selecting q crew, and
making other preparations SO that an
early start may be had next year. The
coast survey and the Smithsonian Institu-
ton will both send out one or two scien-
tific men with Capt. Hall.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

WANDERED AwAY.-Informatio is
asked Of the whereabouts Of Miss Carrie
Hoffnage, woman "a years old, who is
suffering from temporary insanity. She
left her home in Peru, N. Y, July 18th,
ordinarily dressed in calico dress, black
hat and breakfast shawl. When last
heard OF she was in Port Jackson, N. Y.
She is Of medium size, spare in the face
and has black eyes and hair. Information
OF her whereabouts will be gratefully re-
ceived aud rewarded by Solomon Clark,
Jr., Peru, N. Y, or Byron Blinn, Willis.
boro Point, N. Y.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

Young MEN.-The Atlantic Era says
that sour young men hold unsettled opin-
ions on the subject of religion, and none
at all respecting literary questions but
when you come to black dress coats, era
watts and walking canes, you will find that
their views on these vital matters are fixed
with all the rigid tenacity OF grim death
itselfv
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

since then her milk has been perfectly good.
Such freaks of nature are exceedingly rare.
About half past seven O'Clock Saturday even
ing Michael, ten year old son OF Jerry hurry,
section man living just north of the r. X. yard,
st. Adams, was run over by freight train near
the Jail ST., crossing and both legs were crushed
He was taken home and attended by DR.. Han,
but his injuries were necessarily fatal from the
first and about IL o'clock that night he died.
having been conscious most of the time.
On the 18th instant, Drs. Branch, of st. Al
bans, and Searle of Highgate, amputated the
front finger Of the right hand of Mr.. Levi Bordo
of Highgate. A few weeks since Mr.. b. stuck
an awl into his finger, the poison of which caused
modification and consequent amputation.
Mr.. Herbert Brainerd is finishing off a COM
modious hall in the third story of his store, now
undergoing thorough repairs, which is TO be occu-
pied by the masonic fraternity of this town. 1t
is to be fitted up with all the modern improve
ments, and is to be arranged in the most approved
masonic style, from designs furnished by the ar
chitect Silloway, of Boston. Mr.. Brainerd Is
sparing neither pains nor expense to make this
one of the handsomest and most convenient halls
in the State.
The st. Adams Messenger says: The summer
travel to this section OF Vermont has for some
days been encouragingly brisk. Yesterday there
were SO arrivals at the Weldon House, and this is
hardly above the daily experience. Each morn
ing the Sheldon stages are loaded down and many
special carriages run. We learn too, that
Highgate and Alburgh are getting their share OF
guests.
WARRINGTON COUNTY.
The second term of the Green Mountain Cen
trQf tJtp at Rafr
| closed recently in very successful manner, and
there is prospect of 200 students next fall. This
is new school and has the finest building in the
State.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
! Fruit is very abundant throughout Windham
county. Apples especially promise well.
The tenth anniversary of Glenwood Ladies
Seminary, West Brattleboro, was celebrated OF
Thursday, July IA.
"A mineral spring has been discovered il
Brastleboro. An analysis shows that it will curt
every i'll that flesh is heir to, of course.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The barn of Joseph Chadwick, of Hartford
which was struck by lightning on the evening O
the 18th, took fire and was entirely consumed.
Mr.. c. NJ. Perry, stage driver in Woodstock
lost valuable horse recently. The citizens pre-
scented him with money enough to buy another.
"A young man named Conner, just out Of Jail
stole 500 from man in Windsor, who had lie
friended him, and then started for Canada. Il
was caught in st. Adams, and is in jail again.
"A little child OF Norman French OF Wood
stock, swallowed some laudanum recently. but i
was discovered soon enough to save the cnnd'
| life by the use of an emetic
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28
TIE HERALD

predicts general European war, and
hints at Russia establishing new empire
in Constantinople. 1t thinks the war is
mutual benefit to King William and
Napoleon-to the former on account of
the disposition of the popular party to cut
down the arIny supplies and reduce the
army, and TO Napoleon on account OF short
crops and bread riots
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

No CURE NO PAY.-The Chinese only
pay their physicians when they are in
perfect health; as soon as they get sick
the pay of the doctor ceases, and it is,
therefore, for his interest to cure them as
quickly as possible.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

ALLIGAToRs IN PLoUGH HARNESS.
Alligators are becoming reconstructed,
like everything else in the South, for a
planter, near Midway, in South Carolina,
about seventy miles from Augusta, has
cultivated his entire farm this year. so
far as plonghing. Il. concerned, with an
alligator. The animal is an unusually
large weighs4r350 pounds, and is
perfectly docile. and domesticated. He is
said to work splendidly in plough harness
and is far superior to mules or horses.
Those who wish to believe this story can
do SO. +
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INsrRUC-
TIoN.-The forty-frst annual meeting of
the American Institute of instruction
will be held in Worcester, Mass, Mechan-
les Hall, July q, 20 and 20. The meet
ing will be organized on Wednesday at II
o'clock, a. m. Address of welcome by the
Mayor of the city. The opening exerci-
ses viii be followed by the transaction of
business. p p. m. A paper upon "The
Duty of our Larger Towns to Support
Evening Schools" Will be read by Rev.
A. A. Miner, D. d., President of Tufts
College. This paper will be followed by
IA discussion. 4p. IN. Mr.. L. W. Mason,
Instructor of Musiein the Boston Primary
Schools, will illustrate his method Of
teaching. Spsm4 ALecture on "Poetrv
in Education" win he delivered bv Rev
J. L. Dimsp, Professor of History and
Political Economy midtown University.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28
"Whose little wailing moan
For aid and nifty IN a xrayl9 n,

SALE OF A DRUG SToRE.-The drug
store lately occupied and carried on by
Jeremiah Lynch, and all the drugs, med
icines, and stock in trade therein, was
sold by Sheriff Field, yesterday Tuesday,
at Sheriffs sale, to John ]. Franklin, of
this place, for the sum Of twelve hundred
and thirty dollars.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

+oaD A LOON AscENsIoN.-A boy of four
Teen years OF age made his first b, .lIoon
ascension na from Poughkeepsie on tn 9Th.
Inc boy lost control of the balloo, and
1t rapidly descended. 1t bounded a,ona
the ground at Pleasant Valley, seve, ro;las
distant, when the lad jumped fro - ,hs
basket. The balloon again rose an 4 fnal.
ly landed ut Cornwall Bridge, O. mn IN
miles away.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

1hE POLAR EXPEDITIoN.-The Presi-
dent has given the command of the polar
expedltion, for which $4,000 was voted
by Congress, to Capt. Hall, who started
the scheme, and if Capt. HAYES tb;nL. ho
is badly used, he can go to Congress next
winter and get $4,000 for rival erno
dition, no doubt. 1t is now too late Gov
the expedition to start this year, but tho
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

After brief interview. with Governor
Page = Colonel Merrill, and short
oa1 y eneral Bag ten on the family, Mr..
Vanderbilt left by special train over the
Rensseller and Saratoga Railroad, for
Saraton Springs.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

INVEsTIGATIoN.-A large number of
the people of Waltham have petitioned
the seIectmen to investigate the case of
Bella f. Locke, the Is years old daughter
of john C. Locke, who disappeared about
nine weeks ago Locke still refuses to
give any information of her whereabouts.
but publishes letter purporting 10 be
from her, in which she represents herself
as very happy in her new home, and
thanks her parents for placing her where
she il. Few persons, however, believe
that she wrote the letter, unless under
compulsion. The proposed investigation
will settle the nice legal question of
whether Il father has the right to secrete
a child where the friends and relatives
cannot find it,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

MURDER AT WHITEHALL.-0n Mon
day morning John Kinney, Rondout
boatman, was instantly killed by dis
reputable character named Thomas Sulli-
van, at the Vaughan House in Whitehall
Both of them were drunk, and il is sup
posed some words passed between them,
when sulliven struck Kinney a blow on
the head which felled him to the floor,
causing instant death.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

UNION BAND.-The Union Cornet
Band, Of Granville, N. Y, recently pro-
cured new uniforms at an expense of
1920. They have expended over $1,000
besides during the past year for instru-
ments, band wagon, etc.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

CoRRECTIoN.-In the subcommittee
on relics for the centennial, the name Of
Albert Landon Esq, was omitted from
the committee on ancient military imple-
ments equipments and costumes published
on Monday. The committee are H. R.
Dyer and Albert Landon.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

DRAD.-At the press banquet to Dick
ems in New York in April, 1868, were,
besides himself, four journalists of note
who have since died, all suddenly, Henry
]. Raymond, George W. Demers, Henry
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28
NInety-Nine in the Shade.

oh for lodge in garden OF cucumber,
Oh for an iceberg two to control
Oh for vale which at midday the dew cumbers !!
| Oh for pleasure trip up TO the Pole!
| Oh for little one-story thermometer,
| With nothing but Zeroes all ranged in q row!
| Oh for big double-barreled hydrometer,
| To measure this moisture that rolls from my
brow.
oh that this cold world YVES twenty times colder !!
That's irony red hot it seemeth to mel
Oh for turn of its dreadful cold shoulder.
Oh what a comfort an ague would be!
oh for grott) to typify heaven,
Scooped in the rock under cataract vast!
Oh for winter of discomfort even
| Oh for wet blankets jIdici0usly cast
On for a soda-fountaln spouting up boldly
From every hot lamp-post against tho hot shy !!
Oh for proud maiden to look on me coldly
Freezing my soul with glance of her eye!
Then oh for a draught from emp of ''eold pizen!"
And oh for resting place in the cold grave
With path III the Styx, where the thick shadow
lies on,
And deepens the chill of its dark running wave
MAP OF THE EUROPEAN WAR RE-
GION.-B. B. Russell, of. 55 Cornhill, Bos-
ton, has again displayed his enterprise by
publishing IL map of France and Prussia
1t is fresh, accurate and reliable. The
drawing was mgdc by Frenchman. and
the engraving done by a German,-both
superior artists. The name and location
OF each place of the two countries, the
mountains, rivers, boundaries, ETC., are
given, and each is presented in different
and contrasting color. 1t is precisely
what the public wants. and as it is sold
for only twenty-five cents, the demand
will no doubt be very great. The Franco
PruSeian war map will be an indispensa-
bic requisite as the war progresses. Mr..
Russell has made another one of his lucky
hits, he IL the man who knows what the
public wants. and gives it to them at the
right time
IN TIIR SAME BUSINESS. the train
FRI m Troy TO Saratoga the other day a
well-hmnwR pickpoeket felt somebody's
hand III his vest pocket, trying to relieve
hiIa of bis watch. He, understanding all
the crooks and turns OF the business, seiz-
ed hold Of the stranger and said Tackle
some greeny, old man Tn in the same
business" The two, Immediately frater-
nized.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28
The New York Press ON the War
THE TRIBUNE

says: "On the part of France It's frau
dulent quarrel; the battle is for territory,
not principle. Prussia has a patriotic
people, and a just cause to give her con-
fidence."
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

THE HUMAN RAcE.-Josh Billings di-
vides the human race into three classes ::
"Those who think it is SO; those who
think it isn't 50, and those who don't care
cent whether tits so or not
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28
TM!E SUN

calls Napoleon's reason for the declaration
OF war the most trifing reason possible
Tor creating gigantic conyulsion. The
war threatens to become the most tre-
mendous in history and to involve all
Chrlstendom. The United States should
never allow Cuba to pass into the hands
OF another power than Spain if free arms
can prevent it.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28
$4,000 PRIZE sroRY,-7He

$4,000 PRIZE SToRY.-7He Little Ger
p0I0t Kaqazine offers this sum for prize
story Those interested can send twelve
cents to the publishers, Sewell and
Mill, Ctjc.a., III, for the August
num' er of the Magazine, which gives all
plrticulAr7.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

E. Sweetser, and George Waterman.
Three of these were cut off in their youth,
and the other two in mid-life. :,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

The SCHooLMAsTER- old school
teacher, named Breckenridge, recently
died in South Carolina. He boosted at
one time that he had whipped the govern
or of the.State, the judge of the Superior
Court, and nearly all the lawyers in An.
Jacksonville = when they wers boys, of
course. II isSs
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TILE THINKS

thinks the war will be justified in Fra nee
as step necessary to free the Scandina-
Wan populace from the German yoke. an d
to restrain Prussian ambition from de-
signs on the Peninsula. Rightly or
wrongly the rest of the world will see in
the present outbreak of hostilities an eff
fort on the part of France to rectify her
frontier and to possess once more the left
bank Of the Rhine.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28
THE WORLD

says that the responsibility of war rests
upon the temper of King William, and
the persistent refusal of Prussia to respect
the obligations taken by her under the
treaty of Prague to the people of Schles-
wig Holstein.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

AN IRIsHMAN's BEE-One fine day an
Irishman was strolling through farm,
and observing a flower that pleased his
fancy, he was about to pick it, when a
bee stung him on the hand, and flew to
its hive which was not far off. Pat watched
the bee going in, and then shouted, "By
the piper that piped before Moses I'll
have revenge" Lifting stick, he
plunged it into the hive, and commenced
stirring up the bees, which few out in
swarms, and stung him so badly that he
soon dropped the stick and ran away
Some time aftcrward, as Pat was saunter'
ing through the woods, he became tired
and sat down on log to rest himself
At the other end Of the log there was g
Junebug, which he noticed crawling to,
ward him. Instantly jumping up, he ex'
claimed, as he started to run off:
"Be jtber4. know We, even if ye have
yer overroat on"
NIGUTMAKE.-A case of nightmare in
Worcester Mass, boarding house on q
recent night, caused at frat serious fright
and afterward infinite amusement to all
the dodgers except the victim. About
two o'clock in the morning a gentleman
jumped from his room into the hail.
locked the door and called loudly for as
sistauce, saying he had confined III the
room burglar whom he had caught in
the act of stealing his watch. Three
policemen were sent for, who cautiously
entered the room, and discovered nothing,
all the trouble having arisen from bad
dream of the occupant.