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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21
The Ship Canal Chartered.

The Free Press of Wednesday, says
We are glad to announce the passage of
the act chartering the Caughnawaga Ship
Canal, by both Houses of the Dominion
Parliament. Dispatches received yester-
day by Gov. Underwood brought this
welcome intelligence, with the important
additional information that the act as
passed makes provision for the enlarge
ment of the Welland Canal by the gov
ernment of the New Dominion. The bill
has not received the signature OF the Gov
ernor- General, it being the custom, we be-
lieve, for him to sign all the bills at the
close of the session, unless there are
special reasons for anticipating the process
ia the case of some particular act There
being such reasons in this case, We pre-
sumo tne bill will be signed and become n
law without much delay.
We need not say that this action means
business. The Canadian Government
charters the canal and does its share of
the whale undertaking in enlargiug the
Welland Cana, at the expense OF the Do
minion. The stock for the Caughnawaga
Canal must, Of course, be largely taken
on this side of the line. We haze 10
doubt that it aotW be taken, and that speed.
ily and we expect to see this long-pro'
jec Ted aad long-delayed enterprise soon
fairly undeE gay, It's Importance to the
country, and especially = New England
can hardly be exaggerated, ana We con
gratulate our readers on the cheerful
prospect of the speedy inception of the
work
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

Gently died at Middlebury, was native
of Poultney, from whence she removed
when three years old with her parents to
Williston.
The population of the town of Addi-
son in 1860 was 1000, having lost 279 in
the previous ten years.
The appraisal of real estate in Addi,
son county is $6,295, ,266.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
"A. E. Rankin, secretary of the board
of education, has become managing editor
of the st. Johnsbury Times.
Fairbanks scale works took fire,
Thursday, and came very near burning
up
Within / 1-2 miles of Wheelock VIII
lsge there are $4,000 maple trees tapped,
and within the same distance there are
at least 5000 more suitable to tap.
Waterford was formerly called Lit
tleton, and was changed 10 its present
name March, 9, 1897.
Caledonia county has 340, $50 taxable
acres of land.
3 Mud Pond, in Sutton, is 1888 feet
above the ocean.
The Congregational church in Bar
net was organized September IA, 1858.
cHTTTENDEN COUNTY.
j. p. Barnum's store at Richmond
was considerably damaged on Sunday
morning.
There are 962 families connected
with the Congregational churches in Chit
tenden county.
Richmond is 1892 feet above the
ocean.
Lyman Hall was Town Clerk of Shell
burn for fifteen years.
The appraisal of personal estate in
Chittenden county is S2,030,eSi,77.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

AsTHMA.-It will be remembered by a
large majority of the readers of the HER
AID that an article appeared few weeks
since in reference to a wonderful cure of
asthma in the person of the junior mem
ber of thepublishing firm of the HER
AID, by tae use of DR.. J. II. Guilds
Green Mountain Asthma Cure Since
that announcement, large number of
persons afflicted with this distressing dis
ease, have made use of this remedy, and
in nearly every case complete cure has
been the result.
We had the pleasure of making DIR.
Guild sbrt visit at Rupert and exam
ining the testimonials of hundreds of per-
sons from California to the Canadas,
which spoke volumes in behalf of his rem
edy. But the best testimony of its worth
is the increase in its sale. DR.. Guild be-
gun by s.nding out trial packages about
three yeirs ago, and has not advertised it
in any brm, except by small treatise
sent free to any one on application. His
sales have increased from "a few dollars a
month I, hundreds a week. Last week
they reahed two hundred and eight dol
lars. After years of study he has succeed
ed in producing medicine without an
equal, aid one which proves of great Pc
cuniaryproft to him. He is to be con-
gratulaed on becoming the benefaotor of
so many suffering ones of the race, and
we knov of no one who will receive the
honor az modestly.
Our ir. Harley G. Tuttle has such a
call forthe medicine that he has taken a
quantit, and will furnish it at the same
prices nat DR.. Guild sells it at, viz Sim
gle box 50; three boxes, S5; six boxes,
50.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

THE FIREMEN's HOP To.NIGHT.-
get the closing hop of the season, given by
the members of Washington Engine Com
pany at Village Hall this evening. IT it
is equal to the other hope of the Company
of the past season, no better time can be
asked for than will be had here. We are
assured, however, it is to excel SO far as
the Company is concerned, the hall hav-
ing been put in the best possible condi-
tion for dancing, and everything else an
ticipated which can conduce to the enjoy
ment OF the participants. The Rutland
quadrille band, -four pieces furnish the
music, and one dollar pays the fee of ad-
mission.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

EAST PoULTNEY. - Messrs. Benton,
CAverly y Co., of Boston, a short time
snce, in reply to letter from Charles A.
Eann, its manager, who asked if they had
Kept, during the winter, any of the
deese of the East Poultney factory. and
i so, if it had shown good keeping quail
tesi and asking them to name any de-
ficts of their cheese, that they might be
Dmedied this season, which was replied
% as follows
"In answer to your inquiries. will say,
hat we have now Eon hand 100 boxes of
tour factory cheese. The cheese kept
veil and are good cheese. You colored
Your cheese little to high for this market,
otherwise they are good enough. We had
he pleasure Of showing your cheese last
winter TO William Otis, Esq, of Dandy,
and we think him as good a judge of
cheese as there is in Vermont, and he pro-
nonnced your cheese to be very fine; now
we expect to be in the field the coming
season, and hope to do our usual amount
of business in factory cheese. We will
give you call and hope to be able to
make satisfactory trades for all parties"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

AvENDIsH.-Stillman Fletcher. ESD,
of Boston, native of Plymouth in this
State and editor of the New England Far
naer, has generously donated to the COM
mittee of the Fletcher Library of Caven-
dish, several bound volumes of 4" The
Farmer" for the peru,ial of the farmers
of his native County.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

ADVERTISING MEDIUM-The Indt-
pendent, as an advertising medium, 3
second to pone in Rutland county.-Ru-
land Independent.
The above is calculated to Gislead tie
public. The Weekly HERALD has double
the number of the circulation of the
Independent, and we think larger than
all the other newspapers in Rutland
county combined.
BURGLARY In CHESTER. - The store
of Coleman Saunders, near the depot, was
epiessI By burglars Tuesday night, aad
six or eight suits oi seaa1yy-msade clothi1g'
cap and large travelling bag wefe 20.
Quoted from the stock. The entrance was
effected ~ breaking one Of the large WIN
dow panes in the froni q tssa store. LAS
locality has always been tempting ps
to coyeto5sly inclined persons, trains o.
riying at II o'clock Ct night and depart
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

ing at 3 O'Clock in the morning. Let this
be hint to other parties equally exposed
to the depredations of night-callers.
A. A, d,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

A MURDER.-Daniel Lapham, son of
Geo. Lapham, of Woonsocket, r. l., was
foGa4 lying dead in one of the streets
near the ce4teg Gff the village about four
o'clock Wednesday morning, He had
been fatally shot through the head, ana
a resslyer was found on the ground near
the body. It is supposed he was mur-
dered and afterwards Carried to this spot,
a. 20 shot was heard during It's s-tght by
peopia liSi.g on that street and vicinity.
lie was aToupe ths village as usual
through the evening, bpt 20 enc seems to
know of hia whereabouts during iss
night. He was twopty-eight years OF
age, unmarried, and carpenter by trade
He was man of good habits, and no mo-
tive as vet can be assigned for the deed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

TRANSPORTATION on CATTLE. 49, The
resolution offered by Mr.. Sumner on Mon
day, looking to legislation for the proper
transportation of cattle on railroads, 90
as to provide them with ventilation, water
and ample space, met with a favorable re-
sponse, and will likely result in as strin-
gent a bill as it is in the power of Con-
gress to pass, though there is some doubt
expressed about the authority of Congress
ia the premises. The showing made by
Mr., Sumner of the barbarous practice
upon cattle 5n tansitu upon the railroads
was such as not only to call for legislation
to put stop to it, but to show every in.
telligent person that the consequences was
to throw upon the market diseased cattle,
seriously affecting the health of our
people.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

SUDDEN DEATH.-we learn that mr.
Chester Hosford, brother of Harlow Hos
ford, Esq, died very suddenly at East
Poultney, Wednesday afternoon. 1t was
currently rumored on our streets last
evening that 1t was the latter gentleman
who was in town in attendance upon
court. The deceased was a brother of the
late Harris Hosford of Centre Rutland
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21
Rutland 1aily Nerald

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING
Foot of Center St, Herald Block, Rntland, vt.
reRMs:-ss 90 year si.OO for six months-s2.0O 90
for Three mOnths-or rs cents a month.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

PRoCToRsyILLE.-In a recent number
of the HERALD, mention was made of the
graduating exercises of the medical class
at Georgetown College, d. c., and the
name of John III. Mallory of Vermont was
giyep as the only graduate from this
State. DIR. Malony is now at home here
on . ,yi4it among his boyhood friends.
The example of his history, industry and
success ia indeed to be commended to 9th
as lsds situated as he was ten years ago.
tn drisa. boy, without money, his father
NSghng ,as : factory operative to main
81" MIS- large dsI@ily, John, when about
"n .oon determined 70 be somebody, and
oul ,rni 7g bid his friends good bye, and
ne M ed Up in Washington. D. G., just
oon turn ,kire out of the rebellion.
t the bre1 ne IL ex-Gov. fletches. he
Dropping h. re hin letter Of intro
,sked him to q, ~ :, that city who
anotion to n1nS selp him to So ne employ
nent. The kind hearted word 10 the
ready to give an encouraging " s NJ
,,w,y. wrote to Judge Cohamsr ana
vii, Of the Senate and HOUSE g.
Ioa the Hon. JOS II. Barrett late oonn
lso to Of Pensions. Those gans.
missioner to and well of the lad. and
poke kindly I'd q place as messenger
inaliy John fou. spsstment, where his
n the Pension l., ,dastry gsined him
nodesty, fidelity andi il 'vaneing ffo1a .
friends and preferment, al. messenger,
general errand boy to be chic. -,the de-
md thence to the post of clerk l.. eHss1s
,artment. All this time saving 4
md remitting them to his friend al
,ounsellsr, Gov. Fletcher, who invested /,
them in a homestead for the lads father.
Gaining strength by success, John found
time, in his hours unoccupied by clerical
duties, to study medicine and attend the
lectures at Georgetown, where Of him an
acquaintance and spectator writes, under
date of March IL:
II have good report to give you con-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

HIsDRY OF FFAIRHAvEN.-The history
of Farhaven is now in press, and will
soon b issued from the Journal Office.
1t is ,ritten by Rev. A. n. Adams of
that t'wn, and is to be volume of 400
pages, 10 says the Journal. at will con-
tain full account of the organization of
tha town, some account of all the earliest
families, as we'll as sketches of the busi-
ness and other changes which have trans
pirei within its borders. The edition
will be limited to small number of
copies" Price $50 per copy.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

THE TROY AND WHITEHALL AIRLINE
RAILRoAD.-The Whitehall Chronicle
contains the following concerning this
proposed road
"On Tuesday of this week meeting OF
the directors of the Mid County railway
was held at the Hall House in this place
Among those present were the Hons. Ed
ward Dodd and Alexander Barkley oi
Argyle, Messrs. Pickett and Baucus of
Schag ghtiooke, Messrs. Van Buskirk and
Tracy of Lansingburgh, and Messrs.
Cooke and Davis of this place. Mr.. Van
Buskirk occupied the chair, and the Hon.
Edward Dodd was Secretary. The meet
ing was conducted with closed doors, and
the proceedings are therefore not given
for publication. From what we can learn
however, the measures adopted were OF
such CHARACTER as would gladden. the
hearts of the friends of the enterprise il
they were permitted to be published"
MIppLETowN.-The Poultney Bulletin
says We saw unloading at our depot q
day or two since two large loads of the
Middletown water, we should Judge TWEEN
ty cases to the load. The sale of the
water seems to be increasing as the spring
opens. 4 large force of workmen is now
employed ~ tbs construction of the hotel
that is now being built at the springs.
A lively place this little town is destined
to be the coming summer; and why
should 1t not be z Its spring waters are
unrivaled for their curative properties,
and for beauty of location no town excels
it in the Green Mountain State.
Under the head SIS it True :" the
Bulletin is responsible for the following
We have a report from Aiddletown TO
the effect that on Sunday last several men
we're at work the entire day with their
teams, IN eight of the churches, and that
III the course of the day ohurch-going
gentleman. called ou ono Of the grand
Jurors of the town to enter complaint,
and found him tgll7li11g his boots
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

IRANDoN.-A town meeting has been
called to be held on Saturday, the 23d day
of April, at 2 o'clock P. m, to see if the
town Of Brandon will vote to aid in the
construction of the Addison County Rail-
road.
The petition for the meeting is signed
BYE. N. Briggs, N. T. sprague, Jr., ]. Q.
Hwkins, W. W. Reynolds, G. d. Pitts,
E. J. Bliss, e. J. Ormsbee, G. R. Bottum,
2. Clark, J. f. Stinson, F. R. Button and
Others.
We are glad that Brandon is moving in
tbs matter. Brandon, with ita manufsc-
tuing interests, wants the road, and Rut-
lard needs it. Let the good work so on,
anl no obstacles be allowed to come in its
way until Western Vermont is linked to
Northern New York by bands of iron.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21
"Lawyers BIessing.'

The following was communicated to the
Burlington Free Press:
The following effusion, by Bartholomew
Willard, once resident in this vicinity,
and whose name has become historic for
his many sharp retorts, in verse and 9TH
erwise, I think has never been published.
This copy was found among the papers of
the late Gideon Hoxsie, by whom have
heard the lines repeated many times.
Though "little rough" ON the fraternity,
it is barely possible it may be entertain
ing to some of the present day. The oc-
casion that called it out was session of
the County Court at Burlington, at which
some of the lawyers, thinking to have a
little fun with the eccentric wit, procured
refreshments at private table at the ho-
tel and invited Barty, as he was gener-
ally called, to join them. When seated
around the "festive board" in the most
solemn and dignifed manner Mr.. Willard
was requested to "ask blessing" The
following impromptu was the result, and
was ever afterward known as the
LAWYERS BLESSING
Lord bless the cline,
Haste on the time,
When death makes Lawyers civil.
Stop their clack,
And send them back
Unto their father Devil.
Nor let this Band
Insult our land,
Nor let these liars conquer;
Nor let this Club
OF Beelzebub,
Infect the world no longer.
They as bad indeed
As the thistle weed,
That ehokes our fertile moving,
Compared nigh
To the Hessan fly
That destroys our wheat when growing.
Oh. sudden death,
Come cramp their breath
Refine them all with birthstone.
Let them repair
To He'll, and there
To turn the Devils grindstone, HLH.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21
PITTsFoRD.-The following are Il

PITTsFoRD.-The following are the
registration returns of the town of Pitts
ford, fer the year 1869:
Marriages, 13; births, (males %, fe-
males a. As; deaths, 81, of which there
was one over 80 years of age.
The following is summary of their
ages: Between so and 90, 3; ~ and so,
3; go and 20, 3 so and go, 2; 40 and 80
1; 30 and 40, 3; 10 and 20, 81 under 10
years, 10. OF the deaths 81 were females,
and 10 rsales.
The following is a summary Of the
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21
HENRY CLARK, Editor.

reaus:-s2.5Oa year; sl.25 for six months inva-
riably in advance.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

APPoINTMENT.-Mrs Tabitha Sawyer
has been appointed postmistress at Tin
mouth, in place of her husband, Noah w
Sawyer, who died few weeks since
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Rutland atjeekly 5terald
FOUNDED IN 1884,

lECoA'OAA1 ~ 1911
NOW the largest weekly in New England, pub
hshed every THURSDAY morning.
foot Of Center St, Herald Block, Rutland, VT
TUTTLE & COMPANY, Proprietors.
4Ep. A. TUTTLE, A. II. TUTTLE, II. O. ruTrLE,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

SUGAR MAKING.-The sugar makers of
Vermont have had an unusually poor sea-
son of it this spring. The only frst-class
days of the season for sugaring were last
week. The nights have been far too
warm for successful work, and crop esti-
mated by some as low as quarter of that
commonly obtained has, thus far, been the
result. There is large amount of snow
in many sections of the State, and with
favorable weather good results may yet be
attained. A warm rain now evidently
impending will perhaps do damage to
what snow is left, and imperil the chance
of a further crop of the maple sweets.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

Smoking is freely allowed in the Ohio
House of Representatives during session
The air became SO vile from the exhala-
tions of the old dudeens that it has been
found necessary TO open two fre-places,
one on each side of the Speakers de-k.
Around these, members sit much as they
would in an old-fashioned bsr-room, with
their feet on the fender, absorbed in cbsf-
fing, smoking, etc.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21

BURLINGToN.-"As stranger" says that
burlington has the most abominablo side
walks he has ever seen in town of its
size"
The Republican board of Aldermen
in Burlington have elected Democrats to
the chief city offices, thereby vexing the
Republicans.
The Vermont Life Insurance Com
pany at Burlington is possessed of larger
percentage of assets to liabilities than any
other company in the United States.
The ferry boat Grand Isle came to
Burlington from winter quarters, at
Essex, ON Tuesday afternoon.
The Lake has been frozen over firmly
since the 26th of February-forty-fiv
days.
The Oakes Ames made her first trip,
this season, Tuesday afternoon, taking
100 tons of iron to Port Kent.
The steamers of the Champlain
Transportation Campany will probably
come out of the harbor this week The
crews of the steamer Adirondack and
Canada have gone to Shelburn Harbor to
fit out their boats, to be in readiness for
business.
The Free Press says; At 8 o'clock,
Tuesday morning, the ice covered the
broad Lake 1t looked dark and shaky,
yet it was all there, an unbroken sheet,
save one or two small streaks of water,
and no one could say whether it would
not be there for week to come. At
eleven o'clock, two hours later, the Lake,
as far up as Jupiter Island, and north as
far as the eye could see, was blue, rolling
water.
ExTRAoRDINARY RAILRoADING.-T
following, clipped from an Indianapolis,
undiana,) paper, is an extraordinary case
of railway running 1t may be interest
ing to know where such engineers are
produced. We answer, in Vermont. The
engineer referred to below, Amos V. Kel-
logg, is native of Pittsford, and the eld
est son of Gen. Amos G. Kellogg, and is
in the 35th year of his age:
Passenger engine No. AZ. on the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad,
was put on the road on the 18th of May,
1867, and has not missed trip in two
years and ten months, making 137 4
miles per day, an average of 1881 1-2
miles per month, making grand total of
121,771 miles since. it was put ON the
road, without ever having been in the
shop for repairs during that period. This
engine has been run during the entire
time by Amos V. Kellogg, who has the
reputation of b9ing one of the best loco
motive engineers in the country. We
doubt if parallel case to this can be
shown by any other railroad.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-13
ssleet goetru.
THE CHILDREN.

When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
tni the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me.
To bid me good night and be kissed:
oh. tie little white arms that eneircis
Nv neck in tender embrace,
Oh rh. smiles that are haIos Of heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love on my face
And when thoy are gone sit dreaming
OF my cAildhoodtss lovely to last;
Of love that nv heart will rem smber,
When it wakes to tho pulse Of the past,
Ere The world and its wicksdness made me
A partner Of sorrow and sin,
When the glory of G cd was about me,
And the glory of gladness within.
oh my heart grows weak as a woman's.
nd The fountains of feeling will flow,
When | think Of the paths steep and stony
Where the feet Oh the dear ones must go;
Of the mountains of sin hanging o or them
Of the tempest Of Fate blowing wild
oh there is nothing on earth half so holy
As the innocent heart of a child
They sre idols of hearts and of households;
They are angels ofGod in disguise
His sunlight still sleeps in their trssses,
His glory still CLEANS in their eyes;
Oh those truants from home and from heaven
They have made me more manly and mild
And | knew how Jesus could liken
The kiugdom of q cd to a child.
ask lot life for the dear ones,
All radiant as others have dOneJ
But that life may have just enough sh adow
To temper the glare of the sun;
would pray God to guard them from evil,
But my prayer would bound back to myself;
Ah 4 seTaph may pray for a sinner,
But sinner must pray for himself
Tie tHig is so easily bended,
| have b.nished the rule and the rod
I've taught them the goodness of knowledge
They have taught me the goodness of God
Iy heart is a dungeon of darkness,
Where L shut them from breaking a rule;
Ny frOYn is sufficient correction;
Ny love is the law of the school
! shall leave the old house in the autumn,
To traverse its threshold more:
All how | shall sigh for the dear ones.
That meet me each morn ~ the door!
! .hall meet the good night" and the kisses,
And the gush of their innocent glee,
The group on the green, and tho fewers
That are brought every morning TO me
/ hall miss them at morn and at eve,
heir song in the school and the street;
shall miss the low hum Of their voices,
md the tramp of their delicate feet.
when the lessons and tasks are all ended
And death says, 'The school is dismissed ~
A,y the little ones gather around me,
To bid me good night and be kissed.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-13

An enterprising land speculator in Kansas
in order to induce farmers to emigrate to
that State, tells the following II have seen
four or FIVE men on long lever raising a
a sweet potato out of the ground and other
men were up on step ladders cutting off the
ears of corn with hatchets. He supposes it
was IN that country where, when they wish
to make cistern, they plant beet seed and
in the fall they pull out the beet with a
stump machine, and the cistern is ready for
use.