Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-14

The programme closed with fine dis
play of fireworks in the evening, and all
returned to their homes feeling that thef
day had been spent with great pleasure
and profit.
middIebury.
The patrons and children of the Sab |
bath School attached to the Congregation
al church of our village on Wednesday
last proceeded to Plattsburgh on an ex-I
cursion. The day was very fine, and
about $50 made up the company. The
The railroad company furnished cars and
steamboat upon very reasonable terms.
The company was highly pleased with
the trip and was gone about twelve
hours. Such excursions are very fine for
the little ones. 1t ventilates their ideas
and introduces them into new world,
thus gradually preparing them for min.
Cling with the busy scenes of human life
and assuming the responsibilities of citi-
2ens and Christians. We live faster than
our fathers did, hut the question il, Do
We live better?
Sabbath schools and other means of
Christian instruction are afforded our
youth and children with prodigal hand,
yet l am sometimes Of the mind that
they are not as fully appreciated as they
ought TO be. This would not, however,
10 ro1oxr of +haoa arra,o;aoI
productive of such good in bringing the
rising generation to the Saviour, but I
would throw into them all the Christian
power [ could secure, and in every posi-
BILE way induce the young to love them.
I would avoid caste and make all feel that
Christianity is pure democracy, seeking
for the greatest good 20 the greatest num-
her. But pardon this DEPRESSION in an
n"uncirp a St}bsth school excursion
TIL p, ur' ana ,I,iII.rn nttoo},ea to
different Sabbath ,choolS in the town of
Crrn Will followed in the wake of the ex-
vui-i',u uf tue friends OF nIiddlebury. .hd
on the 30th ult. they in large numbers
came to our depot at a. M, and filling
five ears went to Burlington; and from
thence, by the steamer Oakes Ames, to
Plattshurgh. returning at 6 p. IN. They
expr, ssod themselves highly delighted
with tho trip, for the day was very fine,
and no accident occurred to mar the en-
ioym. IT,, "f the orcasion. Cornwall is
stirring town and full of enterprise.
TIL "iti2aa4 have. I venture to say, the
best school houses in their several dis
trictS of any town in the State They
have town library, established by such
men as William Slade and Charles Lins-
ley, and kept up by the young men. It
has associated with it debating club, at
the meetings Of which, questions are dis
cussed with as much care and thought.
yea more than is found in our legislative
balls in some of the States of the Union.
Cornwall has within its limits very many
men of excellent talents and frst-rate
business qualifications. Withal the rest,
it is an intensely loyal town and during
the war was up to time in all the demands
of the government for men and money to
carry on the war against treason and
slavery. At the close of the war, the
town erected, at an expense of $1,000,
splendid granite monument from the
Barre quarry, and upon which are in
scribcd the names of those who fell in the
struggle for liberty, together with these
words: Cornwall remembers, 1S61-1S65."
t., 80 ,,rCrJa TNrV V.yoI1 10 modal Hnx
none superior to it in the State.
Rev. Mr.. Ingalls,, M. f. clergyman for
Weybridge, occupied the pulpit lin the
absence of Rev. Mr.. Bailey of the M. E.
church in our village last Sabbath, preach
ing AN excellent discourse upon these
words, II am not ashamed of the Gospel
of Christ, for it is the power of God unto
salvation to any one that believeth" The
thoughts drawn from the text were we'll
conceived, finely arranged, and forcibly
delivered. A largo congregation was
present. Rev. B. Eaton preached in the
evening one Of his sound, practical SER
mons.
IL Is Ch tl pltGtsuhb W HlIhCc5 yOuiS
men starting in business and taking the
place of old men, who have most faith
fully served their day and generation.
| An instance of that kind has of late oc-
CURED with u.s. Mr. Ira Allen, who for
so many years has been wheelwright in
our village, making the best of wagons,
&c, has retired at a good old age from
business, and turned over his customers
to Mes-rs. Goodno & Incia, two most ex-
cellent young men who for years have
worked for Mr.. Allen, and who now pro-
pose to compete for a share of the business
connected with their trade. We wish
them success, for they are every way
worthy of it. .s-as-
The wheelwright shop formerly oc-
cupied by Sanford & eager, in our viii
lage, has become the property of two
yonng men, Messrs. Kingsley & Smith,
who propose to aid in supplying the de-
mand fer good wagons, &c, in our COM
munity. Mr. Kingsley is a painter of the
| frst-class, and Mr. Smith is represented
as being an excellent wheelwright. They
are both deserving men, and will without
doubt do good businesss. Success to
our enterprising mechanics, we say. Let
them be encouraged and sustained, and
thus build up our home interests.
Our farmers are Commencing in ear
nest the business of haying, with the pros