Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-24

CAsTLEToN.-The second time last
week our village was aroused by the cry
of fire and the ringing of bells at half past
twelve on Friday night, when a fire broke
out in the blacksmith shop of Franklin
Grisweld on South street, consuming that
together with his wagon shop adjoining
and an old unoccupied building, the prop
erty of Mrs Harrison. The contents OF
Mr.. Griswold's shop was nearly all des-
troyed including several valuable carri-
ages in the upper story for repairs and
painting preparatory for summer use be-
longing to G. M. Willard, Mrs. T. w.
Rice, F. Barney, L. Perkins and pedlers
cart of Murthur and Warner of this place,
and fine carriage of Mr.. Chancey Fish
of Fairhaven, besides number of wagons
nearly completed for customers, and a
large quantity of hard and soft lun Der
ana other shop materials including tools
machinery, etc, involving a total loss to
Mr.. Griswold of not less than from two to
three thousand dollars. The wagon shop
was insured in the Vermont Mutual for
five hundred dollars, and that is consider
ed not available as he has made additions
and improvements to the building with
out advising the company in accordance
with their rules and regulations. Had it
been a windy night the devastation of
property in this part of the village would
have been very great. All we have to
battle fire with is little seven by nine
crank engine holding about barrel and
half of water built and purchased at
Windsor about the year 1880. 1t has al
ways done good execution for small in
stitution. 1t might have done very well
40 years ago, but at this day it is not the
thing. The supply of water is only from
the few wells and cisterns in the vicinity
of where the fire may chance to occur.
Then again we have no organized fire de-
partment or company, thus you discern
that we are in sad plight when called
upon to save our property from being
destroyed or threatened by fire. There
is some prospect that new engine will
be procured and that reservoirs will be
constructed in different parts of the viii
lage, and some talk that fire company
will soon be organized. The main ques
ton is, will all these things be done now
or after another destructive fire.
The item in my last relative to the
sale of the hotel property to Seneca Field,
Esq, was premature as no such sale was
effected between the parties, it was only
in contemplation.
Mr.. Frank Sanford has purchased the
Moulton property at thirty-six hundred
into d spacious house at an expense of
several thousand dollars for the acoommo-
dation of city boarders during the sum-
mer months which viii be an improve
ment to Main street.
The greatest curiosity among us is
in the form of Young America of five
years of age, who goes about our streets
SIN okipg an immense black pipe, nearly
as large as he is. For three years he has
been constant puffer of smoke, and does
it with as much ease and satisfaction as
would an old vetran smoker of twenty
years experience. What are our little
folks coming to? will they end in smoke !?
- The Liberal Christian Society have
secured for the present the services of
Rev. W. Fl. Ross, graduate of the theo-
logical department of the Cambridge,
Mass, University. They have also ex-
tended to him an invitation to the pastor
ate of the church, but he has not yet sig
nifed his acceptance. The committee of
the church, however, are confident that
he will Rev. A. n. Adams of Fairhaven,
has been the former pastor of this church.
B. w.B.
! FAIRHAvEN - Edward Carswell of
Canada, the distinguished temperance ora
tor, spoke to large audiences at Fairhavan
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