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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-13

PoLITIoAL-Edmund j. Davis, Repub-
hcan, is elected Governor of Texas. by
over 800 majority. Three of the four
Congressman are Republicans.
Bills have been introduced in the
New York Legislature to repeal the reso-
luton adopting the Fifteenth Amend
ment and the Excise law.
tf "A bill has been introduced into the
Ohio Senate, for submission to the people
at the next October election of the
Fifteenth Amendment. ra ..
The Massachusetts Legislature met
on Wednesday. The Senate organized by
electing H. III. Coolidge President, and s.
N. Y. Clifford Clerk. In the House, Hon.
Harvey Jewell was reelected Speaker,
and William s. Robinson ('Warrington'D
was reelected Clerk.
The Vallandigham section of the
Democracy seems to have given in its ad.
hesion to the movement for placing Chief
Justice Chase on the track as the next
candidate for the Presidency. y.
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The CHAMPLAIN CANAL.--A meeting
of the business men of Northern and
Eastern New York, and all interested in
the economical administration of the af-
fairs of the Champlain canal, is called by
L. j. n Stark and others, to meet at Fort
Edward, January Is, 1870, 10 take meas
ures "to secure the repeal of the repair
contract system, the adoption of plan or
policy for the management ST the canals
which will give continued and successful
navigation, and as consequence, reduc-
ton of tolls; and to secure unity of ac-
ton among those interested in canal .navi-
cation, which will tend to secure to APP
pointment in the canal service of honest
and competent men," These are certainly
worthy objects.
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THE AMERICAN ODD FELLOW for
January is received. 1t is greatly en-
larged and improved, and reflects credit
upon the order of which it is the official
organ. Among its uniformly attractive
contents we notice: Conscience Money,
all original story of great power and
thrilling interest; Scientific and Curious
Facts Odd Fellow Gems; Health and
Physical Culture; The old Year and the
New; "reminiscences of the Order; The
Manchester Unity Ladies' Olio; Youths
Department; Choice Poetry; Entertain
ing Miscellany; State Departments ;
Home and Foreign Correspondence, &C.,
&c. Published by John w. Orr, No. 90
Nassau street, New York. $3.50 per year,
or 81 .25 per volume.
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to all who seek admission in the right
spirit. Cheerfully do we say, come all
ye that hunger and thirst, with desire
TO benefit and elevate tbs human family !;
put yeur strong shoulder 10 the wheel aud
assist us 10 push On tie car OF progress.
1t IL gratifying 70 knes that brothers are
just beginning to realize the mission OF
Oddfellowship,by prse.ieing its teachings.
May we continue IN the good work M.
til the coming of that Period, yet in the
womb Of time. when the tears and woes
Of this world shall be submerged by the
healing tide that shall flow from the foun.
tains of benevolence and charity.
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For the HERALD
f., M. S.-,A1 icrGsfsC,


Ever loyal, faithful, just sri fearless.
Duty's mandates heeding with rare grace,
When wars tfdipgs fell, depressing, cheerless-
In thy hea,t Hope ever kept her place. zs.at
Meier before, In all or country's story, So
Minister of war like thee hadst been
All thou amidst at was a Nations glory
Careful only that her arms should win.
Yielding not thy post when foes assailed thee,
Strove to make thee lay thine armor down;
Trusting Him whose strength so well availed thee
All their wrath but heightened thy renown.
Never here the Robes of Justice wearing,
rendered late, as eal nest Of thy worth;
Der the River thou to-day art sharing
Nobler triumph than than the gifts of earth.
Castletep, Vt, JAM 9th, 1870.
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Rev. N. @. Hodgdon, Of Vernon, is in
poor health. He has not been able to dc
full duty for some time, though he feels
that he is now improving.
All funds designated for the Green
Mountain Central Institute, should be
sent to Harvey Tilden, Esq, of Barre, w.
as he is the Treasurer Of the Institution.
The resignation of Rev. DIR. Gannett
makes Rev. George Putnam, d. D., the
senior settled pastor in Boston.
Rev. Asher Moore, of Claremont, N
H., has received and accepted an invita-
to the pastorship of the Universalist
Church in Norwich, Conn, recently va
Gated by the removal Of Rev. Mr.. johnson
to Ohio.
METHODIST.
Quite an extensive revival is in pro-
gress in Pawlet Rev ]. W. Nudge is Ia
boring there and assisting the pastor OF
the M. E. Church.
The Methodists in Montpelier are
moving for the erection of new house OF
worship, and will endeavor to raise $780,
600 for that purpose.
The st. Adams District Ministerial
Association of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, will meet at Hydepark instead
of st. Adams, as heretofore announced.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday
evening, Jan. 18th.
The Methodist church in Peru, Clin-
ton County, N. Y, has been remodeled,
and will be re-opened for Divine service
on the 9th. ...
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Rev. Father Dunn, an eminent di-
vine, died in Philadelphia on the ssth ult.
The Bishop of Panama died in Rome
Jan. 3d.
Rev. J. NJ Duglue of st. Augustine's
Church, Montpelier, has been seriously
i'll for some time past.
Nearly 1900 people attended the
midnight Mass" in st. Mary's church, st.
Adams, on Christmas, which commenced
at 11.30 p. m. and continued to $50 a. m.
Rev. NJ. Pigeon has been transferred
from the care of the Catholic church at
Milton to Woodstock, and he will oficiate
there and at White River Junction. Rev.
Father Landry takes his place at Milton.
The Pope claims to have sovereign
authority to establish rules of procedure
for the Ecumenical Council.
The Catholic villages of Canada cell
ebrated the opening of the Ecumenical
Council with Examinations.
The Roman organ complains that
Russia prevented the only Polish Bishop,
not killed or exiled, from attending the
great Council.
The Roman Catholics have stations
In Japan at Yokohama, Hakodadi, Osaka
and Kobe.
All the bells of the $50 churches in
Rome were tolled the day the Ecumeni-
cal Council opened, and the guns of ST.
Angelo Numbered necessarily.
The latest from Rome is that the
dogma of infallibility will not be pressed,
the Jesuits having pressed the matter too
hard.
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salmon for Vermont.

We have just visited the Matching house
Of Albert ID. Hager in North Chester,
in which we saw what was estimated to be
10000 salmon ova. which he has recently
obtained from the Mifimichi river in New
Brunswick. The ova were packed in
moss and were two weeks and three days
in being transported from the Matching
house in New Brunswick to North Ches-
ter. In consequence of this long journey
and other mishaps about twenty per cent.
of the entire lot died on the passage
leaving between forty and fifty thousand
oya now alive and well. Should good
luck attend these ova, it is thought that
about 10000 young salmon fry will be
sporting in the Matching house within
two months. 1t will be quite sight, but
not equal to what it would be to see half
that number of adult salmon in the rivers
of the State. We understand it is the
intention of the Commissioners of Fish
cries of this State to place them in such
rivers as are best suited to the habits of
the salmon, and where the people will aid
in the work by contributing portion of
the funds or material necessary to build
fshways over the dams, so the salmon can
return to the streams when they have
attained their growth in the sea. 1t is
curious but well authenticated fact that
every young salmon placed in a stream
will be sure to return to that identical
stream to deposit her ova, and it is when
the adult salmon are on their way to their
spawning beds in the mountain streams
that they are taken. They get their
growth in the sea and it is said that they
never eat anything from the time they
enter river till they return to the sea
again, after spawning. Many of the
streams of Vermont were once filled with
salmon, and we only need fshways and
young salmon to secure their return
again to our rivers.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-13

ROBBERY OF THE GLEN's FALLS Ma
TIoNAL BANK.-The Glen's Falls National
Bank was broken into at about 4 o'clock
yesterday morning and robbed of all its
valuables. The vault was blown open
with powder and every thing distracted.
Loss as yet unknown, but supposed to be
at least twenty thousand dollars. A
number of registered bonds were also
taken, but payment on them will be
stopped, and the owners will probably
suffer no loss. Several private papers of
no value to the thieves were also taken.
Police have been notified everywhere to
look out for the burglars.
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SuICIDE.-A despatch from Shrieye-
port, La, Jau. 9th, to the Troy Times
says: Lieut.. E. ?. Colby, of the United
States army, committed suicide at Jeffer
son, Texas, on the 3lst ult., by shooting
himself through the head with revolver.
He was a son of s. H Colby, of the
Treasury Department
The Free Press says We suppose this
last, may be a misprint for the late S. B.
Colby, formerly Register of the U. S
Treasury. Lieut. Colby was appointed
ID Lieut. of the ith U. s. Infantry, from
Vermont, in April, 1866, and subsequently
promoted to be 1st Lieut.. of the Doth In.
fantry.
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SUIcIDE.-Joseph Wilton, postmaster
at South Reading, in poor health for a
long time, on the 31st ult. cut his throat
with razor, in the back room of his
house, in such way as to prevent his tax
ing any food, and yet not severing the
jugular vein or Immediately stopping his
breath. He lived till Monday, the 4tb,
when he died.
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MASONIC FEsTIvAL.-The Masonic
festival and ball at the Opera House next
Friday evening will undoubtedly be the
musical and terpsichorean event of the
season, as nothing is being left undone to
make it one of the greatest successes of the
kind which has ever been held in this sec
ton. All members will appear in full re-
gala, and as there will be undoubtedly
200 or 800 present, accompanied by
fashionabley dressed ladies, the spectacle
must necessarily be grand and imposing
one.
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SWEDISH OATs.-In 1866, as Secretary
of the Rutland County Agricultural So
ciety, we received package of one pint
of White Swedish Oats from the Agricul-
tural Department at Washington, and
gave them to Isaac II. Morgan, an intelli-
gent farmer Of Poultney for cultivation.
They were oats imported from Hamburger.
The first year be raised IA pounds; the
second year one and half bushels of
oats; the third year eighteen bushels,
and in 1859 from nine bushels sown he
has raised one hundred and nineteen
bushels Of the oats.
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ANOTHER OLD SUBsCRIBER.-Mr s.
ii. Kellogg of Pittsford, now nearly 70
years of age, called on us day or two
since, and stated that he had been SUBJ
scriber to the HERALD for as years, and
that the time never was, in his recollec-
ton, when it was not weekly visitant to
his family, his father having commenced
taking it from its birth and continuing it
until the time of his death, when the
sons name took his place on the HERALD
subscription books. Mr.. Kellogg renews
his subscription for another year, and
thinks, with hundreds of others, that the
HERALD would create void in the fam.
lily circle which nothing else could sup.
ply.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-13

APPoINTMENTs,-The following YER
mont Postmasters have been appointed:
Ralph E. Lee, at CRANKY, in place of
Jonathan Mathews, resigned.
Edgar A. Bentley, at Cambridge, in
place Of Joseph Eaton, resigned.
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CHEsTER.-The Grand Masonic Ball
announced to come off at Ingraham's hall
on the evening of the Goth inst, will I'M
doubtedly be the marked event in the
line of festivity of the season. 1t is pro-
posed to make this one of those special
occasions of solid enjoyment which find
nourishment and quality in unstinted
liberality and efficient direction. Halls
full band of Boston furnish the music.
Mr.. Hall, the leader, promises personal
Identification in the pleasures of the night.
The Rutland & Burlington, Vermont
Valley and Cheshire Railroads viii do
business at half price on the occasion.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-13

CONGRESSMAN HoPKINs.-Dispatches
to the Chicago Tribune say that Congress-
man Hopkins passed away with words Of
love to friends, and prayer, 80 Lord, re-
ceive my soul"
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"A married man in New Hampshire
has adopted an original method of econo-
my. One morning, recently, when he
knew his wife would see him, he kissed
the servant girl. The house expenses
we're Immediately reduced $500 year.
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For the Rutland HERALD.
The Byron-SfOxye Controycrsy--An
Epigram.
BY C. II. BALLARD.

Though Byron's candle long ago went out,
Yet Byron Scandal daily trips about,
And seems to move on slight, fantastic toe"
Impelled, tits said, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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PRoCToRsyILLE.-A few evenings
there gathered in the parlor of the Eagle
Hotel, select circle of friends. Some of
the readers of the HERALD may perhaps
remember that last winter the family of
the gentlemanly proprietor and the trav-
elers of the house, got up for the oocas-
ion series Of theatrical entertainments,
to which the outside world were invited.
Among the amateur players were conspicu-
GUS Mr.. Howes' three daughters, "Nan,
Ida and Angas Snncass crowned all the
laudable literary efforts of these disciples
of Thespis at that season. But this win
ter, the playful "Ida," seems disposed to
become the real bride. So on the evening
named, while gathered then and there,
the Rev f. S. Foster of North Chester,
came among them, and, reSt0,-Preston
A. TAFT, Esq, of Georgetown, Colorado,
became the real husband of Miss Ida M.
Howe, the Sd daughter of the hotel pro-
prietor aforesaid, amid the congratulations
of surrounding friends. We have only
to add the good wishes of our people for
the prosperity and permanent happiness
of the newly married couple. We I'M
derstand it is not the intention of Mr..
Taft to return to Colorado at present, but
that he intends soon to go into business at
Burlington, with his brother-in-law, Sam
uel c. Kimball, late of the firm of the
Black River Chair Co, here. May be be
as successful in his business relations as
he has been fortunate in his matrimonial
selection.
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TELEGRAPH.-A telegraph company
has been organized at st. Johnsbury, with
Franklin Fairbanks as President, Hon. r.
J. SAKE of Sheldon, Vice President; John
III. George of Hardwick, Clerk, and Cal
vim Morrill,, Treasurer. AS soon as a
capital stock of $4,000 is raised, work
will be begun on the line which extends
from Swanton to the Connecticut river.
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INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. The in
stallation of officers of Killington Lodge,
I. o. of o. f. No. 6, took place at their
lodge room on Friday evening. The cere-
monies were performed by III. r, Hosford,
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of YER
mont, assisted by Past Grand Master
Evelyn Pierpoint, Grand Warden Past
Grand Charles Woodhouse, Grand Score
tary; Past Grand Newman Weeks, Grand
Treasurer; and Past Grand Master Henry
Clark, Grand Marshal.
The following officers were duly in
stalled
I'll. r. Dyer, N. G.
Loren Atwood, V. 6.
M. G. Reyes, Secretary.
L. W. Brigham, Per Secretary.
T. ID. Manley, Treasurer.
B. w. Marshall, Warden.
Henry Clark, Con.
d. B. Channel, o. 6.
Isaac Gibson, l. G..
G. S. Hit, r. S. n. G.
Newman Weeks, l.. S. V. G.
Evelyn Pierpoint, r. S. V. 6.
G. Fl. kinsman, l.. S. V. G.
Charles Woodhouse, r. s. S.
G. l.. Babcock, l.. S. S.
At the conclusion of the installation
services, Grand Master Hosford, de-
livered an appropriate and pleasing adj
dress. The exercises of the evening were
agreeable, and all who participated re-
tired with pleasant memories of the mis-
sion of Oddfellowshipi in the world.
MASONIC ELECTION. - The annual
meeting of Center Lodge No. 81 was
held pt Masonic Hall, Thursday evening,
and the following officers elected for the
ensuing year:
! w MI. A. Sheldon
s. VII. Ell. Smith.
J. WI. A. Smith
Treas-B. NJ. Bailey
Seq. II. Dyer.
S.D.-C. v. Rollins.
| J.D.-G. P Russell
| Tiler-A Pooler "
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SUPREME CoURT.-Ths following cases
were tried in the Supreme Court 81 DUi-
lington on Thursday:
Erwin and McKelsey 0s. The FOWL
of Richmond. The case is one Of inter
est TO town authorities and we give iti
history:
The plaintiffs in this case who WeTs
liquor dealers in New York city, shippaa
TO DR.. William Root, at that time 81
agent duly appointed by the County Con-
missioner for the sale of liquors, on De-
half of defendant, for the year Isl.
During the years 1866 and 1855, DR.. Roc
had been authorized by the selectmen q
Richmond to purchase liquors on TIE
credit of defendant, for sale. The select
men for the year 1867 decided to purcbsss
for themselves, and had given no euthor'
ity to DIR. Root for that purpose. The or
der in question, made May, 1867. wa
given by DIR. Root to one O. J.GLane az
agent of plaintiffs for the sale OF liquors
who had previously furnished liquor e
DIR. Root for the use of the defendant, ane
who had received no official notice iron
DR. Root that he was not duly suthoriZea
To purchase as before. In complains
with this order the plaintiffs shipped
DIR. Root for the use of defendants ."
of liquors of the value OF Sb6o.oo. ffF
yious to its arrival at Richmond Dr. hO@
was notified by the selectmen that the o.
der for the goods wotAd not be ratified y
them. The goods, therefore. were KEEP y
store by the forwarders, the permept Cej c
trail Railroad, at their depot In hIcamops !
and an action on book account W.
brought by plaintiffs for the value OF -
goods. The court pro- fo7ma gave IaS
ment for the plaintiffs on the Aa :,
Report, to which defendant eAcsp'eu
ceptions were allowed, and the cs"
ordered to this court. tr
Messrs. r. s. Taft and ID. Roberts u
plaintiffs Messrs. E. r. Hard ana =
Phelps for the defendants and appeiian"
The State as. Richard Newton. n
centions from ruling of Court as TO ipsus
iciency of an indictment for larcenv
coat and certain articles OF rswelr
e. R. Hard for State; r. II. Start for d.
PENDANT.
j. II. Hills and wife as. E. @. Looms
This is an appeal from Chancery. Tt
orator in the c.se brought a bill to r
deem his premises situated on the corp'
of Pearl and Willard streets in Burlingtd
from mortgage to defendant. The %
strunent was an absolute deed In forf
the orator claiming It to have beer
mortgage, the defendant claiming Y
transaction to have BEEN an absolute sss
with no right Of redemption.
0essrs. Wales d TAFT and =. r. HS
for orators; Charles Russell Tor dsfsn'
ant.
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DELIVERED BY r. w. III. r. HosFoRD,
GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND
LODGE OF VERMONT, AT THE install
LATIoN OF OFFICERS OF KILLINGToN
LODGE No. 6, /. o. OF o. f., FRIDAY
EVENING, JAN. Z.
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ToLLs.-The receipts for Canal tolls at
Whitehall last year were $f5,641 90. The
number of clearances was 4,671.
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CANDIDATEs.-The St. Alhaus Messen-
ger says Hon. George w. Grandey of
Vergennes, aud DR. Charles Noodhouse,
of Rutland, are the candidates for the
office of G. w G. T. of the Grand Lodge
of Vermont.
BRUM.-Crawford Cook of Salisbury,
with the aid of two young men named
Esty and Harrington, few days ago,
trapped and killed black bear near Lake
Dunmore, aud the skin now graces shed
in that town.
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SAD.-Saturday afternoon last, the en-
gineer Of a freight train, north of Swan
ton Falls, perceived an object lying on the
track some distance ahead, bur was so for
tunate as to stop the train within few
feet of the object, which proved to be a
young man in state of intoxication.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-13

KILLED-Mr Mark r. Bruok of St.
Johnsbury, was kicked by one of his
horses on the Goth ult. Mr.. Bruce drove
into his barn preparatory to feeding his
horses, but not going into the house as
soon as expected, Mrs. Bruce went to the
barn and found him lying upon the floor,
insensible. He was removed to his house
and surgical aid summoned, when it was
found that he had received a fracture of
the skull He died from the effects of the
blow
NAyIG ATIoN-The Cakes Ames made
but one trip Thursday, owing to the high
wind and consequent roughness of the
lake
Lake Champlain (the broad lake was
closed by ice last year on the 10th of
January, and on the year before on the 7th
of january. The average time OF closing
is January 31st 1t is safe to predict that
it will not close before February this
year, if at all.
1T is said this is the first year within
the memory OF man when the Hudson has
been navigablc from New York to Troy
at this season of the year-or rather when
advantage was taken of its open channel
to run the steamers. In the year 1855
the season was so mild that the Hudson
remained open the whole year.
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THE VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROAD


ACCIDENT. Tho accident on Monday
morning Hast ON the Vermont Central
near Sharon, occurred about three o'clock.
The engineer, sid" Bliss, by the loco
motive head light saw the land slide on
the track ahead of him, and at once shut
off steam and blew his whistle, but quick
ly saw that it would be impossible to stop
the train before the obstruction was
reached. He also had the presence of mind
to realize that the freman-Eugene Has
sam, was spare hand who happened to
be running on that trip, and would not
so quickly perceive the best way for escap-
ing the danger, and turning to him said,
"Eugene, jump quick, for your life w At
the same moment Bliss made desperate
leap from the engine through the cab
window. His jump was fearful one,
and getting up he found his body bruised
and his face covered with blood from the
wounds made by the broken window
glass. Going ahead, he soon saw the en-
CINE wreck and piled above with bro
ken Cars, smashed into hundreds of pieces.
Under the ruins his companion was found,
his body terribly mangled and crushed
into many fragments. So says the Free
Press.
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MARKETs.-In the Plattsburgh market
butter is 80 cents; cheese II; pork $14;
apples $3.50 to "a beans So; hay $40 to
$12; coal $12, wood IS to &c.
On Saturday last. one hundred
packages of butter were shipped from
vergennes, weighing over $500 pounds.
Prices ranged from 30 to 30 cents per
pound. The Vermonter says that s'down
60 the prices" is the motto among the
market men.
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Masonic ELECTION - The annual
meeting of Center Lodge No. 81 was
held pit Masonic Hall, Thursday evening,
and the following officers elected for the
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J
w. MI. A. Sheldon
S. VII. Ell. Smith.
J. VII. A. Smith.
Treas. NJ. Bailey.
Sec. j. H. Dyer.
s. DC. V. Rollins.
J. Dc. 2. Russell.
Tiler.-A Pooler.