Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-17
of Portland towards the construction OF
said road.

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with ultimate views of matrimony.
Address, Frank Herald Office,
Boston, Macs
This was responded to by Young chap
of sportive disposition, one +. G. L., and
the "role OF his composition" was OF such
loving and deluding character as led
Crank into ''love race" of the warm
est kind. The young lad who WAS thus
deceived" Frank"-was resident of
Providence, r, |. Removing to Man
he took with him ''kind rememhrancers"
of Frank" aud carried on the cor ,es-
pondence and gave Frank" alias o. NJ
H., several pressing invitations to visit
him. During all this time, o. NJ. II. sup
posed he had got "soft thing" on the
young lady, worth $4,000, and accepted
the "invite." The young chap assumed
the female name of "Miss Jennie M.
Marchmont" Last Friday eve Frank"
made his appearance to see his belo0ed.
He hired rooms at the Vanderlip House,
III huc sly iS} anu oitCi hihoCAA
with a 'sumptuous repast," he braced
himself for the encounter, and went up
to the Seminary to see his Jennie" AS
luck would have it he was recognized by
the very young lad who had SO nicely de-
ceived him, and who graciously pointed
out the house of the Principal of the Sem
mary o. M. III. called ON him and in-
quired for "Miss Jennie" as matter of
course "Miss Jennie was not in" No
such person there. O. NJ. III. Departed
"sold !" After the usual evening study
hours, T. G L., with a few companions,
goes down to the village, finds o. M. H.
and, after some necessary "tactics," T. @.
l.. tells o. NJ. II. that he is duped, and
"Jennie, darling" turns out to be a
young gent full OF fun, who hopes he
will appreciate the joke. O. M. HI. draws
''long breath" and gives sickly smile
of observation-disclosures out and is pre-
sented to Miss Jennie in male attire"
He is green enough to acknowledge the
''sell," and grasps the hand of his dtceiver,
and, like a martyr, "goes round the
horn !" He is invited to go down to the
room of one E. d. P, friend OF Jennie"
and handle the spotted pesteboards" to-
ale viate his pain of heart aud he accepts.
He becomes not only warm friend of
Jennie" and two companions, but also a
wiser aud better man" and, Saturday
morning, departs for New Hampshire, his
home, saying: Jennie is sound on the
woman question l will seek spouse in
different way hereafter" The above
joke was we'll carried out and o. NJ. H.
successfully sold 1t is the source of
much sport and laughter i'll Manchester,
and F. c. L. has made himself famous.
TENTH (VT) REGIMENT-Rev. E. M.
Haynes, pastor of the Baptist church in
Lewiston, Me, and chaplain of this regi-
ment, has finished history Of the Tenth
Vermont, which will be soon issued from
the press. Mr.. Haynes well known in
terest in and familiarity with his regi-
ment, promise to the public valuable
historical volume, worthy of the author,
of his noble regiment and Vermont. We
are gratifed to know that while Vermont
towns and its men are failing to write up
its ancient history, that its record in the
rebellion is being placed in a permanent
form for this and a future generation.
Coming generations will bless Washburn,
a Walker and Haynes for their labor of
love in perpetuating the memory and the
deeds of their comrades i'll arms during
the rebellion, and making them part of
the historic record of the nation.
KlLLED.-A Frenchman named Louis
Gagnon was instantly killed Oh Saturday,
while at work on an embankment on the
Woodstock Railroad, near TaftsviIle, by
being crushed under a mass of frozen
earth, which suddenly cracked off and
fell upon him.
HEHMITs. Robert Mathio of Green's
boro, who has lived alone for some two
years, has suddenly disappeared, leaving
everything in his house as if be had mere
ly stepped out for minute.
"A singular hermit dwells in Fletcher.
He is about so years old; lives in barn,
sleeps in cavern dug in the hay NOW,
feeds himself on crackers, pork and milk,
never has any washing done, but gets
suit of clothes and uses them till they
care no more" Disappointment in a love
affair produced this unenviable state of
things.
| CHEEsE.-The West Milton cheese fac
tory, during an operation of five months
in 1869 received ,336,717 pounds of milk,
and manufactured 197,378 pounds of
cheese. The net average price was IA $40
cents per pound bringing over $26, 900.
THE DUMMERsToN FATAL BURNING
AFFAIR. - The Springfield Republicans
Brattleboro correspondent sends that jour
nal the following account of the fatal
burning at pummerston on Saturday
night, which contains a few particulars
in addition to those given by us yester-
day:
Richard Orchard of Dummerston, a
bachelor about rs years of age, was burned
in his store, with the building and all its
contents, Saturday night. Mr.. Birchard
had been in trade full half century, had
always lived alone in his store, and was
very eccentric and penurious. His build
ings were SO full of goods and kept in
such confusion that there was hardly space
on the floor for the customers ia stand :
having, besides all the ordinary stocks of
country stores, many strange and unusual
articles, SO that strangers and summer
visitors at Brattleboro often made his "old
curiosity shop" a stopping place during
their drives, as it was only six miles dis
t mt. There are various opinions about
the cause of the fire. AT first the general
opinion in the vicinity was that it was &C.