Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-14

CAsTLEToN. = The burning of four
buildings, with nearly all their contents,
in one week, have demonstrated to our citi-
zens the necessity of procuring the prop
err apparatus for extinguishing fires. AS
a first step in this direstlon the selectmen,
upon petition signed by the proper
number of freeholders to lay out fire
district, comprising the village and vicin-
ity. The meeting was held at the Bono
seen House, last Wednesday evening, w.
N. Bachelor, presiding, FL l.. Clark was
elected Clerk, G. S. Sherman, e. FL. Arm
strong and L. w. Preston, Prudential
Committee Charles Ransom, Collector of
Taxes; B. F. Adams, Treasurer; John
Langdon, Chief Engineer; Frank Sanford,
1st Assistant Engineer, and W. Ell. Nor
throp, I'd Assistant Engineer. A fire
company will soon be formed, and new
engine, with other necessary apparatus
procured, the expense of which will all be
raised on the Grand List of the fire dis
trict. When these arrangements are all
completed, we believe our people will be
able to sleep better on windy nights.
Henry T. Human, our early school
mate and play-fellow, has spent a few days
here, which was the home of his youth.
He went West some thirty years ago,
and has been for about twenty years a
member of the enterprising firm Of Hin
man Bros, merchants, in Battle Creek,
Mich. Henry is a good type of a true
Vermonter. His wife YVES the eldest
daughter of the late M. G. Landon.
Harvey Bassett, M. D., former resi-
dent of Castleton, who pursued his course
of medical study with Joseph Perkins, M.
D., graduating at Castleton Medical Col
lege in 1867, has returned here, to engage
in the practice of his profession, after a
successful practice of thirteen years.
DIR. J. N. Northrop has purchased the
vacant lot, adjoining his residence, on
which stood the buildings of Mr.. F. Girls
void, recently burned. For the Is rods
of ground the doctor paid $500, being at
the rate of $4,000 an acre, high price for
small piece of land on side street.
Mr.. A. W. Barker has disposed of his
large flock of sheep and stocked his farm,
which comprises nine hundred acres,
with seventy cows. He intends to in
crease the number, before another season,
to ninety. He has imported forty fine
blooded COWS during the past winter, from
Canada. Mr.. B. is one of the most ex-
tensive farmers in town, and intends to
give his attention TO the making of butter
and cheese.
"A. B. Smith and Guy Steele amused
themselves one day last week fishing
thorough the ice on Lake Bomoseen.
The result of their days sport was 81
piokrel, weighing 119 pounds; five of the
largest weighing 50 pounds, good and
strong. OF large quantity of other fish
they made no account.
Our lecture course has been quite
has been entirely of Vermont talent. The
first of the series was by President
Angel of Burlington, on education; he
was followed by Maj. R. NJ Copeland, on
highways and by-ways; Doctor Smith,
on the literary institutions of New York
II. o. Kile of Vergennes, on the Undue
tive method of teaching; Rev. Mr.. Farrar
of Poultney, on the age and the hour
and Major Axtell on temperance. Last,
though not least in real worth, by any
means, Henry Clark of Rutland, on "the
man for the times" The browning effort
of this array of talent will be by Anna
Dickinson, who will IN the Last avor, - e
in April, give her new and popular lee.
ture son to the Rescue"
At the conclusion of Mr. Clarks' lecture
Wednesday evening, George f. Hough-
ton of st. Adams, the genial and gen.
tlemanly President of the Vermont His.
torical Society, was called out from the
audience and made few plain, practical
and pleasing remarks. This was Mr..
Houghton's third visit to Castleton. On
the first, he delivered an address on the
cultivation of fruit trees, before the West
ern Vermont Agricultural Society the
second was to attend the funeral of the
late lamented Capt. S. G. Perkins. He
spoke in praise of Mr., Clarks' high toned
lecture, and in complimentary terms Of
Castleton and her superior educationa.
privileges. He said many other good
things in his fifteen minutes talk, tc
which we will not allude at this time, il
is sufficient to say that the impression
made on the audience by both speaker;
was exceedingly good, and the wish wa:
expressed that their visits to Castletor
may not, hereafter be SO few and far be-
tween as heretofore. B. WI