Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-27

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. es ByrnS was ar
raigued before Jas. NJ. Slade, Justice OF
| the Peace, on the 18th inst, charged with
drunkenness. He plead guilty, was fined
! S. and cssts and committed. He was
also arraigned before Justice Simmons the
same day charged with breach of the
peace, and assault with intent to commit
rape, and bound up in 5000 for appearance
at County court, and for want of bail
was committed to Jail. This last act was
the result of the drunken scrape he got
into. So much for rum.
Byron G. Smith, on complaint %
Hon. John W. Stewart, Grand Juror.
charged with receiving stolen goods
stolen in the late burglaries by VIM. Hyer
and Geo. Selleck, from the store of II. A
Sheldon, and secreting the same, wae ar.
ragned before Justice Slade on the 18th
The examination on the part of the State
was conducted by Hon. Geo. W. Graudey
States Attorney, and the defense by
James M. SIade jr. The testimony ad.
duced failed to show any conplicity
whatever on the part of Mr.. Smith, in the
transaction alluded to, and he was dis.
charged, much to the satisfaction of q
large conoourse of friends, some from q
distance, all feeling deep interest in the
young man.
Mr.. Frank Bushee was arragned last
week before Justice Simmons, charged
with being accessory in the recent bur.
glaries in our village, and after examina.
ton, bound up in the sum of $1,000 for
appearance at the County court, June
1870. His friends became his bail, and
he was not committed to Jail 1t is q
lameutable fact, that all the offenders in
the recent burglaries turn out to be
young men from whom the community
had reason to expect better things. But
the mania that seems to rage through the
country for committing crime, reached
the young men, and in an evil hour they
were led astray, and now must suffer the
penalty of the law thus so grossly violated
and outraged.
The Addison County Agricultural
Society held its annual meeting last
Wednesday, at Middlebury. 1t was well
attended from all parts of the county
Col. Edwin S. Stowell of Cornwall, was
elected President, Albert Chapman Score.
tary and E. Vallete Treasurer, for the en-
suing year. The usual number of Vice
Presidents and Directors were also APP
pointed. Measures were taken to increase
the interest in the County Fair to be
holden next fall in our place. This is
emphatically farmers institution and
should be sustained by all the community,
as all are most certainly deeply interested
in its continued success. Col. Stowell,
their new President, is live man and
will, no doubt, show what can be done,
associated as he is with others who feel a
deep and abiding interest in the society,
and who will do all in their power to have
Addison county rank among the first in
the counties of the State in the develop
ment of her resources through the organ
ization.
Our new graded school house is filled
with scholars and the teachers are giving
good satisfaction to the community. Be-
tween 300 and 400 are in daily attend.
ance. We are just beginning to realize
the great benefit to result from the re-
vival of educational interest among US.
With school house unequa,ed in the
State for locality, convenience, room and
substantially of structure, Middlebury
can say with just pride she stands at the
head in the State in this respect; and
here we mean to stand, and with proper
effort shall suffer none to bear off the
palm. We cheerfnlly challenge COMPARE
son with any and all, and we invite the
| friends of education to give us call
while our courteous and enterprising pru-
Dental committee, with L. D. Eldredge,
Esq, at its head, will extend every facil-
| ity to all to examine the school and build
ing to their hearts content. We make
this standing invitation and hope it may
be accepted in the same spirit that it is
| rendered.
John Haley and VIM. Haney were
found by our police last night in the
streets, in drunken and noisy condition.
They were taken to our Jail to become
sober, and in due time to disclose where
they obtained the accursed stuff that
made them drunk and criminals. They
will to-day be fined in the full extent of
the law, and probably pay their fines to go
forth to again become the prey of some
miserable, soulless, Goddess, develish rum