Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-04

seven hundred dollars.
The same day company went through
Ahere on an excursion from the west, to
Bird Mountain, from whence they can
overlook Rutland, Castleton, Poultney,
| Fairhaven, Middletown, Hydeville, Lake
Champlain and Lake Bomoseen and other |
points of interest to the eye and the mind. |
The most notable event of the week, |
however, was the marriage of Mr.. A. of
st. Louis to Miss L. of Castleton. The |
bride was chosen from one of the best |
families of the town and was one of the |
last of class of girls raised here that |
were active and useful in church, in Sab |
bath school, in social and musical circles, |
and in other good works that make society |
happier and better She was the recipient
of numerous elegant and elaborate |
presents from friends in the city and
country. The good will and wishes of
all go and remain with her at her new
home in the southwest.
The number of names recorded on
the registers of the Sanford and Bomoseen
Houses last week was TIA, being an in
crease of "a over the week previous. These
are among the best conducted and best
located public houses in Western YER
mont, and are amply deserving of the
liberal patronage they are receiving.
Summer guests have arrived since my
last writing from Boston, Portland and
| Norfolk, Va.
The following named Castletonians
are at the sea side and will remain there
through the month of August: Mr.. and
Mrs G. S. Sherman, Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Langdon, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Francis.
Rev. R. G.. Williams oficiates in the
pulpit for Mr.. Francis during his absence.
He preached an able discourse last Sab
bath morning on the "auaptability of man
to the positions he may be called ure-, to
fill in life"
Within the last two weeks the de-
vouring element has caused immense de-
| struction of property over the west side OF
Lake Bomoseen, and at the north of it on
Messrs. Johnson, Andrews, Stannart;
Adams Manufacturing Company, and
others in that section. The property con-
sumed embraces growing timber, wood,
bark, lumber, fences, the grass in pastures
and meadows, and few buildings; hum
dreds of acres were burned over, and the
loss is estimated at thousands of dollars.
1t all originated from a match thrown
into dry stump by a colored individual
after lighting his pipe. What great fire
a little match did kindle? Hundreds of
men were mustered out day after day to
extin2uish it and finally the rain descend
ed and the fire cased to burn. b w. B.
CHESTER. - There is a place in the
northwest corner of this town rejoicing
in the euphonious pet name, indigenous
perhaps to many other localities, of Hard |
scrabble. 1t was from this interesting
point of the compass that the Paines and
the Balches came, recently, in the scrim-
mage case, which resulted in the binding
up of those interested and interesting par
ties to the County Court to keep the peace. |
Madame Rumor, wretched jade, has just |
divulgod some new reasons for the local |
name of the place, as we'll as the bellicose
temper of some residents there, which is
this, that pocket distillery exists in that
region which has a plenty of custom, on
a small scale, and where the local knight
of the worm CT the still" finds ready en-
ployment. We would suggest to the
sjna s s5S 81 his t G f6r9a e hter
tvin if the report is true, or if the opera
tor is holding a license and acting under
authority of law.
DANBY.-Your correspondent has read
a lengthy article in the Rutland Inde.
pendent from Dandy in regard to the mel
ancholy death o: Mr.. Jerome Boles, of
Boston, and the way Judge Cook cuts
and slashes away at my humble cffusion
reminds me strikingly of the exploits of a
certain knight that l once read of in the
writings of Cervantes. If my memory
serves me, at the termination of that fam
GUS encounter, the wind mill" stood as
good as ever, while the redoubtable "Don"
who made the furious charge and cut and
hacked away, came out very much worst
ed. l certainly meant no reflections upon
the good people of Dandy, and I can see
nothing in my article that can be so con-
strued. 1 spoke of Dandy as an "enlight-
ened community "; if the Judge does not
like the word "enlightened," will with
draw for him to nominate" OF course
[ cheerfully accept the correctionsEmade
by the Judge in regard to the geological
characterized the earth upon which the
body was found, the topography of the
place where it was buried, and the mi
mute botanical classification of the various
that composed the coffin, as well
as the exact chronological data of the
finding the body,-in all of which I was {
informed. But what puzzles
me is the extreme sensitiveness of Judge
Cook. have always admired the man, ,
and [ honor him no less now because he
comes out and publicly announces that he {
has reached his time of life and does not 6
know how to make a "gin cocktail"
Don't learn, Judge! 1t was our good for {
tune to hear Judge Cook relate the last t
he had with Mr.. Boles. I
lad then sent my article to the office.
The Judge related more infinitely the APP !
9earance of Mr.. Boles, saying substantial /
y as follows: Il was not aware when v
was talking with him of his extreme
but as he went ont of my gate, !
noticed his paleness aud lettering F
teP, and [ Immediately went out and e
informed" (here he called several persons 1
names, whom he had met on the street,
hat such a man was abroad, and that he o
nus st be looked after" The type of the
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