Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-31

4 Geo. n. MletZke were secured TO fill this
! important position, and he entered at once
4 upon the performance of his duties, and
for the past year has worked lsboriously
and diligently to bring about good results
in this department.
i Finding it desirable to have musical
! instruments, as an important aid to the
teacher in conveying obstruction, your
i committee contracted with Estey & Co.,
of Brattleboro, for seven of their Cottage
organs, which were purchased at price
somewhat exceeding five hundred dollars,
and distributed among the different
!. school rooms in the district, where they
!, have proved valuable auxiliaries to the
progress of the pupils.
} Musical charts, embracing lessons In
the theory and practice of music, which
!, were originally prepared by Prof. Mason
of Boston, for the use of their public shoots
| and which have deservedly met with the
/, highest favor there, have been procured
J at small cost, and have been in daily use
. in our schools. These, together with
few standard music books, containing vo-
! cal exercises and songs, constitute all the
musical text books which have seemed
necessary at present.
The committee have impressed upon the
, musical instructor, the necessity of taking
3 up the subject in thorough and system
attic manner, and to proceed In training
the scholars, with no more haste than was
, compatible with an intelligent under
3 standing of the study from its first princi-
{ pies to more advanced stage. This, In
| our opinion, has been done, and we feel,
/ that great credit is due TO Mr.. Nietzke for
the success which has thus far attended
: his efforts.
| At the close of the recent term of the
: school, public examination of the pro-
gress made by the pupils, in this branch
. of study, was had, which with the concert
: following, has given an opportunity for
t all to Judge, whether it would be well to
/. give up this work so well begun, and
, whether the acquisition of musical know
: ledge is not desirable if not an essential
part of the education of our children as
well as source of innocent pleasure.
: Speaking for ourselves, we express the
q hone that the district will see to it, that
Q this branch of instruction shall not Ian
: guish, that liberal and generous Provis-
4 ions be made for its maintenance and
i, continuance that our teachers In all our
schools, be selected with reference to the
: ability and willingness to aid the music
/. teacher, and in his absence, to drill land
: perfect their scholars in this branch, and
: encourage them to strive in this, as well
4 as other studies to excel.
: We believe music to have a ciVilizing
b and humanizing tendency it is an i'm
j. portant and indispensable aid to church
1 services; a delightful resource in the fam
/ lily circle its effects are universal, and
f Justify the remark of some writer-"Give
s me the making of the songs of people,
f and I care not who makes their laws ;;
q and that community which encourages
n and aids the general culture and educa-
ton of its children in music will receive
a its reward in an improved state of So
s ciety.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN n. BAKER,, } Committee
Il = Gn NJ. + Ha MFsnnH Music 0a
e Rutland, March 90, 1870.
-Whooping cough, mea-
sles and mumps are common in Fairha-
ven.
The history of Fairhaven, volume
of 300 pages, is nearly ready for the press
4 The Episcopal Society of Fairhaven,
:. held service on Saturday evening last
e Since the convention of Young Mems
r Christian Association at Fairhaven, the
i Methodist, Congregational and Baptist
!, Societies have been holding union meet
s ings.
: Joseph Adams, Esq, is erecting
3 building to be used as tin shop.
4 Mr.. James o. Levake assisted by
Madam Peyor, Mrs. W. Fl. Young, Mr.
J G. II. Billings and Prof J. Fl. Wand is
to give concert at the town Hall in Fair
: haven, on Wednesday evening next.
; The Journal says the Ducelle Family
consisting of several gentlemen nominally
of foreign extraction gave very fat per-
/ Torrance at Fairhaven last Thursday
. evening.
Preparations have commenced for
building Baptist church edifice at Fair
haven. The contracting of laying the
l stone and brick has been let to Chas. B.
Lefebre, of Plattsburgh, n. Y. The plans
of Mr. J. H Bosworth, the architect, have
been accepted. The church, when COM
u pleted, will be one of the finest in Rut-
> land county.
The Fairhaven market report, quotes
% the prices of the following articles Pota-
toes 80 to 40 cents; lard az; butter 50;
eggs 2S cheese 90 kerosene oil so cents
per gallon.
I The Journal thus speaks of our en-
. terprising tradesman Henry W. Kingsley
Specie payments resumed in Rutland
:, Read I'll. w. Kingsley's new advertisement
Il That is the place to buy clothing, hats
b caps, cloths and furnishing goods in all
Q the latest styles cheap.
An application for license to sell q
y portion of the real estate of the late Isaael
Is Davey will be heard at the Probate Office
l. in Castleton on the 4th day of April
q The Fairhaven Journal to which We
" are under so much obligation for local
II items and other articles is constantly i'm
n proving in its character and tone, under
l the management of e. FL. Phelps, Esq,
} Among the most interesting features of
II the Journal is series of descriptive arti-
L Giles from the pen of its editor, entitled
e son the Plains and among the Rocky
a Mountains" which alone are worth the
price of the paper. We should most alad-