Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-11

interests not only of Fair Haven and Ben
son, but of Poultney as well, demands our
| best exertion in that behalf.-P0ult7aey
| Bulletin.
| CAsTLEToN.-John E. Horn, eldest son
of Hiram Horr, of this place, usually
| spends his summer vacations with
relatives here, and in other places in Yer
mont, but this season he has taken an ex-
tended travelling tour through the
country, leaving Brookline, Mass, which
has been his place of residence for twelve
years or more, July 10th, for New York,
thence up the Hudson to West Point and
Albany. He describes the scenery on the
Hudson as the finest he ever saw, also
the country seats of Washington Irving
the Livingstones, w. B. Astor, and
Morse, the inventor of telegraph From
Albany he proceeded by way of the
Central Railroad to Niagara Fall, down
the Niagara River and across Lake On
tario to Toronto and Kingston, down the
st. Lawrence to Montreal, then on to the
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heights of Abraham where Wolfe fell, and
other places of interest in Quebec and
Canada returning from this point to
Montreal, on his way to the White noun
tains where he spent week, part of the
time no doubt above the clouds this was
the termination of his excursion before
reaching home again. @Mr. Horn fitted
for College in the Seminary, under Mr..
Hallook, and graduated at Harvard Col
lege in 1852. During his residence in
Brookline he has been principal of the
Brookline High School and now receives
the lucrative salary of three thousand a
year. His wife was the daughter of
Deacon Blakely of Pawlet
Lieut.. Commander E. 7. Woodward
have been guests of Mrs. Jackman for a
week past The Lieutenant is now, and
has been for some time past, stationed at
Brooklyn.
-Midshipman Frank Ellery is spend
ing few weeks leave of absence in town
The wife and son of the Hon. John
Morrissey, and others, from Saratoga and
Rutland, were at the Bomoseen House
and Lake two days and nights last week.
-GeorgeISamuel and Gilbert Board
man, sons of the late Deacon Samuel
Boardman, were in Castleton a day last
week. They are well known as highly
educated aud talented men, filing. hon
orable positions in life the two former as
ministers of the gospel, the latter as a
lawyer. They were reared in this town,
and their studies, preparatory to entering
College, were in our Seminary.
Rev. II. o. Higley and wife are
visiting, for three months, their children
and relatives in Ohio, Indiana and Wis
consin. His eldest son, Henry, is pastor
of the First Congregational church in
Beloit, Wis, and his daughter, Emma, is
a teacher in Kentucky.
Mr.. John Barker of New York, was
violently Thrown from wagon a few
evenings since while on the way to his
brothers residence, four miles north of
this village he was in the village to-day,
for the first time since the accident. Sim
liar accidents have recently occurred to
Mr.. James Eyerson, when returning home
from church with his wife and boy; to
Mr.. st. John when coming into the village
from Hubbardton, and to Mr.. Hanley,
from the same town, and at the same
place, the Railroad crossing at. the east
end of Main street, the greatest horse
soaring place in Vermont, if not in the
world. The horses, wagons and harnesses
in every instance were badly demoralized
Two of the parties, selling rot gut,
at the ferry, near the lake shore, were
brought before Justice last week; each
pleaded guilty, they were fined ten dol
lars and cost, amounting to nearly twenty
dollars for each one to pay. They re-
turned to their quarters laughing in their
sleeves at the great victory they had won
in paying for one offence when they were
doubtless guilty of scores Of like offences.
"A scaffolding on the new depot with
two workmen on it, fell from the roof to
the ground, a distance of fifteen feet this
afternoon. They were only slightly
injured, the men I mean, the scaffolding
was badly shattered.
The Railroad Company are moving
fifty car loads Of gravel from their gravel
bank, just west Of the village, on to the
road from here to Saratoga Forty men
are employed in the works. Mr. Ketchum
of Saratoga, isIthe contractor by the yard,
and it is expected that it will occupy
some three month to complete the work.
A new and neat school house is be-
ing built at the Corners, at cost OF some
fifteen hundred dollars. When complet-
ed, it will be a model house for district
school. Other districts, in town, that
might be mentioned, should go and do
likewise before snow flies. B. B.
On Wednesday horse, belonging to
Hiram Ainsworth. Esq, becoming fright
ened at something, run through the
streets OF Castleton smashing up" =
buggy to which it was attached.