Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-15

IROCTORSNILLE.- Inc Item which APP
peared in the HERALD announcing that
the Catholics of this place had raised
$1,000 toward building or purchasing a
parsonage has been converted by the
newspapers about the State into an item
stating that this sum had been raised for
the construction of house of worship
This is an error. Our Catholic brothers
have very nest Church here already,
though some slight change may be made
in the interior arrangement,
Thomas Coughlin on Twenty Mile
Stream, has sold his farm to Charles T.
Clark of Lu1loS, fer $500, and has pur-
chased of Samuel Afford jr', of Weathers.
field, the place owned by him near Dut-
louisville known as the John Paine lot for
$1,000
AN interesting law suit has grown
out of the distribution of the small pox
in Cavendish last winter. Jeptha Page,
living near Felohville, brought the disease
into town, and after leaving little of it
in this village, went to the house of Har-
vey Taylor in the east part of the town,
and, as it is claimed, knowing the nature
of the disease, took no means to prevent
its spread, nor informed Mr.. Taylor or his
family of his situation, but tarried some
days with them. The result was Mr.. T. |
himself and all his family in due time
come down with the disease in its most
malis nant form, and though none of them
door and are disfgured for life, while one
entirely lost the sight of an eye. Mr..
Taylor has sued Page claiming ten thou
sand dollars damages. The case was to
have teen tried at the present term of
court at Woodstock, but for the illness of
Mr.. Deane, attorney for plaintiff When
the trial comes on Page expects to import
a lawyer from Massachusetts to defend
him, as be claims to have brought the
disease from that State unwittingly.
Hence a Massachusetts physician may
best effect legal cure in this case
Henry B. Atherton, Esq, a native of
now resident and leading
lawyer of Nashua, N. H., has recently
been spending some time at the Anterior
and is writing a series of ar
ricles for the Black River Gazette of Lud-
low, upon the early history of this part
Of the country. The subject of his third
paper is the "Indian Road" or Military
Road from Charleston, N. H, (No. a. to
Crown Point passing through Weathers-
field, Cavendish, Plymouth, Center and
North Clarendon to Rutland, hence
through Pittsford to Brandon, thence
through Sudbury, Whiting, Orwell,
shoreham, and Bridport, terminating at
Chimney Point in Addison. Mr. Ather-
ON is scholarly gentleman of great and
patient research, and delights in the in /,
of the historical incidents of
we olden time"
To him is due, as is also due to Henry =,
Hall of Rutland, the thanks of the pre- ,
ent generation for the labors bestowed {
N this subject and in this direction.
We are glad to learn that Miss Hem +
nway of Burlington has secured the SER {
ices of Mr.. A. to write the history of r
Javendish for her forthcoming work.
The teachings of history in this fast !,
ge are too much undervalued. But pos :
Gritty will appreciate, and will not fail to o
onor the memory and applaud the labors a
4 such men as Ex-Governor Hall of
Henry Hall and Chauncy K.
Williams of Rutland, the late Rev. P. II. :,
White and the correct and industrious
forts of Henry B. Anterior, Esq. q
Several of our people have received
he confidential "Queer" circulars mailed
t New York and Brooklyn offering to =
end them any amount of counterfeit
money "just as good as the genuine ar =
icle" if they will remit, by express SO, =
go, $50, or 500 to pay for the stuff. In !
ne instance the letter came to the most y
xemplary member of the NJ. e. Church =
rho happened to be engraver, stating :
hat he had been recommended to the
igner as perfectly honorable and that Y
q would engage in the business and not Z
etray the bogus money vender, etc., etc. 81
he Deacon, like TIE Rutland man, felt I
ighly complimented by the rascals j
election, but declines to bite at thst Il
ait. e