Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-05-26
NIiddlebury.

Mr.. Leander Badger, employed in the
spool factory in Salisbury, met with the
sad mifortuue, on the 18th inst, of losing
the thumb of his left hand, by its coming
in contact with circular saw. In dress
the wound it became necessary TO disjoint
the thumb from the hand entirely. He
is however getting along quite as well as
could be expected.
The owners of the celebrated horse,
"Gen. Put" Messrs. Leland & Hope of
our town, have during the past week sold
him to gentleman from New York city,
for the snug sum of $4,000. He was cele-
brated for his speed, having several times
trotted on our course at our County Fairs
with great success. We congratulate the
present owner on his purchase. Vermont
horses of good stock and quality are al
ways in good demand, and undoubtedly
will be, for no State can beat US in this
line
Notwithstanding the terrible food
last fall in Middlebury River, that
tumbles down the mountain in Ripton,
and which was feared would prove disas-
trous to the fine trout that therein abound,
large quantities are caught this spring of
good size and fine quality. Our friend
Battell at the BREAD Loaf Inn" furnishes
good trout dinners upon short notice, as
several parties of pleasure thereto can
abundantly testify.
The people OF East Middlebury are
making arrangements to testify their re-
gard for the memory of the brave soldiers
who died in the war of the rebellion, and
now lie buried in their beautiful cemetery,
| by decorating their graves with flowers
on the Both inst. God bless them for their
remembering the dear men who surrend-
cred their lives that our nation might not
die. While they thus strew flowers on
their graves amid tears of sorrow, they
will, trust, thank God that though the
sacrifice was terrible, yet through their
death with that of tens of thousands of
others who also fell, the nation was saved
from ruin, and to-day stands the noblest
structure of political liberty and equal
rights that exists upon the earth. The
cost was blood and tears, widows and
orphans, dying and death, let salvation
be praise. AS Savior died 20 save man
from sin and spiritual death, 40 these dear
men died ia save our beloved country
from political death and desolation
Honored forever be their remains, and
the place of their burial Let it be strewed
with the flowers of affection and love.
Let no vaudal hand remove them Let
not the breath OF detrlction or calumuy
sssail their heroic deeds or mook their
memory.
"A meeting Of the citizens of our VIII
Room, to adopt measures 10 carry out the
order of the Grand Army of the Republic
in decorating the graves of the brave sol
diers who are buried in our cemetery, on
the Both inst. We hope our whole COM
munity will enter into the annual demon
stration of love and affection for the men,
DRY of their brave men. Those brave
deeds we can never forget, and their
memory will be embalmed in every loving
legal heart. We are glad to learn that
Col. Joyce of Rutland, is to address US on
the occasion. Col. Joyce is great favor
lite with our people, for to know him is
only TO love him.
Our clay lands are suffering some
what from want of rain, very little hav-
ing fallen for more than three weeks. The
fruit trees are loaded with blossoms. We
hope for an abundant harvest of golden
fruit the coming Autumn.
We were visited last night with a
very severe frost which it is feared has
ruined our hitherto fair prospects for a
fine crop of fruit this summer and fall
The frost was so hard that large quanti-
ties of it could be gathered up early in
the morning on the railroad bridges cross
| ing our streets. CANDoR.
Nav %. 1870.