Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-24

Goddard; vice president, M. A. Davis
secretary, T. S. Davis.
WALLINGFoRD.-The heavy rain on
Friday night set Roaring Brook to going
at its loudest pitch. The crash and jar
as the stones went crashing along was
grand to hear. Fears were entertained
that damage would be caused but none
occurred.
The large fish pond of Messrs. Adams
q Batcheller gave way and the entire
collection of fish were swept away. The
water rushed down the hill through the
village in perfect avalanche. An out
building of Capt. Norman johnson, used
as sheep and store house was swept
away with its contents, causing him quite
a loss The loss of the fish is public as
well as a private calamity. The pond
was always free to the public in cases of
sickness and many an invalid has baited
a returning appetite ppon the sPeckled
denizens OF this pond. We earnestly hope
it will soon be repaired and restocked.
We were on hand soon after the
deluge, and in our orchard, strewn with
the debris of Johnson's house, among
which we saw feather bed, carpet, bed
stead, wheelbarrow, &c, we secured two
fine trout for our breakfast.
The village school closed on Friday
The teachers have given universal salts
faction. We attended the examination of
the secondary department,and believe that
we never had the pleasure of seeing
scholars pass the ordeal better, especially
in geography and mathematio. We paid
short visit to the primary department,
and while there heard the roll of honor
read, and we assure your readers that it
would have been a qualification to them
to see the glad smile and proud look
that enlivened those little faces when the
teacher told them their names should sp-
pear in the HERALD.
The following is the report of School
District No. 4 Mash o. Perkins of Rut-
land, teacher:
Whole number of scholars, so average
daily attendance, 45 number of cases OF
tardiness, 36,
Having no absences or tardies during
the last three terms, Addie Smith. Hav.
ing no absences or tardies during the last
two terms, Peter Bremen, Geo. Shum,
Forrest Bucklin, Jennie Waldo, Fred
Scribner, Jessie Waldo. Having no alb.
sences or tardies during the last term,
Charlie Batcheller, Willie Mattison, An.
ME Cole, Silas Moore, Huttio Cola. Carrie
Batoheller, Fannie Noyes, Florence Batch
eller, Mamie Waldo. Having no absences
but having had tardies, Willie Preston.
Having no tardies but having had alb
sences, Johnny Caplis, Fred. Clark, Chas.
butcher, Edward Gilmore, Johnny Kings
ley, Willie Lewis, Louis Livingstone,
Jimmy McGuiness, Johnny Miller, Frank
Pooler, Lewis Reynolds, Scott Rounds,
Joseph Shum, Mott Warner, Eddie War
riner, Cora Barber, Nellie Childs, Emma
Parker, Stella Clark, Mary Pooler, Adde
E. Edgerton, Emma Preston, Lizzie Gleg-
horn, Nellie Kingsley.
Primary DepartmeH.-Miss frankie
Leach, teaoher-The whole number in at
tendance during the term was 56, and the
average daily attendance As. The schol-
ars having neither absences nor tardies
are as follows: Louisa Shum, Willie
Shum, Charlie Shum, Nathan Rounds,
Michael Yoohey, Horace Wells. Having
absences but no tardies, Lizzie Brother,
Elizabeth Gotta, Annie Gotta, Eliza Cole,
Mary Jewell, Susan Moore, Della Shun,
Mary Toohey, Celina Trudeau, Eddie
Barber, Horace Chilson, John Cole, Peter
Gotta, Henry Hit, Hugh Kingsley, Hen
ry Murrey, Willie Parker, Thomas Ruth
erford, Robert Rutherford, Alfred Rey-
nolds, Horace Reynolds, Genie Sherman,
Ned Scribner, Daniel Sullivan, WayIand
Lewis, Willis Youngs. Having tardies
but no absences, George butcher, Henry
Packer.
In the evening the teacher held socia-
bic at the District Hall. The young men
and misses rehearsed upon the stage; the
whole entertainment closing with the
reading of paper by the addresses, Miss
Noyes and Miss Waldo. We were we'll
pleased with the evening exercises, and
we think our school has been an excellent
one. We would like to see any other
school in the county show larger aver
age daily attendance. When we looked
upon the ffty-one little children that
were present in the primary department,
most of them just out of their cradles, and
learned that they had averaged forty-fve
that had pat in their appearance daily,
for the space of three months, during the
most inclement and sickly season of the
year, it struck us as remarkable.