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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-10
THE RUTLAND WEEKLY HERALD, THURSDAY, 10. 1870

some of his fingers severely injured "ni'o
handling a safe.
The total loss by this fire is some STA
800 on which there was an insurance OF
about cae hale. N. II. Farr & Co. lose
SOM $4,000; insured for $1,000. G. b.
Ell, = loss, $3.50, with very little insur-
az His insurance had expired but re-
ca lly, and expecting to remove into the
new block soon had deferred renewing 1T
till removal Tt is only some eighteen
months since his office was burnt
before Dr. Whitn,an's office was IN this
building and was total loss q renee
Bixby, t. clerk who slept in the store, lost
all his clothing except what he had ON.
A. e. Brigham, of Westminster, law
student with Mr. Eddy, also lost his
clothing which he kept in the Office. Il.
i. Dewey and T. A. George had some
thirty barrels of apples baked which had
been stored in the basement. Elbridge
Hapgood also had some SO worth OF
drawers and furniture there, all de-
stroyed, and no insurance. Loss on
Wentworth's building, some $1,000 to
81 300. r. c.. Dinsmore d Co., 0. Smith
s. Co., Dr. 0. T. Woods, S. e. Moore, M.
M. Whitney, and L. Amadon, all suffered
more or less by removal of goods.
The law offices of J. d. Bridgman
G. i. Arnold, W. S. Myers, town
clerks office &c, were all clear
ed, and of course more or less
damage occurred. Mr.. Bridgman's loss
has already been adjusted by the insur-
ance company at $3.50. The Times
Office was cleared of considerable type,
desks, cases, etc, but aside from some con.
fusion, our loss was triAing. There was
while, however, during the fire, in
which the printers and editor were obliged
to abandon the Office on account of the
density Of the smoke, which became suf-
locating.
The origin of the fire is a mystery. 1t
apparently started in the clothing room
of the store, where no fire is ever kept,
and no reason is known that it could have
started there by any accident. Various
speculations and rumors that it was set
by burglars, etc, have been afoat, but
few of these have little or no foundation.
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SUPPORTING HOME PAPERs.-Hon. E
P. Walton writes letter to the Messrs
Poland, publishers of the Montpelier
Journal, regretting the suspension Of
their Daily, and telling some plain faoi-
about the people of the Capital that are
equally applicable to some of the people
here and in most other country places
where Dailies are published. He says:
The Journal was started on the 18th Of
April, 1861, and has been regularly pub
lished for more than eight years. For the
first four years it paid fairly, in conse-
quence of the liberal patronage in this
county and the region adjacent, while for
the last four years it has paid no more
than the expenses, leaving no reward to
the publishers for their own services. For
three of those years l was induced to con-
tinue the paper out of pride. 1t was NOR
tifying to have it go abroad that the cap
ital of the State cannot support even one
daily newspaper. Certainly now it will
not be to the credit of the town, and I am
confident it will be injurious to its in
terests. l wish therefore, to place the re-
sponsibility where it really belongs. The
fact is that the people of this village can
support a daily paper OF their own, but
they arOn't. Not one man out of ten will
subscribe and pay for it, and not one
business man in ten will advertise in it.
1t is pleasant, no doubt, for those who
can afford it, to 90 to Boston and New
York for newspapers, as it is to go iOr
clothing, nick-nacks, and luxuries; but
both are at the expense of home Interests
1t is burning the candle at both ends.
think nobody should take foreign paper
till be has subscribed for the one nearest
allied to his home interests The first
duty is to take good care of the house,
hold. Our people do not do it; and 50,
gentlemen. YOU will discontinue the Daily
,Journak For you it is right, and your
neighhor- should not complain if fgg
them il shall prove to be wrong. Yon
have rri"d long enough to help those who
ar. unwilling to help themselves.
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Fire at Bellows Falls.
PARTICULARS or TIE LOSSES.

An IL - la AS VI III ~ lsOGSfS
We learn from the Bellows Falls Times
the following particulars of the fire at
that place, last Monday night, which are
more definite and complete than we have
heretofore been able to learn:
A fire broke out on Minday night at
about II 45 a. m, i'll the clothing room of
the store of n. I'll. Farr & Co, and totally
destroyed their store, doing much injury
to Wentworth's building occupied by Am
adon for jewelers. store, and town clerks
and other offices in the second story, and
also to the north end of ID. K Barry's
block, and but for the best fight ever
made against fire in this place, it must
have been far more destructive, as the
line of exposure included Bridgman's liv-
cry stable and Changers block on one
side, and the Times Office and Arms 81
Wilson's store, &c. on the other
The firemen and citizens worked with
will, and with but single engine and
pals fought the fire on both fanks, SO
that no buildings were totally destroyed
except the one where it started, and in
this work should be included those fire.
men out of town, from Rutland and Fitch
burg, who proved themselves veterans in
the fire service at the outset. They were at
tending the firemen's levee and ball here
that night, and did not hesitate to instant
ly put their neat uniform into the hard
est service.
J. W. Snow, route agent from this place
to Springfield, Mass, was among the hard
workers, and while working inside of
Stoughton and Arnold's office stepped
down from stand where he had been
using an axe, on to something--probably
an axe-which cut his foot through the
boot quite severely, and which will disa.
BILE him for duty for while.
Another man was severely injured by
falling timbers. He was a stranger and
claimed to have come from Montreal and
spoke in foreign accent.
Morris Keefe, one Of our village Hremen
who worked bravely and with much dar.
ing, was injured by cut on the head bv
falling timber, and A. P. Crossett had
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From the Springfield Republican
The Old Mans Will.
BY p. q. BARTLETT.

Old Oliver Smith, in his thereadbare suit
Hears the boys of the village laugh and boot,
I" There goes the miser, so poor and old,
Starving and scrimping to heap up gold"
But the old man thinks with quiet smile,
" Let these idle scoffers wait awhile,
Till time, which Sits the wheat from chan,
May show that the poor have cause to laugh"
The old man goes to the promise sure,
" Who feeds the hungry and clothes the poor,
To the very least Of them all shall see
He has done it also unto me-" a-r .. ...
The years roll by. the will is read. D..
And blessings descend on the giver head
For many farmer for wealth and skill
Owes his start in life to the old mans will;
1t hears the orphaned children's cry,
And the blushing maiden's modest sigh
And it smoothes the poor mans dying bed,
For it gives to his starving children bread;
And it claims its share Of the perfect bliss
Which crowns the lovers ecstatic kiss
For it furnishes gold for the golden band
Which binds them together in heart and hand.
God help the widow so poor and old;''
And He does, from the miser's boarded gold,
For his perfect love to the old man gave
Both the wish to give and the power to save.
Ye sordid slaves of the shining pelf,
Who love the gold for its own poor self,
Who know that the cash you love so well
Is dragging you down to the depths OF hell
If how to leave 1t you'd like to know,
Ye take it with you when you go
To the bank which seven fold interest pays,
Where no thieves can steal, and no rust decay
So that riches take wings and upward fly,
And the camel springs through the needles eye
Go clothe the poor and the hungry I'LL
And follow the text of the Old Mans Will.
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women were usually employed at this
work, but happily half of them were
away yesterday at their washing, and es-
ped the terrible fate of the others.
AS soen as the flames had subsidized
search was made among the debris for the
remains of the unfortunate women. No
individual among the six could be identi-
fed. The bodies were mangled and dis
severed, and half destroyed by the fire,
presenting spectacle which sickened the
spectators too much for the endurance Of
the sight. The fire was sufficient to en-
tirely obliterate the appearance Of human
forms without wholly destroying the
bodies
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THE LARGEST VINEYARD IN TIE
WoRLD.-California claims to have, II
the Buena Vista estate, near Sonoma, the
largest vineyard in the world. Some o.
the most noted vineyards in Europe o.
not exceed twenty or thirty, or sixty o.
seventy acres. The Buena Vista has
eight hundred acres suitable to the WINS
and four hundred and fifty acres actuai'
covered now. The are on the estate some
vines planted thirty years, but the ouia
of them were set out from 1854 to 1917
and additions have been made every yeo'
since. This year the grape crop is hs
The vintage season viii begin IN ni -
October and continue nearly to the e. 81.
of November, during which tune -
estate will employ about 100 men I'm. !.
men of course. California champaign
the principal manufacture Of this W. -
yard, and the inventory of last NoSen a
showed stock of 10000 gallons q
sparkling wines, with 10000 o0'''''
champagne, on hand at that time.
% Mo-l.ccb; ia dancing 10 LouisYihe'
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A GOOD WAY.-The Montpelier Jour-
nal says it is pity that Bishop Simpson
couldn't be employed to dedicate all our
new churches. We learn that at the ded-
ication of the M. i. church in West Con-
cord on the Goth, Bishop Simpson of Phil
adelphia, preached the sermon and con-
cluded by saying that there was debt of
$4,000 on the house, and that the dedica-
ton OF the building would not be fitting,
until the debt was provided for. There
upon, papers were at once circulated, and
$3,Oo3 and over were secured; eleven
men paying 800 each; fourteen men and
women 500 each, and larger number
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The above returns leave Mr.. Frisbie
407 ahead, with four towns to hear from.
~ See advertisement in another column of
Slate Works in Canada for sale.
The following lines are respectfully
dedicated to those loafers who take so
much pleasure in summing themselves on
Center street:
standing on the sidewalk,
Smoking my cigar,
Nothing under heaven,
My happiness can mar.
Staring at the ladies,
Surely what treat,
Bless me this is pleasant,
Loafng on the street"
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Taxing Railroads.

Is it right and good policy for the town
of Rutland to tax Railroads at the pres
emit timer believe not. Rutland has
been enriched by railroads to far great
er extent than any other town in the
State, and cannot afford to be the first to
strike the blow and set an example which
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BROOKLYN, February 81, 1870

AN UNWELCOME TENANT.-An old
gentleman inBerkshire county, Massaohu-
sets is afflicted by the presence of a lizard
living in his stomach. It has been there
more than two years, having crept into
his mouth whom he was asleep in bed, and
when he woke he found it slipping down
his throat. When it is hungry it annoys
him 10y it's movements, and requires food
in the night
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LAMOILLE VALLEY RAlLROAD.-The
Hydepark NacSdea2e1, of the 22d inst
says: "Mr. Sigournoy's party concluded
their labors on the preliminary survey on
Friday last, and the party, except Mr..
Sigourney, have gone to their homes. It
is not now expected that the locating sur
vey will be commenced until April, as t e
ground is too hard to drive stakes well
for n lncafinv Subway"
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EAST WALLINGFoRD.-Th Masonic
ball of last week was fine affair, despite
the severe snow storm which prevailed
throughout the entire day and evening,
to say nothing of the intense cold weather.
noarly seventy five couple were present,
and all pronounced the occasion an ex.
ceedingly pleasant one. Among other at
fractions We're eight cakes most tastefully
frosted, bearing various masonic emblems
and ether devise, no two of which were
alike either in form nor in trimming.
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BY ANNA KRAUsrIcKB.

A difficult task am going about
No choice in the letter with which TO set oatl
And cen my next line must iii it would come I'M
Commence as it ought to, and never begin,
Reft wholly of G., I must " make bad Co."
Or fail to start Onacdrd for want Of an o.
Small Progress make, for the lack ofaP;
Then Time fails me quite, as find I've no T.!
Indignant, I'll put pen and paper away,
Concluding-this writing Acrostics '' don't pay +
From the Springfield Republican
The GDJ6 MANS Will,
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AN ELEGANT STORED. II. Burt,
Esq, the long time leading Dry Goods
Merchant of Rutland, has removed from
his old store, in Ripley's Block on the
west side of Merchants Row, to a new
store in Kingsley new block on the east
side of Merchants Row, just north of the
Bates House The store is one of the
most capacious, and tastefully arranged
for the exhibition of dry goods of any
north of Troy or Albany. The proprietor
and his clerks look smiling and happy in
their new and pleasant quarters as well
they may. Mr.. Burt is the senior dry
goods dealer in Rutland, having succeed
ed to his fathers business, he was for
several years established on Main street,
just north of the old Court House The
progress of events and the change of the
centers of business brought him as an en-
terprising man to Merchants Row, at
that time the principal business street in
town, where he has remained until the
erection of more commodious quarters
hdc ALIUSC0 AlLil W AlOhC his tSldD4I>ulLGnI
across the street-where he will be in
few days, if he is not now ready to wait
upon all customers and show them his
large assortment of goods, as well as his
new apartments. in which he justly takes
so much pride. Look in at Mr.. Burt's
new store and see how cosy and gay they
all are even if you do not purchase. By
close attention to business he has gained
a wide reputation and has been successful,
and his new and elegant quarters will not
in the least interfere with his large patron
age nor make his prices higher. The
enterprise of Mr.. Burt is worthy of all
our dry good dealers who as a class can
not be equalled in any New England
town.
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BEECHER AND THE QUACK.-Henry
Ward Beecher having been annoyed by
the publication of a quack-doctor's letters
to him has written the fellow one letter
in reply which he will not be likely to
use as IN advertisement. 1t reads as fol-
lows -
BROOKLYN, February q, 1870.
Sir: You have for several weeks ad-
dressed to me letters implying that we
are in correspondence, aud that ! am in
sympathy with you in your method of
treating ruptures. These letters are then
published by you as advertisements. l
regard your action toward me as an i'm
pertinence, and your treatment of the
public as a deliberate swindle. If you
will put one of your trusses upon your
own mouth, we shall have a test case, for
I know of no other rupture so eminent
and dis gushing.
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
P. S.-This letter, the only one which l
have ever addressed to you, you are at
liberty to publish.
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FREE MAsoNs.-Free Masons will DO
Interested To know that Mastai Ferrltti,
better known as Pope Plus TX, once be-
longed To their order, having joined it in
Philadelphis, when he was Papal Nun
clio in THE country, and that he continued
TO bea Mason two years after he became
Pone YES Wv ~
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Vermont News.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.

The highest houors of the Civil Engi-
neering class, which has just graduated at
Union College, have been awarded to Mr..
Charles +. Moore of Rupert-no inconsid-
cradle distinction.
-Philo Walker of Readsboro, lately
shot a lynx of unusual size, it being up
wards Of three feet in length. The "old
trapper" shortly received draft on the
State Treasurer for $40.
-Messrs West, Hard 4 Co. of Airing
ton, are now running their new saw-mill,
at the Depot, day and night, having two
gangs of employees. They are sending
large quantities Of lumber to Hoosick
Falls, and to parties along the line of the
Harlem Extension Railroad.
Fowler W. Hoyt, Esq, of Manohes-
ter, has been elected County Commission
er in Bennington County,
wINDuAM COUNTY.
The West River Railroad 3. ems to be
going ahead A board of directors has
just been chosen, and Jamaica has lust
bonded itself Tor $33, 347, and $4,000
has been pledged by private individuals.
Wilmington has lost 81 electors by
the annexation of that part of the town
called the Handle to Dover.
A likely chap recently deposited
letter in the post-office at Wilmington for
his friend in 'tStamphord.a
A correspondent of the Bennin gton
Banner from Wilmington, says: Rum,
or no rum is the all-absorbing topic lust
now; but what's the use in talking /?
There hasn't been enough in town to wet
a small whistle, for the past two years !;
hence clergymen will attain better re-
suits by attending to the spiritual welfare
of their practitioners, than by preaching
temperance and reform in town like
this. EH
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TELEGRAPmNG.-The following figure
give d good idea of the relative amount 81
telegraPhins done by the leading nation
of the world. 1t will be seen that in The
United States the wires are used far more
extensively than in any other country.
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GOLD. - Gold yesterday reached q
lower figure t. an the Registered bonds of
o.
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The only buster from whose abuse
man will take blow, is the wind. siq
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Oar =. ..Li, gton Ietser.

500 each, while the smaller runs COM
pleted the balance.
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SLAVE TBADE.-SlaVery burned deep
in American life, and we cannot outgrow
the brand in day. Senator Wilson's
resolution in the Senate on "Wednesday
for the repression of the African slave
trade, is said to be based ON information
that the trade on the Zanzibar coast is
still very active and mostly carried OH I'M
der the Americaa fig. The consul4 on
the oonst are apa'hetic, aid our. interna-
tionnl court for the -uppre-sion of the
trade serms to have gous to sleep, especi-
ally since we began to talk Ut it, aboli-
ton. A corresondept Of the Cincinnati
C1mn1ercidl has also discovered that many
persons are serving ont sentences in the
prisons of Kentucky for ''enticing' and
add ucting slaves. One man is inearcer.
ated at Frankfort, who has 10 years more
to serve for such IN uffense There ought
to be some way fund or made to set
these men at liberty gsga .5si4 Ma.
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PERsoNAL.-Charles P. Harris of Rut-
land, son Of Joel B. Harris, has been elect.
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HARLEM EXTENSION RAILROAD.
G. Buckhout, Esq, has been appointed
Superintendent of the Harlem Extension
Railroad, embracing the line from Rut-
land to New York. He has long been
connected with the Harlem Railroad, and
is favorably known as a railroad man, and
by his uniform courtesy has made for
himself host of friends. His general
office will be in New York, but he will
have an assistant here. He will person
ally visit Rutland once week.
We regret that in the changes that
have been made that Mr.. Synder retires
from the road His short residence here
has gained for him the favorable impress
sion of the community, and those who
have had the pleasure of his acquaintance
will regretfully learn of the change that
takes him from Rutland.
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WINDSOR COUNTY CoURT.--At the
session of the Supreme Court for Windsor
County, which closed March 81, So per-
sons were divorced, oae-half Of the m for
good cause. In relation to the other half,
doctors differ. The court consisted of
Justices Pierpoint, Peck and Wheeler.
Justice Barrett sitting in law trials in
which his rulings below were pro ti371aa.
DEATH OF THE FATHER OF REV DR.
CHAPIN.-The venerable Alpheus Chaplin,
father of Rev. E. II. Chaplin, d. D., of
New York, died at his residence in Bos-
ton, on Friday evening last, after weeks
illness, at the age of SO years. ct was
his sudden illness that detained DR.
Chaplin from lecturing in Rutland on
Tuesday evening LAST Mr. Chaplin was
native of Whately, Mass, and had lived
in Boston about 40 years. Previous to his
removal to Boston he resided in Benning-
ton. His father was physician of note,
a surgeon in the Revolutionary army,
whose first professional services were be-
slowed upon the Americans wounded at
the battle of Bunker Hill The deceased
was by profession a portrait painter,
whose productions adorn hundreds of
dwellings, and also an admirable amateur
musician. He was man of great ma
tive force of character, remarkable social
qualities, and a consistent christian. Rev.
DIR. Chaplin was summoned to Boston
early last week by the alarming symptoms
OF his fathers illness, and has been con-
stantly with him during his last hours.
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NsURANCE.-Hartford lila insurance
companies have assets amouuting to up
wards of $57,O00O00. Their total iucome
from premiums and interest during the
year 1869 was over $20000.000, and they
distributed nearly 100000 in dividends
to stockholders and policyholders.
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ed Vice President of the class of 1878 of
the Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute at
Troy N. Y. He is pursuing a course OF
study in that institution, which is one OF
the most important and valuable schools
in the country, where no young man can
if he sustains his rank in his class can but
geHa most thorough scientific education.
SHREwsBURY.-The uniyersalist So
ciety in this town appears to be in a
healthy condition. The morning service
is devoted wholly to the interest Of the
Sunday school, and the afternoon to
preaching. Both services are usually well
attended, but Sunday, Feb, 9th was a
day Of special interest. Rev. s. W.
Squire, the financial agent of the Green
Mountain Central Institute, located at
Barre, was present and gave the children
and their parents very interesting talk
upon their privileges, duties and encour-
agements and i'll the afternoon, after a
brief but eloqent sermon, from Math. 5:45,
he proceeded to the special work of the
Institute. His words were well chosen,
and had the desired effect for, at the con-
clusion of his remarks, fifty-two dollars
were subscribed and paid. This was two
dollars more than the sum required Ito
furnish room in the Institute, over the
door of which shall be written in enduring
letters, '"The First Universalist Society of
Shrewsbury, Wand was a handsome
advance towards the required sum of five
thousand dollars, which, when raised, is
to be crowned with the gift of five thou
sand dollars more from Massachusetts.
After brief remarks by the pastor and
Rev. DR.. Woodhouse, who was fortunately
present, the meeting was closed. At the
conclusion very happy state of feeling
prevailed, and all seemed to say by their
smiles and friendly greetings, ut is more
blessed to give than to receive" The visit
of the agent was very fortunate and well
received. G. s. g.