Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-21
TEiddiCbUry.

Some vi!lainous rascal attempted TO
fire the Office Of n ?. Upper, E.q, at
East Middlebury, on the night Of the 18th
inst. A long train Of fuse was laid upon
some shingles and ending at the Office
under lot of dry birch bark, the whole
surmounte5 with bottle of spirits OF tur-
pentine. The design was to have the fuse
burn to the bark, inf ,me II. causing the
bottle to break ana the turpeutina to az
once ignite and communicate with the
office, while the rascal would have time
to get ont of the way unnoticei. The fire
was set with a match to the fuse, but
went out, aud the Plan failed Of success.
Suspicion rests upon q ocrtain nan whom
I will not name, as the ends Of ju~tico
may thereby be foiled.
The house Of A. G.. Chandler, in Zip.
ton, was on the night Of the 18th, assailed
by man who threw large stick Of wood
into the window while the family were
asleep. The noise caused Mr.. Chandler
to awake from his slumber, and he jump
ed from the he'd aud gave the maurader
chase. Following up the man to his
hous,, he found the person to be Mr.. Lui-
dorf Caswell. resident of Ripton. This
STYLE of assault is not very agreeable, and
probably the intruder will have abun-
dant reason to regret this act. have
heard of no reason assigned why Mr.. G.
should be thus asseiled in his own dwell
ing, and that too in the darkness Of the
night
"A valuable bay horse, owned by John
! Seeley, Esq, living in the south part Of
our town, was stolen from his pasture on
the night of the 14th inst. No trace Of
the thief diScogered as yet.
Mr.. John H. Simmons. Of our village
representative from the Grand Lodge o.
l.. 0. of o. F. of the State of Vermont tt
the Grand Lodge of I. o Of o. T. of thc
United States, left homo on the 18Th inst
for Chicago, where the Grand Lodge
meets this year, to attend the session.
The pulpit of the M. Il Church, il
this village, was filled last Sabbath by
Rev. D. W. Gates of Burlington, while
Rev. Mr.. Bailey preached in the M. E
Church in Burlington. The sermon o
Mr.. Gates was of high order, full o
coed thoughts and we'll delivered.
J The off GERS of the county fair ar
actively engaged in making preparation
for the coming annual exhibition of tn
products of Addison county, Should tn
weather prove pleasant, we anticipate
large turnout and good fair.
"A large quantity of potatoes are beint
weekly shipped by rail from our depot
They are sold at the depot for 30 cent
per bushel. Onions and beans are ais
= being sent off to market. What woult
, our farmers do now with their product
b. were it not for the railroad? The origi
al stockholders in The Rutland Railroad
: were mostly from the villages on the lin
e of the road and in Boston, and they hav
lost evsry dollar of the stock they sub
= scribed and paid for, while the farmer
! are now reaping the advantages that flow
| from this ready communication with tn
/ markets abroad, and which they woul
: not realize were it not for the railroad
. Well, am glad the world moves, an
that somebody is doing we'll. We hav
c the railroad, and l would not have
q thrown mp for all have sunk in it, whic
is several hundreds of dollars, for d
! not want to be out of the world while
!. live in it. While cur farmers are pro,
: porous, other employments prosper alsc
J and one cannot be destroyed withou
more or less affecting all. Success then,
!. say, to our farmers and all who labor fo
e its realization, in any and all department
i of life and labor,