Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-25
AMOUNT AND KIND OF CLOUDS.
O.16 inch rain in night of 10th and l7th..
CAsTLEToN.-M Mr.. and Mrs. jaime


ole inch rain in night of 10th and l7th.,
Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hope, week ago last Monday, received
startling and painful intelligence from
South America of the death of their old
est daughter, Mrs. Stearns. She with her
husband and Others from New England,
sailed from New York Jan. 10th, 1870.
She died March Goth, leaving two chill
dren-one of them was an infant. The
disease was typhoid fever.
Last Tuesday, Warren Wilkinson
and David Wilkinson, brothers, met at
the house of David after a separation of
nearly forty years. During twenty years
of this time, Warren has been basking in
the golden streets and fields of California,
and twenty years under the sunny skies
of South Oregon, Mexico, and other far-of
countries. During all this time, David
has remained in Csstleton, pursuing the
even tenor of his way-tailoring, stating,
butchering, clerking, fishing, hunting,
and enjoying himself generally. The
meeting and the visit between these two
brothers, who are now both old men, ap-
pears to be happy one.
Our entertainments last week were,
first, an elocutionary one at the Seminary
by the Normal School pupils, which was
creditable to all who took part therein
second, a vocal and instrumental concert
by Welsh singers and players in the cos
tune of Eye olden times" Such an array
of high.top hats, swallow-tailed coats,
short -breeches, long white stockings, brass
buckle shoes, high standing collars, and
rufae shirt bosoms, we have not seen since
the Old Folks Centennial Concert at Rut-
land. The music from the choir of twenty
male singers was magnificent and grand,
and excelled anything vocal we ever lis
tened to before, with but one exception,
namely, the Hutchinsons, and they ap-
proach nearly to them in musical har-
meny, taste, style and skill. A community
favored with such band of singers and
players upon instruments, is highly bless
ed, no matter what their nationality may
be- These entertainments were highly
enjoyed @na largely pat.ouI4ed.
Alvin Lake, a native of CastletoD,
and fifty -four years resident of Ohio, is
visiting few remaining relatives and
friends When he left here for the West,
L II %, fn11r
brothers were living in town; now only
one remains of them. Only six persons
live in the village that were in it when he
went away. At that time the population
was twelve hundred souls, at this time it
is thirty-five hundred then there was but
one meeting house in town, now they
number eight churches, and all other
things are in like proportion.
Mr.. @. s. Barber has sold his place.
known at an early day as the "Deming
farm" to the Baxter or Rutland Marble
Company for nearly three thousand dol
lars. They bought it for the sand that is
inexhaustible on the farm, which will be
transported by rail to the company's
marble mills at Rutland and Salem, NY.
Considerable has been said through
the HERALD lately about "gadding ma
chimes" We were at loss to make out
at first what their mission was or is in
this world; we finally concluded they
had something to do with marble. We
did not know but they had reference to
gsdding machines that propel themselves
around all communities, stirring up strife
and discord among neighbors and friends.
No wonder the women of Bennington
were indignant at the HERALD for hav-
ing so much to offer about gadding, and
we are not sure but our ladies would
have held an indignation meeting il the
matter had not been fully explained in
due time.
Our village is about putting on its
annual dress of living green, and we shall
soon be able to report one of the most de-.
lightful places in these parts for rest and
recreation through the hot season by PEG.
pie from the heated cities. Our accom-
modations are ample, consisting of two
frst-cla hotels, four liveries of sixteen
good turn-outs. Our surroundings abound
with delightful drives, pleasant walks,
interspersed with mountain, hill, valley,
| glen, stream and lake. If these induce
ments are not adequate, we can offer
few more, if need be. B. w. B.