davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

TIE MIXED COMMIssION.-The United
States and British Mixed Commission,
under the treaty of Washington, for the
examination and decision of the claims of
both countries, other than those known ss
the Alabama Claims" will held their
frat meeting in Washington on Monday,
the Goth inst. The Right Hon. Russel
Gurney, NJ p, Recorder of London, is
the Commissioner on the part of Great
Britain Henry Howard, Esq, is the
agent, and james M. Carlisle, Esq, OF
Washington, the counsel for the British
claims. Hon. James G. Frazer, Of Indi-
ana, is Commissioner on the part of the
United States, and Hon. Robert s. Hale
of New York, agent and counsellor for
the American claims. The commissioners
will do nothing more on the first day oi
meeting than to submit their credentials
and make and subscribe to a solemn dec
iaration that they will carefully examine
and decide, to the best Of their judgmeni
and according to justice and equity, al
such claims as shall be laid before them
on the part of the government of the
United States and of Her Britanic Majesty
respectively; and also take measures fol
framing the rules by which their actor
is to be governed. Judge Frazer ha'
written a note saying that he will be pres
ent on Monday, and Recorder Gurney il
expected to reach New York from Londor
to-day. Mr. Carlisle has been advising
counsel for the British Legation here dur
ing the last fifteen years.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28
Bresee's Seeding POtatOes,-EarIy
Rose. .'s
Editor Rutland Herald Il hear mu

Editor Rutland Herald Il hear much
complaint of this potato some say it is
running OUT The Early Rose potato is
somewhat inclined to ripen prematurely,
that is, to blight. The same is true of
the Garnet Chiii,and of many other kinds.
The year planted eight varieties of pc
tatoes, viz the Early Blue, the Early
Mohawk, the Early Rose, the King of the
Earlies, the Diamond, Originated by Mr..
George Perkins of this town the Peach
blow, the Peerless, and the White Peach
blow. All of them blighted more or less.
The Peerless blights the least, indeed so
little as not to be observed with
out scanning for the blighted bills.
This blightng of potatoes may be in
great measure remedied by selecting seed
from hills that are not blighted. From
these unblighted hills select we'll shaped,
good sized tubers for seed. When cut for
planting, there will occasionally be found,
even among the most carefully selected
potatoes, one that will be yellow, or yell
owish inside, do not plant it.
Seme persist in planting the Early Rose
on poor soil. 1t will not produce any
thing but little and poor potatoes in such
ground. Nor will any other early potato.
What grows and ripens early must have
a rich soil.
Select the seed potatoes as above direct
ed, and plant in fitting soil, and the
Early Rose will yield bountifully and the
potatoes will be of the best quality.
Again some say the Early Rose is not a
good table potato except when dug. This
is not So Dig them, let them remain on
the ground uutil they are dry, carry
them directly to the cellar, put them in a
cool, dry, dark place, and they will con
tinue just as good as when dug until they
sprout the next spring. And if care be
taken to remove the sprouts they will
continue good until the new crop is ready
for use. This 1 have proved repeatedly.
c. G.
Hnhbardton. Sent. 90. 1871.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28
Hubbardton, Sept. 20. 1871.

RUTLAND-A correspondent of the
Manchester Journal visited Rutland dur
ing the County Fair and thus describes it ::
Between County Court, County Fair
and numerous arrivals of returning sum
mer resorters this metropolis has present
ed a lively aspect the last few days.
Over 300 names have been registered on
the hotel books during four days ending
Thursday, add to this the selffeeding
armv, that consumes as it marches, and
we shall make up at least 5000 strangers
that Rutland has trapped within the short
space of four days, without presenting
any very strong special attractions. The
fair is pronounced to have been unusually
thin as regards quality and number of en-
tries. The usual pigs and pumpkins
were on hand, specimens of cow and calf
were also present, but there was none of
former years pains taken to make the "eye
If the St0ckist stick out
The Ludlow horse, owned by Howe,
did the best trotting every heat. The
track was very heavy, being badly cut up
and is said to measure some forty feet too
much. still the mile was made IN 2:44, and
the Howe horse triumphant over the Tin
mouth mare, feat the mare has not 81
lowed to be executed by any horse herea-
bout for long time, to say the least.
The action as well as the speed of the
LUDLOW Boy was highly praised. The
Herald thinks there must have been 5000
persons present at the fair on Thursday
afternoon, not sn extravagant estimate |
should aay. Some of our dear country
men, taking seats at five o'clock in the
morning, Willing the long cold and cheer
less hours away over slice of green wa.
termelon. must have had SGppy noses and
purple finger nails, but those noses and
fuger nails were their legitimate proper
ty and it is no business of ours. D.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

PERKINsvILLE.-B Black River Valley
Agricultural Fair commenced here yes
terday. There was little stock on e1hl-
bition. There were some articles OF tlne
mechanical workmanship. Among veget-
ables, Lewis Amlow brought potato
weighing two pounds seven ounces, and
Luther P. Warren a very large squash.
Woodstock Band is on hand discoursing
sweet music. A good number of people
were present, generally well behaved
One person was somewhat intoxicated
and disturbed the peace, but was prompt
ly arrested, bound and carried off. There
was some frost this morning, but there ls
prospect of pleasant day, and we
shall expect, as usual, a large collection
of the most valuable productions OF YER
mont men and women. W.M. P.
Sept. 81, 1871.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

BURGLARY. - Poultney was visited
Wednesday night by burglars who first
entered the house Of Hiram Chandler, on
College street, by the cellar window, as
cended to his sleeping room and took his
clothing out of the house, but on examin-
alton finding no money left them in the
back yard and left The next house they
visited was that of George Lee they en-
tered his sleeping room and finding no
money in his clothing thought they would
take some refreshment, and so entered the
pantry and feasted on milk and sweet
cake. After taking leave of Mr.. Lees
family they next entered the house of
Elias Whitcomb where they took over
twenty dollars in money. Their next
call was at the house of George Mcclure,
entering at the cellar window. On reach
ing the sleeping room chloroform was
used to keep the occupants quiet while
the clothing of Mr.. and Mrs. Mcclure
was taken containing q gold watch worth
a hundred dollars and some money. Be-
fore the burglars left the house Mr.. Nc
Clure became conscious of their presence
and made close pursuit down cellar and
out of the window, but the burglars made
their escape. OBSERVER
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

WARRINGToN-The W0nlan'S Journal
thus speaks of this well-known writer
and correspondent of the Springfield Re-
pubEican::
"Warrington" is per erce1Ience, the critic
of the newspapers. He Is very ehary OF
praise, and has keener scent for fal-
lacy, or a sophism, or the vulnerable point
of an argument, or the weakness of an
opponent, than any other writer OF the
day. We never turn to one OF his sharp
articles without mentally asking the
same question put to him one night by
"Warrington, Jr." "What makes you
sit up SO late, father? Why don't You.
go to bed ?" "Oh I'm writing letter .
For the papers ?" Eyes" well, who
are you pitching into now, father But,
while he wields so meroiless pen, he Is
personally one of the most genial OF men,
gentle and tender as woman, and a
great favorite with his acquaintances
But look out when he is after you with
that sharp pen.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28
An Opportunity Which Should not
be Thrown Away.

1t looks as if amid the din and clatter
of the destruction of Tammany, the worthy
Common Council Of that city are likely
to forget an event, which in ordinary
times would furnish them with anticipa-
tions pleasureable enough to make them
imagine thems selves in the Seventh Heaven
Of the faithful followers of the True
Prophet. A scion Of the noble house Of
R RlmAuof is steering for our shores and
expects to sight the hosPitable lighthouse
at Sandy Hook about two weeks hence,
and, strange to say, nothing has yet been
done by that dgnifed body to give the
royal parsonage right royal welcome.
No appropriations have yet been made for
fsting the Grand Duke in grand style; no
thousand dollars have been designated for
the lurchase Of extra size white kid
gloves; nor are we aware that the cor
poration tailors are overrun with orders
for swallow tailed coats and neither gar
ments to match. Inquiry at the boot
makers also reveals the fact that the de-
mand for patent leather foot coverings OF
extraordinary Dimensions has not in
creased of late 1t was generally sup
posed that the caraVansary recently open
ed under municipal auspices and known
as the metropolitan, had been furnished
with an eye especially directed toward
the youug noble; but appearances are
such as to lead to the belief that this
"magnifeent establishment" will not be
placed at the service of the prospective
visitor.
How is this? Is the sprig Of royalty,
who is to tighten the bonds which unite
the great European despotism and the
great American Republic, to be treated
"a if be were of less consequences than
Jap,nese Tommy and his Hari.Kari per-
forming escort? Il the Car Of all the
Rlssiss. who rules over country as big
as our own, and who so generously sold
us large tract Of icy wilderness for the
palrry sum of seven millions in gold-is
ho parsonage whose son we may treat
with less magnidcence than we treated
the son of Victoria? We trust that the
proper authorities of New York will re-
member that Alex has especial claims on
their hospitality; he can swear in twelve
languages Albert Edward was enter
tanned by them in really princely man
ner, and it is doubtful whether he could
perform tho same feat in more tongues
than one. Those of that select and dis
tinguished body who want the judgment
OF one who knows whereof he speaks on
the relative merits of the Widow Cliqnot's
and the Americus Club champagne will
do well to set ssil few thousand dol
lars of their constituents money to fur
njsh the money for a competitive test
of thess two rival liquids. The oPpor-
tuuity cffsred is too good not to be made
usa Of. 1t is to be hoped that they will
not allow Judge Barnard's injunction to
frighten them. 1t cannot be used az q
precedent, and he will not, probably,
amend it or issue a new one.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28
RUTLAND, VI, THURSDAY MORNING. sEPTEMBEk 2s 1871

PAwLET The annual picnic of the
of the Sunday schools Of West Pawlet,
was held at the Academy Hall on Wed.
nesday, Sept. 20. ..-..-4
Preparations had been made for the
occasion in grove near by, but a sudden
change in the weather made it unpleasant
to meet in the open air. The address was
given by Rev. DR.. Goadby, of Poultney,
and was replete with well chosen remarks
There were besides devotional exercises,
enlivepiug music, and table laden with
delicacies. ...-...
The potato trade at West Pawlet and
Granville, n. Y, has been brisk and some
what excited this week. Early Rose ad.
vanced in few instances to 55 cents per
busbel, but the prevailing price on Mon
day and Tuesday was fifty cents. They
are now selling for 45. Over four thou
sand bushels were marketed at Granville
on Tuesday Jackson Whites, which j:
the staple potato in this section, are sell.
Ing for thirty cents,
The Academy in West Pawlet is il
successful operation under Rev. W. W
Hagdon. Facilities for classical educa
tion are thus brought to our very doors
without incurring the heavy expense and
risk attendent on sending our children
abroad.
DIR. M. H Streeter, late an acceptable
surgeon in the United States. Army, hal
removed from Granville, n. Y, to the
village of Pawlet, where he has resumed
the practice of medicine and surgery. HI
has hopeful prospects of brilliant pro
fessional career. H.H.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28
,ssors and 438 students in the various de-

fessors and 439 students in the various de-
partments.
Ihave given very long, and yet
very short history of this collage. Vol
umes could and have been written about
individual graduates. I sought only to
show its rise and progress, which L hope
may be interesting and instructive to the
reader.
Prof Young has worked assiduously,
for some time, upon his speotroscope and
made some important discoveries which
will be hereafter noted. He received, q
day or two since, g telegram inviting
him to accompany the English scientific
expedition on their tour to India to OBJ
serve the eclipse. His duties here pre-
vent him from accepting the kind invita-
tion from the English people.
Though some of our collage customs
have passed away, yet many of them are
still in vogue, and are fraught with pleas
ure to the respective classes as they come
yearly to engage in them. The practice
of bestowing class honors still survives
In this, the person receiving the largest
number of votes gets the present, and the
second in order makes the presentation
speech. The following lucky persons u
were elected from the junior class: For
Spoon, n. Martin Kellogg, Manchester !;
Presentist, n W. Ladd, Derry, n. h;
Jackknife, S. B. Sanborn, Sherbrooke, T.
q; Presentist, T. H. Stevens, New York
City; Spurs, A. K. Whitcomb, Bath !;
Presentist, G. T. Bradley, Chicago, ILL.,;
Glass Historian, Robert Kerr, Killingly,
ct. For the benefit of those who are not
familiar with college customs, let me ex-
plain these articles above named. The
person who has the greatest capacity for
"Hash" term for food in generaD gets the
spoon. The knife is given to the one who
has the worst looking phiz, who is called
the bomliest man in the class. The man
who excels in riding receives the spurs.
By riding have no reference to 'beasts
! OF burden, DuV 10 harper vi oi"
edition of the classics. After an intimacy
of two long years, the characteristics OF
the bcys become generally known, and
the honors are rightly bestowed; though
sometimes the persons are exactly the op-
posite of what we would infer from the
honor received This is done for a
grind which the toys now and then
c4nnot refrain from indulging in.
The farmers have their harvesting we'll
under way. No frosts yet of much ac-
count. A denae fog sets in from the river
during the night and renders the fore part
of the day quite cool and uncomfortable
II. D. P.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

LAST OF THE CoNNELLY TRAGEDY
Tuesday afternoon Mrs Julia Connolly,
the widow of the late DIR. J. J. Connolly,
who during an attack of insanity last
spring murdered bis two infant children
and then committed suicide at bis resi-
dence in West Eleventh street, near
Sixth avenue, was arraigned before JUS
tice Bowling at the Toemts Police Court
on an application from DR.. Willard Park
er to have the unfortunate woman placed
in lunatic asylum. Since the terrible
death Of her husband and children Mrs.
Connolly has exhibited at intervals symp-
toms of insanity. Last week while visit
ing a Catholic church in Montreal
whittier she bad gone for her bealth-shs
was seized with feaaful paroxysm Of in
sanity. and since that time hss been a
violent maniac On the affidavit of DIR.
Parker the magistrate granted commit
ment, and Mrs Connolly was removed TO
the Lunatic Asylum at BloomiDgdsle.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

PLEAsANTRIEs OF MARRIED LIFE
In suit for divorce, pending in New
York city, the petitioner charges her hus-
band with no less than twenty-six dis
tinct acts of cruelty since their marriage in
1854, besides a general system of bad treat
ment. Among the acts of cruelty named
as having taken place during that period
were beatings, kicking, billings and push
ings on various occasions; throwing wa
ter on her, pursuing her with carving
knife, stabbing her with pen-knife, hit
ting her with beef-steak, tearing chick
ems to pieces and throwing the parts at
her, tearing her clothes, dragging her by
the hair on the floor, beating the children
unnecessarily and cruelty, leaving her for
three weeks in the cellar of their house,
which had been burned down, and finally
separating from her.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

SCHOOL REPoRTs.-The school No. 8,
in Mechsnicsville, Mt. Holly, taught by
Anna E. Chase, closed Aug. 18th, after a
term of 13 weeks. Whole number OF
scholars, 26 average attendance, %; in
stances of tardiness, II; dismissals, II
scholars not having been tardy, 16; hav-
ing no absences, 10, as follows:
Ella Andrews, ETA Cook, Edith Dick
erman, Jennie Leland, Ida Starr, Sarah
Thatcher. Ella White, Eddie Chase,
Freddie Thomas, Willie Newton. Alb
sent one day, Willie White.
Those having, in all their recitationf
during the the term and at examination,
stood at 100 per cent: Ella Andrews,
Efa Cook, Cynthia Eddy, Ellen Eddy,
Jennie Leland, Ida Starr, Addie Tier, Sa'
rah Thatcher, Ella White. Number OF
visitor7, 10.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28
HINT TO RAILWAY DIRECToRs.-Rail

HINT TO RAILWAY DIRECToRs.-Rail-
way directors may get valuable hint
from sketch in the Berlin RLaddera-
datsch, the German Punch. 1t represents
dealer in necessities for railroad ira
velers" offeriag tourist an immense coat
of triple.wadded armor, tastefully gotten
up, and supplemented by cork leg and
crutch, By it's side is trunk, with regu-
lar buffers on each end. Through the
window, the traveller sees locomotive
on the track, its smoke-pipe appropriately
surrounded by deaths head. The scene
is as suggestive as if it were drawn from
some point hard by the depot of the East
ern Railway of Massachusetts,.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

TIcoNDERoGA.-The Lake George
Steamer Minne-ha-ha, ties up after the
present week. The Ganouskie will take
her place and run regular trips till navi-
CATION closes on Lake Champlain.
Mr.. VIM. G. Baldwin sold his trotting
horse Johnny" one day last week for the
snug little sum Of $500.
There is a girl in town thirteen years
of age who weighs 158 pounds.
The firm of w. G. French & Co, it
is reported, is soon to change hands.
-Rumor says that the immense float
ing bridge now being built at Larabee's
Pcint, will be launched on Saturday OF
this week.
Mr. James Treadway has been build
ing a new woolen mill. He expects to
complete it early next summer. He Is
already doing custom carding. ZERO.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

At a clam bake in Connecticut the
other day some crabs were baked Tor four
hours, when the pile being opened the
crabs walked off as sprigbtly as ever.
The leaves of an India rubber tree in
New York, having b-en mutilated by the
larvae of a fly, the World says it is proba-
bly, the India rubber sboe-fy-
A Wilmington lady has bequesthed to
the Smithsonian Institute punch strain
er, made by silver dollar earned by
printer boy in Boston.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

Town FAIRs-The tenth annual fair
of the Orwell Farmers club will be held,
in that town, Wednesday, October 4th.
1t is.expeoted that some of the finest stock
horses in the County of Addison will be
present.
We have received poster of the
first annual fair of the OswegatchIe
Agricultural fair to be held at Ogdens-
bnrgh during the first week of Octo.
ber. The poster was printed at the
Journal office, and is a fine piece Of work
manship.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

SEVERE ACCIDENT.-H. A. Fox, of
East Fairfield, while engaged in saw
mill Mouday, met with a severe accident.
A slab few and struck him in the face
knocking him some distance across the
room, completely stunning him and put
ting out one of his eyes. He was taken
up for dead but has been restored and ii
is believed that he will recover.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

What evidence is there that there was
beer in the ark2 The Kangaroo was
seen to go in with hops, and Bruin soon
followed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28

MILK.-Forty cans of milk per day are
sent to New York from Mt. Tabor.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28
HENRY CLARK , Editor.
Rutland 1ailu Nerald

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING
F1nt of Center St., Herald Block, Rntland, Vt.
.0Oa years .OOfor six months-s2.oO
for Threemonths-Or7 5 cents month.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28
autland aeerkly 4eralG
IN l794.l

FOUNDED IN 794.l
rlnw the largest weekly in New England, pub
lished every THURSDAY morning.
Foot of Center St., Herald Block, Rutland, Vt
FUTILE COMPANY, Proprietors.
go. 4. TUrrLE, A. H. FUTILE, H. TurrLE'
HENRY CLARK Editor.
rRNs.-S2. 50a year; sl.25fer six monthsinva'
riablyin advance,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-28
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1871.

'"!;H RTTIANn HERALD.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-08
HON. A. @. OATTELL.

AT the very end of the last session of Con-
gress an appropriation was made for COM
mencing the work of preparing League Island
for great naval depot, and when the work is
once fairly started it will certainly go on, and
great national enterprise in which the citi-
zens of Philadelphia have particular interest
will be satisfactorily consummated ere many
years. The opposition to League Island was
extremely bitter, and the antagonism of the
advocates of rival sites, with the general in
difference that is manifested in Congress to
Philadelphia interests, made it extremely
doubtful whether the work of organizing
great naval depot would ever be commenced,
and whether it would not be better for Phila-