Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-02

we nave given Out al AMI 'os o.
stract of this instructive essay, and regret
that we are unable to publish it fall.
PRoCToRsvILLE - Stillman Fletcher.
Eco, assistant editor of the New England
Farmer, native of Plymouth. last week
generously donated to the Fletcher Lii
brary branch at Proctorsville. 20 volumes
of very valuable books, some of them
worth Sc per volume.
The Farmers and Mechanics Union So
ciety held their annual meeting on the
21st inst, at Hammond's Hall, in Ludlow.
for the election of officers, and chose @.
s. Howe. President; John r. Spaff 'rd.
Secretary; Kendall Taylor, Treasurer.
After psying all expenses for the year,
there is balance of $32 in the treasury.
At the annual levee held by the Uni
versalist Society at the Eagle Hotel, the
sum of $144 was realized as the net pro-
ceeds of the occasion.
At the Masonic ball held at the same
hotel hall on the evening of the 18th in
slant, "a couples were present. Most of
the fraternity appeared in the regalia OF
the order. and we are told everything
passed off in the most satisfactory manner.
Mine host Tarble furnished for the occa-
sion one of those superb suppers for which
he is so Justly everywhere complimented
The tewn fathers have for some days
been gathering their aldermsnic proper
tions at Walkers hotel, in Duttonsville.
and are cautiously, with their financial
fingers, figuring for the balance of the
towns Indebtedness. Only four paupers
reside at the town farm, but the transient
and even resident poor are far more hume
rous. Canada must be a good place to
remove from.
The honest and business looking face OF
Geo. L. Balloon, Esq, the proprietor OF
Proctorsville Mills, comes over weekly
from Claremont, n. III. to look after bis
interests here. Mr.. Balloon, in his long
business relations to this community COM
mands the confidence and 'esteem of all.
Not "making haste" to grow rich by reck
less speculation, he has accumulated q
competency by following on in the even
tenor of his way, and acting by the strict
rules of Legitimate and safe business, nc
man points the finger of distrust at him
or his reputation. He keeps his property
we'll insured against fire, but never burns,
His generosity is provsrbial, but Away
tempered with a wise discretion. Though
worsbipper in the Episcopal Church as
his home, he does not forget "the little
church round the corner" and no man
does more to support the Methodist cler'
gyman and sustain good morals and chris.
tisn services here than he. Every family
whose head is an operative in his mills
annually receives the Thanksgiving tur'
key, and the provident, though poor, have
always occasion to bless his coming
Though the main portion of bis business
is in New Hampshire, our people are glad
to get what they can of him and his bust
ness talents on this side of the river.
Do the general readers of the HERALD
ever visit the enterprisiug. and sometimes
rising village of Bellows Falls? and. IL
so are they fortunate enough 10 meet the
kind hearted editor of tine Times, of that
place? g. mp into his sanctum as we did
few dayN-ince. BE is certainly mount
ing toward the elevated steps OF news
paperdom, for be has new Office and
news room in the third loft of his aspira
tions. Airy. clean, clear and inviting are
all his surroundings. No inky imps i'm
press the visitor with ideas of indolence
or inclination. His devils are made in
the form of fair young girls, neatly at
tired, and are the types of the most com
mendable industry. Do not smoke or
chew tobacco, as is sometimes the csse
with those who figure at the typical poin's
They come at his call and go at his nod
without noise or confusion. Verify. TIE
editorial and printing room, all together.
of the Bellows Falls Times is model OF
neatness and propriety.
Swain swings pleasant pen aornss the
editorial page of his paper. His descrip
ton of his railroad ride all in car by
himself last year, is not excelled by our
most witty writer's. His letters from
Montpelier during his membership of the
Constitutional Convention last year. were
very readable indeed. and we confidently
look forward to the time when be shall he
even more successful than now. and the
measure of every laudable ambition on
bis part be full. "May his shadow never
be less"
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE. - The
Ministerial Association of the Burlington
District will hold its next session in the