Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-09
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and is also skillful dentist, and good
citizen, and all regret that he cannot SET
it for his interest to remain in Castleton.
j Peppers photograph rooms have late
ly been removed from the Bank building
to rooms over Willard s. Clark's law Office
in Union Block. New milliners have also
just taken the rooms formerly occupied
i by Miss Goodrich, and Harrington will
soon establish himself in business az mer
chant tailor over Proetor's grocery stor,
4 in the same block.
i Henry Dewey,ths Junior member Of th'
extensive and enterprising firm of Parker
Gibson q Dewey, is travelling through The
Southern States and visiting all of ths
chief cities, negotiating for the sale O.
marble, Mr.. D. represents IA large and
growing business in marble. Hsis now
in New Orleans.
Not long since you reported Castle
ton as having 1856 dogs thsy are not all
dumb dogs, for some of them speak pretty
loud at times, when we had rather
not hear them. Only think, nearly hall
as many dogs in town as voters-t the
voters being only four hundred. The
town contains 10 school houses, some OF
them good deal dilapidated, and IL
school districts, with 60 able bodied men
as district officers, employing IA teachers.
In case the town system of schools is
| adopted as is proposed, the districts will
be diminished to six or eight, with the
same number of school houses and officers.
Such radical change in the school sys-
tenn will doubtless astonish some of our
good people, but they will have to yield
to it sooner or later, if it ia not done this
year.
"A company of twenty or more young
ladies and young gentlemen are making
preparations for an original home enter
tainment, at the Town Hall, next Friday
evening, for the benefit of the Ladies
Aid Society The exhibition will consist
of tableaux, charades, pantomines and
music, and will be worthy entertain
nent in behalf of laudable object. All
are invited to promote it with their pre-
senoe and their purse Admittanco 20
cents.
The published report of our town off
GERS for 1870 was distributed among us
last Saturday. It indicates, in figures,
Enthusiastically that the town is in debt
ten thousand dollars, and the auditors re-
commend tax of not less than one hun
dred cents on the dollar of the grand list
| to meet the liabilities of the town. This
state of affairs oompels our taxpayers to
put their hands deep in their purses to
meet this unusual demand against them.
Such an enormous tax was never known
in this town before or since the war
The Road Commissioners have also
issued from the same press an elaborate
report of the road labors and expenditure
the past year. This will in all probability
be the first and last report submitted by
similar board of officials in this town as
public sentiment is decidedly opposed to
the commission system of road making
and road repairs.
The second of the series of temper
ance meetings was held at the Methodist
Church last Sunday night, Rev. J. Phil
lips presiding. There was a very large
congregation. in which nearly every
family in the village and goodly num-
Der from without were represented, some
Of them largely, making an audience of at
least four hundred persons, thus indioat-
ing that it was II meeting of general inter-
est, and had regard to the well being of
the whole community. Prayer was of
fered by Rev. r. G.. sWilliams. Stirring
addresses were made by Messrs Stone.
Francis and Spencer. The chief design
of the addresses was to urge the claims of
the cause of temperance in all it's bearing,
upon every individual, without regard to
age. sex or condition. The exercises were
of deeply interesting character. and we
claim that good results will follow. Three
excellent temperance glees were finely
rendered by the choir of the church, Mr..
Fl. Streeter, conductor, Miss Finnel or
ganist. A committee was appointed to
make arrangements for future meetings
and future action.
1T is thought passing strange by
many Of our people that Hon. Pitt W.
HYDE, our honored fellow townsman,
should consent to lend his name as a cam
didate for County Commissioner, against
such true and tried republican and life
long temperance man as Dr. Sheldon Of
YOUR town. All we have to offer is, that
we bad a hand in the nomination Of the
Doctor, aud we trust be will not be de-
feated by the party who support Mr..
Hyde. 1t is reported here that fifteen
thousand votes have been distributed for
Mr.. HYDE, being more votes than has been
cast in this county for Commissioner for
ten years past D. w b.
CHEsTER.-From our well compiled
and business like town report, we find
that the total disbursements for the year
1870 amounted to $6,61794 The Over
seer of the Town Farm has had IL regular
boarders, and has extended hospitality to
As persons. away from the farm, at an ex-
pense of $1,571.10. The receipts Of the
farm amounted to $1,281 81
We have no town agent for the sale
of liquor, SO if any has been used it is fair
to presume it was not sanetifed by law.
We have known an article OF whisky,
costing, when conscientiously stamped,
taxed and revenued. but 8 or 0 dollars a
gallon, sold here without profit. OF late
no application has been made, that we
know of, for the positions of medicinal
bar tender.
AT the fire meeting held at Academy
Hall, Friday evening, our citizens turned
out largely, and manifested considerable