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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
Addison County Temperance
Society.
MORNING SESSION.

NhohNi4No SiASSicAN
The annual meeting of the Addison
County Temperance Society was holden
on the 10Th day of February, at the Con
gregational Church in Middlebury, at II
o'clock a. IN. The meeting was called tc
order by Rev. Joseph Steele, President
and prayer offered by Rev. Mr.. Lyon
ed
DIR. Kitohell, chairman of the County
Executive Committee, made a report,
showing the operations of the society the
past year, and recommending some fur
Their organization for future operations for
the promotion of the cause of temperance.
The report was short but full of good sug-
gestions and recommendations.
The report was accepted and recommit-
ed to the committee, to make special re-
port, with a new constitution for the so.
ciety.
Upon this, remarks were made by Rev.
Mr., Clark, DR.. Kitchell, Rev Mr.. Lyon,
s. B. Rockwell, Esq, and Justus Cobb,
Esq.
On motion of L. E. Knapp, Esq, COM
mittee of five was appointed, by the chair,
to present nominations of officers for the
year ensuing, viz: S. o. Wright, Ward
Billiard, P. Elthorp, Justus Cobb and ].
Lane, who reported the following officers,
viz -
President-J. L. Barker of Middlebury.
Vace Pres'dents-C. N. Hayward, Levi
Hazzletine and G. w. Wicker.
Secreta7y-L. e. Knapp.
ErecutiUe Communicable. HID. Kitchell,
Rev. NJ. L. Severance, Justus Cobb, ESQ. ;,
Henry Lane, Esq., s. B. M. Cowles, ESQ =,
Hon. Geo.W. Grandey and Samuel James,
Esq.
The report was adopted and the above
named gentlemen appointed. The meet
ing then adjourned until afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Ingalls,.
On motion the following persons were
appointed a committee to prepare and pre-.
sent resolutions and business for the con-
sideration of the society, viz Rev. Joseph
Steele, Rev. W. N. Bacon, Rev. L. Par
fridge, Hon. Geo. w. Grandey and Sam
uel Fl. Bascom, Egg.
REV. MR.. ARCHIBALD's ADDRESS.
Rev. Mr.. Archibald of Bristol, being
called upon, made speech full of telling
points, commanding the closest attention
and eliciting hearty applause. His sub.
ject was "The relation of the temperance
cause to the stability of government"
HE said some argued that prohibit
ery law was inimical to the common
wealth, but he considered it absolutely
necessary to the safety Of the State. The
whole history Of the world goes to show.
that it is feasible and right. The whole
superstructure of human society rests
upon law to support its happiness and
welfare. Virtue Is essential to the hap.
piness Of mans existence. Republication
In its pure FORM il Christianity in its
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
SECOND DAY.

The convention of Christians held here
closed it's sessions on Thursday evening.
To say it has been success does not ex-
press all, not only have the people here
been greatly delighted and profted, but
those coming from abroad, have all been
profted by this gathering. The sessions
have all been well attended. The ques-
lions advertised in the programme were
all discu ssed, both by laymen and minis
try. 1t was remarked that a stranger
could not from anything said or doneItell
who were Gopgregstionalist, Methodist,
or Baptist, so complete was sectsrisnism
lost sight Of. 1t was the most successful
convention ever held by the associations
in the county, ana doubt not its good
effects will be felt in all the towns that
have been represented.
BENSON, February 16, 1871.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
Young Mems Christian Association
CONVENTION at Benson.

The convention of Young Mems Chris
tian Associations and Evangelical
churches met here to-day. Meetings havs
been held at the Methodist church. The
meeting was called to order at 10 o'clock
by 0. L. Slader Of Rutland, chairman OF
the County Committee, E. L. Barber was
chosen temporary chairman and G. d.
Spencer temporary secretary. A prayer
and conference meeting was held until II
o'clock. The first question discussed was
"Tha proper sphere of usefulness and duty
of woman in the Christian Church, ",open.
ed by Rev. H. F. Austin Of Benson, fol.
lowed by Rev. II. M. Holmes of Benson,
P. o. Parody Of! Fairhaven, CD. Spencer
of Fairhaven, - Walker of Rutland, A.
s. Bartholomew, ]. w. Williamson of
Benson, D. P. Bixby of Westhaven, and
others.
A committee on nomination. of officers
for the permanent organization was ap-
pointed by the chair. Adjourned at IL
m.
AFTERNOON!
100 p. m.-Report of nominating com.
mittee, viz:
President-O. L. Slader, Rutland.
Vice. Presidents-C. Reed of Fairhaven,
A. E. Knapp, Poultney.
Secretary-G. D. Spencer.
Business Committee--E. L. Barber, A.
s. Bartholomew, Mr.. Walker, Rutland.
The report was accepted and the per-
sons named were elected.
Prayer meeting until 2 o'clock.
Address of welcome by Rev. Fl. ID.
Holmes of Benson.
The following questions were then dis
cussed "The best methods of conducting
Prayer Meeting to secure attendance,
interest and profit" opened by Rev. Mr..
Partridge of Putnam.
$50 D. m.-"Best methods of develop
ing and bringing into the service OF the
Church the talents of her young men,"
opened by Rev. n. G. Farrar of POult-
ney.
s.3Op. m.-"Meaning of the scripture,
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy" opened by Rev. o. Gregg of Paw
let.
Adjourned at o'clock.
EVENING.
$50 p. m-Prayer meeting conducted
by Mr.. Francisco of Westhaven.
7p. m.-"The most successful methods
of winning Catholics to the truth as it is
in Jesus" opened by Rev. n. Cyr of Rut-
land.
745 p. m.-Address by Rev. Fl. G. Far
rar of Poultney, subject, "True and false
christianity"
The time allotted to the discussion of
the various questions was fully taken up,
the discussions being participated in by
large number. The interest in the con-
vention has been continually increasing.
Good congregations and good attention.
Many practical thoughts have been
brought out, that will be carried home
and put in use. The people OF benson
have opened their doors and hearts to en-
terrain all who come.
Thursdays meeting is to be held in the
Congregational Church.
SECOND DAY.
The convention of Christians held here
closed it's sessions on Thursday evening.
To say it has been success does not ex-
press all, not only have the people here
been greatly delighted and pro6ted, but
those coming from abroad, have all been
profted by this gathering. The sessions
have all been we'll attended. The ques-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23

toxicating liquors, is more or less drunk.
Common sense gets out, and nonsense
gets into the mind and heart, as the effects
of liquor are felt. 1t is not the man that
drinks to insensibility that is only drunk.
but every man that drinks to any extent
il more or less drunken. Drunkenness is
curse to any man, family, community,
state or nation. How it brushes out re-.
spectability and self-esteem, and receives
the demon into the heart. How it strikes
horror to the soul of the boy or girl of
fine sensibilities, that have a drunken
father or mother. O, the curse of drunk.
enness. Who is guilty of the drunkard's
crime, and the loss of respect and love for
children and home? The rum-seller. He
is the primary cause of all the ruin and
sorrow. He it is who entioes the poor
inebriate away from the paths of virtue
and by degrees brings him down from the
pinnacle of happiness to the gutter and
ruin. Are not some parents guilty in
their negligence with their children. in
permitting them to contract habits under
the influence of rum-sellers ? But. saws
the rum-seller, 81 do not mean any harm
U, no, OF course not. But what ia he
doipg9 ls not rum selling full of death ?
Do not town agents sometimes sell more
than is needed for sickness? Let the re-
ports tell the facts. If they only sold
what was necessary, it would be but
very small quantity. How many paupers
are made by the accursed traffic |? Look
at the maniacs made by rum-selling and
rum-drinking. Look at the thousands Of
orphans as the result of the miserable
traffic. See the eart-broken widows
made such by the unholy business, that
has robbed them of loving and affection.
ate husbands. Look at the sixty thousand
that die annually of intemperance, Who
is responsible for all this ? o, the horror
of rum.selling Let the drunkard. makers
be branded as they ought to be, by every
upright christian and citizen. Let them
know their true position and standing in
community Of honest men and women.
Let their accursed traffic be frowned
upon by the virtuous in all classes of go
ciety. Heaven hasten the day when our
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-23
Our Saturday Night.
BY BRICK POMEROY.

WHAT A POOR BOY DID.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-10-12

that no talking should be allowed while
charged one of his servants who per-
sisted in talking during milking time,
and that in three days the increase of
milk was equal to the mans weekly
wages. We fear an increase to such an
extent must have been due to other
causes beside the one assigned. If the
enlarged yield followed solely from the
dismissal of the man, we suspect his
presence affected the supply OF milk in
some way apart from his loquacity-
We have frequently found change of
servants prove beneficial 1t may be
that talking prevents hens from laying
also. We know we have often eXper-
fenced n vast increase in the number of
eggs brought into the house after the
removal Of too officious individual
from our employ. Besides, our cows
have sometimes improved in produce
by the same means, but we generally
attribute 1t TO cleaner milking by fresh
and more industrious hands. 1t is,
however, well known that COWS are pc
tculiarly sensitive to sights and sounds
during the time they are MIXED. I'm
less they are at perfect ease, they will
not give their milk freely They should
be daily MIXED under the same condi-
tons. Cows that are fed Mt milking
time require their usual meal, or they
become restless and dissatisfied, and
put a stop to their bounty. Many OF
them will only allow some special IA
vorite to milk them. In those parts of
the country where women are solely
employed to milk, we frequently find
one or two tuneful lassies singing at
their work, and many cows become so
pleased with the rustic harmony as to
show evident signs of their approval
of the loud sweet voice, by giving their
milk only by being sung to. Every
thing that abstracts the attention of
the COW and rutiles her placidity, should
be avoided when she is called upon to
yield her milk. Her nervous system
should not be excited by strange
noises, unwelcome objects or rough
treatment, or the effect will be apparent
IN diminished supply in the milk
pail 1t would no doubt De good ad.
vice on the whole, to tell those who
milk to hold their lounge, and keep
their tempers. The Connecticut farmer
appears to have sufficient reason in
deed to say, that speech is silver, but
silence is golden. LOHdOa NiW Joair-
nat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-10-12
Precious Works Of Art.

Great anxiety is felt in Florence with
regard to the safety of some of the
precious works of art contained in the
Pitt Palace. Titian's "Venus' (the
finest one, Raphael's est. John, and
other pictures, some in the tribune and
some in other parts of the gallery, arc
suffering exceedingly from the need of
care. The tribune is said to be q sort
OF airless cage, in which the precious
Raphaels and other chct-d'0uUrcs are
imprisoned for the greater part OF the
time, without any ventilation, and
throughout the gallery successive heat,
and cold and damp follow
each other, and exert their
deleterious effects upon the canvas,
paints and panel, while nothing IL done
to repair their ravages. While these
masterpieces Of art are blistercd and
worn, and nothing is done for their
reparatlon because the treasury ls low,
the order has been given TO splendldly
repair some Of the halls, and public
Indignation is very properly excited.
The carelessness is really extraordinary,
and it is but lately and after violent
commotion that miserable rent OF
$50 francs has been called Ia, and
man who was storing petroleum III
cellar under the tribune been forced to
move his goods elsewhere.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-10-12
A Modern Lear.

A correspondent of the Rochester
Democrat, who says he is an old resi-
dent of East Clarkson, sends an ac-
count of the misfortunes of an old man
who die] at East Clarkson on Monday.
The deceased, SO runs the account, had
been man of some property, which
he divided between his two sons, they
promising to take care of HIM for the
remainder of his life. One Of his sons
resides in Albion and the other on the
! town line between Parma and Clark
son, and the old man lived alte rnately
with each, His keeping was soon re-
garded by the sons as an intolerablc
| burden. Although he was over eighty
years of age, and very feeble, his son
IN Albion has been known to bring him
as far MS Brockport and then leave him
to walk to the residence of the Other
son, distance of six miles. Finally
these unnatural sons tried to gotth old
man in the poor-house, and, not sue
ceediug, quarreled AS to which of them
should keep him, During the week
preceding his death he was staying with
his son in Clarkson. When he was Ia
ken sick, one of the neighbors won't to
the house and asked his daughter-in-
law in regard TO his condition. She an
swered that she guessed he was well
enough, as he had made sufficient noise
during the night. But the man insist
ed seeing the s-iierer, and, going into
the bedroom, found him dead. The
wretched chamber he occupied was in
a most filthy condition, and the corpse
presented pitiable sight. The body
was prepared for burial by the neigh
bors, who wished to place it IN another
apartment, but this was refused by the
daughter-in-law. The coroner was call
ed heard all the circumstances, and
said he could do nothing in the matter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-10-12
A ROMANTIC STORY.
A Man Accused Of Aturtler Proved limo.
cent After Death.
From the n. Y. Tribune, Sept. %.

From the N. Y. Tribune, Sept %.
Some workmen, digging holes for the
posts OF fence, in KNOXVILLE, West
chester county, fortnight ago. I'M
earthed the skeleton of man. evident
ly long buried. From the position of
the boues, the skull resting between
the knees, it was surmised that the I'M
known deceased had not received the
customary burial, and that murder had
been committed. A shoemaker
Ephraim Jones-lived near the spot
where the skeleton was found, and the
gossips of Unionville quickly connect
ed him with the supposed murder. 1t
was remembered that, nearly % years
ago, Thomas Brown, a journeyman
shoemaker, had suddenly disappeared
from the village. Some one of tsna-
| cious memory called to mind that B own
had been paid SITS, due as wages, by
Jones, and that the shoemaker had re
moved his shop from it's site in former
years. Upon further investigation, it
was found that the old shop had stood
directly over the place where the ske-
/ Teton was discovered.
! With these facts in their possession,
of Westminster county, determined to
search for further proof against Jones.
The story of the finding of tho skeleton
and the suspicious of the community
against Jones soon came to the news
papers of this city When the journals
reached Unionville the account was
read by Jones, who appeared greatly
Mortified that he should be accused of
murder. He was an old man, and was
80 greatly shocked Mt the charge that
the following day, willy lamenting it,
he was Frustrated by some sudden at
tack, and died in few moments The
neighbors loudly limited that Jones had
poisoned himself, but coroners in
quest disproved this suspicion and
proved that the deceased had died of
heart disease,
On Monday evening a nephew of
Jones visited police headquarters in
this city, and asserted that facts were
III his possession which fully proved
his uncle's innocence. He said that
Sergeant Louis Young, of the 10Th pre-
cinct, testified that % years ago he had
witnessed the the death of Brown at
No. 43 Courtlandt street The sergeant
was step-son of Brown, and was II
years old at the time. He rocollected
clearly Browns return from Unionvllle,
the money he had with him, and his
death soon after.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-10-12

The Brown Owls.
BY MONTAGUE BEALE.


os brown owl who lived in wood
Il,1Gv Lone was the wood by marsh.
"a "a for his wife another brown owl,
Z, Nth voice most peculiarly harsh.
when the spring-''ine came ro'iii 'A't' "''N ~
,,-ins in time became four little dicks:
. " hundle OF tluh with great google eyes
20" ~ voice Ike witch breaking sticks.
Ill mother owl declared they were gems;
IN true reproduction Of dad
- cross Old fellow said. yes, they were nice;
~ o.. their accent was shockingly bad!
- coupcil was held between pa and mamma
: > ITO who should instruct them to talk;
A. ~ cnuld not agree on this delicate theme,
~, W, tbsy hew to the marsh for the stork.
-, the stork, we all know is a sensible bird
al has Judgment uncommonly good;
..nt4ss he respected the pleasant brown owls
Wf,h their four little pets in the wood.
, tsord all they said, with his pale, ashy head;
~, he stretched out his neck and his bill,
~ ne swallowed an eel which he held with his foot,
That he'd caught III the weir at the mill
-,,, ne spake like a sage of very great age,
nd his visitors tenderly heard
a.. Judgment so good, then few to the wood,
,f,er thanking the pretty gray bird.
,..bis Judgment was this, so thoroughly wise,
That q the mother the talking should teach,
~ .,ulv Mt night, when the world was asleep,
t,r he knew it would end III screech.
=. This is the reason, old people now say,
Tty the owls appear only ut night;
wv heir ewes are so big, and their voices so harsh
And. doubtless, the old folks are right!
49, Hearth and Home
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-10-12
Russian Railways.

The Moscow correspondent of the
Levant Herald reports that the railway
system still continues to extend itself,
and shows a marked advance since the
opening Of the year. The arrangements
made for establishing n direct CORE
spondence between the trains on the
newly opened Moscow-Smolensk line
and those on the Vitebsk- Dunaburg
and frontier railways are now complet-
ed, and Berlin can be reached from
Moscow in sixty hours. The "narrow
gauge line from Tchandoyo con the
Petersburg Moscow railway to Old
Noygorod is now open AID that from
Brest-Litovsk TO Smolensk il making
rapid progress. The Grias-Tsaritzin
line is open for some distance beyond
Borisoglaibsk, and trains are running
on the Noroneg -Grousheyka railway as
far as vo-Denetz A "horse railway "
is about to be constructed from Samara
Con the Volga) 10 the town Of Cralsk,
the line being laid in such way as to
allow the substitution Of steam power
for horse power in case the increase Of
traffic should makeit requisite. Finally,
i concession has just been granted ior
branch line from Tiflis to Viadikay-
kas which, when completed, will un
questionably Toe great triumph Of
engineering.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-10-12
A Harvest Eve.

The gold ears wave across the plain,
The shadows fall, and fade again,
The night breeze DER the lea
Is bending the white barley low,
The red sun sets in western glow,
And on the distant sea
The brown sails in the waning light
Fade one by one from out the sight,
As earthly visions fade:
For after summer cometh snow,
And after winter, june tide glow,
And after sunlight, shade.
Nature hath travail'd, aud sweet rest
Now falleth on her mother-breast,
Brought are her fruits to birth,
No more she thinks of spring-lde throe,
Since all her autumn treasures glow,
Red-golden on the earth.
All may our spriug-tide SO be spent
That haryest-time may bring content,
And silver hairs may be
No dreaded sign of swift decay,
But streaks OF dawn that ope the day
OF Immortality,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-10-12
sharpen the Hoe.

There is hint in the following, from
a correspondent of the Country Gentle
man, which will be of value to those
who choose TO take it
g As dull as hoe, is an old favorite
comparison, and it seems cruel to rob
1t Gifts aforetime poetry. But free
use Of file or grindstone is as rough on
the comparison as the keen hoe is on
the weeds. We have seen hoes that
were worn ont, never having been
sharpened, because a sharp hoe soon
wears out; although the extra labor in
day needed to destroy the weeds and
move the soil With dull implement
would equal the cost of a new hoe.
Certainly II is poor economy to save
the wear of the hoe, of necessity only
half killing the weeds, and making
heavy toll of otherwise light work. ~
A file, even an old file, cleaned with
some diluted acid, will answer every
purpose, or a grind stone if one has
no file Never mind if stones do dull
or gravel a sharp hoe carefully used
will accomplish more than the noisy
grubbing of a dull one We take pleas
ure In seeing the hoe daily narrow mp
and the corners gradually round off
for honorable age and constant service
benefits the hoe, making the blade
thinner and smaller. Sharpen the hoe
then-hrst to save hard labor; second,
to do neater, cleaner work third, to
keep it bright; finally, to have the
pleasure Of seeing it grow old in the
service