Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-09
Minor Items.

washington e4Peollion, with elegant
stereoscopic views of frost work, exb;hi.
ed with calcium light, will lecture in n.
regular course at the Opera House Der.
ember 18th.
Thanksgiving, turkey dinners. mar.
risges, domestic infelicities and Other
such temporary enjoyments, come along
this month.
Stealing swill is a new game Just in,
augursted in town.
"A cotton wedding will be celebrated
In town within the next fortnight. A
three years cruise entities marital marin.
ers to such celebration.
-Artemas G. Powers, Egg, has brought
us turnip weighing twenty-five and a
half pounds, raised on u Of his
brother ]. G. Powers of Pittsford
"A snake seven inches long, that came
through the city water pipes at Syracuse,
and was served in glass of water to John
O'Ferguson of that city, is creating some
excitement and great deal of newspaper
discussion. The snake was not swallowed
but has been preserved in alcohol. Look
to your water pipes. Put on a patent
trainer.
-Seraphim Craver,a convicted murder
err, will be hanged at Elizabethtown, Es-
sex county, N. 7, on the 18th of Dscem-
Der next.
"A Wisconsin man, On a recent trip,
took sleeping car berth on a through
express train. In the night he got up,
clad only in bis trailing garments of the
nigb," and went out on the platform to
take look at the moon. The door shut
behind with spring catch, and the por-
ter of the car was asleep. The unfortu.
nate man never saw SO much of the moon
before, for he had to remain on the plat
form for the next fifty miles.
"A colony from Iceland has settlr and
Northern Wisconsin, and more of them
are coming. The Island for years hss
been growing colder. and Denmark is de.
sirous of its abandonment.
Wife beating is neither a profitable
or safe business to follow in Saratoga. A
husband has tried il, and his experiment
cost him five months in the penitentiary.
Sixty miles of street in Chicago,
burned aud laid waste tell the tale Of
that city's de-olltion more fully than all
the glowing comments in the world.
New Workers. propose TO erect statue
Of Horace Greeley in Central Park.
Frederick Douglass was lately re-
fused admittance TO one of Wsgner's
drawing cars, as the company do not per-
NIT th-ir conductors to allow colore1 per
sons seats in such cars. If persons OF Mr..
Douglass standing, ability and gentle
manly department cannot ride in Br.
Wagner's cars, he had better haul them
#, far they are nndeserving of patron
age.
The Boston Times think that from
all apPea-auces, there will saon bs only
one railrns5 in III tie United States-the
P,nn-yIvsnia Central We differ with
Tho Tins ouly in the road We think t
x5ll ha-rhe Vern ~ Central.
As ,n-ry Of our readers are now rut-
.,,:.. ur. stoves f,r the winter, W. w.ud
p lid them 'has they o4unot ,z..cise
= 70. t..ueh aa'iaa in the manner in which
.,..- are ar5augei erouud 6r- boar3s and
a7u ieprr. A ~'.-rp 'ool-out shoul. Y
30 b.. h.,a ,-sjp-- g. .ect.ye fues.
-rn~ Advent c>urah Of tn village
a., ,pimouly ed to give a call TO
r =. c, Matt'.r son Of Clstleton to
- Use their p4-t,r,
lanai driver. ara hurryiug up their
horses and counting the miles that czn
be made before winter sets in.
Lent begins very carly this year
The gay season will be short and very
crowded, go ell must look forward TO three
parties week running.
-Middlebury College has three mem
bers of its corporation in Rutland county,
Rev. Aldace Walker, D. D., of Walling-
ford. Hon. John B. Page and Hon. Walter
c. Dunton of Rutland.
"A premium of $4,000 is offered BY tie
New York Mercantile Journal Company
for The best elementary treatise upon
Political Economy" for use il tie Iut-
lie schools Il is needed il New York.
-Cursing ard filthy language is On tie
increa-e in tii- town among our small
and big boys, Il is impossible for lady
TO pass through some Of our streets, either
day or night, without hearing the vilest
language, even fr,m children no cider
than five year, while the longing corner
loafers seem to take delight in INDUCING
in their bIasphemy. more especially when
a lady Is passing. The police sh3u d az
rest such. whether men or boys.
Thank giving this year will occur, az
it ought, Oh the very lest day of autrmo.
A collection was taken by the Rev.
Father Boylan at St. Peters Church yes-
terday in aid OF the Catholics Of Chicago.
AL sorts Of fall produce, except az
pes, are abundAnt in market and cheaper
than for several ye.rs.
Three children were btptiz,d at Tin
ity Church on Sunday.
Oar youag towrsman, Mr.. Russell
R. Dorr. whose letter we published some
days since, has located in Burlins' o.
Iowa, and has become a partner in TIE
Job Printing, Book Binding and Paper
Ware House of Acres, Blsckmar * Co., q
that city, said to be the largest and mos,
comp lete establishment of the kind west
of Chicago. Mr. Dofr has evidently tra'-
eled through the West with his eyes OPEN
and having chosen Burlington IS DE
home, we predict for him an hoDo'ao.9
and successful career. We have no conoI