Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-07-06

| CAsTLETON.-At the close OF renglous
services in the old Congregational Meet
ing House on the first Sunday in May,
1891, a little over fifty years ago. Rev.
Elihu Smith, then pastor Of the church,
invited the congregation to repair to the
chapel of the old Acadamy to organize Q
Sabbath School being the first one estab-
lished in town. After prayer BY Deacon
Enos Merrill and remarks by others in
terested in the good work, Dea. Walter
R. Gilkey was elected Superintendent.
The school commenced with thirty-fve
members, Including officers, teachers and
scholars among whom as instructor was
Dea. Merlin Clark, now of Middlebury.
Mr.. G. is supposed to be the only person
living that assisted or was present at the
formation of this school, trife more than
century since.
Our home scholars who took an &C.
tive part in the exercises, which consisted
of original essays, French dialogue,
charades and music at the Seminary
Chapel last Tuesday eve, were Miss Anna
Hyde, Sarah Hyde. Ida Hyde. May
Northrup, Sarah Harris. Bella Pepper,
Lizzie Judkins, Miss Cheever, Carrie
Stone and Lester Hazard, and it is said
of them they all did well, these pleasing
exercises were terminated with the piece
entitled 1.-THE Queen of the Roses" which
consisted of singing and speaking by ten
young ladies arrayed in white. The
stage and surroundings presented dense
forest of roses and flowers. Miss Stone of
this place presided at the piano, and Miss
Hazleton of West Rutland played the
part of Queen most admirably. The
young ladies were applauded at the close.
"A few of our village women both old
and young who are interested in the work
of raising funds for the interior improve
ment of their house of worship succeeded
in replenishing their treasury almost fifty
dollars on the occasion of the promenade,
illumination and reception at the Semin-
airy and in the park, last Wednesday
night. They feel under lasting obliga'
tions to the multitude especially those
from neighborinR towns for dispensing
their money so freely for ice cream and
other agreeable luxuries appropriate to
the season. Those devoted to this laud.
able and remunerative labor at this time
were Mrs. B., Mrs. P, Miss o., Miss P,
Miss B. and Miss G..
Miss Emma Willard, of Castleton was
one of the twelve young ladies on whom
) was conferred the honor of Monticello, Ill
Female Seminary at it's recent commence.
ment or anniversary week. It will be re-
membered that Miss Harriet n. Haskell
is the principal of this popular western
institution, also that she was graduate
of our seminary in the early part of MIR
Hallock's course of instruction and its sue
cessful principal from 1882 to 1867. Miss
Alden who was associated with Miss Has
kell as a teacher while here, holds per
manent place in the board of instruction
in this school at the west. Miss Fannie
Pendleton, a graduate of our seminary
while in charge of Miss Haskell. is also {
teacher there.
Mrs. Williams, an aged and highly
esteemed oolored woman, supposed to b
the oldest person in town, or nearly ont
hundred years old, was buried last Satur
day. Most of her days was passed il
Castleton. She leaves children between
sixty and seventy years of age that wer'
born in this town. Her funeral wa
largely attended. She had been a mem
Der of the Methodist church more than 6
half century, her life record though hum.
BILE was a worthy one.
AT the going down of the sun, Wednes
day, our fire company, headed by the
/ Cambrian Band, Ysraded in front of the
Bomoseen House, at which time and
, place some very pleasant proceedings
were enacted in the form of surprise
presentation of an elegant silver freman'i
trumpet to E. H. Armstrong, foreman
1t was purchased by G.. L. W. Preston, Of
]. G. Curren u Co., manufacturers, Of
New York, at cost of $500. The
presentation and the speech attending il
J was by Fl. L. Clark, Esq, and was ex'
ceediugly happy and highly compliment
airy. The response of Foreman Arm.
strong was equally appropriate, the sub
stance of which we should be pleased tc
record in the HERALD, but time and
space forbid. These proceedings, and the
practice of the company afterward, at
tracted the attention and admiration of 6
large and enthusiastic crowd of specta'
tors among whom was J. G.. s., I. L. and
d. G.. B., of the Nickwacketts, of Rut.
land. The length of stream thrown was
up among the high figures.
In my last wrote that Pliny Cheevei
had sought and found a home in Ne.
braska. The type setter made it read
that Mr.. @. had sought and found home
in Nashua, N. II. Quite difference be-
tween the two points, geographically.
i b. W. &.
STOwE.-Visitors are becoming more
Inumerous-SenatorE dmunds and family