Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-30
man and he's been in the employ of this

man and he's been in the employ of thi
company year or more.
Dan Batcheller, q lad Of fifteen year
has gone to Colorado to join bis father
William Bstcheller, who has recently
established himself in business in ths
country.
Frank Mason, a boy of thirteen year.
bias taken journey, alone, Of thousand
miles, to Lexington, Mich, where he will
pass the winter with a brother and q
sister.
-Mrs. Downey, a fine old Irish lady,
of sixty or seventy years of age, arose
from her bed one morning early it being
qaite dark she became bewildered and In
wandering around che house she finally
opened second story window. ina ginning
it to be a door, walked out and fell to the
ground. distance of 10 or 10 feet. Some
of her limbs were broken, and she was
discovered soon after daylight, in an In
sensible condition, by one of the neigh
bors. Her husband, an aged and infirm
man, was still in the house asleep. She
is yet alive.
The forty or fifty persons who went
from here to Rutland, to hear and see
Cough, were highly delighted with the
lecture and the lecturer. They all exclaim
with one heart and ono voice, that it will
pay to hear him, even under the difficult.
ty of not being conveyed home until two
o'clock in the morning. They. also, sd-
mirs the manner of seating such a vast
audience. His thrilling description of
the drunkard suffering from the pains
and penalties of the delirium tremsns will
never be ersdioated from my memory,
should I live to see hundred years.
Mr.. Francis. Sunday morning,
preached a most convincing sermon on
the subject of "the life giving influences
of the institutions of the Gospel" npon
political life, educational life, moral life,
social life. and religious life. These points
were introduced and discussed and por-
trsyed with unusual vigor and earnest.
ness.
Rev. Mr.. Burnam, the Evangelist,
preached from the desk Of the Advent
church, last Sabbath. His theme in the
afternoon was the christians Hope" his
illustrations, comparisons, conclusions and
appeals to bis congregation were search
ing and telling. His subject was replete
with words of encouragement for the
Christian to hold on to his hope, and to
the impenitent to embrace the hope with
out delay, that hope which is sure and
steadfsst and an anchor to the soul.
Gov. Stewards brief proclamation was
read in the churches, last Sunday. The
contrast between this and some Of those by
former governors was very plain to be
seen, especially the preclamstions of our
late worthy Governor Slade, which en-
braced the two qualities of being exceed
ing good and long.
The churches united in union tenn
perance meeting last Sunday evening,
under the auspices of the Good Samsrit-
ans. The Methodist meeting house was
filled to OVERLOOKING. This was their fifth
meeting and it was fully IS interesting
and profitable as its predecessors. The
watchword of this society is agitation"
in public and private life, in a proper
manner as illustrated by the remarks Of
fered by Messrs. Spencer. Phillips, Burn
am, Mstthewson, Brown and Ross. The
choir of the church discoursed sweet mu-
sic at intervals during the proceedings.
The speeches and music were in unison
with the cause. B.w.B.