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

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atfectionate wife. May the consolation of Divine
grace be vouchsafed to all. CANDoR.
November 9th, 1871.
| CAsTLEToN.-Our unknown friend and
your sharp, sportive soribbler from West
Rutland, who figures conspicuously from
time to time in THE HERALD, over the
| heightened signature of Excelsior"
seems to be aching for another newspaper
scrimmage with as but our humble steel
pen declines to engage in such amusement,
harmless though it be, against his elo.
quent, fine pointed gold pen, that is so
rare and ready on all occasions, but will
only say that I will turn him over to the
tender mercies of Zero & Co., who, am
happily persuaded, will be, sas they have
been, adequate TO the itching condition
of lofty Excelsior" who says in his last
epistle that he is glad to hear that we had
no friends in Chicago. I should be
pleased to know how he could hear such
an untruth, because, on the'contrary, we
have several personal friends and few
relatives in that Inflated city. Some of
the latter ware utterly ruined financially,
having lost their homes, their place of
business and their goods, including near
" all the property they possessed in the
world. dare say that nearly every city,
most Of the villages, and thousands of
hamlets in New England were represent
ed in that once garden city of the fair
West Other ely hits in his last, reflect
ing on me and Castleton, were beneath
my notice. simply treat them with
contempt.
The only person who has returned to
Castleton from Chicago, is Mr.. Cole, SON.
iu-law of c. s Sherman, Egg, and of the
firm of Sherman, Cole 81 Co, extensive
marble dealers in that city. who suffered
a loss of between thirty and forty thous-
and dollars worth of Rutland marble
Mr.. Cole was an eye witness of the fear
ful scenes of the conf4gratiou, and says
the reports concerning the fire are not in
the least exaggerated.
1t was pleasant to witness the men,
women, and children, last Thursday af-
ternoon, f,cklng to the Town Hall, with
packages, bales, boxes and bundles, con-
tanning supplies of almost every conceiva-
BILE kind. some cd, and some new, from
the north, south, east and west parts of
the town, for the relief Of sufferers by the
Western fires. Such a quantity of con-
place in aid of any object b fore in this
town. 1t was indeed noble coutrib1-
ton rally.
-Leander Smith, Esq, eldest son of
DR.. A. G. W. Smith, is visiting his faith
or and mother and other relatives in this
village. Mr.. Smith has been a resident
of Michigan twenty-five year,, ten of
which were spent in Detroit. Stree lis
removal to the West in 1915, st the age
of IS or 90 years, nearly q whole genera
ton have passed away.
Mr.. James MoMjllan, ST., paid hia many
friends here flying visit last week. For
twenty-six years he was an hOnored ciu-
zen of Castleton, and won the esteem of
our entire community. Fo- the past
two or three years he has been an inhab.
liant of Whitehall, whAr" lie Is chief
clerk in the hotel known As tho D ,hlgren
House. Mcmillan il NJ home in any
vocation. i w. B.
MONTPELIER The Methodist Female
College at Montpelier, WI be flushed
outside this season. The buil3irg is of
brick, four stories high and will be an or
nament to the toWp, It il proposed 10
finish the inside in anothtr sets m if suff-
cient funds can be raised The next term
commences Dec. 9Th.
st. Augustine Church, Montpelier,
sent $112 in aid of Chicago.
The Gener.l term of the Supreme
Court, commences at Montpelier to-
day. Twenty Ave case. are set for
trial, ten of which are from Washington
county. ..&
-Mont pelirr. h $ already paid one
hnrd "a and seventyfve thousand dol
tar Town subscription towards the Mont
pelier and Wells River R abroad.
Nearly 100000 of the 100000 sub
scribed for the Montpelier and Wells
River Railroad, have been already paid
in, and more than $260,000 has been ex-
pended on the road.
DR.. G. Fl. Plumley has decieed to re-
main at Montpelier, in the practice of bis
profession.
AT the recent baby show at the Dis
trict Fair in Atchison, Kansas, the infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Azel W. Spaulding,
formerly of Montpelier, was awarded the
premium as the prettiest baby on exhibit
ton. ...~-s
The people OF Montpelier made an
excursion onsaMonday last, slongabo line
OF the Montp elier and Wells River Rail-
road ~ car Marshfeld-
tn, r-crut concert for the benefit OF
the Michigan sufferers, netted $l25.
-Notwithstanding the Legislature is
not in session, this fall, the business of
the place is fully as good as usual. Both
the Vermont and Farmers Mutual fire in
surance companies have been doing an
unprecedented business since the Chiga-
go fire.
One OF the most elegant weddings
ever seen at the Capital was that, last
week, of Mr.. Fl. E. Fi6eld and Frances,
daughter of Mr.. Charles Dewey. There
were many rare and costly presents.
HYDEvILLE.-The funeral of the
onr;pbtfv iotalIioaut dsuUhter of f. ID