Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-16


| County Mention.
The number of taxable acres OF real
estate in the town of Benson, is 2l,634.
Simeon Goodrich was the Representa-,
tive from the town of Benson in 1898 and
1899.
| Miss Nina X. Gregory of Mortified,
gives recitations at Engle's Hall in Bran.
don, on Friday evening next, February
18th.
Brandon has 140 dogs
The appraisal of real estate in Castle
ton. is $58S,215. #s1 .
--Castleton has had three County Sem
atcrs, viz: Zimri Howe, ,Cyrenus NJ. Viii.
lard and Pitt w. Hyde.
"A Lodge of Good Templars is to be
instituted at South Chittenden on Satur-
day evening next, Feb. 18th.
The appraisal of the personal proper
ty of the town of Chittenden is $26,574
One per cent. of the Grand List of
Clarendon in 1870 was $4,91S "a.
The population of Clarendon in 1900
was 1889, gain of 81 in the preceding
ten years.
John G. Williams, the Collector of
the town of Dandy paid the full amount
of State Tax:of that town to the Treasurer
before the 9Th day of February.
The narrow escape from an accident
at Dandy, on Monday, on the Harlem
Extension Railroad, spoken of in We'd
nesday's issue, was on the up mixed train
instead of the down passenger, and the
pair of wheels cleared themselves from a
freight car instead Of passenger car as
would be inferred from the notice.
The entertainment of the Fairhaven
Olympic Dramatic Club was a success.
Rev. T. H. Archibald of Bristol, &C.
cupied the pulpit of the Baptist Church
in Fairhaven recently in exchange with
Rev. D. Spencer who has been laboring in
protracted meeting at Bristol.
Nathan Rumsey was representative
from Hubbardton in 1888, 1894, 1875 and
1898.
The town of Hubbardton has never
had Judge of the Rutland County
Court
The first town clerk of Ira was Col.
Clark George Sherman was member of
the second constitutional convention in
1903, it had no delegate in the first con-
vention.
An Oyster supper and donation takes
place at Mr.. Kimballs, Mendon. this
Thursday evening, for the benefit of Rev.
Fl. W. Stewart
In chartering the town of Mendon,
then Parkers Gore. the State. reserved
for its use the gold and silver mines,
Albert W. Gray. Seymour W. South
worth, Dexter Gilbert, Bradley Fish,
Edwin Copeland, Leonidas Gray, Moses
E. Vail and Luoius Copeland are the cor
porators of the Middletown Savings Bank
and Trust Company about to be organ
lied.
Some of the scenes in the history of
Middletown are being woven into poetry
hy native of the town, now resident at
the South.
The fret constable of Mt. Holly was
John Randall.
Mt. Holly has had two Judges of the
County Court, Nathan T. Sprague now
of Brandon. and John Crowley.
In 1906 part of Peru was annexed
to Mt Tabor and in 1926 the same terri
tory, except one farm, was set to Dorset. I
The Mineral Springs of Mt. Tabor
are said to be among the most valuable
in the State.
-Pawlet has furnished one Sheriff for
the county of Rutland, Jacob Edger-
ton, who resided there at the time of his
election.
The first native of the town of Paw
let was Titus A. Cook, born July %,
l76s.
An epidemic, assuming an appear
snce of lung difficulty is prevailing to
ONE extent in Pittsford.
Gordon Newell was Justice of the
Peace. in Pittsford, for thirty years.
The Ransom farm at East Poultney,
1.2 miles from the depot is offered for
'ale. 1t contains 225 acres and has
late quarry upon it.
The Poultney House is again open
inder the management of Mr.. Thompson,
'orm erly of Middletown. ~
Much local interest is felt In Rutland
1t the fate of the Tennessee, from the fact
hat her Commander, William G.. Temple
! son of the late Robert Temple is well
lnown and his mother now resides here.
de is also a brother-in-law of Sir John
Rose, the Canadian statesman
The concert to be given at the Bap-
ist Festival this evening, is not properly
ermed an Old Folks Concert, but rather
be exhibition of an old time choir
The town of Sherburne gained fifty
sight Inhabitants from 1871 to 1900.
-Sherburne has two post.offices.
Shrewsbury Peak is 1856 feet above
he level of the sea. ... $500.
The first Selectmen Of Shrewsbury
we're Lemuel White, Nehemiah Smith
nd Benedict Weber.
The population of Sudbury in 1900
vas sci, gain of 1858 from 1901.
Elijah Blake was the delegate to the
institutional Convention from Sudbury
n 1903.
Gideon Warren was the first Justice
+ the Peace in Tinmouth, and was ap-