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

CAsTLEToN.-Last week was a busy
one in Castletop, our streets and GU
homes were lively with a hundred an;
fifty or two hundred strangers, sehoo
teachers, superintendents and others in
terested in education. Only one thing
occurred to mar the good feeling exist
ing among all being the letter of com
plant rejecting on the committee of re-
ceptiou, all of which was neutrslized by
your correspondent III" in Saturday:
HERALD The writer of the protest was
lady teacher and not as supposed by
"H." from Rutland. In connection to
what have before reported, [ will say
that the whole number of teachers in at.
tendance upon the institute were l46,
there being on the first day 90 and on the
last day 1877, making an average of 104.
The board of examiners were Secretary
French, Rev R. G. Williams, of our Nor.
NAL School, and Miss Grenell, graduate
of the State Normal School at Randolph.
State certificates were granted to Miss
Levina Doty, Miss Frances Sutherland,
Mr.. Eber Toby and MIR. Arthur Wilder.
Resolutions were passed in regard to in
stitutes and education, also of thanks to
Castleton for generous entertainment af-
forded through the five days proceedings
of the institute, and to the Railroads for
half fare. @#
The remains of the late Rev. K. j. Hal
lock were followed from the depot to the
cemetery last Saturday afternoon, by his
relatives and goodly number of his for
mer friends, associates and pupils, togeth-
er with the pupils Of the Seminary and
Normal School. The exercises at the
grave were appropriate and consisted of
feeling remarks and touching prayer by
Rev. Lewis Francis. He ssid it was fit
ting that the old pupils of Mr.. Hallock
should remove his remains from distant
city among strangers, and deposit them
in this hillside cemetery among and by the
side of his kindred and friends, and in the
community where he had spent so many
of the useful, active years of his life. It
was also fitting that they should lie under
the shadow of that Institution he had SO
faithfully served for nearly score of
years, and where his friends and kindred
could bedew his grave with tears, and
plant on his narrow home emblems of love
and affection. Those who acted as bearers
were J. N. Northrop, NJ D., James Sam
ford, M. D., B. F. Adams. Esq and M.
Caswell. sa III
My attention has been called to the
sarcastic structures. as Bro. Mclean would
no doubt style them, in the last issue Of
the Rutland Independent, relative to the
position the HERALD holds on the tenn
perance question also in regard to my
conduct as temperance man at the re-
cent meeting of the County Society, at
West Rutland. After / had swallowed
the criticisms down, / said to myself that
l was glad that / could respect my friends
and neighbora, if they did not think,
speak and act just as I did, without max
ing wry faces at them, or throwing dirt
into their eyes. I have no fear that my
morals will be corrupted by perusing the
HERALD, as I do from day to day and
from year to year, in the advocacy Of the
religious, moral and political questions Of
the day. Allow me to say that / had no
sympathy whatever with Mr.. Austin in