Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16
business interests of

POULTNEY.-Tbeb business interests OF
the town are looking cheerful and promis-
ing. Although the sale Of real estate Is
LEES active at present than usual, yet the
buildings in process Of construction ana
those to be built as the season advances,
will give us larger additions to the town
than those of last year. The slate inter
est reports favorably of the prospects OF
business the coming season. As the stock
of slate in market has been we'll reduced
the demand upon the manufacturers must
be larger than last year, and good trade
is anticipated.
e. B. Murray, whose residence on
Bently Avenue was destroyed by fire
three weeks since, has nearly completed a
| fine two story house, with wing, which
will much improve the appearance of the
street.
-Lucius Collins has just erected, near
Hampton, one Of the most thoroughly
built and we'll arranged grist mills, with
saw mill attached, in this part of the
State.
j. j. Joslin has been repainting the
inside of his store, arranging his stock
and getting ready for the opening spring
trade. .... ....
The Ladies of the Baptist Mite So.
oiety will hold a sugar festival in Joslir
Hall, this (Thursday) evening, March
10th. A pleasant social entertainment ii
expected, well sweetened with maple
sugar.
Rev. T. Tobin, pastor of the Baptis
Church at East Poultney, preached hi
farewell discourse on Sunday last, anG
expects soon to remove West.
Timothy Clifford, on Furnace street
one of the foremen in Ruggles' foundry
died on Saturday the 18th inst, after ,
sickness of pneumonia, aged IS years.
Our physicians report an unusua
amount of sickness for few weeks past
Few cases are epidemic in character
while most depend upon causes and sud
den changes incident to the season. NJ
season requires so great care for the pres
ervation of health as the present. The
sharp appetite and generous diet of win
ter load the system with Impurities, and
the consequent reduced vitality and bill
lious arrangement place the system in
the best possible condition to take on in
famations and fsvers. Those who enjoy
good health better than the society Of
physicians, had better keep their feet
warm and dry, their clothing adapted to
the changes of weather, and eat less than
usual.
There was more than usual interest
attending our late town meeting, growing
out of the temperance question. Both
parties were represented in force, wide
awake to the interests of the occasion, and
worked as though they had an interest tc
accom- pfish, and were determined to see
it well done. The vote resulted in ma.
jority of nineteen for Sheldon as County
Commissioner. Public feeling is SO thor.
oughly awakened upon the subject OF
temperance, inspired by able and jealous
advocates of reform on the one hand, and
IS strongly opposed by the adherents OF
liberal views and practices on the other,
that it is not probable that either force
will retire from the field until driven by
An overwhelming defeat. The subject OF
temperance is SO closely identified and in
terwoven with our moral, social and po-
liticsl institutions, with the benevolent
enterprises of the day and the progressive
spirit of the age, that II should not b-
overlooked or disregarded, but met con-
siderately and manfully by the pulpit, the
press and. the people
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