Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-21
Middiebury.
ACCIDENT.
sioners.

our village, on the 18th, from his resid
ence. one mila east, with spans of high
spirited horses attached to sleigh, filled
with his family.9 met with an aociden
that came nigh resulting disastrOusly
His driver ran the sleigh out of the trav
eled track and one runner struck a stone
when the horses gave a Jump which failed
to disengae the runner, and the result
was, the sleigh was literally torn tc
pieces, and all the inmates thrown violent.
ly to the ground. Happily none were
seriously injured, while Mr.. B. will have
the additional comfort of having a new
sleigh to use the remainder of the winter
i E. provided be buys one which am
glad to say he is able to do.
COUNTY COURT.
Our County Court has been engaged
during the entire past week in bearing
the case Shackett v. Hammond. A large
number of witnesses have been examined
and more to be put on the stand to-day.
The Court House has been crowded every
day with spectators and witnesses from
various parts of the State. A fine array
of able lawyers are engaged on both sides.
The plaintiff has Mr.. Hard and E. J..
! Phelps of Burlington, and John W. Stew
art of Middlebury, The defendant has
ex Gov Dillingham; of Waterbury, Mr..
Royce of st. Alhans, Mr.. Ballard of Bur
linRton, L. D. Eldredge, james NJ Slade.
Jr., and Ira W. Clark of Middlebury.
| The case bids fair to last until Wednes-
day night, the Goth inst.
BUILDING PROSPECTS.
am informed by our master builders
that there is every prospect for the erec-
tion of large number of dwellings, the
coming season, in this and neigbboring
towns. Mr.. Columbus Smith, of Sails
bury, contemplates the erection of house
unsurpassed for beauty of architecture
and pride by any dwelling on the west
-ide of the mountain, or even in the
State. Mr.. Smith is gentleman of large
means, and will no doubt do all in bis
power to give US a model of style and
taste, worthy of imitation on the part of
those. who wish to make their mark in
this respect.
am always glad to see men of wealth
and taste build elegant houses, for it adds
to the beauty Of towns and villages, gives
employment to laboring men, in their
various departments, and stimulates en-
terprise, generally, in a community. Sue.
cess then to Mr.. Smith in his project.
BUSINESS.
The late fall of snow has made good
sleighing with US, much to the gratifcs-
ton of pleasure riders and sill business
men. Our village has been for the few
past days, thronged with teams from the
surrounding country, bringing wood,
lumber, butter, pork, etc, to market.
Our merchants and mechanics are busy
in meeting the demands of their custom
boarders visiting court and otherwise.
NEW ORGAN.
The Methodist society and congregation
have recently purchased new and fine
organ from a manufacturer in Buffalo, n.
Y, valued at $1,000. 1t was received
last week and is now put up in the church,
and for the first time was used last Sab
bath 1t is an instrument of fine tone
and finely finished. I hope it may prove
valuable auxiliary in the true worship
of God. The orgsnist, Miss Lizzie Howe.
has the reputation of a skillful player and
certainly her first trial justified the pre-
tensions awarded her. Much credit is due
Mr.. Harry G. Langworthy for the deep
interest he has taken in procuring the Or
gan, as it was mainly through his efforts
that the subscription was realized.
PILGRIM CELEBRATION.
A meeting in remembrance and honor
of the Pilgrim Fathers who landed on
Plymouth Rock December 81, 1920, will
be holden in the Congregational Church
in our village on Thursday evening next,
Dec. 21st. An address will be delivered
by Henry Hall, E.q., of Rutland. I learn
that supper will follow the address, at
which toasts and speeches will form the
intellectual part of the programme. From
the we'll known historical tastes of the |
orator, large concourse will be present,
adding to the interest of the occasion.
This is truly New England festival, end
the descendants of the Pilgrims all
through our land ever will honor and love
the day that brings to mind the sacrifices,
virtues and heroic courage of that band !
of men and women who planted in the !
dead of winter on the sterile coast Of
Massaeh usetts a colony that contained
within it's form of government the germ of
Republican liberty that has grown like
.the mountain without hands" until it is
Y ct to fill the whole earth to the praise
and glory of God. All honor then TO the
memory of the Pilgrim Fathers and Moth
ers of 1920 and those who love the prin-
ciples they brought to our shores, nourish-
ed, cherished and watered as they were
with their tears and blood, that we might
be nation whose influence for truth and
should go with the sun
around the globe.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Temperance Society will be holden
in our village at the Congregational
Chuch on Wednesday, the goth inst
Prominent speakers from abroad are ex-