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

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The Washington county Good Temp
lars Union held meeting at Plain6sld,
Feb. 90. An essay was read by Miss Lucy
Bradshaw of Montpelier, Hon. George
W. Grandey of Vergennes, and Hon. G.
H. Heath delivered public addresses on
temperance at the meeting.
The County Temperance Committee
III Washington county are furnishing the
several towns a form Of temperance pledge
to be circulated among the entire people
of the county who are asked to sign it.
| East Montpelier expenses are. select.
mems orders So O95 As !; Poor 1868 SO
town debt $1,l7553. OF the orders drawn
were $3.50 for lawyers services in case.
for damages on the highway.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Horse thieves are troublesome il
Newfane Stephen Higgins lost $2O(
horse last week by them.
Nashua Hubbard of Marlboro, was
MORALLY injured few days since, by
falling from ledge of rocks while chop
ping. His daughter, who was the only
person in the vicinity, dragged him
almost home, but he died before reaching
the house.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
MIR. VIM. O. Bugbee of Bridgewater,
has purchased the house on the branch
road, belonging to Edwin Carpenter, and
moved it to the Thurston place, which he
has recently purchased.
B. F. Southgate q Sons of Bridge
water, have sold their saw mill and ma.
cbinery to Messrs. Goldsmith & Dart, Of
Weathersfeld.
Frank B., youngest son of Horace
Phelps, Esq, of Sharon, was very serious
ly injured by sled loaded with wood,
running over him, Feb. 25th.
/ The thirteenth lecture before the
Bethel association, was delivered by Mr..
Wright, Principal of Royalton Academy.
| oupJcct-AsoLHo Wos uot DuiAs IL O eoy
drawing instruction from the adage for
the present fast generation, making one
of the best lectures in the course.
S. NJ. Spencer of Brattlebore, has as.
ISOLATED himself with George E. Crowell
in the publication of the Household.
The recent baby fair at South Lon
donderry was a complete success. About
three hundred people and over forty ba.
bies were present.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The meetings of the Brattleboro Good
| Samaritans, continue with undated in
terest From 500 to 800 people were pre-
sent at one of them, though held on one
of the coolest days of the season. Over
| $50 names are now attached to the pledge.
The expenses of the town for the past
year amount to $S,38120. The highways
and bridges cost $4,052 so; and 1871 %
was expended for the support of the poor.
The estimate of expenses for the ensuing
year is $4,000, and the present indebted
ness amounts to $4,40419, to cancel which
tax of 81 so on the dollar will be neces-
sary.
The first meeting of the Brattleboro
Musical Society was held at the chapel of
the Congregational church on Wednesday
evening last week. Organization was eff
fected by the choice of FL. K. WI bite, Pres
ident VIM. B. Cutting, Vice President /;
Z. A. Wood, Gerry Warren, G. 81. Tay-
lor, Executive Committee; Gerry War
rem, Clerk and Treasurer.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Mr.. Billings has declined the Presi-
dency of the Windsor County Agricultur-
al Society, and is succeeded by Hon.
Noah B. Stafford of White River Junction,
a gentleman of ability, large experience,
and Jealous devotion to the agricultural
interests of Vermont,
IS. G. Clapp of Bethel, took as be sup
posed dose of salts, but he found he had
taken dose of saltpetre, He then took
quart of milk, six eggs and an emetic,
and survived the whole.
The fifteenth and last lecture of the
season before the Bethel Lecture Associs-
ton, was delivered on the evening of the
7tb, by Mr.. Conant, Principal of the State
Normal School, at Randolph. Subject /:
Normal Schools.
Springfield claims the "piggiest" pig
story yet. Frank L. Ranyille owns SOW
that gave birth March 9th, 1870, to q
litter of IL pigs, August 10th, litter of
10, February ED, 1871, litter of 1910
pigs in about eleven months All lived
to honor their parentsge, and to enrich
their owner.
Springfield, at its town election, elect
ed town officers of marked ability and
experience. The proposition to CONSOLE
date the schools of the town was defeated.
Rev. R. Morgan of Mortified, lec-
tured at Springfield recently on Super
naturalism.
Hon. George W. Grandey of YER
gennes, is expected to lecture at SPRING
field on the 10Th.
The mail and night express trains on
the Central line now run through from
White River junction to CIRCUITS Corner,
without change of conductors, who are A.
Dow and J. F. Shedd.
Recently, as the ice this side of Rocky
Mountain came down the river, nearly
one-fourth of the dam at Strong's Mills in
Hartford, now owned by A. I. d o. +.
Barron, was carried away, and nearly one
third of the balance stripped of the cover
ing sticks. The dam is some four hum
dred feet long. No damage at White
River village.