Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-09
RUTLAND, VT, MORNING. MARCH 8, 1871.

Shrewsbury in lS4O, raised 1880
pounds of wool. ..
There are seven School Districts in
the town of Sudbury.
The funeral Of Colonel james r.
Noble was attended from his residence in
Tinmouth, on Saturday last. Rev. Aldace
Walker, DID, of Wallingford, delivered
funeral discourse. Rev. J. J. Austin
and Rev. N. NJ Larnard assisted in the
religious exercises of the occasion. He
was buried in the family cemetery near
his residence. Dexter Gilbert, J. FL.
Rounds, Lyman Cobb and Lewis Cobb
acting as pall-bearers. His half brother,
Rev j. FL. Noble, DID, of Schaghticoke,
N. Y, was in attendance at the funeral.
Mrs. Abigail Carpenter died in Tin
mouth in January, 1917, aged one hun
dred years and six months.
There were 17,715 pounds of sugar
made in Wallingford in 1S40.
-Wallingford has had but two county
Senators, DR. John Fox and David f.
Nicholson.
Wells had only 149 horses in 1910.
Wells Pond, called also Lake Austin
and Lake st. Catherine, is about five
miles long, and some places one and
half miles wide. and covers upwards of
COCO acres.
There is abundance of excellent lime
stone in West Haven, and kilns for burn
ing are to be established the coming sea-
son.
There were over 5000 sheep in West
Haven in 1910
A GRAND EDITORIAL EXCURSION
Our newspaper friends, especially those
who are members of the Maine, Vermont
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Edi-
torial Associations, will remember that
at the several gatherings of these associa-
tious last fall committees were appointed
to see if arrangements could be made for
a united excursion this year. These COM
mittees met at Young's Hotel in this city
on Tuesday. There were present Mossrs.
E. II. Elwell and J. A. Butler, from the
Maine Association Messrs. John NJ. Hill
and P B. Coggswell from the New Hamp-
shire Association Messrs. Henry Clark
aud Fl. d. Hopkins from the Vermont
Association and Messrs. Horace Dresser,
Merrill, Charles W. Slack and S. n. Stock
we'll of the Massachusetts Association.
Mr.. Hill was chosen President, and Mr..
Butler Secretary. After a full conference
in the matter it was deemed to be advisa-
bic to have such an excursion provided
the necessary arrangement could be eff
fected satisfactorily, and several commit
tees were appointed to look over the
ground and report at an early day, The
programme in contemplation is a trip to
Lake George, thence to St. Albans, where
the party would redezvous on Tuesday
pight; thence OH Wednesday to Montreal,
where the b,lauoe of that day snd part
of Thursday would be spent and thence
to Newport, Vt, where the party would
have a grand leVee Thursday evening.
From this point trips could be made to
the White Mountains, or those who de-
sired to could return directly home. The
Committees expect to be able to perfect
their plans 80 as to make a definite an
nouncement by the first of April
PERSONAL. - The Chicago Sunday
Times contains the following appreciative
notice of our long tine friend, J. Adams
Allen, NJ, D., LII. D., formerly of Middle
bury, aud brother of Charles l. Allen,
NJ D., of this place
Dr. J. Adams Allen is perhaps more
popularly known iu Chicago than any
other general practitioner. He was born
in Middlebury, Vt, in 1928. He gra-
duated at the old Castleton Medical Col
self to his profession. He commenced his
was appointed to the chair of materia
Indiana Medical College. In 1849, he
was appointed to the chair of physiology
and pathology in the University of
Michigan, which position he held for
several years, being one of the original
faculty OF tbe INSTITUTION, IN 1CoJ he
was appointed to the chair of the princi.
pies and practice of medicine in Rush
Medical College, which chair be now oo-
cupie6.
In addition to his duties as professor
and a practitioner, DIR. Allen has delivered
several courses of lectures at Kalamazoo
College on general literary topics and po-
litical economy. At present. his business
is mainly that of consulting physician,
in which capacity, in the course of the
year, he visits all the Western States. He
also holds the position of consulting ply
sieian for the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad.
Iu appearance, DIR. Allen is tall, broad
shouldered, with healthy, open face,
heavy reddish whiskers, and manner
that is highly prepossessing. He is we'll
known and extremely popular, physician
of large heart, and the possessor of high
as scholar, physician, and an
accomplished man of the world.
ATTEMPTED HORSE THEFT.-Sunday
night, the 18th ult., some unknown per-
son entered the stable Of Hamilton Bar 7
rows of West Hartford, bridled the horse