Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-04

The Baptist Society in this village have
just hung bell in the tower of their
uL~.sL- TIL I'll --rsie he e-s- thnns-
and pounds, and has full, rich and must
cal tone, and is from the celebrated
foundry of E. A. 81 G.. R. Meneely, West
Troy, n. Y. 1t bears upon its side. be-
sides the name of its makers, the follow
ing inscription in large letters: "For the
First Baptist Church Wallingford, Yer
mont, March, 1871, Rev. J. Fletcher, d.
D., Pastor" The first Baptist Church in
Saratoga Springs, has bell bearing the
same inscription, DIR. Fletcher having
been its pastor for twenty years.
The Society is greatly indebted to the
liberality and energy of franklin Post,
Esq, for go desirable an acquisition to
their church, and to whose enterprise
also, this beautiful village owes much of
its present prosperity.
For the safe elevation of the bell from
the ground to its appointed place in the
steeple of the church, the Society is in
debtcd to n. Powers, Esq, of Clarendon,
who came here and gave the necessary
direction, for the various preparations, and
on Friday last, he and his son came down
and superintended its raising. AS these
services were gratuitous, the Society wish
to avail themselves of this method of
thanking Mr.. Powers.
The Society are also under obligation
to the Hon. David E. Nicholson, of Rut-
land, for large and generous subscrip-
ton to the bell fund.
The schools in the village opened last
week under favorable auspices. We have
three teachers and nearly one hundred
scholars. The primary department is
under the charge of Mrs. Bradley, a mat
ronly and accomplished lady.
The intermediate department is under
the charge of Miss Rhods Congdon, who
holds State certificate.
The higher department is under the
charge of Miss Laura Marsh, a graduate
from the Seminary in Meridep, New
Hampshire.
| LAh0h UEAi h5IAlh InANoaNiioNs
We copy from the New York Tribune
the following:
"At Linden, New jersey, there is an
| improved demand for real estate, and q
large number of New Workers have al
ready purchased residences there. Mr..
Franklin Post, of Wallingford, Vt, has
lust purchased of David G. Stiles eighty
acres of land south of Linden Station
and located on both sides of the railroad,
for which he paid $4,000. Mr.. Post will
Immediately open the necessary streets
and commence the erection of some supe-
rior dwellings. The land adjoins that of
Ferdinand Blanck, and is very desirably
located, being we'll drained and free from
all miasma. A new church edifice, cost
ing $4,000, will be erected during the
coming summer, by the Reformed Presby-
terrain church, and the Episcopal society
intend building a new church within a
short time. Linden is five miles beyond
Elizabeth, and the Communication rates by
tho New Jersey Railroad are the same"
In connection with the above purchase
we subioin list of the purchases and
sales of Mr.. Franklin Post for the last six
months.
The list embraces only those purchases
and sales made entirely upon his own &C.
count, and not those made on commission
for other parties:
He purchased the Luther Gleason farm,
Rutland, 60 acres, for $4,000.
House and lot on Forest street, Rut.
land, of Louis Liberty, for $4,000.
A. J. Newton's farm, Clarendon, lac
acres, $4,000.
The DR.. Bowen farm, Clarendon, 80
acres, $500.
The Perry Smith farm, Clarendon and
Wallingford, $50 acres, $4,000.
Farm of E. G.. Hulett, Wallingford, 4C
acres, $4,000.