Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-15

PouLTNEY.-A glance at farming IN
terests shows larger amount OF potatoe
planted in town this season than ever be
fore in one year. The potato crop Will
us is getting to be one of considerable I'm
portance, and with the exception, per
haps, of dairy produce, affords the lsrges
reeeipts for sales. Corn promises to d
we'll except on green sward, where it i
badly damaged by worms. Rye is good
and oats will be fair crop. In conse
ouence of the drouth the hay crop mus
be very light, and from present appearan
oes there will be but few apples. TIL
dairy business is receiving considerabl
attention, and has been quite profitable
yet the decline in the price of butter an
cheese, and the advance upon wool, to
sether with the fact that there are bu
few sheep in the country, is having its in
huence upon many in turning attention
again to the raising of wool in antioipa
ton of good prices for some time to come
The Normal Music School, under tn
instruction of W. o. Perkins of Boston
assisted by Mr.. George S. Cheney, Mr.. 7
P. Ryder and others, will be opened Mon
day, July 18th, at Joslin Hall and con
tinue six weeks. The object of the schoo
is to furnish thorough and systematic in
struction, practical and theoretical, to al
those who desire to study music as an ar
or science, and at much less expens'
than can be obtained in large cities. In
structions will be given in the depart
ments of musical notation /; harmony ant
composition cultivation of the voice anc
solo singing; piano forte , organ, choru'
singing; and the art of teaching: violir
and guitar. Soirees and concerts will b.
given during the session.
Alice Dutton will deliver her popula,
lecture, "The vexed question:" at Joslir
Hall, on Tuesday evening, Goth inst.
City visitors are arriving daily
which gives our town lively and cheer
full appearance. OBSERVER.
Grand Lodge of Vermont.
The Grand Lodge of Masons now i,
session at Burlington, is composed of tw'
hundred and eighty-fve delegates. consist
ing of the three principal officers of eacl
lodge in the state, which, together will
its officers and last principal officers o
each lodge, makes, when full, collection
of over three hundred and twenty-five
persons entitled to participate in the pro
ceedings of the Grand Lodge, thus max
ing it the largest body that assemblies il
a legislative capacity in the state.
The number of members in the frater
nifty now is eight thousand one hundre,
and twenty-five, which, with the nearl
two thousand non-affiliated with lodges
will swell the actual number of Mason
in Vermont to full ten thousand. The in
crease the past year has been about tire
hundred and twenty-five.
The most important question to COM
before the Grand Lodge at its presen
session is the recognition of the Crane
Lodge of Quebec. The committee on for
eign correspondence have published re
port giving resume of the action of tn
other Grand Lodges upon this subject
which will undoubtedly have some iufu
ence in determining the action of thi
Grand Lodge. No other questions o
public Importance will engage the atten
ton of this body, aside from several ap
peals from lodges.
Applications will be presented for char
tiers for lodge at Bellows Falla, to b.
named the Lodge Of the Temple, and foI
keystone Lodge to be located at Grafton
in Windhsm county.
Petitions will be presented for the es
of lodges at East Walling
ford in Rutland couaty, and Shelonrn il
Chittenden county.