Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-30
FziddIebnry.

our village the past week. Merchants
have been busy in dealing out their com
mOdities to their customers and our
streets have presented lively appear
ancc. There is a marked increase OF
business done with us, when compared
with what was done ten years since.
New dwellings have been erected, man
ufacturing establishments have sprung
up, bringing with them a large addition
to our Iaboring population, and the gen
eral tone of society has improved in our
midst. Good attention is paid to the
Improvement of our highways and our
public parks, while our new graded
school house is an ornament to our vii
lage and doubly uscful.in the new i'm
petus given to the proper training OF our
children and youth to become the future
fathers and mothers of our State and
nation. I have lived long enough to
know that there will always be croakerS
and those who prOgnOsticate evil, men
who seek to magnify the faults Of their
neighbOrs while neglccting to correct
their own. Such exist everywhere.
They tell us that the world is declining
in public virtue. that vice is surely gain
inc ground and this age is peculiarly
marked with dissoluteness and crime. /
will not deny that crime is bold and ag-
gressiye, but | do assert that yirtuous
men and women are not all dead. and
that love of country, love of God and
truth, love Of humanity these still live
in the hearts of the people and will
never die. | sometimes think that we
are inclined to look at things through
distorted medium and are led to believe
things much worse than they really are.
There was never 50 black cloud but
what had a silver lining, and back OF the
vices that always try to come to the
front there is a religious conservatism
that is silently but surely moulding the
character of the people upon a true and
correct basis. There was never q time
when intelligence was 50 widely diffuscd,
when industry was 50 aSsidu0uSly cult
waited and enioinrd, when the civil and
religious rights of the masses was so uni
VERBALLY eniovcd, wise and whole
some laws for the protection Of
sorirtv and the punishment Of
crime enacted, as at the present.
All this tends TO the attainment of more,
and every good citizen should seek to
add to the common stock until the last
vesti-e of evil shall vanish before the
iIUIttltt GIail DOW Il vi Il NlA.l. S'tt'' a.
the great and growing interests OF soci-
ETY. shall feel the impulse OF a sanctltiod
public opinion dedicated to the prcva-
lcnce and maintenance of the highest
state of virtue, morality and religion in
our midst.
i am informed that arrangements
are being made to very soon erect ouI
new railroad depot buildings on the new
grounds purchased by the company
/ The grounds are ample and l have nc
! doubt will prove satisfactory to our bust
ness community.
There have been considerable sale:
of wool and other commodities the pas
/ week among our farmers. UnwashcC
wool has brought 10 cents. Potatoes Al
/ cents; and butter % cents.
We have been doubly blessed tn,
/ past week in the bestOWment of rain
/ Crops of all kinds are looking very flint
through our county.
Large quantities Of lumber are bciu!
! sawed out in RiptOn, ready for market
such as plank, ciapboards. lath, slaves
shingles, and boards. All these find ;
I ready market at fair prices. How Ion.
will our timbercd lands furnish a suppl,
at the present rate of defamation takins
/ place? A thoughtful suggestion to busi
ness men, and indeed, to everybody.
A large number of workmen ar
engaged in preparing the timber for tn
erection of a new paper mill upon In
site Of the one recently burned. Til
looks like business again in that line.
The grand list of NTiddlebury 70
1872 shows the existence Of rs dogs up
on which taxes are laid for the ensuin
year.
Rev. A. T. Bailey preached to
large audience, last Sabbath evening
sermon on "DecOration Day TIL
thoughts were we'll considered and deliy
cred with great carnestness. He SpOk
of Gods design in the settlement of thi
country in the implantation Of the grea
principles of civil and religious liberty
adverting to the war of the revolution a
growing out of these principles, the pro
gress and growth of our nation, tn
spread of liberty and the growth of sIav
cry, the promotion Of the constitution
the 0verpOwering influence Of the slave
holding OligarChy in the government
the final struggle with the system of OF
preston and its final overthrow. II
spoke Of the principles of the gospel o
Christ as the great redeeming power i
the world, and that these alone coul
build up this nation upon basis tina
should endure. He closed with eXhOrt
ing all to embrace christianity and aid i
rcdeeming the world from sin and death
He hoped all would, on Decoration Day
drop a flower upon the graves of tn
dead braves of the republic, in memor
of their sacrifices and sufferings and Civ
ing their lives that the nation might DC
die. CANDOR.
May 9th, 1872.