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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-11
Port Henry, n. n.

The new Masonic Hall, recently fitted
up by Morning Sun Lodge, T. & A. NJ.
is a success. 1t is elegantly decorated
and furnished in a very appropriate man.
ner with entirely new furniture, The
main hall is 26x36 feet besides a large
ante-roOm, committee rooms, etc.
The officers chairs especially are very
elegant. They are of walnut covered
with crimson plush, and present a very
handsome appearance.
The carpeting is Brussels of a dark
shade. and small but handsome pattern.
In the northwest corner stands a beauti-
full Smith organ, which, on being prop
erly handled, discourses very sweet
music.
Putting up the decorations was a very
difficult task, owing to the positions of
the many doors and windows on each
side and end of the hall. All the diff
culties, however, were overcome by the
tact and skill of Mr. Judson Howard,
of Rutland, and we must say that the
job does him great credit.
Mr.. II. B. Willard, of the firm of VIII
lard & Finn, was chosen by the lodge
as committee to superintend the furnish
ing and decorating, and we think they
made a wise selection, for Mr.. w. has
performed his difficult task in a very
creditable manner.
The whole cost of furnishing and dec
Grating was about one thousand dollars,
a small amount considering the style and
quality Morning Sun Lodge should
feel grateful to Mr. Willard for the man
ner in which he has performed his du-
ties, as they no doubt are, with their
beautiful little hall.
Messrs. Tuttle & Co, of Rutland,
who make speciality of that branch of
business, furnished the decorations
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West Rutland.

-Clothlng stores are short-lived In
stitutions in our village. They are open
ed seml-annually by over-sanguine in
dividuals, flourish for day, cape for a
month, kick spasmodically and collapse.
While our first-class cutting and fitting
establishment survives, our very fastid1
ious population will never feel the loss
of the above.
MIR. c., who wanted to move and
c0u5dnt, held the key to several of his
neighbors' like natsJortuneS this week.
Mr.. P. wanted Mr.. c. domicile, Mr.. K.
wanted Mr.. P.'s, Mr.. X. was in Mr..
NJ. 3 way, and so ON a5-intinitum. In the
panic, irate landlords raised rent to one
dollar an hour, but didp'} get it. At the
latest, Mr.. @, had raised the blockade,
and household goods were hustled and
aired, vehemently, for time.
An exhibition and concert comes off
this friday evening at the Catholic
school rooms. Recitations, dialogues,
songs and music in variety and abund-
ance form the attractive programme. A
quadrille band, with the Sarsfield Brass
Band, will be in attendance. A pleasant
place to spend the evening. Camel
Dolly Warden sun-shades are being
laid aside for the Boston Jubilee. "The
oldest inhabitant" thinks that old Soils
very ungenial strife with Jack Frost
lately, will defer their use before the ma
tiOnal anniversary.
The poet speaks of winter sitting
in the lap of spring" We hope Lady
Spring" will not hold her frigid pet
much longer,-it is high time he was
left in the lap of the past
EYNEI STOP
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Arlington.

The peg factory are doing the larg-
est business in their line they have ever
done since they started. They are now
making over ], 100 bushels of pegs per
week.
Mr.. ZephOray Bowman, of East Ar
lington, was arrested on Monday, April
1st, for stealing some meal from Mr..
Rulo, in Sunderland. He was taken to
Sunderland, where he had hearing.
and was bound up. He is now in the
Jail at Bennington, awaiting his trial in
June. We understand the crime will
send him to the State Prison, if convict
ed,
We are pleased to hear of the result
OF the election in Connecticut. She has
followed the wake of New HAMPSHIRE
and given a good round Republican ma
jority. We think H. g. and his liberal
republicans had better keep quiet now,
and stay in the ranks where they belong
and ''go in" for Grant and the best in
terests of the country. b.
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pOultney.
EXCELSIOR.

Mrs A Champlin, wife of the Rev.
Albert Champlin, died, in this town, on
Saturday last She had heen sick but a
few days, ana her death came unexpect-
edly to her friends She was a sister of
DR.. ]. Newman, and a very estimable
lady. She occupied a prominent posi-
tion in society here, and her loss will be
severely felt.
Mr.. Hiram Chandler, an old and re-
spected citizen, lies dangerously i'll.
Hopes are entertained of his recovery,
but his case is a critical one.
Maj Gen, J. fitzpatrick lectured in
Joslin Hall on Thursday evening of last
week, on ''the American Stump" You
have had the lecture in Rutland, so you
need no abstract of it. The lecture was
well received in Poultney; large audi
enCe was in attendance.
The ladies of Poultney Lodge of L
o. of G. T., gave notice through the
Poultney Bulletin of March 30th, that
they will give sugar party and soci-
able at Joslin Hall some evening next
week This notice of next" (this)
week was given ION the presumption, p"
as the lawyers say, that new sugar will
be made during the week in time for the
party. Two days of the week have
passed-nO sugar made yet, and the
probabilities are, as the Washington
weather. makers would say, that none
will be made early enough for use this
week. The ladies, then, may be COM
PEELED either to postpone, or practice a
little sweet deception and use old sugar.
The spring term of Rev. Z. H. Ran
dall's parish school will commence on
Wednesday, April 10th. Mr.. Randall
had about sixty scholars at his last term.
He is a thorough instructor and gives
satisfaction to all. He built a school
house last fall, which is well adapted
and arranged for the purpose. His in
tention Is to have permanent school,
and the hope of our people is that he
may.
Our educational advantages are
good. Our district schools. it is true,
are not now what we wish they were
but We anticipate an improvement not
far in the future. With the Ripley Col
lege institution. which we hope soon to
see resusCitated as the Troy Conference
Academy, and Mr.. Randalls school.
certainly. we can have no lack Of acad-
enucal advantages of the best character.
We have this moment heard of the
death of Daniel Smith, of Hampton.
He was eighty years old and well known
in POultney.
We have also received the sad intel
igence of the death of Mrs ]. W. Aus
tin. She and her husband were aged
people and had spent almost their life
long in Poultney, but for the last two
or three years they had resided in Man
chester with their son, Rev. L. A. Aus
tin, principal of Burr and Burton Semi
nary, OBSERVER.
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An Indiana man has instituted pro-
ceedings to restrain his wife from put
ting up tombstone over the grave of
her first husband.
The spring emigration Of Germans
for the United States has commenced,
and from the report of Hamburg papers
is likely to be very large. The move
ment from Mecklenberg is said TO be of
such a remarkable character that many
villages are likely to be depopulated. Il
is stated that, besides the Germans, nu-
merous Swedish servants and laborers,
employed in Germany, have emigrated
and very few from Sweden have arrived
to take their places. The German ele-
ment in the United States is increasing
relatively faster than any other, and the
increase appears likely to prevail during
the coming year.
Once in a while a mans charity
gets the better of his "eye 10 business.
A case of this kind happened in Albany
recently. A poor, but respectable look
ing man, approached butchers wagon,
and inquired the price of quarter OF
veal. When the owner stated his price,
the man very feelingly requested him 10
give it as low as he possibly could, es he
was the father of five small children,
and had done no work since Christmas,
and the last dollar he had was in his
hand. Looking at the man for amoment
the generous hearted butcher told him
to take the meat, and gladden. the little
ones
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THE TARIFF ON WooL-Senator Nor
rill in his speech in the Senate on the
tariff, opposed the ten per cent re-
duction upon wool, metals and manu-
factures as found in the second section
of the bill. The tariff on wool, he
thought, after thirty-fve per cent of
the sheep Of the country have been
slaughtered, and after four years of con-
tinued depression and continual loss
in the business of sheep raising might
be left operative at least for one year.
On this point he said:
A vast majority of the wooden manu-
facturers of the country long since made
peace with the wool-growing interests.
They have had the benefit of glut in
| the wool markets of the world, and the
major part of them do not unfairly seek
to escape from the pinch which the pre-
sent scarcity has brought about by
throwing the burden of this upon the
wool growers. The high cost of cotton
| and the comparatively low price of wool
| for the past ten years has created a lar
| ger permanent demand for wool, as cot
\ ton has been extensively discarded for
wooden clothing, and if the business of
4 sheep husbandry in this country should
| be crippled or destroyed, the prices
! healthy clothing woods would in the end
| be made dearer the world over. 1t is
| against the interests of all branches agri-
| culture, and against the interest of the
wooden manufacturer, to diminish the
! supply of domestic woods. To be sure,
the reduction is very slight, and the far
mers are not here to protest against it,
but Senators will find them at home pro-
testing loudly.
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Person al

Rev Roger S. Howard, d. D., has
resigned as Rector st. Mary's Church,
Mortified, to take effect May 1st
Gen. H. Henry Baxter, of Rutland,
and Hon. Frederick Billings, of Wood
stock, are among the new board of direc-
tors of the Panama Railroad Company.
Henry B. Atherton, a native OF
Ludlow and captain of Company c, OF
the 4th Vermont Regiment, has been
nominated by the President as postmas-
ter at Nashua, n. II.
Hon. Corolus Noyes assumed his
duties for the first time as Judge of the
Burlington City Court on Monday last
A. V. Spanlding, of Bristol, has set
tied in Burlington and opened an office
for the practice of his profession.
George II. Bigelow, after an absence
Of several months, has returned to Bur
hngton.
Rev L, o. Brastow, of ST. Johns
bury, delivers the address before the
Theological Society of Dartmouth Col
lege at the next commencement
Hosea Ballou, Cd, d. D., the first
President of Tufts College, and author
of the Ancient History of Universal
ism" also of the History of the Cru.
sades," was native of Guilford il
Windham county.
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Political Notes

The New Hampshire Legislature
will have many contested elections come
before it, Fifteen or twenty are al
ready announced.
The Richmond Enquirer, in refer
ring to the remark made by Senator
Sumner the other day about the "effects
of injuries he sustained sixteen years
ago still clinging to him" has the hardi-
hood to say: Thus Brooks, of South
Caroline, is felt and remembered long af-
ter his death. His small cane erected him
a monument more durable than brass
This brutal language smacks of feel
ing still prevalent in some quarters in
the South.
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THE RUTLAND HERALD.
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1872.
'The Annual Fast.

This is the day of secular time, set
apar, by the Governor of this Common
wealth as a dly of fasting, humiliation
and PRAYER" that the people may assem-
ble together uniting in humble confess
sion Of their manifold sins. and in pray
er ask the Governor of all the universe
that He may shield us from danger and
disaster. continue health to the people,
prosperity to our varied industries, en-
larre our endeayors in morality and edu-
cation, preserve to us the blessing of
religious and civil liberty and the heri-
tage Of free government; to continue
its in the spirit of willing obedience to
that law and authority whichis so essen
tial to the well-being of all communi-
ties, and to open our hearts in practical
sympathy for the needy and others in
distress.
This day is observed in accordance
with an ancient custom OF our fathers
and is in accord with the spirit Of a
Christian people to reyerently recognize
their duties to Almighty God, and in
acknowledgement of their dependence
upon Him for His mercies vouchsafed
TO them. Such custom is one emf
npntly proper, as on the hours Of the
Sabbath, the people are melted to seri-
ous thought by the unfolding Of our
duty to the Creator; on this day we are
bid to recognize our duty to fellowmen
and to look at the human side of Chris
tianity. Meeting together as communi-
lies, all points Of difference are over
looked, and great practical truths, on
which all agree, are enforced, and all
led to consider the duty Of practical
piety.
1t is well for people to consider on
such a day whether, in the general pros
perity of our country, we are not i'll
danger of forgetting the admonitions
which have been given in Gods word
and providences. Whether there is not
Ia us, as a people, no subtle temptation
after the wearisome toll which modern
civilization imposes ON men of busy
life, 10 seek a Sybarite ease in our
homes, losing sight of others in the
quiet enjoy nent Of the domestic hearth
and pxhilaration Of social intercourse.
The Great Founder of our faith has
made the duty of life and crown of
greatness, not to be ministered unto,
but to minister; and wealth and posi-
ton, and genius and influence, are Of
little worth except az they endow us
with power to relieve the unfortunate,
cheer the desponding and reclaim thu
fallen Our lives should be no dreary
marsh, receiving large supplies and send
ing 9th no fertilizing powers, but
only chilling damps or the fatalmiasma;
they should be rather joyous lives.
spreading beauty and faithfulness along
their whole course.
Therefore, let us pray to-day that we
may not meet the claims of Christian
benefcence by feeding the body while
we neglect the soul, not alone heal the
sick, feed the hungry, but rebuke sin
and win offenders from the paths in
which they have strayed and to the love
Of holiness.
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The Proxy Saint.
BT JOHN G. SAKE.

BIZ JOHN G.. SAKE.
Each for himself must do his Masters
work,
Or at his peril leave it all undOne;
Witness the fate of one who sought to
Shirk
The Sanctuary's service, yet would shun
The penalty. 4 man of earthly aims.
so runs the Apologize, whose plOus
spouse
Would oft remind him of the Chufsii :
claims.
still answered thus, go thou and pay
our VOWS
For thee and mel" Now, when at Peters
gate
The twain together had arrived at last,
He let the woman in then to her mate,
Shutting the door, Thou hast already
passed
BY prory," said the Saint, Just in the way
That thou on earth was wont to fast and
prnyr
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An IMPORTANT SUIT.-ThOmas G..
Robinson, of Pawlet, has brought suit
in the California courts against Alvinga
Hayward, formerly of this State, to re-
cover his interest in one of the most val
liable quartz mine in that State. 1t ap-
pears that the parties were partners for
several years in the development of the
mine with no tiattering results. In 1857
Mr.. Robinson came to Vermont on a
visit, leaving the mine in charge of Mr.
Hayward. While here he received sew
eral letters from Mr. Hayward setting
forth that the mine was unremunerative.
On his return in 1853, Mr. Robinson
alleges he was induced by these false
representations to convey to Mr.. Hay
ward, fer a comparatively trifiing sum,
his interest in the mine and also other
property. Mr.. Robinson now seeks to
be reinstated in the profits and owner
ship of the property, which is said to be
worth three millions Of dollars. The
suit occasions a good deal of excitement
in financial circles ON the Pacific coast,
and the claim is stoutly maintained by
some of the best lawyers in the State.
II. II.
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BANK ROBBERY Y
AT NORTH BENNINGTON.
Fbe Vault Blown Open.

A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.

A most daring attempt was made,
early Thursday morning, to rob the
First National Bank of North Benning-
ton, in which the burglars nearly effect
ed their purpose, and were only pre-
vented from making q large haul by
the use of an oyereharge of powder, and
the terrible explosion consequent there,
on.
The bank has large vault secured by
two of Lilies fire proof doors, and In
side of the vault was large Herring
safe" with two burglar proof doors, and
it was upon these that the attack finally
failed.
Having effected al entrance into the
building, they burst open the outer
doors of the vault with wedges and by ex-
ploding powder, in holes bored for that
purpose, They then, having obtained
access to the vault, commenced opera
tions on the outer door of the safe,
within the vault In this door holes
were drilled and loaded with powder,
and the charges fired. The explosion
must have been terrific as the large plate
glass, over the outer door of the build.
ing, was completely shattered, other
windows broken, and even the glass and
sash of one window destroyed. The in
habitants of the village were awakened
by the rafting of broken glass and the
rumhling sound, but believing it to be
caused by the explosion of a powder
mill, Of which there are a number in the
vicinity, and having become somewhat
familiarized with such explosions. they
turned themselves to slumber again.
The explosion seems also to have had
a terrifying effect upon the burglars
themselves, a. they made a hasty exit,
leaving behins them complete set of
tools, consisting Of Jimmy" sledge,
powder, fuse, curtains, etc. A light
burning in a house opposite the bank
probably added to the speed Of their de
parturc.
From the bank they went to the de-
pot of the Harlem Extension Railroad,
broke into building and leaving, bot
tie of oil behind them, took a hand-car
started in the direction Of Troy, leaving
their car at Johnsonvillc, where it was
found in the morning. Here it is sup
posed they took the night express train,
from Rutland over the Rutland & Wash
inUt0u Railroad. arriviDu in Troy at :. %
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THE TARIFF BILL.-The House admin
istercd sharp rebuke to the Senate on
Tuesday for transgressing the limits of
is Constitutional power and originating
revenue bills. The House placing tea
and coffee on the free list, was so amend
ed in the Senate that it returns to the
House bill for the complete revision of
the tariff. Mr.. Dawes, chairman of the
committee of ways and means, authoriz-
ed by the committee, reported resolu-
ton rebuking the Senate for its action
and laying the bill on the table. The
resolution was adopted almost unani-
mously. This question is not new
one, the Senate having before, under
cover of amendments, trespassed on the
rights of the House.
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Idle Words.
BT JCLIA C. Z. DORR.

Once l said,
Seeing two soft, starry eyes,
Darkly bright as midnight skies
Eyes prophetic of the power
Sure to be thy woman'S dover,
When the years should crown thee queen
OF the realm rs yet unseen:
Sometimes, sweet, those eyes shall make
Lovers mad for their sweet sakel'
Once said.
Seeing tresses, golden brown,
In a bright shower falling down
Over neck and bosom fair
AS yon sculptured angels are
OdOrOuS treSseS, dropping low
O'er forehead pure as snow:
sometimes, sweet, in thy soft hair,
Love shall set a shining SnareW
Once l said,
Seeing lips, whose crimson glow
Mock the roses wet with dew
Warm, sweet lips, whose breath was balm
Pure, proud lips, serenely calm
Tender lips, whose smiling grace
Lit with splendOr all the face:
''SWeet, for kiss of thine, some day,
Men will barter souls aWay"
Idly said
God hath taken care of all,
Joy or pain that might befall
Lovers lip shall never thrill
At tiny kisses, soft and still;
Lovers heart shall never break
In sore anguish for thy sake;
Lovers soul for thee shall know
Nor loves rapture, nor its woe.
All is said
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4 MARROW EscAPE.-As Mr Nathan
Swift and daughter were driving, to-day,
ON Lake ST. Catherine. about two rods
from the shore. the horse suddenly broke
through the ice, but struggled forward
until it reached ice that held it. Mean
while, 8Ir Swift jumped out ON the
right side and, with extreme difficulty,
padded ashore with no particular dam
age, only a thorough drenching. His
daughter was more fortunate, as she
stepped out on the other side on solid
ice. The horse and sleigh were rescued.
Moral. When you go sleigh-riding in
April, keep off the lake. II.
Pawlet, April 1st, 1872.
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INToxICATIoN.-It is announced that
the Legislature of Wisconsin has passed
a law that drunkenness shall henceforth
be considered a crime in that State.
Punishment of liquor sellers has proved
Intellectual to suppress intemperance and
punishment of liquor drinkers is now to
be tried The entire provisions of the
statute have not come to our notice, but
some of them are described as quite ex-
traordinary For instance, that any
person finding another in an intoxicated
condition may take the person so found
in charge, provide for him as he may
see fit, and for SO doing shall be entitled
to receive a compensation of two dol
lars day SO long as the intoxicated per-
son remains in his charge.
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RESULTS OF A MILD WINTER IN Eng
LAND. Contrary to the general impress
sion Of the result of an open winter, the
unusually mild winter in England has
largely reduced the death-rate in Lon
don. The rate for the first week in
March was 1872 below the average of the
corresponding week for the last ten years;
the average temperature was over forty
four degrees, and the warm weather has
continued since the middle of December.
The diminution of deaths was in the
throat and lung diseases the mortality
from fevers never ceases, and for the
reason that Londoners continue to poison
themselves with bad water. The water
is furnished by companies, and from all
but one in so foul and defled with or
ganic matter that is unfit to drink.
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AN IMPORTANT CASE TO THE GOVERN
NExT.-Norman W Bingham, the New
England special agent of the Treasury
Department, made seizure of large
lot of tobacco, which went into the
courts and has resulted IN a judgment
for the government for one hundred
thousand dollars He has recently dis
covered that but $4,000 duty was paid
on a lot of cannon purchased in Canada
last year by Hendrick & Lissberger of
New York, while the amount should
have been $16,500. The cannon were
entered as manufacturers of iron, but
the trunions had been knocked off, and
they were more properly scrap iron, and
shonld have paid So duty per ton, in
stead of $275. The firm have been sued
for defrauding the Government by false
classification.
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SAD ACCIDENT learn that two
miners, named Patrick Moffit and Rich
ard Cotters, were seriously injured by a
premature explosion in the mine of the
Peru, N. Y, Steel and Iron Company
on Saturday, March %, while charging
hole preparatory to firing a blast.
Cornelius O'Brien, who was some dis
tance from them, was hit in the side by
piece of ore about the size of butter
nut. He lived until about II o'clock
that night. Moffit was badly burned in
the face and hand and one leg was
crushed so as to neccesitate amputation.
He died on Tuesday morning. Cotters
will lose the eyesight of the right eye.
otherwise his injuries are not serious.