Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-07-25
Ludlow.

IN AfmlngtOnS Hall, last MONDAY EeYen-
ing, for the purpose of forming Grant
and Wilson club. The meeting was
temporarily organized and a committee
was chosen to draft constitution and
obtain signatures. The meeting stands
adjourned to Saturday evening, July 90,
when a permanent organization will
probably be secured and the work be
fairly inaugurated.
AS yet there seems to be little OppO-
sitton to the regular Republican ticket
in this town, and consequently posi-
BILE lack of enthusiasm which is com
monty engendered by the friction of
political parties, 1t may be well, how
ever, for this and other towns of the
State to form such clubs for the purpose
of canyassing and discussing calmly, yet
firmly, the live issues of the day, which
pertain to our national existence, that
we may vote intelligently at the coming
election, and moreover that we may
exert a good influence upon other sec
tiOns of the country. When We con-
slider the determined opposition in bur
nation at large, we feel assured that in
difference will not serve the election of
Grant and Wilson, but let there be a
healthy movement on the part of their
friends, and let misrepresentation and
falsehOOd be left out of the programme,
and dignity, honor, intelligence and
trustwOrthiness will gather around the
noble cause of Republicanism, which will
commend itsels to right minded men and
we trust will ensure the election of its
regular Standard-bearers. Grant and
Wilson will indeed average" well with
their contemporaries and we do not feel
like surrendering, until better ticket is
presented. We are told that i'm the
younger days of Lord Lyttleton he was
selected by "a jOEial band OF inddeis to
burn the Bible. He proceeded to exc
cute their will when second and better
thought seized him, and he returned
without doug the deed. ''Why did you
not throw it into the fire p was the in
quiry eve will not burn this book
until we can get better one" was the
sensible reply. Now shall we destroy
the present administration Not until
a better one Is offered Us, or it becomes
more patent that a change is necessary.
''Grant has made Mistakes Grant it.
Who has not HumaHum est e7rare.
may be as applicable to persons in high
places as low, but gentlemen where is
your ticket That bids fair to approach
within - degrees to the integrity, effici-
enCy and reliability of the present ad-
ministration Is it the Greeley ticket ?
After reading what "Cand0r" SAYS in
the Daily HERALD of Tuesday the 10th
inst, [ am constrained to say, eve don't
get it in that light.
The haying season is well under
way, and | am credibly Informed that
there is more than an average crop as
compared with the nay harvest for 10 or
IS wears past. There is more feed than
stock this summer and the pastures look
much like moving lands-in fact con-
siderable hay is being cut from them.
The Sunday school of the Baptist
church held concert exercises last Sab
bath afternoon, and it is proposed to
hold them monthly. The school being
large, the classes are separated into two
divisions, and each part Is expected to
contribute alternately to make up the
concert. The exercises, last Sabbath,
were Of a miscellaneous character, as
each class contributed what it was dis
posed. and the selections were -crcditablc |
The Pastor presented a geographical |
essay on the Minor Rivers of Palestine,
with sacred historical illusions, using as
an aid an outline map drawn by one Of
the young men of his congregation. The |
superintendent, A. F. Sherman, Esq, is
efficient in his good work.
Death has been busily engaged Of .
late The mortality rate has been un-
usually large in this vicinity since the |
first Of January, yet it does not appear +.
to be the result Of any alarming epidem- |
les The measles has been quite preva- /
lent, vet the disease is somewhat abating +.
\ variety of hidden causes are continu- |
ally operating to hasten our departure. |
Socrates defined philosophy as nothing |
else than ''the study of DEATH" but a
greater than Socrates has said, $50 teach |.
us to number our days that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom"
Lux.