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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

think does you no harm, and what you
kasoso does you no good, is paying rather
dear for your whistle 2"
"Why, man, retorted Philikins, pet
ulantly, flinging the stump of his cigar
across the road, wouldn't you have a
body have some pleasures?'
them of the rational and enduring kind
and such as your wife and family can
participate in Now, you were telling
me the other Gay that you couldn't af-
ford to take one good family paper.
| Why, the amount you spend every. week
for what does you more harm than good,
would pay for the subscription whole
year.
True enough. Mary has been teas
| ing me to subscribe for the village paper
| for the last six months"
''Then why don't you do it? By
what right do deny her such an innocent
and rational pleasure, while you expend
a hundred fold what it would cost, for
your own selfish qualification Now,
| Philikins, take my advice, and subscribe
| for it the first thing you do, and hereaf-
ter let Blatherem build his own houses.
Let the next house you build be for
| yourself"
There is useful lesson to be drawn
from the foregoing conversation, and
which wasof actual occurrence.
l am speaking to yoat, sir-not to your
next door neighbor, though perhaps it
may apply equally as well to him.
Don't deny your families the simple
and innocent pleasures that make home
such an attractive and happy place, or
| pull down the roof over your own head
| to build houses for other people.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17
PERSONAL.

Thomas Williams of Poultney, has
been elected class-day orator OF the
Senior class of Williams College.
Mr.. Beriah A. Redfield, brother OF
Judges Isaac T. and Timothy z. Red
field, and an uncle Of Col. Redfeld Proc
tor, died at Coventry last week, aged 63
wears. He lived on the old homestead.
His venerable mother still resides there
at the age of 81 years.
Charles Marsh, Esq, of Woodstock,
has resigned his position in the Treasury
Department on account of i'll health.
He goes goes South in pursuit of a more
invigorating and wramer atmosphere.
John E. Hatch of Woodstock, Clerk
of Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds in the United States Senate, has
located in the practice of law at Gin
cinnati.
Sarah Payson Willis, wife of James
Parton, otherwise known as Fanny Fern,
died on Thursday in New York, aged
sixty-one years. She had been in feeble
health for a long time.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17
Out of Town Notes.
WEST RUTLAND.

Dear HERALD-Allow US space 70 ex-
press our satisfaction at the f0rtuDafe
result of that '.culvert mishap; also n
make orr magisterial obeisance to n
w. B. 4" for his very pretty but Ende-
served compliments Of "Wednesday
morning. West Rutland viii venerafe
him to the end of time wish we could
say as much of ''Smuggins. =
Two more persons were baptisei
recently in Clarendon creek by the
Rev. f. Mills Of Rutland.
The past season at Clarendon
Springs, we understand, has been a
very pleasant and remuneratiye one.
-Rev. Thomas Lynch. Y. c.. Of
Burlington, spent a very pleasant day
among his old parishi0ners, here. on
Monday Of last week.
Fathers G. Boylan, Rutland, Gall.
gan of Brandon. and 3. Dryer Of Fair
haven. assisted Father O'Rielly during
the late ceremonies at st. Bridget
Church.
The hillsides, like fashionable De-.
dies change their colors with the sea.
sons. Pity some ladies cannot make
their colors agree better with natun
which is never at fault, in arranging hn
toilet.
The mad capers Of electricity lie
past season has enlightened our neigh.
bors on the subject. The lightning ro5
man is delighted, consequently, and ha
invited the dangerous light Of the clou5
to descend from numerous little points
around us, which we hope viii proter
the whole community and save furthg
expense in that direction.
We are sorry to remark that ''Smu--
gins potato patch is so barren Of events
that he is obliged to encrOach upon tlH
more fertile fields of his neighbor up
If he really desires it we viii 60 ove
with our '.balances. " and decide upu
the relative importance Of the lOcalitia
At all events. .'let US have peace.
Now that our drafted men. wla
paid for exemption from the dire fell
of carnage. have fully recovered frua
the palpitatiOn of the heart. and brave'E
demand a repeal of the commutati1r
laws. would it be further amiss for sag-
eraI thousand young men in this state
and others. who went to visit their II IL
Gle William" in Canada, during @
''onpleasantness. TO demand Ot t.a
government. at least q dollar 2 &av .r
their lost time while there?
ENCETHEaH
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MALI.LNEEnnn.

WallingfOrd has recently lost OF .
her ripest scholars, one of whom 1
has ever been proud, Prof. Neleaa1
White, who, with his family. has Ltr
removed to Akron, Ohio. He La5 lr
called to the professorship Of th.eass.,
in Buchtel College. the new inHn
that has Just been funded at that .ae.
He was installed the 18th Of SeH.
into his new position together WITH fir
other members of the new faculty. Ea.
dedication and installation exercise ar
of a highly interesting character. Nr
White is a native Of TINS town. lief"
several wears filled the chair Of pgH#--
or of Comparative PhilolOgy AT the IL.
versity at Canton, \. y. but for yea
or two past he has been at his home, u
til his recent departure TO Akron. d
The managers of this new Western e."
lege may well congratulate them-a.v
that they have secured the services of S.
able and experienced an instructor. Hl
will make his mark upon pupils undo
his charge. 1t is now, as il ever b.
been. that the youngest and best blooaag
brains at the East, are in constant IL
QUESTION to build up the institutions "a
the great West. One after another o
the wisest. brightest and best of 0u
sons travel toward the setting sun. takin
for their life motto, to be wrought oe
in after life, } Bishop Berkley's prophet
line, Westward the course of Emri~
takes its way"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

Nor POISONED. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that the poison from which the
Perrin family, of Barnard, recently suf-
fered SO severely, and from the effects
of which Mrs. Perrin died, instead of
having been in the water that came
through lead pipe as was Supposed, was
in some pickles that had been stored in
brown earthen jar which had been in
use for many years. Some vinegar after
having stood in the jar two months was
sent to DR.. Crosby, of Hanover, to be
analysed, and was found to contain an
ounce and over of sulphate of lead to
each gallon of vineger.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING
by the President of the United
States Of-America.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, The revolution of another
year has again brought the time when it
is usual to look back upon the past and
publicly thank the Almighty for His
mercies and His blessings. And
Whereas, IF any one people has more
occasions than Others for such thankful
ness, it is the citizens of the United
States, whose government is their crea-
ture, subject to their behests; who have
reserved to themselves ample civil and
religious freedom and equality before
the law; who, during the last twelve
months, have enjoyed exemption from
any grievous or general calamity, and to
whom prosperity in agriculture, manu-
facture and commerce has been vouch-
safed. Therefore,
BY consideration, L recommend that
on Thursday, the 28th day of November
next, the people meet in their respective
places of worship and there make their
acknowledgements to God for his kind
ness and bounty.
In witness whereof, l herounto set my
hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done
at Washington this nth day of Oc
tober, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
two, and of the Independence of
the United States the ninety-sev-
enth.
By the President,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

Coal IN NEwFoUNDLAND.- at this
period when the question of cheap coal
is agitating the world, word comes that
immensely rich mines of coal have just
been discovered in Newfoundland. One
of these mines, which is pronounced in
exhaustable and of the best quality, lies
in the immediate vicinity of st. Georges
Bay, on the Gulf of the St. Lawrence,
and railroad across the island, already
projected, would make the coal availa-
BILE for locomotives, for the Gulf tugs
and steamers, and even for Atlantic
steamships, while it could be shipped at
low rates to any part of the world.
This discovery will add immensely to
the wealth of the island and stimulate
all other kinds of business
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

DEATH OF VALUABLE HoRsE.-The
well known horse Rutland Morgan, :"
owned by George H. Cole, of Chester,
and Abel Brothers of Orwell, died re-
Gently from injuries received last sum-
mer, in Weston, n. Y. Horsemen of
New England, particularly in Rutland
and Windsor counties will remember
this horse at State and county fairs, as
of fine style and fast. The horse was
valued at three thousand dollars. The
insurance on the horse expired just be-
fore che received the injuries which
caused his death.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

THAT RoosTER. The Rutland C0urie7'
announced some weeks since that it was
feeding its old rooster of 1874 with cod
liver oil 80 that on Friday, Oct. 18th,
all Western Vermont may hear him
cron with clarion voice that will rever-
briate through the valleys of our Green
Mountains range, in honor of the Greeley
and Brown victory in Pennsylvania and
Indiana on the Sth of October" 1t was
the tail of that rooster, which appeared
in the Rutland Herald Wednesday, pro-
badly. No chappa-rooster ''reverbera-
to+' has been heard here yet-but the
scTeAIas ef the the western eagles an
swer loud 10 that VI the Vermont bird. =
burlington F,xs PRESS
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

BRAKEMAN KILLED.-A. B. Sturgess,
brakeman on the Central road, was in
stantly killed, Wednesday morning,
neck broke, while endeavoring to get
into the saloon car by the side entrance,
while passing through a narrow bridge
just oct of Randolph. w. L. Minimum
was also knocked off, but not seriously
hurt. Mr.. Sturgess was of Fairfield, un-
married, and was "a years of age, SOL
dier in the war, where his record was
honorable, as it was as an employee of
the road.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
latest case of suffering from mistaken
identity is that of young man in West
field, Mass, who clipped off a part of
his fingers, recently. 1t seems that he
is one of that too numerous class of per-
sons who occasionally see strange sights
in the shape of fiends, monsters, reptiles,
snakes, etc, and this time he mistook
his fingers for spiders of gaeat magni-
tude, and, selling butcher knife, he
unceremoniously disposed of the intrud-
ing members.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

RAILROAD COMMISSIONER are
quite a number of candidates for Rail
road Commissioner, among whom are
Jonas Wilder of Rupert, II. W. Bal
ley of Newbury, Walter 4. Weed OF
Shelburne, William r. Kimball of West
minister and Hon. T. D. Mason of Rich
mond. Mr.. Wilder and Mr.. Klmball
are the only gentlemen who had actual
railroad experience. Mr.. Wilder for ten
years having been superintendent of the
Rutland 81 Washington railroad, and
although not now identified with rail-
roads, has had the experience of twenty
years railroad service III various capaci-
ties. A proposition, we understand, is
to be presented to the Legislature to con-
stitute Il Board of three Commissioners,
charging their powers, and their salaries
is to be paid by the State instead of the
various railroad corporations as is now
the case.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

The Louisville Courier-Journal saws
that Judge Davis is the proprietor of
smile that would make Colfax turn green
with Jealousy. 1t commences in the
centre and spreads all over his face, like
batter-cake
A lady dressed in the height of fash
ion, whose husband earns the small pit
lance CD of eighteen dollars week, has
applied to the city officials of Des Moines
for aid, as the husband is unable to sup
port his family.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

DELAWARE. This little State is not
Democratic beyond recovery. The reg
ular Democratic majority in that State
for years has been 1000 and upward
The recent aggregate vote at the town
elections show Democratic majority
of 80, This is said to be wholly from a
dislike to Greeley and disgust at the
surrender of the Democratic party II
may be put down from this expression
rs morally certain that in November.
this 80 opposition majority will be more
than overcome. and the three electoral
votes of little Delaware WHY be given to
swell the majority for Central Grant. 1t
viii be peculiarly significant rebuke to
truck and dicker. or coalition in party
politics
Commodore Msliry has resigned his
position in the Virginia Military lnsti-
tute
Two gentlemen who arrived la Eoun-
Gil Bluffs. for the purpose of hlycstaasa
in real estate there, were arrested tie
FIRST day and fined $1S for discharging
fire arms in the city limits. They are
pleased with the enterprise of the city.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

BELLOWS FALLs.-A disturbance oc-
CURED on Sunday morning last, at the
depot, in Bellows Falls, in consequence
of an attempt to detain supicious per-
son from taking the early train. He had
been stopping in the place nearly week,
calling himself Beals from New York
city, and claimed that he was intending to
go into the business of manufacturing
baking powder, and was looking for a
partner. There being no officer at the
depot several persons undertook to pre-
vent his taking the train, when he drew
pistol and said he would shoot the first
man dead who touched him. He left of
course, but got off the train at Brattle-
boro. His bills are unpaid here, and it
is thought that possibly he may some
time visit the place again minus his long
gray beard and lameless
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

OFFICERS REUNION executive
committee of the officers Reunion Soci-
ETY. have finally decided to fix the time
OF reunion upon the It'll of November at
Montpelier. Col. Samuel E. Pingree, of
Hartford will deliver the oratien.
A reunion of the First Vermont Caval-
ry Regiment is proposed, to which non
commissioned officers are invited. This
reunion is proposed to have come off on
the evening previous to the regular Of
ficers reunion.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

SARcAsM.-The st. Adams Messenoey
says; One of the cleverest bits of sar-
casm recently appeared in the Montpe-
lier correspondence of the Free Press
when Mr. Bigelow said that Mr.. Atwater
was up there with constabulary bill
and the prospect was that either Senator
blgeiow or Senator Ballard would intro
duce it.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

General Joe Johnston's history of his
campaigns during the war is nearly
ready for the press. Southern papers
say he confines himself to his own ope-
rations, but the conduct of high civil of
ficers of the Confederate government, so
far as they relate to his command, will
necessarily come up for discussion, and
we may look for some interesting reve-
lations and criticisms.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

VOORHEES, DEFEAT-The New York
Times, of Oct 10th, says: among the
incidents of the elections on Tuesday
which viii give general satisfaction to
honest men, is the defeat of Dan Voor-
hees, in the Sixth District, Indiana.
When q man commits an error through
misinformation, or imperfect judgment,
he may be forgiven; but when he knows
well which is the wrong and which the
right course, and persists in taking the
wrong one from purely selfish motives,
he deserves no sympathy. VOORHEES,
started by denouncing Greeley in the
bitterest language; he declared that it
would be crime for the Democratic
party to take Greeley as their candidate.
He soon afterward threw his arms round
Greeley's neck, not because he had
changed his opinions about the Sage, "
but because he declared he could not
save his own seat in Congress unless he
gave in to the fraud. But a just pun
ishment has overtaken him. His sur
render of his principles has brought
upon him the very fate to avoid which
he made that surrender, and serve him
right win be the verdict of every hon
est man in the country"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17
BY the President
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.

DEATH OF Mr.. SEwARD.-Hon. VIM.
H. Seward who died at Washington on
Thursday afternoon, was taken i'll on
Wednesday of last week, with ague and
fever. and later a catarrhal affection set
in. The immediate cause of his death
was a catarrhal effusiOn of his lungs
His family were all with him with the
exception of his tw sons, Augustus and
Frederick, the former of whom is in
Minnesota, and the latter ut his home on
the Hudson. On Thursday morning Mr..
Seward rode out, and in the afternoon
dictated several items about his new
book relative to his recent travels, which
he has been engaged in writing for some
time past. He was considered in no
immediate DANCE until about II O'clock
on Wednesday night On Thursday
morning, thinking that it would relieve
his breathing, he was, at his own request,
placed on lounge and bolstcred up and
moved from his adjoining bedroom into
his study, where are most Of his books,
and literary and other papers, Here,
surrounded by his relatives and a few
friends, and all his devoted dependents,
the greatest of American statesmen
breathed his last For the last hour of
hislife as thcpowers ofnature were giving
way, his condition became easy, and he
spent the time in affectionate leave TAX
ing of his friends and dependents. He
retained his senses to last, and died in
the full possession of those sterling fac
ulties which have for years marked the
life of William H. Seward He died as
one dropping into a peaceful slumber.
His age was seyenty-one last April.
Many of the principal places of business
in Auburn are draped in mourning The
funeral will take place on Sunday.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

SUNDAY SCHOOL INsTITUTE.-A Sun
day school institute will be held at Ben
nington, October 30th and 31st, under
charge of Rev. Henry Clark Trumbull,
of Hartford, Conn.
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The Final Balance.

0. vet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of i'll.
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt, and taints OF blood.
That nothing walks with aimless feet,
That not one life shall be destroyed.
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete:
That not worm is cloven in vain,
That not a moth of vain desire
Is shriveled in a fruitless fire,
Or but SubserVeS anOthcr'S gain.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

THE GREELEY STRENGTH.-A vote in
the joint Assembly on Tuesday on filling
a vacant Justice of the Peace in High
gate, showed the Greeley strength in
the House. The ballot stood % for
Robinson, Greeley, TO 1872 for Christian,
Republican.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

VERMONT CENTRAL--We understand
that the creditors of the Vermont Cen
trail Railroad are subscribing literally to
the new loan. A large number of the
creditors came forward on Friday and
set down their names in sums varying
from 1000 to S25, 600. The confidence
of the community in the road, and in the
ability to pay in the future, is evidently
on the increase, from the large orders
for the purchase of stocks and bonds in
the hands of brokers and from the adj
vance in prices on Friday. The first
mortgage Is closed at So "a 60. the
second at IA a 10, the Vermont and
Canada stock at 68 bid, and the o.
densburg at 1905.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

DEATH OF HoN. GEO. W. KIRKLAND
The Troy Times announces the death Of
Hon. George W. Kirkland, whosesname
and character are cherished by those who
are favored with his acquaintance He
was a native of Whitehall. Washington
county. n. Y. but removed at an early
day to Waterford, where he continued a
long and honorable career in the legal
profession. He was distinguished for
the clearness of his opinions, prudence
in his advice and esteemed honor in his
professional practice. He was contem-
porary with Judge Buel, job Pierson
and David L. Seymour, and other law
yers of Troy, who not only gave rank
to the bar, but added respect to the judi
aiary, by the dignity and character with
which they surrounded it. In private
life he was esteemed for the sternness of
his integrity, his kindness and purity,
and the practice of those virtues which
mark the life of the consistent christian.
For many years he resided in Brooklyn,
where on the 10th inst. he died, in the
seVentysssiXth year of his age.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

WoOL.-There has been for the last
month a continued depression in the
wool trade, and prices have given way
on nearly all descriptions. The decline
however does not seem to have reached
a point to induce manufacturers to buy
freely. They still complain of the slow
trade and unremunerative prices obtain
ed for their goods and of the apparent
over-production. The American mar
ket being now below the European on
most every description of wool. We shall
look for a speculative demand should
there be'any further material declining
in prices
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

New CARs.-Two elegant cars have
been placed on the Rome. Watertown &
Ogdensburg Railroad of which the Og-
densburg Journal says:
The design and workmanship of each
is superb and reflects much credit on
H. II. Sessions, master car builder Of
the road. young man who already has
an enviable reputation Of this kind of
architecture. The cars are appropriately
named "City Of Ogdensburg" and City
of Rome the two cities they are des-
tined to BRING in close connection.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17
4 PLUCKY WIFE.

About sixty years ago a French no
bleman wagered twenty thousand francs
that he would ride a horse, so vicious,
that for several months it had been fed
by pushing its provender through hole
in an adjoining stall. The counts wife,
hearing of her husbands mad bet, went
one morning into the horses stable,
placed pistol at its head, fired, and the
animal fell dead at her feet, as she ex-
claimed, ''Thank God, | have done my
duty" Sir Thomas Hoste, of Ashton.
was concerned in a more
TRGICAL Affair
Riding home from the hunting field with
some friends, the baronet extolled his
cooks punctuality in such extravaganza
fashion that he was badgered into risk
ing a considerable sum upon it. IN
luckily, for the first time, the cook was
behind with the dinner Enraged at the
jeers of his visitors, the irate Sir Thomas
made for the kitchen, took up the cleav
er lying too readily, and with one blow
killed his unhappy servant.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

THE CONTRACT FOR HEADsToNEs.-
Among the bidders for contracts for
headstones for the graves in the Ma
tional Cemeteries. which were awarded
on Saturday are John B. Reynolds of
Rutland, Gear and Reynolds of Boston.
The Addison County Marble Company
and tie Brandon Marble Company.
There are other bidders from all sections
of the country. and all sent specimens.