Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-18

Here is a comical advertisement
that appears in an exchange ITO the
dry goods trade. Wanted-a young man,
to be partly out door and partly behind
the counter" What viii be the result
when the door slams?
Lovers of sleigh-riding are begin
ming to feel respondent.
-Backwoodslnen, though not gwen
much to politics, are considerably adj
dicted to '1og-rolling."
Nineteen minutes more of sunlight
than on the shortest day; henceforth the
days lengthen at each end.
The weather, though very cold, Is
just as it should be. Health should be |
preferred to convenience.
james Fisk, Jr., made his living by |
dealing in stocks, and, strange to say, |
he met his death by Stokes dealing with
him.
Eleven minutes more of daylight
will be gained this week. The sun rises
at 1926 and sets at 459.
james Fisk, Jr., was not born, as
has been stated in most of our ex-
changes, in tbs ''historic town of Ben
ningtOn," but in Pownal, the southwest
corner town in Vermont. The small
| one-stOry house where he was born, next
west of the residence of the late Solo
mon Wright, is still standing. His ia
Their, at that time, was an overseer in a
small cotton factory few rods distant.
-Brattleboro is starting a stock COM
pany, with capital of $4,000, for the
manufacture of furniture.
Three banks have been organized
the past year under the State laws of
New York, viz: the State Bank, Fort
Edward Saratoga County Bank, Water
ford; Albany County Bank, Albany.
Notwithstanding all that has been
said on the subject of vaccination and its
Importance, our physicians frequently
meet with persons of full age who have
never been vaccinated. Great attention
is, however, being given to the subject
at present.
"A dog, cat, rabbit, and brood of
chickens, constitute a happy family"
on the premises of a Mr.. Brimmer of
Bennington
Smart storekeepers are boiling over
their old maple sugar, so as to have a
supply on hand when the sap begins TO
run next month. A stitch in time is the
best policy, and honesty gathers no moss.
Hay, it is said, can be rendered fire
proof by sprinkling layer of salt be-
tween each layer of hay. The process
serves a two-fold purpose rendering the
hay more agreeable to the palates of the
cattle, conclusive to their health, and
preventing destruction by fire.
1t is rumored that the Rensselaer, &
Saratoga Railroad Company has, or is
about, to secure control of the Schuyler
vile s Upper Hudson Railroad.
"A large amount Of stone and logs
are being delivered at the railroad depot
at Saratoga to be used for the construc-
ton of bridge at Troy by the Delaware
| q huuSOQ LANAI SOIupduJ
The report that counterfeits on the
fifty dollar issues have made their ap-
pearance, is not credited by General
Spinner, he having received no informa-
ton on the subject, while one of the
treasury secret service corps, who has
made special inquiry, pronounces the re-
| mort without foundation
Charles a. Tinker, manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph onloo AT
Washington, D. C, has accepted the
| position of train dispatcher of the Yer
mont Central Railroad at ST Adams.
A PLEASANT LITTLE ELoPEMENT AND
MARRIAGE. - The Troy Times says ::
''When the fall term of the Female
Seminary commenced, q young lady
from Clarendon Springs, Vt, was &C
cepted as one of the pupils of the insti-
tuition. She was a girl of unspotted
character, but like most young ladies a
little fond Of romance, and as they all
would be (and perhaps are) deeply, des-
perately in love. The object of her af-
lection was a young gentleman employ
ed in one of our wholesale iron houses.
He is q very estimable young man-we
never heard the breath of suspicion rails
ed against him. When the Christmas
| vacation at the seminary occurred, the
young lady went upon a visit to her
! home. In the interim between her de-
parture from the school and her expect
ed return, it seems matters had been so
arranged that an elOpement and marri-
age might naturally be expected and
when she came back from the pa
rental roof a sister, who was in the
secret, accompanied her, and assisted IN
the subsequent operations of the young
couple The gentlemen met them at
the depot, and upon the wings OF love
and the Central railroad the trio flew to
Utica. where a doctor of divinity was
called in and made the twain one. An
announcement elsewhere may give clue
to the names of the parties. Though
perhaps a triie too young to fully real
ize the responsibilities they have taken,
we sincerely trust that the pathway of
the now happy couple may always be
bright and cheerful, if not absolutely
strcwn with all the roses that their glow
ing visions may see in the distant future.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN TRANSPORTATION
| CoMPANY.-At meeting of the stock
holders of the Champlain Transports
ton Company at the company's office in
Burlington, ON the 4th inst, the follow
ing gentlemen were elected as directors