Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-07
GRstIeton.

Mr. Uuot's little gem of house, OF
Seminary street, is completed.
Armstrong is collecting material fol-
the erection of dwelling bQuqe un the
same street., early this spring.
Mr. Briggs, of Fairhaven, now occu
pies the house he purchased, last fall, OF
A. II. Pepper on Seminary street.
DIR. Griswold's house, on South OF
Wall street, is nearly finished 1t is
quite a respectable dwelling, and has
been sold to II. G. Burton, NJ. D, who
commenced the practice of medicine here
a few months since
ia, bassett has sold his property,
known as the Gridley place, to Rev. Mr..
Gilbert, a returned missionary and SON.
in-law of the late Dr. Perkins, for TWEEN
ty-fve hundred dollars.
Morris II. Cook, of Dandy, has
looked over Castlcton and its surround
ings having in view Locating mere, at an
early day, instead of at Fairhavcn, as
stated in THE HERALD some two weeks
since.
Capt, Hope has nearly recovered
from his lung difficulty, which has CON
fined him to his house. most of the win
ter. Hc is about leaving for New York
where he will remain two or three
months, prior to entering upon his sum-
mer work at Watkins Glen In Western
New York.
Col. Philip Pond. an old and well
known resident of Castleton, has been
suffering from the effects of paralytic
stroke. For two or three weeks past
his condition has been critical, but it
appears more hopeful now, and his ply
stefan thinks he will partially, if not
wholly, recover.
Mr. H. L. Hurlburt, a travelling
temperance lecturer and a reformed in
cbriate after fifteen years of hard drink
ing, talked and sang temperance, before
a respectable audience, last Friday night
at the Town Hall. He paddles hiso
canoe without fear or favOrof ANYBODY
and boasts largely of the great feats he
has performed for and against temper
ance. He is a strong advocate of moral
suasion and regards that the only way
to reform the world or rid it of rum.
He contends that he speaks from large
experience and knows whereof he speaks
On the whole, it was an amusing and
comical entertainment, it was sprinkled,
however, with but little of the instruct
i've element. However, if he should APP
pear here again, and propose to ply his
vocation he would be greeted with full
house, although his proceedings are
rather distastcful to some persons. The
most pleasing part of the programme to
Mr.. Hurlburt doubtless, was the de-
posting in his hat of between seven or
eight dollars in scrip as compensation
for services rendered and to enable him
to go on his way and%o procure bread
and butter for himself and the little
Hnrlburt~
Active preparations have been made
and are now in progress, prepare
tory to the presentation of the
popular drama East Lynne" at the
Town Hail, Friday night, March 9Th. by
the Castlcton Dramatic Club An able
array of home artists will appear, among
whom arr Alice Dutton, Miss Ella
Bromley, Miss Mary Clark. G. W. Bal
lou, +. II, Armstrong, +. S Sherman.
g. +. Parker aud other lesser lights
whom will not mention, bat they will
play their parts we'll. Tho Rutland
Quint"ttc Band discourse the music and
the public are anticipating rich treat
The proceed. will be added to the fire
mons fund, Bw. II.
EAST IUBBARDToH. On the night Of
March list, the residence of \. Ostran-
der. in this place, was the center of at
traction to large number Of neighbors
and friends, who assembled to celebrate
q china wedding" Twenty years of
welded life had been enjoyed by Mr..
Q. and wife, and it offered an occasion
for such testimonials of affection and
regard as relatives and friends were dis
posed to make.
In some respects it was surprise.
The happy pair expected small num-
Der of invited guests, but the china wed
ding got noised abroad, and friends il
different places resolved to take advan-
tage of the occasion for little side
affair not written in the programme.
When the night arrived nincty-one per-
SONS distributed themselves into the sew
aral apartments of Mr.. Ostrander's
house, and they took the management
of affairs into their own hands. This
was the first surprise, TO sec 50 many
friends from Fairhaven, HydeyiIle, Cas-
Teton, Belgrove, Eaton Hill, North
Britain, and various parts of Hubbard
tom.
In a trice, large table was decorated
with valuables very pleasing to the eye,
and costing about S35. In this display
was a splendid set of crockery, fur
nished, at cost, by L. ID. Billings, of
Hydcyille. This was the second sur
prise. On behalf of the contributors
the presentation was made by Rev Mr.
Grose, of Hydeville, and d. s. Lincoln,
Of Castleton. Their remarks were fol-
lowed by happy words of acknowledge
nent from h1r. Ostrander
The next surprise was the boldness
with which the larder was taken pos
session of, and the celebrity with which
.he table was spread with choice luxur-
es. The reader knows what followed.
The Ostrander family is somewhat
numerous, but had to submit to the
that were going on before
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