Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09
Castleton.

Three families in town embrace
three families each, whose united ages
number seven hundred and five years.
In Mr. Caswell's family there is one
whose age is 94, another 10, and one 81;
in Edward Eaton's, one SO, one 10, and
another rs, and in III. Westons there is
one 50, one rs, and one 70; total, 705
years, an average of a tritie over 70
years to each person.
The Slate Company, of which John
j. Jones of this place is a partner and
general agent, have received an order
from parties in Buffalo, n. Y, for fif-
teen car loads of roofing slate, or in
other words, three hundred squares.
The prospect for the slate interest with
in our borders this season is unusually
promising.
-Notw;ths yanding the weather report
of old General Probabilities, that it
would be pleasant over New England
during the day, Saturday, it rained here
nearly all day, except wnen lntelspersed
by an active snow stO m OF about an
! half hour be .ween eight and nine o'clock
in the morning. The hills around were
| covered with snow tweuty-forr holrs,
giving our section quite wintry aspect
for the first week in May.
The ice on Lake BOmOseen took its
leage the last week in April, after being
! locked up between its shores nearly six
months.
Politics was the chief subject of
conversation and reading, with us, last
week; all having special reference
to the State Convention at Bellows
Falls, and the new departure Convention
at Cincinnati, styled Liberal Republi-
can" The delibe ..tiOns and results of
the former are perfectly gratifying to
the Republicans of CastletOn, and they
feel a lust pride in the elevation of Geo.
| A. futile as delegate to the Philadel-
phia Convention, as he is native Of the
town and has always proved true to the
Union and the Republican party. 1t
was really refreshing to read the COM
plete and correct report of the State Con-
vention bright and early Thursday morn
ing, it seemed as though we were there
on the spot, it was so fresh and clear
Truly THE HELALD is a living-growing
institution.
1t was our privilege, with a large
congregation, to witness the interesting
and varied exercises of concert given
by the Sabbath school connected with
the Baptist church at Hydeville, last
Sunday evening. Rev. H. L. Grose is
pastor of this church, Mr. WestcOtt is
superintendent of the school, and Miss
Crosse conductor of music and presides
skillfully at the organ, an instrument
presented to the society by Mr.. James
Williams, one of the founders of the
church, and a highly respected citizen
of Hydeville. Miss Bromley, of the
Normal School, took a prominent part
in the concert, and added greatly to the
interest of the occasion. Col F. Parker
was present and spoke of Hydeville as it
was thirty-six years ago, when he was
a resident of the place, known at that
time as Castleton Mills, and said that
nearly the whole audience had come tC
the place since that period. He refer,
red to incidents connected with revi
val that occurred there in the winter OF
1885, in which he bore an active part
with such associates as Rev. JOSEPH
Steele, Benjamin Carver. John Wyatt
ST., David Hawkins and Hannibal Hold
ges, all of whom have gone to their re
ward but two. We can confidently re
port this progressive school and tha
its influence can not be otherwise THAI
good in this little vile. B. W. B.