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

The first thing that met my eye III
opening the HERALD Friday morning,
was the editors pointed and pertinent
leader under the caption of "The Board
of Education, reviewing an article that
der the heading of estate Board of Ed
ucation, rejecting seriously on the ope-
rations of the Board in years past His
structures are founded on the question
''What is the good of it ?" and the writer
advocates the abolition of the Board.
This is an absurd doctrine, on the face of
it, and will doubtless be so viewed by the
assembled wisdom of the State at the
Capitol. We perused your article,
not with deep regret, but, to the con-
trary, with real solid satisfaction, We
observe that the Free Press does not take
any more stock in the journal article
than YOU do Our attention was then
called to the 'Out of Town Notes. We
discovered, under that head, that ''EX-
celsior" was really quite atfcctionate, as
he addressed you as Dear HERALD, then
thanked me for my clever compliments
and said that West Rutland will veneer
ate me to the end of time, etc. We do
not care to be venerated so long, we de
sire to be, but only during good behavior
which | hope and trust will remain until
time shall be no more with me. After
all his affection for the HERALD and my
self, he administers an unkind cut at
''Smuggings, ''his potatoe patch SOLAR
rem of events" and to our drafted men
who paid exemption from dread war.
We were not aware that our old
friend Orel Cook had became a citizen
of the rural town of Mendon until we
saw reported, in the HERALD, that he
had been elected Member of Legisla-
tire from that place. We dare say the
Doctor will magnify his office and honor
the people whom he represents. We
well remember another man who moved
from PoultRey to Mcndon few years
since, and as soon as the law would al
low he was sent to Montpelier as a mem
Der of the General Assembly. It strikes
us that Mendon is good town TO emf
CRATE to, if one is eager for Legislative
honor or labor.
Two urchins were overheard discuss
ing the merits and dement's Of prcsiden-
tial candidates not long ago finally, one
of them says, that Grant is all old fogy
the other says Greeley is regular old
granny This ended the conversation
The result of last weeks election
brings our Liberal Republican friends to
grief, politically, and our Greeley Demo
Gratis to madness, because they are so
badly beaten with candidate from out
of their party, Their sixty-fve dollar
Greeley and Brown flag is for sale cheap
Parties are circulating petitions to
which are appended names praying for
the passage of State Police law Quite
number of names have been secured;
many of them are ignorant of what they
have signed, while some of the petitioner
have no more respect or care for tenn
perance men, temperance principles,
temperance laws than they have for the
cannibals on the Fejee Islands 4 re-
is also out against the enact
ment of said bill
"A petition. in the interest of the vic
tins of Communication, is being signed to
some extent in this vicinity, and all who
paid the little three hundred are invited
to contribute one dollar towards meet
ing the incidentals of this humane
scheme. The dollar investment will be I
a paying one if they, the victims, don't |
slip up.
Divorce was heard by about forty /
patrons at the, Liberal Church, Friday +
uight Some of them were simply de-
lighted and others were highly disguised
it was discoursed upon by the /
"Queen of Lecturers. : 3. NJ a.s....
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