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

Two men, arrested in New Haven
on the 9Th inst, for breaking into the
New Haven depot on the night of the
7th inst, were brought to onr place and
committed to jail, having been put UNI
der bonds of 5000 for appearance at the
County Court by N. P. Roscoe, ESQ,
They are both foreigners and sneak
thieves at that.
There is to be meeting of the Ad-
olson County Sabbath School AssOcia-
ton, at Shoreham, on Wednesday the
18th inst. Several very important sub
iects connected with Sabbath school in
struction will come up for discussion.
Several essays are to be read by distin-
guished men upon the great question of
the correct religious training of our
youths and children, and particularly in
Sabbath schools. l hope full attend
ance may be secured and much good
grow out of the meeting,
"A span of horses attached to a wood
sled owned by S. G. Tisdale, of Ripton,
while standing ON the railroad bridge in
our village, last week, became frightened
by the whistle of the locomotive and ran
away They were brought to stand
stih by running against a wood pile near
Mr. N. Woods residence. No hurt.
Sleigh rather worse for the short jour
| ney. When VIII men learn to take care
of their horses when ~ailrOad trains are
passing ?
Two cases of complaint for viola
ton of the liquor law have been prose
cuted in our village the past week with
the following results: Mr.. Sumner,
keeper of the grocery near the bridge,
pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and
costs, which he paid T. H. Bascom &
Co., pleaded not guilty, jury called and
verdict of not guilty rendered and re-
spondents discharged.
We have had quite good sleighing
through the past week and much bust
ness has been the result. Hay is selling
in our village for 800 per ton; straw
from S12 to St4 per ton; potatoes SOC
per bushel butter SIC per pound hard
wood from IS to SO per cord; soft
wood from So. Is to 81 per cord; coal
$40 per ton; spruce and hemlock lum
Der from S12 to S15 per thousand; shin
giles from 80. rs to $3.50 per thousand.
The Union prayer meetings the past
week have been we'll attended, and |
!
COY. HAwLEY's LECTURE.
TIE lecture Of ex-Goy. Hawley before
the Lecture Association last Wednesday
evening, was q perfect success. His
subject was a very popular one and he
handled it with marked ability, He set
forth in glowing language the duties that
christians owed to the State, that while
it was their duty to pray, it was also
their Imperative duty to vote, to see that
good men were put in nomination for
office, and when nominated to be
elected. The reason why so many cor,
rupt men were put into places of great
responsibility, was that good men by
their neglect suffered the vicious to car
~ the day. We pray that our institu-
tons both civil and religious may be pre-
served and handed down to posterity I'M
impaired, but never take any pains aside
from this to see that it is done. What
is the use of a good man praying if he
will not act in accordance with his
prayer? Some men seem to think Cat
least we judge so by their actions that
God is going to in some mysterious way
work mighty political change in our
country, and all that is necessary is for
good men to ask him and he win do it.
But we are called upon to labor as well
as pray. to vote az well as pray, to be
over interested in public affairs, remem-
Der that eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty Those who cannot vote, it
is true can pray, while those who can
vote and win not, had better stop pray
ing until they do vote, and when they
get ready to act as freemen ought to
act, in voting and thus taking care of
the institutions Of our country, they can
pray with faith that their prayer may
be answered [ believe the doctrine,
that God helps those who help them
solves. The rebellion would never have
been put down, only as men and women
prayed and acted at the same time.
Prayers were good and needed, but
prayers and bullets with Gods blessing
did the work IF we are ever cursed
with bad rulers, how much of it is attri-
butable to the negligence and sinful
carelessness of good men in not going to
nominating conventions and plols
How much signing often that corrup-
ton is so bold in our land and bad
men hold place and power. Yes, and
the very reason why such is the case, is
that thousands of praying men thought
they would be contaminated, if they
took away interest In such worldly mat
tiers as voting on election day. Oh,
they say, we will hope on, and pray on,
but we cannot go to the polls. Well,
if you will not go and help elect good
men to office, never complain if bad
men gain power and use it to your in
jury, or the injury of town, state, or
nation. But this subject assumes great
magnitude as it opens, and | desist.
Gov. Hawley is splendid speaker, and
holds an audience with wonderful
power. CANDoR.
Januarv 18th 1870