Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-03
Out of Town Notes.
CASTLET0N.

Among the former residents OF this
town, who have, visited it this summer,
are Gilman Stannard, after 81 years alb
sence in Illinois; Dan Spencer, after S
wears in Iowa and Minnesota, and : years
in Washington, ID. c., employed as arch,
itect on the treasury buildings; and
Frank Wyatt, after living II years III
Iowa.
Three families from Jacksonville,
Florida, and one family from Norfolk.
Va, were among the boarders at the Bo-
moseen House the past summer.
A party Of men have lately been
surveying through town on the line OF
the Whitehall railroad whether it is
for another track of road or for the con-
templated ditch from Rutland to White
hall, the claims of which were strong
" advocated in time past, through the
Rutland I1adepenpeat, by q. ID. ). OF
Fairhayen, and by DIR. c. W. OF Rut-
land, remains to be seen.
That funny writer for the press,
who signs himself Hiram Green, late
Justice of the peace, nigh to Vermont,
spent one day in Castleton, last week,
in company with Messrs. A. II. and c.
Griswold of Whitehall. His wife is q
daughter of the latter. They were the
guests of Mrs. Noyes, a sister of the
Griswolds. C. Griswold was a student
in the Rutland County Grammar school
in 1856. The late Solomon Foot was
the preceptOr of the institution in those
years.
Considerable has been and is being
said, principally through the HERALD,
in this locality, in regard to refunding
Communication money to draftedmen dur
ING the war for the Union. Eleven men
paid Communication money here, five OF
whom have since died. Most of them
left families. OF the seventeen drafted
from this town, only two entered the
SERVICE and they were cOlOred men. If
this movement succeeds the State will
have 10 raise from two to three hundred
thousand dollars. How is that for a
war necessity in piping times of peace
-Howes' mammoth circus and meme
gerie rolled thrOuh here on wheels on its
way from Rutland to Fairhaven, bright
and early last Saturday morning, where
it Ia said they sold five thousand admis-
sion tickets, afternoon and evening. ;All
of our boys and girls, and not few of
our men and women, were an tip toe
three hours before they arrived here.
We are panied to record the death
of Eddie, eldestHson of VIM. G. Vail
quette, after an illness of three weeks,
near Worcester. Mass, last Saturday
morning. He had spent the summer
there. and was a promising young man
of IS years, His remains were brought
here to his home, The funeral was at
tended from the residence of his father.
on Sunday afternoon, George Parker,
George Preston, Eugene Sherman and
Willie Holt acting as bearers.
Mr. Francis preached his eighth an
niversary sermon last Sabbath morning.
Three have held the past0rate Of this
church As years, namely-key. Joseph
Steele, 26 years; Rev Willard Child.
ID. D., Il years Rev. Lewis Francis, 8
years. Mr.. and Mrs. F. are in attend
ance the present week of the meeting of
the American Board at New Haven.
Conn.
The Methodist Sabbath school is a
progressive institution, as was clearly in
Dictated by the exercises at their concert
last Sunday evening. Rev. Mr.. Farrar
is the superintendent, and he directed
the exercises, which consisted in the
first part of lessons recited by the sever
al classes and recitations by different
pupils. In the second part came the
presentation of many donations for the
quarter, amounting to some thirty or
forty dollars, enclosed in envelopes, for
the benefit of the library. Lastly came
the offerings of fruit and flowers in
abundance, for the sick of the church,
numbering in all sixteen baskets well la
den with the richest and rarest the season
affords. These services We're enjoyed
by a larga and highly delighted congre-
CATION, especially the last two named.
as they are new features and Just intro
duced by the new pastor and superin-
tendent The whole was interspersed
with precious Sabbath school songs,
from a new music book entitled - Fine
Gold. b. W. r.