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

erection of suitable school buildings.
He occupied the pulpit Of the Baptist
church in this place Sabbath morning
| Aug. 18th, in behalf of the above educa-
tional enterprise, up to which date one
half of the proposed sum had been
| pledged. He selected as a text for the
occasion Rev. iii, s, ''Behold l have set
before thee an open door. and chose for
his theme, which was well developed,
the open door of the West which God,
in His providence, had set before the
American people for usefulness.
Henry c. Robbins, a graduate of
Middlebnry College, and son of F. c.
Robbins, Esq, counsellor-in-law in this
| place, has been spending the summer
months at home. but is soon to leave for
the West. He has engaged a school in
| FarmesYille, Montgomery county, Ohio,
and cOntemplates being absent until
next May. He is young man Of abili-
ty and promise, genial in his nature, of
moral as we'll as intellectual culture and
| will no doubt be followed by the good
wishes of large circle Of friends for his
prosperity in his laudible work.
| The Universalist and Methodist
! Sunday Schools have recently made two
picnic excursions, the former to Rich
! ardson's grove in Chester. and the latter
! to a grove a little to the north of Proc
tOrsville. According to the reports
! these excursions were rendered very
! pleasant by those who participated in
! them. Enjoyable chit-chats on various
/ topics of interest. swings and other pas
/ times, songs and addresses. and the in
/ eyitable collation., were made more or
/ less the order OF the day by the respec-
| tive parties.
/ Sunday, Sept. 1st, was a day Of inter
est to the Baptist church. 4 large as
sembly of people gathered at the water
/ side and witnessed the baptism OF four
young ladies by the pastor. J. p Farrer.
who subsequently gave them the right
hand of fellowship, in behalf Of the
church. May such pleasant scenes be
multiplied LUx.
wALLNGFORD.
Monday was a splendid day-one of
a thousand-clear and with brisk
northerly breeze. The flag was raised
at two o'clock p. m. 1t was suspended
from a cord between two firm poles
about sixty feet high. standing either
side Of Main street, near Martindalcs
store Three cheers We're given as the
flag went slowly up, AMI spread out its
beautiful folds. fiuttering in the breeze.
1t is a magnificent national flag, 20 Icy
80 feet, with the watchwords, "Grant
and Wilson, Inscribed on either side.
At three o'clock c. D. Childs made a
short, stirring speech, occupying five or
ten minutes. and then introduced Col.
/ Joyce, of Rutland, 10 the audience as
orator of the day.
The Colonel spoke over two hours.
until five p. m. No one who has never
heard him speak can conceive how much
he can tell them in that length of time.
/ He made a most searching and incisiye
/ speech, calm and logical in his manner,
he carried his hearers along with him
with scarcely any effort. He began by
showing, from the record, the mighty
results achieved by the Republican
party since its organization in 1854. the
/ principal Of which was the Emancipation
of. the slaves. He cited all the benefi-
cient legislation to secure political rights
! to the freedmen.
He then drew a picture of the old in
/ temperate, unprincipled, prO-slavery.
cOpperhead Democracy, so fearful and
wicked in its history that all reCoiled
from it. But the picture was a true
one. No honest man could long hesitate
which to choose from.
He then compared Grant with Gree
/ ley as men. The latter was unstable as
water, the former solid and firm as a
rock.
He then dissected Summers attack
! upon Grant. and showed to be a cOnger-
/ les Of falschOods and absurdities. that
! hurt not one so bad as himself.
/ 1t is impossible to give even an alb
stract Of tenth part of the unanswer-
/ able statements he made. 1t was bril-
liant speech. He was frequently inter-
rupted by laughter and applause.
After he closed three rOusing cheers
and "a tiger" was given for Grant and
! Wilson. Lastly three cheers were given
for the gallant speaker.
/ The East Wallingford band gave rs
some fine music.
It was the largest political gathering
in Wallingford since 1910. All went
home highly pleased with the exercises.
The flag will wave to encourage us
until Grant and Wilson's election at the
polls of November. p.
Wallingford, Sept. ., 1872.
OAsTLETON.
An enthusiastic and wide awake Re
publican rally took place at Hydeville,
Saturday evening. At Z o'clock u mag
nifcent Grant and Wilson flag was un-
furled and waves proudly in the breeze.
Immediately after the flag raising a
meeting was organized. over which Pitt
w Hyde presided. Col. w. G. Veazey
of Rutland made a graceful and telling
speech Of an hour and a half, in which
he discussed, in a mastery manner. the
vital issues of the pending canvass. At
the close of the speech, torch light
procession of over a hundred torches
was formed, and were escorted by mar
tial music, of We olden time, through the
streets of the village. attracting the adj
miration of the large concourse there as
sembled. To be brief, the town will go
almost solid for the glorious principles
of the Republican party, and for their
glorious standard-bearers on the 9Th of
November next b. W. p.
WELLS.
Mr.. George Bell. of Wells. has a
brood of chickens Matched last spring. Of
which three commenced laying early in
August, and one has already finished
her litter and manifested her nature by
setting Quite prccocious. E.R.P.
From the Vermont Journal
Another lie Nailed.
The following letters afford their own
explanation:
WINDSOR, Aug. 28th, 1872.