Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-11
NIDDLEBURY.

A dwelling house owned by Mrs.
Dickson, in Ripton, was consumed by
fire Tuesday evening, the 31st OF Aug,
with portion of the furniture. The fire
resulted from the hired mans making
fire in the stove and going to bed, and
when he woke up the roof was in flames.
An old man, father of Mrs. Dickson,
was with difficulty rescued from the
flames. Loss 5000, and covered by in
surance. ...-.........- ..-
"A large and attentive audience con-
yened in the NJ E. Church on the even
ing of the Sd inst, and listened to
thrilling address by Rev. Richard Gro
gan, upon temperance. Herelated at
length his own experience and sufferings
for seven years, when he was reclaimed
and since has been doing yeOman service
in the noble cause. His descriptions of
a besotted drunkard were terrible, but
true. He portrayed the sufferings of a
drunkard's wife, in simple colors. He
depicted the sorrows of a drunkard's
children, that caused tears to flow from
eyes unused to weeping. His life of
seven years was truly terrible one, and
his reformation marvellous But the
grace of God can, and does accomplish
wonders. The power of the gospel is
that of God, through Divine truth. The
power of truth is such because the Di-
vine Spirit is not only in it, but forces it
upon the heart and conscience of the vio-
lator of law and mercy. Mr.. Crogan is
an Irishman and possessed with the
warm impulses of the Irish people. AT
times he was truly eloquent in his adj
dress, while his denunciatiOns of the
rum seller and rum traffic were hot and
blistering. He most positively believed
in moral suasion, and also in the power
of the prohibitory lay, in staying this
one and national scourge. Both means
should be used, and persistently follow
ed up, until the poor inebriate is saved,
and rum selling driven from society as
hideous, unclean and accused traffic.
His address occupied over an hour, and
was well received. The meeting was
presided over by Rev. E. P. Hooker, and
opened with prayer by Rev. w. II.
Meeker.
Mr.. Simon Holton of our village tried
his luck fishing for pickerel in our creek
last Saturday, and caught one weighing
eight pounds, above the falls opposite
the depot.
(. Connecticut has its Weathersfeld,
where large quantities of onions are an
nually raised and shipped to market, af-
fording large and profitable revenue to
its inhabitants. What this town is to
Connecticut, Cornwall is to Vermont, in
the line of raising onions for market.
There is good prospect for heavy crop
this fall of the finest onions in Cornwall.
Mr.. F. III. Dean has five acres to har-
vest, which will yield him at least
1400 bushels as | am informed, and for
which he has refused one dollar per
bushel The profits of the five acres
will be more than $780, Other farmers
in Cornwall have raised large quantities
of onions, all of which will find a ready
market at good prices.
Our graded school commenced its
fall term Sept. LIST, with over 300 schOl-
ars, and the number increased through
the week There is an able corps of
teachers, and we have an efficient COM
mittee with Mr.. L. D. Eldredge at its
head who will spare no pains to make
the school as good as any in the state.
New saw mills are in progress of
erection in RiptOn, to take place of those
burned within the two months past.
The parties erecting these mills are S.
G. Tisdale and S. F. Madison. The
mills will occupy the site of the ones
burned.
MIR. Henry Jones of Shoreham, an oc-
togenarian of IS years, was in our village
last week on visit to his daughter
Mrs. Bruce Wright. Mr.. J. was In the
war of 1912 and served under Gen. w.
Scott, and was shot in the arm at the
battle of Erie. He is quite smart, and
intellectually as vigorous as when forty
years of age. He is a noble old man,
and hope may live to enjoy his cen
fury birth day as vigorous as he is now.
Bread Loaf Inn is being depleted of
its visitors quite fast. Another INSTALL
ment of visitors at the Addison House
left last week for their city homes, full
of good cheer and happy from their resi-
dence in Vermont, and experiencing the
kindness and courtesy of our host Oar
win Rider, Esq, Mrs. Rider, and the
employees of the Addison House.
Extensive and thorough repairs ere
in progress upon the Methodist church
in our village. The basement or lecture
room is to be reseated with new and
commodious seats. The heating arrange
ment is to be changed, hot air furnaces
being substituted in place of stoves.
t43 CANDoR.
Middlebury, Sept Z, 1878.