The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-18

President Ktchell of Middlebury Col
lege, in the conclusion of his address to the
graduating class touchingly alluded to the
loss, from the class, of John j. Round,
son of Lensey Round of Clarendon, who,
two years ago, during the commencement
exercises, was drowned in the creek, and
the festivities of the commencement were
turned to mourning and with an impress
sve eulogy on his characteristics, closed
his discourse, which was given in DR.. Kit
chells quaint and simple manner, and was
well received by the numerous listeners.
Poultnsy.
Sylvester N. Williams, son of Rev. S. P.
Williams, formerly of Poultncy, a grad
uate of Cornell University, Is professor of
Mathematics In the Cornell College at
Mount Vernon, Iowa.
The Sandy Hill Herald thus speaks of
DR.. w. Fl. Miller, for many years bodily
physician of Poultney
DR.. Miller was born in'1s21 studied at
Armenia Seminary had DIR. Lyon, OF
Schaghticoke, for medical preceptor
graduated at Albany Medical College in
1913, and he had been q successful prac-
toner in Hoosick, in Poultncy, in Gran
vile and in Sandy Hill. He has also been
lecturer upon anatomy at various semi
naries and colleges.
Fairhavcn.
Prof. L. M. Willard of Fairhaven, a
graduate of Tracey's Musical College,
Boston and pupil of Professor Costello,
has established himself as music teacher
at Whitehall.
Mr.. Martin Kellogg is erecting a new
and pleasant residence.
Chester.
j. G. Dana and family of Boston, Mrs.
G. NJ. Tenney, Miss Carrie Tenney, Miss
Martha Thurber, Newport, r. l., Lewis
Mumford, Providence, and Jas. Ingraham
Chicago, are in town, and all except Mr.
Dana's family, are stopping at the Chester
House.
Otis Clay has sold his livery business to
Fred II. Gibson, who will soon show our
people some new horse and carriage stock.
Fred, equine tendencies are very Jipstidious.
On the 18th inst, the Ingraham family
held reunion, some members not having
met in 33 years.
A few days since a party mastering nine
persons went to Derry Pond. Mr.. Seal, of
the firm of Seal Il Walrus, commander. |
don't pretend to know what would be ex-
pected of nine village bred people in the
way of catch, but these young men were
out only one night and returned with u
large dry goods case full of fish. Truth
masks all my fish utteranccs.
Bennington.
Rev. Austin L. Park of Gardiner, Maine
brother of Hon. Il. w. Park, is in town.
He has been spending the past year in trav-
cling through Europe and portion of Asia
and Africa. He is much improved in
health from his foreign travels.
Rev. Mr.. Thayer of Cairo, ILL.,, will lee
ture at North Bennington on "The Self
Made Man," this Friday evening. The
lecture is for the benefit of the Sabbath
school of the Congregational church.
A committee has been appointed to call a
citizens meeting to make arrangements for
freman's muster on the 10th of August.
Eugene L. Graves, son of L. r. Graves,
cashier of National Bank in Chicago,
sailed for Europe on Wednesday.
salisbury.
Mr.. Nathan Gibbs, of Salisbury, lost one
of his most valuable horses last week. The
team was backing down steep place,
when one of the horses in some unaccount-
able manner broke his leg, and Mr. Gibbs
was forced to kill him.
Leicester.
Mr.. Charles Fisk's marble quarry, Leices-
ter, near Salisbury village, is very promis-
ing. One block of very white stone, 81
feet by three has been cut out.
Bridport
Rev. L. c. Wines, ID. D., of New York,
preached at the Congregational church in
Bridport on Sunday last. He is on his way
to the woods of the Adirondacks, and
stopped for few days to visit friends.
OE"Chs
The Fourth of July at Orwell was cele-
bratcd by the closing of the school in dis
trict No. 3, taught by Miss Julia l.. Mar
Addresses were made by Rev. NJ. l.. Sew
erancc, s. ii. Bascom, Esq, and Others
Messrs. Moses, Branch and Forbes, soldiers
in the late war, spoke of their experiences
while fighting for the alag" and aroused
much enthusiasm. Before the close of the
meeting a resolution was adopted to the
| effect that if no other part of the town OF
| Orwell celebrates the centennial in 1876
district No. 3 would.
Manchester.
The New York Tribune bestows the fol
lowing well deserved compliment on Man
chester as watering place
Manchester, VT, is now easily accessible
by the New York and Harlem railroad,
drawing room cars running all the way
through without change it may also bt
reached by rail from Troy in two and &
half hours. This charming retreat, at tht
foot of Equinox mountain, among thu
green hills, has excellent hotel accommo
dations, good livery stables, beautiful
scenery, and cool, bracing mountain air.
The following queer Inscriptions or ep
taphs, word for word, are to be seen OF
tomb stones not many miles from Manches
ter:
SIN memory of Levi NJ, who died Sept
10, 1897, in the 35 yr. of his Age. Left
Widow and children. The (two) tw.
first letters of their names is c. M. q. M
b. NJ. ID. NJ"
"Death like a bubbling stream,
Sweeps us away.
Our lives dream,
An empty tale morning hover,
Cut down and persisted in an hour"
Another reads
'5th Nov. 1871, she received life. 2Stl
Jan. 1906, she was married. She was tn
mother of 2 daughters MARY and Louisa
and on the Goth of October, 1910, with be
coming forttude, she resigned her life T
Him who give it. Her conduct thrO. lif