Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-11
Out of Town Notes.
CASTLETON.

"A young friend recently presented
me with relic of eye olden time" in
the form of a newspaper entitled the
Vermont Statesman, formerly published
at Castleton. This copy bears date Aug.
20, 1S3S-N. Stone, editor and publisher.
This sheet was printed in this village
some fifteen years. The publishers, as
near as | can remember, were Fl. II.
Houghton, Ovid Miner, White & Fair
field, II. T. White, and n. Stone. In
this office the elder Tuttle learned the
art of printing. It's candidate for Gov
ernor in 1888 was William G. Bradley !;
Lieutenant Governor, John S. Pettibone;
Treasurer, Daniel Baldwin; County Sen
ators, Barnard Ketcham, John Buck
master and Selah FL. Merrill, (the last
named was CastletOn NAM; for Con
gress, second district, Charles Linsley.
The United States Senators and mem
bers of the House were >. Prentiss, Ben
iamin Swift, Heman Allen, Horace Ev-
erett and Hiland Hall. The cry of the
Statesman in the canvass that year was
Bradley and ,refolm reform of legisla-
tive abuses; reform of the banking sys-
TEN equal laws and sound currency.
1t contains political extracts from the
Vermont Patriot, the Pennsylvania,
Albany argus, Chicago Dem ocrat, Wash
ington Chr0nicls, Vermont Mercury,
Journal Of Commerce., New Yolk Am-
e9ic0n, Washington Globe, Boston Post,
and United States GGzette +, literary QUO
tations from the Rnicker5ockeq, Balti-
more San. New York Commercial I'D
0ertiSer, and from Mrs. Sigourney. At
that time Harry Vail was treasurer of
the Vermont Mutual fire insurance COM
pany The merchants here were Will
liam Moulton & Co., III. Bartholomew,
Meacham & Dana, II. & s. w. Hodges.
at Castleton Mills Burt & Mason adVer-
tise from Rutland, Benson 81 Ray, from
H1bbardton, Page 81 Buckley, Granville;
and John G. Parke of Whitehall offers
30 hhds. of pure Boston rum on the most
favorable terms. The postmaster at
Cas- Teton was Cullen Moulton;
Poultney, S. Mears; Judge of Probate
for this district Hon. A. Warren: Regis
ter L. Ii. Merrill, an adjourned meeting of
the County Superintendent of the poor
was called to meet at the Music Room
in Rutland the 18th of Sept, to make
arrangements for supporting the poor of
the towns agreeable to the provisions of
Act of 1887, in relation to the poor an
nouncement of the death of Miss Eme-
line, daughter of Hon. Zimri Howe, aged
81 years and months, appears in this
pape. Miss Howe was formerly pupil in
Castleton Seminary, and for the last two
years prior to her death had been a
teacher of French and Music in that in
stitution. Her funeral sermon was
preached by Rev. Joseph Steele.
During the six weeks process of in
terror repairs at the Congregational
church, the congregation hold services
in the Liberal Christian house of wor-
ship, the gratuitous use of which is Civ
en- to the Congregationalists while their
house is cleared for improvements. The |
first meeting was held at the Liberal |
church, Sunday morning, Rev. r. S.
Williams preaching the sermon. The
Congregational church edifice was COM |
pleted 40 years ago and it was conceded
by many to be one of the best construc-
ted meeting houses at that time in the
county Mr.. Thomas r. Dake was the
master builder-only one of the score of
workmen employed on the building is to
be found in town now, that one is Mr..
Franklin Griswold, but little money has
been expended for the benefit of this
house. The society contemplate an out
ay on the inner part of ten thousand
lollars for furnaces, painting, upholster-
ng, carpeting, removing the south end
,ailery and putting an orchestra in place