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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27
.tttsg..i-s f--lFor the Herald IL ~,
Closing EXERCISES of the brandon
i. -. -. ~. = Graded School. 49, - -e-

B.. q. r.. ?. .r. At.
I. Our Graded School closed its. Fall
term Oh Friday, last. The: attendance
has been greater than that of any .preYi=
Gus term since the opening of the school.
The examinations were highlyereditabie,
both to teachers and scholars The
geometry class in the High school show
ed splendid training by the rapidity and
elearness with which they demonstrated
any problem called for The classes. in
natural philosophy and physiology seem
ed ready to stand up and give a pretty
good lecture On any topic called for.
The classical department is not ne
elected, but can show as good results as
any of our: Vermont schools. Several
young men and woman have. been fit
ted for college here Our school
boasts of sending the first young
lady to a Vermont college, Miss
Nellie Hamilton, now in her junior
year at Burlington, l.. +.
The natural sciences are. however, re-
eeiying more attention than in most of
Our graded schools, and this is obviously
demanded by the times in which we
live. s.s EEL-.s.l r-
| Our teachers are allveterans ia, service,
If not in age, and are retained from year
to year giving d pernaney and stabil-
ity to the school which cannot be Sc
cured by a constant change of teachers.
A large number of young men and
young ladies who have been ia
structed here, are filling positions as
teachers, conveying the admirable meth
DDS of instruction and discipline adopted
in our graded school out into the district
schools of this and adjoining towns, SO
that the salutary influence of our school
is by no means confined to our village
and town, but extends to all neighborng
towns.
The most careful observers say that
our surrounding district schools have
improved fifty per cent. since the open
ing of the graded school. To the credit
of our tax payers, upon whom the ex-
| pense of the school rests heavily, we are
not obliged to beg and supplicate for
money to sustain the school through the
coming winter, our tax having just been
collected for the support of the school,
and cheerfully paid, with an unusually
small amount of grumbling.
On Friday evening the three higher
| departments of the school, together with
the teachers and many former members
of the school, enjoyed a very pleasant
reunion and social gathering at the
| Brandon House. About 200 were pres
ent and our boys and girls had a right
| Jolly good time between the hours of
seven and ten o'clock 1t was pleasant
to stroll among them and their bright,
happy faces, so blithe and SO care-free,
but so soon to be sobered, aud perhaps
saddened, by the grave responsibilities of
maturer life. Mr.. Deming, the gentle
manly proprietor of the Brandon House,
and his estimable lady, did all in their
power to make the occasion a pleasant
one for our young friends. CLOVIS.
Brandon, Nov. "a.
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4 %
nephew of his uncle The coup dc
etat that made him Emperor was but the
frenzy of a people and an army that
|, could. not see in a ruler of. the. name
!. they reyerenced, anything short, of
kingly power and imperial honors, and
even to-day the people, many of them,
|. sigh for the glory, the prosperity and
the dignity of the second empire. 81 ri +,
The ardent and difficult labors Of the
Republicans for the past two years is.to-
tally lost, by the one days work that
prolonged the senli-rnilitary rule of Mac
Mahon 1t was au unhappy day for
Republican France when.she defeated
NJ: de Remusat, as a warning to Theirs:
and an exhibition of their strength. for
It was the panic that followed this polit-
zeal indiscretipn that brought. Mac Mahon
to power The second stampede ia the
chambers gave him almost dictatoral: au-
thority, and now this pfolongation only
shows that sooner. or later a monarchy
mast arise on the ,runins.of the Repub-
lie, Already the Conservative organs
speak out plainly that the, government
q Inc "arriIo 2l> is only kept in
DeltiS WINE ~ tlle nonaFchlal plans are
ih s' anu me Fsdieai element being
Drought .' INTO SUBMISSION The present
l,sSetio'y can now pow nod It's place, aud
yiie HSf'if9tl9hs y. ot the Boarbons be held
M eheci> until the Napoieonic candidate
Gan Pee.'rhe AMIDST tQinltltaets enthVa-
l.' va, % e,le [il 70 81 has father.
~ N''ii'e st'Sr N'hla "a can now.
,,t '','',. tl's ils'''S.,LSe ''ooat White Hags
"'ie, '''e''F'iF'S' ile = rs PetFfeaiiy dead
10 rt'. , - % f,irt'" johnson Is N. the
'.i''' 'li '9lales, ana a.nay has as much
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27
Temperance Meeting at Middle
bury.

The annual meeting of the Middle
bury Temperance Society was holden in
the lecture room of the Methodist
church, November 10Th, at Z o'clock p.
M. Rev. Mr. Hooker in the chair. The
meeting was opened with prayer by
Rev. o. Gregg.
Prof. II. NJ. Seeley, chairman of the
executive committee, made verbal re-
port of the doings of the society. The
following are the officers of the society
for the ensuing year
observation-disclosures NJ. Slade.
e-President--L G. Barrows.
Secretary and Treasurer - L. E.
Knapp.
Executive Committee-Prof George
Weber, o. p Mead, Samuel f. Cook.
A resolution was passed urging renew.
ed efforts in the suppression of the great
evil of intemperance. After a full in
terchange of thought and feeling con.
nected with the temperance reform, the
society adjourned.
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Out OF Town Notes.
CASTLETON.

Mr.. Hiram Streeter, fifteen years
leader of the Methodist choir, has re-
signed his place as such. The choir has
since been reorganized, with E. Fl. Arm
strong as chorister. The music in this
church has usually been good, under the
leadership of Mr.. Streeter.
DR. J. Sanford has in his library a
book entitled, 1.-THE Husbandman' Call
ing" Richard Steele is the author, and
it was printed in 1868, and contains 282
pages. Every word and leaf is about as
perfect as the day the volum was pub
lished. The doctor feels like taking of
his hat when he comes in contact with
this venerable relic of more than two
hundred years. Its tendency is strongly
moral and religious.
An adjourned meeting of the Rut-
land County Good Templars Union will
be held at Castleton, Tuesday, Dec. g.
This will be the third meeting of that
body in this place since February last,
SO that between Dec. 1, 1872, and Dec.
1, 1878, sixty-five temperance meetings
will have been held in this village. How
is that for temperance, | simply ask
Splendid winter weather the last
week; plenty of snow, sleighing, sled
ing, sliding, skating, with other winter
sports and pleasures generally.
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MIDDLEBURY.

The last snow storm yielded over
eighteen inches of snow, and sleighing is
superb.
Hon. Geo. s. Swift, city recorder of
Detroit, Mich, is on visit to his aged
father, Hon. Samuel S. Swift, who is
over 80 years of age.
"A union service is to be held Thanks
giving day in the Congregational church.
Rev. f. p Hooker breaches the ser
mon.
There was brisk market the past
week, and our town was full, from sur
rounding towns. Produce of all kinds
was brought in. Hays sold for $15 per
ton, best quality. Poultry 123 cents per
pound. Potatoes As cents per bushels
Wood Sc to 81 per cord. Butter % to
80 cents per pound. Beef 6 to Z cents
per pound by the quarter. Pork S6@6a
per hundred.
Preparations are being made. for ex-
tensive numbering in Ripton this winter.
In the spring several mills will be run
ming. Two new ones, in place of those
burned this fall, will be erected, and
with others win turn out large amount
of spruce and hemlock lumber. ;.3
A concert by the Middlebury eornet
band is to come off on Thursday evening
the 27th, at the Graded School House
all. Added to this there is to be a
a. >tic performance, and the whole to
drama with a grand. promenade, or
a % ~ - . "a 4
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27

ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT OF RUTLAND
COUNTY GoNE.-Nathan VIM, of Wal
lingford, died on Sunday, aged s. years
and three months. 3Ir. VIM was
blown from a staging in Dandy last
Monday, as reported in the HERALD
soon after. He was removed to his
home in Wallingford on Wednesday
and fingered in a semi-conscious state
most of the time until his death, as stat
ed above. Mr.. VIM moved from Mid
dletown to Wallingford in the spring of
1866. He has been a man of great use
fulness, having followed the business of
a builder all his lite, in which he has
been very successful. His skill is at
tested by several churches, and many
private buildings in the county and
vicinity. He was always stirring and
active man, and he will be missed and
mourned. He leaves a wife, and two
sons, Mr.. J. M. VIM, of Rutland, and
Mr.. j. II. Winn, of Wallingford.
Funeral services will beheldat Walling-
ford to-day Tuesday, at 10 a. m. The
burial will be at Middletown.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27

THE CANALs.-We learn from the
Troy Wing that the late storm did not
extend further west than Syracuse i; the
obstruction to canal navigation is there
fore east of that place, and principally
at Little Falls
The State authorities are hard at work
to further the interests of shippers and
boatmen. At the collectors Office at
West Troy everything was being done
& to keep the canal clear, some forty boats
having worked: past the point, up.to yes
terday morning, all going to New York.
None are, cleared for the West at pres
ent. Superintendent North and Parker,
with State Carpenter .Keeler and Capt.
Allen of, the State seow are working
Like beavers breaking. in and pushing
boats forward to their destination. e.-'{c
lsls At Waterford. the canal officers are
confident that they will get al the boats
through now on. the 'Champlain canal.
They are working day and night to this
end tstYstt, ft::t.y. -. 1s--s 80 ~
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27
How SsreIalr ~ Lady Fa>ten Her
q Stock ip&> saarteLs,. or what

. D o..
How shall a w0nlan fasten her stock
ings so a. not to- Interfere with. the cir
eHlation Of blood or spoil the shape of
the lie that is, What measure shall he
.talSAn.to prevent shrinkage and lwaEpage
ot the ie--, let us see-of the IiOft s0tt
qnii moF y:gepss2 After the most careful
research, a. far as our limited facilities
Womb ALLOW, we arise from our eXplora-
lions, aDd.hunsbly tender the following
sagseSti0nss s. s-..t. ~ l-..-- ..,ts--
WGaI. them short. and let HE tops
bubble over the shpe.lR-a ferai Of lace,
il h. beeF-lnug. ~ .Et.s... ...E,i. = $50
If yea viii have them long pnt nNtei-
Iago, inside and stieE, EN- to yttll. 800
Have them long enough 10. tie about
your waist, using the Knot for a panief.
Edge the tops with steel, and fasteh a
tombstone to your corset. = y.
Fasten astr8p to each stocking, extend
them gracefully up.escA side of the body,
aud attach, with blue ribbons, to the ear
rings. i. 49,. ..-..... s.-.--..-..
Pin them to some other article of
clothing in their immediate vicinity.
( Hold still, now; we are doing this for
your own good
Fasten them 10 a nail and go bare
footed.
Attach a small balloon to each stock
ing.
Make them out of material that will
draw up.
If you are thirty-five and unmarried,
make hole near the top of each stock
ing and button it to your knee-cap.
These are all the methods that suggest
themselves to us at present, and of the
number some one or more may be deemed
worthy of adoption. We have taken a
sudden and lively interest in this matter,
and shall not rest until the needed re-
form is brought about. Woman's limbs
shall not be hampered, and knOtted, and
deformed, if we have enough inventive
faculty to bring to light new and health
full ways of wearing the stockings, and
we think we have. We shall continue
our investigations into this subject, even
at the hazard of getting our neck into
the matrimonial moose. What the wO-
men of this country most need is not
suffrage, but symmetry /; not rights, but
nationality; not place in our legislative
halls, but place to fasten their stock
ings Let all true-hearted men join with
MS in a search for that place. Charlton
MO BrUnSaoicker.
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| a - " s s af Z fs e Z a ~
/ ithmetic, geography and grammar. We
commend Miss Congdon for thorough
ness and patience. She gives careful
drill to all her classes: q 4, y 80
|. !. AT three. o'clock all of the visitors
assembled in. the room of the primary
| department; when the: following ,exer-
cises. took place: tg:s stS ..
sin 1,st n! by the whole school: :, :, i
5 !. 81 S L..i.... Eddie Barber.
Reclamation What ]. Like, :. Z, J.
Declanaatfen Make your Mark, ~ 3.
! a.,.ss .i--s y .s.....s ~ ty, Henry Packer:
:4E ? 80 1870 Hattie Congaon.
Singing. :. ;. -, .l:z I,
81 s.,s.,..t!',7 .a 80 s.S Lennie Colvin.
s. ::l...T-I-... p ~ -. s. Pattie Murphy.
~ - 80 1ei.l'. 800. Della Shorn1.
DecIanat iOn-I'ii III ever Use Tobacco, -
/. u s>'it'ts Mike Caplis.
poolan5ationz-Ths Young Orator;
{ r. Lenrfie Colvin.
s u '%en Ss''a Belle Martindale
Defamation -,vaeatiens Coming ,ao,,,,a
Reading A reply'to Vacati on's Coming,
b 'L'.- - = u 80. Minnie Cohgdon-
Glass Recitation -The stolen Nest. ff.r5i
/ Singing. .s.-I.stgE 'trfJ o.. r11s.s st- 49,
Defamation, ......y Henry Balion
Dialogue, Nellie Green and. Mary Shemb.
Class Recitation .ssrhe Watch, is, Ticking,
Class Recitation, srr The whole School.
Recitation, l..~s :. -=-' saIianie 'Oongdon.
/ Concert Declarations Ned ScfibneF AM
Alfred Reynolds, ~ $50 5--tsf 2 9 80
. Recitation of tile Lords Prayer, by sever
Eatedictorv. "a. .Birnie Ratehellor
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,Ehe 5PostInaster.Genera Report
: --s Post. office Banks and "a Pos
tai Telegraph Recommended. /.

(. e The fol lowing points are iron, the re-
peftlof The acknowledgement
y The ordinary revenues of the post Of
fee department for the fiscal year ended
June, 1878, were. So, 900, TAI, and .ex-
penditRres Of all kinds, 1923, 0s4, 945.
The estimated expenditures for the year
1874 are, 1873; 929, 912, and the total esti-.
mated revenues $29, 293, $40; leaving a
=. deficiency to be appropriated out of the
general treasury. $4, G36, 1888. This does
not include, 81, 1896, 900 for mail service
between San Francisco and Japan and
China, and between United States and
Brazil, and between San Francisco and
the Sandwich Islands. i.,s ~ .,lt.
IS II is stated that counting all railway
lines both ways, the mail service over
them is 81, 925 miles daily. Comparing
the year 1878 with 1872, the ratesof in
crease in the total number of letters ex-
changed with foreign countries, was
-12 II pei. cent, and the rate of increase
IN the amount.of hostages thereon was
8 per cent. Increase, in the number of
letters, exchanged with European coun-
tries 1033 per cent. A new contract has
been executed with the Pacific Mail
steamship company for an additional
monthly mail between San Francisco
e and Hong Kong, via Yokohama, author
lied by the act of June, 1872, with the
understanding that it shall have no
elaim upon an additional subsidy or any
part thereof, but shall receive sea pos
taSe only, as heretofore, in full compen-
sation for additional services until the
contract shall be fully complied with.
$ The postmaster-g general at some length
recommends postal savings repositories.
He-alsol urges the assumption by the
government Of the control of the teie-
graph. He says the telegraph should be
made a part of the postal system with
out further delay. AS Congress does
not seem inclined to. exercise the disere-
ton given ia the third section of tie act
of July oath, 1866, to appoint appraisers
to yafue lines, property and effects OF
companies now in operation, and as the,
Western Cnion.eJnrpanY appears 70 he
unwilling TO make a voluntary sale at a
fair price, the postmastcr+ge general recon-
mends that a provision be made by law
for the immediate establishment of a
postal telegraph. and for the constrnc-
tiqn of al: such lines as may be needed
under the direction Of competent off
GERS. of the engineer corps, of the army.
The experience they acquired during the
war would enable them to do.the work
III a most econ0mical and satisfactory
fna,lHer. .tt -, --a...- -. ...f- -.-s-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27

I'VE have received a copy of 'sIhe
kaleidoscope, published by the Sen
Tor Class of Middlebury College,
and edited by Messrs. Eaton.
Miner and Ellis of that class. 1t Is the
first attempt made in 3Iiddlebury 10
improve on the primitive college Gaia
logue, and the class deserve credit for
having issued so neat and compendious a
publication, containing as it does, be-
side the class lists, full directory 81
secret and open societies, prize men, clubs
and associations of various kinds. ii is
printed on tinted paper and bound in
heavy paper. having forty-eight pages.
The work was done by Messrs. futile s.
Co. and is notable exhibition of taste
full Typography, clear press-work, and
) God judgment in minor matters.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27

ACCIDENT AT HYDKymLE.-W While Mrs.
Dea. James Williams was doing her
work on Saturday evening last. her foot
became entangled in a rug and she fell
upon the floor with great force, at the
same time hitting her left eye with
candlestick she had in her hand, destroy
ing the sight completely.
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LReported for the Herald
Vermont Industries.
Goss & TALBoT's KAoLIN WORKS AT
MoNKToN-DEsCRIPTIo OF THE PRO
CESS OF MANUFACTURE.

CESS OF MANUFACTURE.
One of the curious and comparatively
little known industries of Vermont, is
the production of kaolin, or pure clay.
This is extracted and prepared at several
places in the State, the largest produc-
ton being that of what is commonly
known as the +" Monkton Putty Beds. Z"
The works used in washing and prepar-
ing the kaolin are about eight miles from
Vergennes = the distance being made
more than usually unbearable by ex-
tremely rough roads, and much up-and-
down travelling over hills enough to in
duce the belief that the road-makers
must have gone out of town and brought
in some.
The first Indication one has Of The ar
rival at the works is the presence of a
monster Pile of rather white looking
dirt on the right, and behind it., on the
edge of considerable ravine stands the
mill, rough looking, implanted build
ing, bearing much the appearance of a
saw-mill.. For the purpose of a little
description we will assume that the
rough product is on the spot. leaving the
question Of where il came from for fu-
.ture consideration. The most efficient
assistant just at first is a large paddle
wheel, revolving by power in an open
top tank or cistern Into this the help
ers empty continuous barrows full of
the crude product, which is dissolved or
mingled with water from the brook
which gives the power. BY the contin-
t,ous motion of the wheel, the dirt and
water are gradually reduced to mud,
then TO thin slsisb, and lastly to hardly
more than milky water. During this
agitation the heavier parts-the stones,
gravel and dirt--of the original deposit
fall gradually to the bottom of the tank,
; 81 u : 3 o.
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.METEoRoLoGiCAL REPORT
For the week ending November 9th, 1879.
( Taken at the State Normal School,
{ ~ .ssA,'Ss Castleton, Vermont.
iS.-tRepog.ted for the Rutland HeraLi.)
barometer reduced
Thermometer. q
REMARKS

Warmest day, l7th-ayerage 1884
Coolest day, 2lst-average 1880
Highest point of the thermometer 1856 at
IL m. on the 18th.
: Lowest point of the thermometer o.,
at a. m. on the 21St.
Range of thermometer during the week,
3O5 deg.
Greatest range, in any one day, 10 deg.
on the 2lst.
i Day of least change, 18th 3 degrees
and very little change during the first
four days of the week.
s The barometer has been down very low.
On the 18th and Eth 1t was quite low, but
in the night it dropped suddenly and far,
and during the forenoon of the 18th went
stin lower, down to 2S,573- Highest point
a99l5. making very great range in few
days. z..ags-
snow fell on the 10th, 18th, 10Th and Goth.
But little fell except in the storm of the
lSth-about5 Inches. i .ts.- -
The magnetic needle has been unusually
active during the week, making and 7os-
citations during several; daSs-on the 18th
and 22d more quiet. 49, 3 . st-fs 80
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27

PAIIoss oE Iips8AEDRg. = The Annual
meeting of the Vermont State Grunge
viii be held in the hall at the Ayenue
House, ST. Johnsbury, Vt, on the sec
ond Tuesday of December next, 10 con
tinue two days. 1t is expected that the
lecturer of the National Grange viii b.
present to giYe Instructions in the secret
work of the order. All members Of ihe
order are invited to attend.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27

4 Foot passengers are crossing Lake
Champlain, on the lee, at Crown Point
and. Ticonderoga. :: $500. 80.
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Senator Appointed from Kansas
LAwEENcE, Kansas, Nov. "a: .

- LaN1sE-sNE,- IAaLISttS, ANOF'1 a, :
Gov. Osborn has appointed Robert
Crozier, of Leavenworth, United. States
Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Senator Caldwell. Crozier
, is the attorney and confd dental friend of
Caldwell. The appointment is received
with surprise. 5la5lf rs: =; )
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4 Kansas City eboastsof thirteen miles of
street railway, all completely equipped
and in operation. u II. ~ = ::
!. This fall about 25, 600 sheep and lambs
will be driver. TO market from Aroostook
county. Me. 80.
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sentences, beginning with the, fourth
count, and sentencing the prisoner for.
the term of 1s years imprisonment and,
"a total fine of S$12, z50.1s. y ,5lsJ,l go.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-05

GAY.-We don't believe any city in tho
United States has gayer looking police
force than ours just now. A day or two
since, Chief Davis and his deputies APP
peared on the streets arrayed in BRAN
new suits Of dark blue cloth with big
brass buttons on 'em; caps Of the same
material, with a silver (plated) wreath on
each, Just above the visor, in which the
owners number shines rcsplendent; pa
tent leather belts with big, fancy buckles
in front. Depending from each mans
belt hangs a bloody.looking stick Of
enormous proportions. 1t is enough 10
give one the headache to look at these
clubs; what would be the result II an sp.
pllcation Of Its weight in the hands Of q.
great two.dsted deputy were made to
that part OF the "body corporate" We
must leave to the Imagination Of our
readers. We don't propose to undergo
the operation TO enable US to give the in.
formation. Testing aside, our police ofl.
GERS never made as fine an appearance a.
at present.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-05

GONG OUT.-In large assemblages
such as usually gather at balls and theat
rical entertainments, it is strange how
absolutely essential TO the comfort and
eQuanimily Of gentlemen are frequent in
halations OF fresh air. Wehave no doubt
many OF our readers have noticed this as
we'll as ourselves On occasions between
tue dances and between the acts, part
ners and escorts positively excuse them
selves for a moment to breathe freely ouI
doors and look at the stars, and the re-
sulting identification proves conclusively
the wonderfully beneficial effects Of fresh
oxygen, or some material liquid sold al
so much per drink.