The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-23
TIiddiei,ury.

Should the northern canal be widcned
into n ship canal as it now seems probable,
and branch canal extended to Rutland,
further extension could easily be made to
Middlebury, at very small expense, as
tire are thirty miles of Otter Creek in that
4 isSs Ss t ;skat Should & the Fails at THIS
place he raised but three feet the water
would set back the whole distance with an
abundant supply for all practical purpoces.
1t has become evident that in the excite
mcnt of rail-roading the greater importance
of canals for heavy and cheap transporta-
ton has been almost wholly overlooked.
There is a vast water power here and an
abundance of good marble which only
wants to be properly developed to be of
great value both to individuals and to the
State.
Coy. Stewart is setting a good example
to politicians by teaching Sunday School
Bible Glass at the Congregational Church.
But an ex-Spealler of our Legislature is a
little ahead of the Governor, as he
breaches.
The attendance at the Catholic service
has fallen off more than one-third within
the past two years. This is not due to any
lack of efficiency in Father Cunningham,
the officiating priest, but to other causes.
In other respects the Churchis inaflourish-
ing condition, having paid off debt of
some six thousand dollars within the last
three or four years, and now has fine
house and grounds for its resident priests,
free of incumbrance, on the same elevation
on which the College buildings stand and
only few rods to the north of them. The
average age of the priests in these latitudes
is SIS years while that of farmers is 62.
Their religious fasts and duties tell severely
on their constitutions. They are all mis-
sionaries in this State excepting at BuTling
ton. Heretofore the Sunday congregation
here has nearly or quite equalled those OF
all the other denominations in the place.
Sheriff Tripp and assistants made an ex
animation of the premises in the vicinity Of
BrusOs saloon on the afternoon of the 14tl
inst, and discovered barrel of ale anC
another barrel containing few gallons o
something stronger together with jug o
a similar liquid, all of which was brough
before Justice Knapp at the register olilc'
who declared the whole to have no lega
individual owner, but to be public proper
ty, and il was accordingly delivered owe
to the town agent, The head of one of tn
barrels had been smashed in by some on
and the contents nearly all spilled befor
Sheriff Trip got to it. Another barrel o
something was thought by some to hay
disappeared in the turbulent waters O
Otter Creek which flowed near by. Shout
the worthy Sheriff examine into the pr
vatc affairs of other places of public resol
he might be even more successful.
Some villain on the night Of the 13t
inst, removed light of glass from I'll
back window of a two story uptlnishe
dwelling house on the new street in I'll
south part of the village, and lSindled fiji
against the wall on the inside, but it onl
charred the wall and floor and went out {
itself. and the house was saved. H.
Our correspondent should remember TIL
in all probability should canal be eXten'
ed to Rutland it would take a portion
least of the water of Otter Creek to supp
the navigating power of the canal, as the
is no other source from which it can
drawn at Rutland