Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-25
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to overcome all others.
Much dancing will be performed
this evening.
No child so humble but he was
made happy this morning.
Several OF our citizens began to cell
citrate the day yesterday. The side
walks were so slippery.
The stores are divided in opinion.
Part will be shut all day some open
this forenoon and perhaps a few open
all day.
There was a pleasant Old Folks
Concert in the vestry of the Congrega-
tional Church at Pawlet last evening.
One of the best places to go this
evening, ifyou are inclined to dance, is
to Dandy, where Bond is to have
ball.
The New York Egpress says that
there are two more Sundays in this
year, which shows how much the New
York papers know about Sunday.
"A correspondent tries to excuse the
people of Vermont for not celebrating
Forefathers' day on the ground that the
Pilgrims were only lot of blamed
foreigners, any way.
We suggest that some generously
minded individual present to jailer
Sanderson one Of those handsome mot
toes, Good Bless Our Home" which we
see in fancy stores. 1t would be so
nice to hang over the door of the lock-
up.
Henry c. Congdon fell on the ice
yesterday and cut his head badly. Fail
ing to find a physician, Mr. A. W. Hig-
nins, druggist, finally consented to dress
the wound. He did SO, sewing up the
wound in a very acceptable manner to
Mr.. Congdon.
Our merchants report heavy sales
of all kinds of Christmas goods during
the past week.
Sergeant Ellery, lately in charge of
the signal station at Burlington, has
left, expecting to be mustered out. He
has been succeeded by Sergeant W. II.
Colesbury.
Everybody but the HERALD has
been applauding the Western girl who
stopped a train and prevented an acct
dent by swinging her parasol. Mr..
Whites says the parasol in December
appears to lack the elements of credi-
bility.
Portsmouth boasts of a cat that
catches CLAIMS by putting her tail inside
their shells, then jumps over fence
and breaks the shell and then eats the
clam. Portsmouth editors should pur-
chase and read that little narrative about
Ananias.
In our sketch of the early ministers
of Pittsford, to be found in another part
of this paper, an error is noticeable in
the last line of the third paragraph.
" After the installation" etc., should
read " before the installation. Also,
in the twenty-ffth line, "On" should be
s'one."
Mr. Crane, of Burlington, has sent
in his resignation as Collector of Internal
Revenue for this district. We under.
stand that our worthy townsman Capt.
e. A. Morse is an applicant for the posi-
ton, Rutland county ought to be re-
cogniaed in this matter. Everything has
been taken from us. We sincerely hope
that Mr.. Morse will have this appoint
ment.
"A lank, hungry-looking Mendor
man stepped into bank here recently
and accosted the teller with, ''Do yor
keep drafts here, Mister?" eyes, sir,
replied the polite and dulcet-toned off
cial. ''What are they with ?" queriec
the Mendon man. ''Owing to the size
entirely, sir" ''WeI, guess I've got
means enough to get one about foot
square. Make her stout as blazes, Cap,
for it's the old woman's back, and
want it to draw her double"
"A Vermonter has suggested two
cent postal cards which will enable {
man to receive an answer without cost
to the man who writes the reply. /
would cost no more to print two-cen
cards than the present style.
The sweetest thing for Christina
present to a gentlemen is belt Can Oft
set to the ladies' chatelaines) to be worr
outside the overcoat, and to which cal
be suspended few neat and usefu
articles, such as a shotgun, game bag
powder horn, shot pouch, umbrella
straw hat, backing brush, cribbag
board and pack of cards, whisky flask
jar of pomnade Hongro5se, pair o
razors, hat box, cigar case, box of tooth
picks, clothes, hat, hair and tootl
brushes, pair of skates, corkscrew
match box, tobacco box, pair o
"Arctics, opera glass or cuspidore.
Two Kentucky clergymen hay
been experimenting to see how cheapl,
man can support his family One re
ports that he does it at 81 head pc
week, and the other claims to have givel
good plain food" for ninety cents eac
member per week. Mr.. Doff1in say
that the statistics at his boarding-ho
ought to be more complete than these
They have been experimenting sewers
weeks with him.
Henry D. Tubbs, of Clarendon, wa
held to bail by Justice B. w. Marshall
at Clarendon Flats, on Tuesday last, o
the charge of disturbing a religion
meeting at West Clarendon.
The Rutland railroad company, ur
der the steady application of its incom
to the payment of its floating debt, has
it is understood, entirely relieved fror
his Endorsements Mr.. George B. Chase
of Boston, who, having some month