Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-27
Minor Items.

Winter is indeed upon us.
Turkeys are mourning and will not
be comforted.
Several gentlemen sat down on the
sidewalk yesterday against their will.
Put ashes on the sidewalks in front
Of your houses. Il pzttrt6us unum
When you go to Burlington visit
His for your scrambled eggs!
This is one of New England's i'm
portant days. Make the most of it.
Attend Thanksgiving services some
where today, or, if you won't do that,
and are so disposed,
Attend the dance at Bonds Hall,
Dandy.
Or else be present at the Terpslcho-
rean Festival at Lake Dunmore.
Or else assist at the saltatory gym
nqstcs in Middlebury.
Or else shake your foot at the
Stevens House, Winooski.
Or else go over to the Royal House,
Sudbury.
Or else do your Waiting at Castle
ton.
Or else wobble gracefully at East
Wallingford.
Or else chase the weary hours with
flying feet at Bristol.
Or else insert yourself into your vir-
tuous couch at a reasonable hour.
Or else step over and see her for a
few moments-which last advice is more
pleasant than a dose of homeopathic
pills or the death of rich uncle.
About this time dogs disappear very
mysterlously. If any one finds piece
of a dog collar marked "K," in their
mlnce pies, please leave it at the HERALD
Office
Geo. Sheldon, Esq, counsellor of
the Fire Department and Building Com
mis5ioners of Brooklyn, arrived in town
yesterday with his family to spend
Thanksgiving, and to eat little (?)
turkey at the house of his father
DIR. Leonard Woods, of Nader,
Mass, is permanently located in Pitts
ford, to practice his profession. AS a
physician and gentleman, he comes 10
Vermont we'll recommended. The doc
tor Is u son of old Doctor Woods, of An
dover, Mass. He has many friends and
relatives in this section.
Mr. Z. Jewell, with his wife and
family, from Brooklyn, is spending a
few days in town.
Several hungry looking young pro-
digals returned home last evening at
midnight, to feast on the fatted calf or
buxom turkey, at the family board.
The Hoosac Tunnel is to be COM
pleted to-day at 2 p. m. The blasts on
both sides will be charged simultaneous
~, and thus the greatest bore of the age
will be ended.
All the trains passing through Rut-
land yesterday were crowded to a much
greater extent than usual. Draw your
own conclusions.
The Hoosac Tunnel has cost one
hundred and thirty-six lives.
Kerosene is said to be the best arti-
Gle ever discovered to cleanse rust from
CRATES and fre-irons.
AS the banks will be closed on
Thanksgiving day (to-day) paper matur-
ing on that date will be payable on Fri
day
"A cheese weighing 354 pounds ar
rived in Troy yesterday, by the Hudson
River railroad, assigned to a Troy mer-
chant.
The second meeting of the Vermont
Teachers Club will be held in Burling-
ton on Friday next.
Miss Hattie Beans millinery estah-
lishment at South Royaltnn, was totally
destroyed by fire, Friday morning. Loss
$3.50; insured for $3.50.
ID. X. Wilson, ticket agrnt al the
Rensselaer, s Saratoga railroad depot, at
Saratoga, was instructed, Monday even
ing. TO sell no more tickets. this season
via Lake Champlain, as navigation is
closed on that route.
A thoughtful father in the rural dis
tricts talks of putting his front gate in
the parlor, so that his daughter and her
Young man can swing on II without
catching cold. Troy Why. s,
The negotiations of the Fitchburg
and Vermont and Massachusetts rail
roads for consolidation have now ended,
it is rumored, in perpetual lease OF the
latter to tie former. This is the first
and most important step TO the perfec-
ton of the whole tunnel line across the
State. W., s: .s..5
The Hon. William Parsons tiined al
the Bates House, yesterday, on. his way
10 Whitehall.
i''he early closing of the canals VII
rive to our railroads more business thar
fbav can attend to for the next eight
weeks. What ruins one set of men gives
an unexpected fortune 10 another Ma
tore deals in eompensations. The more
.osouitoes the better it is for those who
hou., to scratch for living chickens 's
alone e ~cepted.
-Cbas A. King, of Milford' hass,,
formerly of 'ennington, who Is galnihs
opite n reputatio. as writer under me
nom de plume of Charles 1Aghsape,
has fitted up a fine edit6~ial once "heis
he places his stories and sketches -
type, instead of writing them, "hlea N = :
sures perfect copy and is grea'ec7c 'es1:
venience both to himself and his. .pno,
fishers. He seems 10 be doing a good
business. ~ -. s 3. z.
AT this time, to hold on to money
which really belongs to your creditor, IS
very poor business, from whatever point