Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-24
Minor Items,

beng received III many
state.
There are now twenty-five Oranges
e ,br Patrons of Husbandry in Yer
mont
There are at present about one hun
r..1 nprsous Mt Clarendon Springs, in
.nr.,it Of country air, health and hap
.;oo... At this time last season there
borrower two hundred at the Springs.
0oit.a number are expected during the
next two weeks.
Herald man passing through
West Rutland, yesterday, noticed several
am.as building. These are gratifying
signs of prosperity.
j. Halsry CushmaS, editor of the
BENNINGTON Banner. uses the word
"brk" i'm an editorial paragraph. o
brother Cushman, where did you pick
bt up;
And now the fashion again changes
and Young ladies' will wear their hair
hose down their backs. and uncrimped.
One might as we'll say uukempt as well
qmGinpcd
Mr.. z. A. Lee, OF Castleton, in re-
nawing is subscription for TIE HERALD
SAYS. "Your paper has become such a
welcome visitor to us that we cannot do
without it, and should not if it cost
twioca, much year as you charge for
H." Our friend has our thanks, and may
bencycr think less of THE HERALD.
There is no necessity for young
ladies to 60 West, for according to the
lust census there are 1895 more males
than females in Vermont.
If you don't want to put gauze over
fine gilt frames of your pictures this
summer, and don't want the flies to
specl them, boil three or four onions in
apmt of water, then, with a clean paint
brush, wash over your frames, and the
flies will not light on them.
Capt. A. S. Cook, of Brandon, has
horse thirty-two years old that is yet
in good sound condition, and does his
work every day. Such steeds are rare.
Hon. Hubbard Wright, an old and
prominent citizen of Bradford, died
Wednesday afternoon, aged about sixty
five years Mr.. Wright was a member
Of the last Constitutional Convention of
Vermont, representative town of Brad
ford nine terms, and in the affairs of
tn, town had always taken an active
part.
Quinn has gone to New York tc
procure a new hack for Peter.
p. w. Fagin, f. J. Smith and viii
Woodward, of Chester, recently distin
guishcd themselves by, capturing one
hundred AID seven and a half pounds OF
fish in one piscatorial excursion. We'll
done
The through express due here &
little before one a. m, was reported late
two hours and twenty minutes last
night, owing to an accident to the Mon
treal train which connects with it "a
St. Adams. This train ran off the track
at the 5. 5. & c. Junction, three mile.
from ST.. Johns, through means Of bro
ken switch rod, six cars being thrown
from the track after the locomotive anC
express had passed the spot safely. NJ
one was injured.
The Montvert Hotel at Middleton
Springs, has between eighty and one
hundred guests and more coming. The
Troy Wing rightly says, mime hos
Dooliulc is the right man in the RICH
place.
If we remember correctly, there i
a law on the statute books of Vermont
against fishing in our brooks and river
with a seine. Now, there are two gen
tlcmen whose names we know, who art
in the habit of thus breaking the law 70
the love of filthy lucre, and who, i
they do not Immediately desist from
this naughty practice, will be made al
example of. 1t will take more than on
wooden leg to get beyond reach of tn
law.
We saw fellow across the way
last evening, picking his teeth with
horsewhip.
-Four car loads of scholars of tn
Welch Presbyterian church, of Fail
haven, spent Tuesday in Saratoga, on a
excursion trip, making their headquai
ters at Patterson Hall, Phila streat
They were under charge of a committe
consisting of r. Lloyd, Thomas W
Thomas, Robert Evans, Robert Griffith
and II. D. Humphrey. They arrive
there at 7:45 a. M, and left at 6:35 p. m.
after spending the day delightfully."-.
The Troy Times says the Mcmahon
Copeland wrestling match was a ''pu
up lob" and that the pretended Copelan
is no other than "Patsey" Clark O
Grace, a well-known New York sport
"A rattlesnake was killed the othe
day in West Castleton. He had eleve
rattles, was four feet ten inches in lengt
and was thicker and larger than man
wrist.
john Flagg, Esq, of Troy, who la
acottage residence at Clarendon Spring
for the summer, gave lawn party las
Monday afternoon to those stopping a
the Springs. There were quite a mum
Der of people present. There was dane
ing on the lawn, fine music and cholc'
refreshments.
Another interesting letter to tn
HERALD from Switzerland is publishe
this week. This one is from James II
Drake, ESQ, of New York, and is o
the series "What Merchant saw i
Europe" which Mr.. Drake has been cor
tributing for sometime past specially t
the HERALD. Mr.. Drake has man
friends in this vicinity who are much in
terested, with the numerous readers o
the HERALD, in his very entertainin
series of letters from Europe
"A very interesting letter from Swift