Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-30
ont of Town Notes.
EAST PITTSFORD.


Among the various spirits, resident
and nonresident o. this mountain sec
tion, that of enterprise is vying with the
rest. The dingy old schOol-house has
been overhauled and put into a Dice and
comfortable condition.
Harry Jackson has built a large
twe-stOry farm house this season. The
work is done in a COED, substantial man.
ner. TOLEN.
ORWELL.
"Alpheus" has forgotten to mention
the improvements in the west part of the
town, therefore / will venture to say no
one in our town, with their income, has
done more to beautify their grounds
than our worthy friend, BOurke. 1t is
enough to gladden. ones heart, to see the
tasty arbors, rustic seats, and fancy
fences that have been added TO his
grounds this summer. We conclude the
work is to continue, asloads of first-class
lumber are daily left at his house. My
words are inadequate to speak of his
goodness, to say he is prominent, pOpu-
lar, honest, industrious and temperate,
to the very letter, coveys but faint idea
of his worthiness. Long life and sue
cess attend our true 'Irish gentleman,
Jerry"
The old block school-hOuse has IN
dergOne thorough repairs. If the child
rem do not get some ''bright ideas" this
winter. it will not be because the Sin
ner" side has not received a polish"
BY the fast falling leaves, how
Strong ly we are reminded of the depart
ure of another beautiful summer.
These autumn winds and Autumn
blasts have paled the gem in Summers
crown. Faded, is written upon each
flower, and save the wailing notes of
grief, ro music wakes the forest.
OSCAR.
CAvENDIsH.
The apple crop is rather short in
his town, but we shall have enough to
Supply ourselves, but none for outsid
ers.
Corn and potato crops are good, and
we have a few farmers who have raised
some very nice wheat.
C. w. Stearns raised, this season,
forty-eight bushels of potatoes of fine
quality on something less than two acres
of land.
wALLINGFoRD.
MIR. J. H. Earle and family have re-
turned from their trip to Niagara Falls
and the little warbler, Miss Ellie, sings
as sweetly as ever.
The lecture at the chapel last even
ing was well attended.
The work on the cemetery is pro-
crossing once more.
"A. Harris double, back action, self
feeding cider mill is squeezing out bar
rels of the precious fluid every day,
which is valued at six dollars per bar
rel.
We are happy to learn that our
esteemed friend Mr.. John A. Pooler is
somewhat better.
The irrepressible AL. A. Mortified
informs us that he is about to take his
departure for Canad a. MANY feminine
heart will be made. sad by this intelli
gence, as " AP' wa 8 conceded by all tC
be the man among the ladies.
Six Partridges flew III front of f.
D. 5. S never failms - death dealing guu
to-day and lost the r lives IN cense4uence,
-t-fz :. 4. 3,
Wallingford, DC t. 21st, 1873.
FACTo. aY POINT.
"A lady of on acquaintance, fond
OF working out ms thendtlcal prODlehs,
has arrived at The conclusion that if one
hill of Mr. wilson remarkable potatoes
will yield two thou sand and an indefinite
number of tubers, that few eyes OF
these same prol ific vielders = with
some hints from Nj :. Wilson as to fertil.
izing-stuck down here and there on
their twenty-four GOT patch, called a
garden, would pro, luce next season a
solid mass of potato res, or precisely two
hundred bushels | is to be hoped that
Mr. Wilson will nc It be-as Mrs. Part
ington says-so ''g lutinous" as to eat
those potatoes. No W is the time to re-
member the poor; nd few of them
distributed among he poor in his i'm
mediate vicinity, wol lid prove-if not a
mine of wealth-at least a mine of po-
tatoes, for would it De unreasonable TO
suppose that, under roper cultivation,
such eccentric tubers would run down