The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-25
THE COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE.
BrandOn.

The Farmers and Mechanics Club have
adjourned over the busy season, to the last
Friday evening, the Goth of August. Pre-
vious to their adjournment they made the
necessary arrangements for holding their
annual Fair. The day has not yet been
agreed upon.
The funeral of Mr.. Higgins was attend
ed Monday afternoon by large concourse
of citizens of this and the neighboring
towns. The stores in the village were
closed during the services at the church.
The wife of D. p Manley lies very low
with the typhoid pneumonia, and the
chances for her recovery are very small, as
the disease seems to battle the skill of our
physicians.
The earth is sadly parched for the want
of rain. Vegetation is almost at a stand
STILL and the hay crop must be rather light.
Theodore Carey, who recently died in
town, was born in 1903, and his father,
Seth Carey, died in 1909, leaving him, the
mother and two sisters, with homestead
VI I'LL uSlCo Ill tiC SuotSih VI shS
village AS soon as he was old enough he
took to working his farm, and by close
economy, hard work, and the rise of pro-
perty, he accumulated a property variously
estimated OF from thirty-five to forty
thousand dollars. Being eccentric he never
married, and both his sisters dying before
him he willed his property to a nephew
and two nieces. Mr. Charles Fay and his
two sisters were the lucky ones, Mr.. Fay
receiving the real estate, some thirty thous-
and dollars worth, and his sisters the bonds
and greenbac ks, some five thousand each.
Castleton.
CAsTLEToN SEMINARY.
The examination at the Seminary was in
progress during Tuesday, Rev. A. N.
Adams of the examining committee being
in attendance.
The following is the order of exercises !:
Cicero, Virgil, French, Arithmetic, AL
zebra, Rhetoric, Elocution, History, Geom-
etry, Paley's Nat. Theology, Arithmetic,
Geography, Bookkeeping.
The Primary department was examined
by Miss Moody, the teacher Many of the
parents and friends of the scholars were
present. The classes exhibited much pro-
ficicncy and reflected great deal of credit
upon the teachers Tuesday evening a
literary entertainment was given, consisting
of essays, Conversations in French, recita-
tions and floral representation. 1t was
very fine, the pupils from the Primary
adding greatly to the interest and pleasure
of the evening.
The divisions on Wednesday will be oc-
cuped with examinations and literary ex.
y, ercises.
On Wednesday evening the graduates
hold reception in the Seminary parlors
The park will be illuminated with Chinese
lanterns and the ladies' society of the Con
gregational church will be in readiness t.
supply refreshments to such as may desire
The reception is held on Wednesda.
evening to make room for the concert t.
he given by Graffulas band on Thursda.
evening in the Congregational church.
NOMINAL StHool.
The suspense which invariably attend
upon the examination of the Normal class
ended on Tuesday at noon All were sue
cessful but one, and her rejection by DR.
French reflected no discredit upon her. Sh
is the youngest member of the class, am
for some time has been in low state o
health. II is understood that the presen
class have passed very thorough examine
ton most satisfactory, many of the mem
bers reaching standard much higher tina
that required by the Secretary.
The graduating exercises occur on Tues
day. the following is the order of examiI
alton of the Normal class:
Constitution, Geometry, Elocution, Ma
Philosophy, Nat. History, Arithmetic.