Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-06
Minor Items.

tomorrow morning AT O:fl, giving us
,brt-en hours and fifty-four minutes of
moonshine and darkness.
The bright reflections of light
f.,o the moon last evening recalled
riydIy the happy time when we used to
occurring.
Remember that next Tuesday
oyening Mrs. Mary F. Livermore viii
,su Ms what to do with our daughters.
The first lecture before the Young
Mems Christian Association of Benning-
,oo will be delivered by Paul B. Du-
CbaHu. the great African explorer,
Friday. Nov. 18th. Subject: ''The
Land Of the Midnight Sun"
Captain Samuel H. Kelley and the
h,vs of his school, in their bright, new
uniforms, have excavated, and leveled
1own the surface of the lot Immediately
north Fort Pickens, and built parapet
around it, to protect them against sud
den attacks from the rear. The captain
slvs it is for a skating rink, but we don't
ieve a word. 1t is warlike meas
IRE.
We learn that the strikers on the
New York and Canada railroad re-
sumed work at Port Henry yesterday
morning, having effected a compromise
of some kind with the sub-contractors,
who are anxious to complete the work
as soon as possible.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church in
Benson propose holding "corn festi-
val" at the Town Hall on Wednesday
evening, Nov. 10. Connected with the
festival will be curiosity shop, sing
ilr, and other entertainments. All are
invited to attend, and a good time is ex-
pected.
The citizens of Charlestown, n. H.,
are at length doing the right thing.
They have voted to have their history
written, and engaged Rev. Il. II. Saun-
derson to be their historian. Those who
heard Mr.. Saunderson's address at the
late centennial in Wallingford will feel
that the town has made very judicious
choice.
"A church among the Indians on our
extreme western frontier has recently
secured a fine bell from Troy The or
der said that the money was given en-
tirely by "reG men, who a dozen years
ago were painted savages, with their
tinkling bells on their leggings."
A purchase of a plot of ground in
the town of North Greenbush, New
York, has been made in behalf of the
trustees of St. Michael's church, Iron
Works. The land was purchased OF
Bradford Randall for So, 900, and a por-
ton of it will be devoted to cemetery
purposes. 1t is the intention to build a
convent adjoining the cemetery, and eff
forts are being made to purchase more
land for this purpose.
Gold touched at 1869 yesterday in
New York, as will be seen by our mar
ket reports in telegraph columns. This
- thS lpNt5t JO!lIN SAiiCC ACON~'
There will be turkey shoot on the
grounds of the Rutland County Agricul.
tural Society, on Friday and Saturday
of this week, tomorrow and the next
day after.
Mr. A. s. Murray, of Orwell, and 6
cousin, recently went hunting They
killed, in about two-thirds of day
thirty gray squirrels, six cartridges ant
one duck, They must be good sports
men.
Remember the concert tonight by
the Temple Quartette Concert company
1t Will be an entertainment well worth
visit. The company is a good one ant
We have no doubt but that they will
maintain their good reputation tonight
Those boys who have q scheme tc
frighten the girls in bridge, ''bette
look e'out," for the girls have decided t
take two stout fellows with them, an
other girls big brothers.
About /, 800 barrels of potatoes wer
shipped from Troy to New York Tues
day on the boat, and 8, roo by way of th
Hudson River railroad. b.
The lumber business at Whitehall j
very dull, with no prospect Of its reyiv
ing this fall. Probably twenty-five mil
lion feet will remain there through th
winter.
During the past ten days there hay
crossed the bridge between Troy an
East Albany, 6, 666 cars for the east, an
1854 cars for the west, makinga totf
of 10, $50.
We are requested to state that th
Rutland Missionary Association begs t
inform its friends that any articles 0
clothing or bedding, likely to be usefr
to children or sick persons, if sent to til
mission house, No. IS Main street, wi
he thankful received, and faithfully dis
pensed to the needy parties New ma
terials for the sewing school will also b
very welcome.
The Convocation of Burlington
now in session in st. Pauls church j
Vergennes. 1t closes to-day. Th
rector, Rev. Mr.. Collins, spared no pain
in the preparation, and we are glad hi
labors have been instrumental in bring
ing about season of so much interest,"
An exchange says: '.Don't PIT
your money in bank during the prevail
ing panic" Why not? 1t is as SAT
there as elsewhere. If a man onl
knows his funds to be safe, how easy b
is; but whenever he has the slightes
forebodings of danger, then he gradua
ly becomes lunatic. =.
The Boston Adoertiser says: .'W
are authorized to say that the First Ma
tional Bank of Montpelier, VT, of whie1
Hon. John A. Page, treasurer of th
State, is president, and J. G. Houghtor
Jr, cashier, has paid currency for a