The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-11

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sons. 1t is to be hoped some friendly pen
will give more extended account OF Dis
| life and services r
mechanicsvllIe.
Frederick Parmenter and wife returneu
from their western tour Thursday last
p. E. Chase has nearly finished the re-
pairs on his house, it Is one of the pleas
ATTEST residences in the village.
Marshall Tarbell is closing up srake
business for this season, having manulac-
tured over thirty thousand rakes the pres
ent year.
The heavy fall of rain in showers 'he
past week has raised the streams ana
springs and greatly helped the growth Oh
all varieties of crops. The hay crop
generally, it is expected, will be tuil
average yield of the past few years.
A. w. Dickerman is preparing to cut the
lumber at his mill into chair stock Tor
transportation to Massachusetts.
Butter is selling for twenty-five cents
pound.
Wilson Eddy of Springfield, Mass, was
in town last week. making a flying visit to
the place of his birth. He is master me-
chanic of machine shop employed in
manufacturing locomotive engines, at
Springfield, Mass.
Johnson &c Graves are busily engaged in ]
shipping butter tubs of their manufaetfuf-ri
The sales are as large as in any previo,s
year.
Dandy.
The strawberry festival at the town hall. |
on Friday the 4th, was a very pleasant af-
fair Notwithstanding the showers, there
were quite number present, consisting of
old and young. The table was spread in
the hall, and beautifully Supplied, the
cream was furnished by the patrons of the
cheese factory. The singing by the sab
bath school was excellent. The occasion
was highly enjoyed by all present.
The suit between J. n Phillips and
school No. 8, in Ira, was settled by the
district before coming to trial
There were several "little the worse
for wear" here on the 4th The liquor is
said to have come from Granville or Hamp-
ton, n. Y. The blame sometimes is wrong
fully laid to our agent. No one can OBJ
tain any from him on such occasions
We believe there is no town in the state,
where so little regard is shown for the sab
bath here. 1t is no uncommon thing to see
farmers at work, and merchants busy at
trading on that day. If people cannot re-
frain from work on the Sabbath from prin-
ciple, then law should be made for that
purpose and put in force. j. CIV.
MiddIebury.
Hon. s. L. Cook, Judge of Probate, is
taking a vacation among the Adrondacks.
II. r. Harris, recently admitted to the
Addison County Bar, has opened law
office at Mddlebury.
Rev. w. II. Collins, rector of st. Pauls
church, Vergenncs, will ofllciate at st.
Stephens church next Sunday morning.
Albert Chapman has sold the present
season one hundred and seventy-five of the
Ithaca Horse Rake. The scarcity of Ia
borers the present season has compelled tle.I
farmers to purchase large numbers of la
Dor saving machines for noe on their-
farms.
The creditors of c. G. Steele, bankrupt,
meet at Burlington, July 3lst.
Mrs. Silas d. Carr has Just received
from the Homeopathic Life Insurance COM
panv SO, 900 on the life of her husband re-
Gently deceased.
During the absence of II. c. Sessions of
East Middlebury from home, last Tuesday,
little girl some eleven years of age living
with him, took 1914 in money and burned
it, She confessed the act and as a reason
said she was angry because she fancied
Mr.. Sessions manifested a preference for
his own child about the same age.
A son of Capt. w. E. Dewey, six years
of age, fell into the river above the falls on
Monday last. The current was too strong
for him and he would have gone over the
falls but for the fortunate assistance of
Joseph LaRocke who rescued him from his
peril.
The Spring term of the Graded schools
closed July 3D.. Examinations were held
during four days, which indicated deter
mination that the pupils should be master
of the stndies of one grade before passing
to higher one. A class of five young |
men were examined and admitted to Mid |
dlebury College. On Thursday Afternoon
public rhetorical exercises took place in |
Academy Hall. Poes craven" was very
excellently recited by the daughter of L.
ID. Eldridge, Esq, eleven years of age.
The exercises were closed with the orations |
and essays of the graduating class. CD.
Mead, principal, was presented with photo
graphs of the graduating class.
Bennington.
Plenty of rain during the past week.
Nearly every day we have had good heavy
showers, which, besides settling the dust in
our streets, has greatly benefited yege- |
tation.
The main eXcitements of the past week
were public Gaming of one man by another
ON Main street, Tuesday. Another, the
beating of woman by her husband, which
promised for time to create quite dis
turbance. and the arrest of liquor seller
for furnishing liquor to gipsey, who, on
account of the noise he made, was COM
mitted to Jail, and the next morning after
being fined, was allowed to depart. This
is the third time that the seller has been
complained of, and much interest is being
manifested in the trial which takes place
to-day, Monday, but as the principal wit
ness has disappeared, it is generally thought