The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-24

oiiVnS theH members representatives of
some OF the best families in the village
Ibis club have rooms over 2. Taft's store.
on Main street, which are fitted up and
furnished in fine style and no one can be-
come a member of it unless they are strict
" moral and temperate. The room is pro-
vided with most of the leading papers and
periodicals of the day, and is open to the
members and their friends every evening
through the week, Sundays excepted).
Ihey give their first social dance of the
season at Stewards Hall next Wednesday
evening, and those who haye been FORUM
ate enough to receive cards of invitation
are on the ''qui vive," for judging from
what these parties have been before, all are
anticipating pleasant time.
Heretofore it has been the custom of the
teachers in the graded school district to
hold public meetings at different periods
through the winter, to which all friends of
of the schools are invited TO attend. The
first of the season will be held at the school
house on South street, next Wednesday
evening, at which time lessons in reading,
history, geography, etc, will be carried
out by different teachers, and anyone at
tending will be amply repaid for SO doing.
These meetings are great benefit to those
participating in them, and ought to be held
IN every graded school district in the
state.
Mr.. George II. Botsford was in town
the past week, introducing into our schools
"Webb's Word Method" which the state
board of education has made one of the
new text books. Mr.. B. is a gentleman of
great ability and fine culture, and was for
a long time county superintendent of
schools, being located in IIillsdale, Mich.
The different churches in this village
were all represented by their pastors at the
late session of the Evangelical Alliance,
held in New York, and all have returned,
"and speak in terms of highest praise OF the
different meetings they attended,, feeling
that il twas good for them TO be there"
The steady and increasing demand for
the goods manufactured by them, has made
it necessary for II. f. Bradford & Co. to
build an addition to their already large
mill, and work has therefore been COM
menced upon the same.
Mrs. Thomas McDaniels was stricken
down with an epileptc fit last Saturday
afternoon, and but very slight hopes are
entertained of her recovery.
MANUFACTURES.
Among the many manufacturing cstab-
lishments of Bennington, none are more
worthy of notice through your columns
than the extensive foundry and machine
shop of DIN Scott, situated at the head of
Pleasant street, and which consist of a
machine shop 40xl50 feet; foundry 1l7x145
feet; office, 30xG0 feet ; pattern shop, BOX
81 feet forge shop, 2SX42 feet; and shed,
40x9j feet the total value Of which is esti
mated at $40, 900. Mr. Scott commenced
operations here several years agoon a small
scale, but by steady and close attention
to business, has increased his works, until
he has almost reached the top Of the ladder
and at present he employs forty-hve men,
and his pay roll amounts to $4,000 per
month. The motive power used is water,
and he has the finest water privilege in
town. Probably no mechanic in the state
has achieved wider reputation than he,
and be is at present employed by the Latin
and Raud powder company rs supcrintend-
ent of all their works, who have several
large powder mills in different sections of
the country, and during his absence his
works here are under the charge of his
brother, II W Scott, who ranks as A No.
in his occupation.
Mr. Scott has built several of the largest
powder mills in this country, among which
are those of the Hazard powder company,
Enfield Conn; Oriental of Maine; Miami,
Xenia, Ohio. Also large and extensive
works at Marquette, Mich; also at Schagh-
ticoke, N. Y. Among the many marble
mills that he has supplied with machinery
is the extensive one of j. X Frcidleigh at
South Dorset ; also the inclined railway
which supplies the same with marble, and
which can he seen by travellers on the Har-
lem Extension railroad. He has also con-
structed several large paper mills, among
them one for S c Weed of New York,
which is said to he one of the best arranged
mills in that section of the country AT
present Mr.. Scott has contract for sup
plying large powder mill in New Jersey,
and although he is away from here most of
the time, still his interests are here, and by
his energy and business talent, he has be
come one of the most prominent business
men Of the place. b.