Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-20
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CHESTER.
Since our last report the following |
transfers of real estate have been made:
John w. Lockwood has sold the Sol
onion B. Carlisle farm to ID. 3. and
J. r. Chandler, for 5000.
Clemens Leland has sold the Barker
farm to Geo. w. Wright of Grafton, |
for $500.
John E. Morse has purchased of Geo.
w. Wright, part of the Clemens Leland |
farm, paying therefor 5000.
The town clerks office has been
moved into rooms over the store OF
Robbins s. Marsh. The Office is now
centrally located.
MIDDLEBURY.
We have had thus far this winter
1903 days of good sleighing, with the
prospect that It will continue so as to
make full 125 days. This is very I'M
common. In the woods and on the
mountains the snow is now very deep,
in many places, too deep for hauling
wood or logs to mill.
The mail carrier from Middleburry
to Bridport was one day last week SIX
hours going eight miles, leaving the
post office at this place at 4 p. M, and
getting to Bridport at 10 pm. He had
to die out the roads with a shovel. In
deed it is quite common now to see ped
dlers with shovels on their sleighs ready
to open drifts and make a passage for
their teams.
"A wedding came off at Bridport last
Wednesday, in which Mr.. Sanford Bart
lett of Armenia, N. Y, was married to
Miss Lizzie Hill, daughter of D. Edgar
Hill, ESQ, of Bridport The bride
groom and bride left for their new resi-
dence on the 18th, with the best wishes
of large circle of friends, for their fu-
ture and constant happiness. The bride,
Miss Lizzie, was a fayorite of your cor
respondent, and in her new relations and
home is accompanied with his best wish
es for long life of unclouded joy and
prosperity. Mr.. Bartlett is young
man of fine attachments and of the high
est responsibility.
Mr.. Daniel Childs, formerly of
| Weybridge, now making his home in
| Colorado, has recently been on a visit to
| his friends in his native town. He re-
turned the 18th inst. to the West with
$40 sheep, selected from the best flockS
in Addison county The freight on these
sheep cost over ST, 500. The demand
for good fine blooded sheep in the far
West is on the increase, and there is no
place where they can be found of better
quality than in the counties of Rutland
and Addison. Mr. Harrison Holden of
this town also contemplates leaving soon
for California, with about 100 fine sheep
for that market He has a splendid
stock now on hand and will purchase
more.
The Adelphi society attached to the
higher department of our graded school
! held its annual exhibition last Thursday
evening, and went off finely. 1t was
fully attended, and was truly a success.
CANDOR.
Middlebury, March II.
DANNY.
The lecture of Col Joyce on the
vermont Brigade was received with a
great deal OF eczat. 1t was delivered in
the Colonel's peculiarly happy style, and
brought back fresh, to the minds of the
old brigade boys, those days of strife and
hardship.
Last week Friday, the house of Mr..
Lord caught fire, but by the prompt as
sistance of several of the neighbors it
was extinguished and but little damage
was done.
j. G. Griffith has purchased the
farm of Isaac Sweat, short distance
south of Dandy borough.
The Sabbath school workers of Rut-
land county hold a convention in this
place on Thursday, the Goth inst.
S. L. Griffith sawed out $4,000 feet
of lumber in his steam saw mill on the
mountain last week. How is that for
one week 5 work ?
CAsTLETON.
The first lecture of our home course
was delivered by H. c. Farrar, a week
ago Friday, before an appreciatiye audi
encc. He discoursed tiuently and pleas
antly, for an hour, on the life and char
acter of Oliver Cromwell.
The second lecture of the course
was given by Rev. Franklin Tuxbury,
of Brandon, Wednesday night. He por-
trayed most wildly the chief character
istics of what constitutes ''True Hero. -
He confined himself to only two classes
of heroism, namely, ''the hero prodigy,
and ''the hero magnanimous. The lee
ture was rare production, and reflected
not only credit but honor on the schol-
arly author
Rev J. G. johnson will give the
third lecture of the course, Friday
evening of this week. Subject, "Jeru-
salem as it is. "
The teachers and pupils of the pub
lie schools of this village gave an anus
ing and interesting exhibition before a
large audience, Friday evening, at the
Town Hall. The exercises were lively,
perfect and complete The teachers,
Miss Phelps, Miss Readc and Mrs. Haw-
kins, the shcolars, from the youngest to
the Oldest, and the audience generally
were in their element.
1t is one hundred and twenty days
since bare ground has been seen in these
parts, and there yet remains heavy
body of snow on the earth, and still it
comes. The 10th of this month, the
wind blew and the snow flew in flakes
as furious as on any day during the long
winter.
"A few days ago a colored man, an
expert wood-copper, was telling trees in
the woods. A pair of horses Glanced to
be standing in the harness near where
he was at work, when the tree happened
| to fall between the horses, crushing
them to the ground. Fortunately, no
bones were broken, but they have been
laid up ever since. The chopper was
warned of the danger, but he would
have his own way, and the last we heard
of him he was seeking for new stu
alton.
Mr.. Charles Buell., native of Cas-
Teton, and son of G. Buell., Esq, has
been elected one of the board of select
men in Claremont, N. H. Charlie has
been resident of that enterprising town
some two years, and is wholesale -four
merchant. We congratulate him on his
early promotion to official life.
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