Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-09
cut of Town NoTrs.
CAsTLE~OE.


Hen. c. NJ. Willard spent a week
| ago last Saturday, Sunday and Monday
with his mother and three sisters, resi-
dents of this village. He was for seven
teen years an active and prominent citi-
zen of Castleton. He was cashier Of the
bank ten years, Judge of probate six
years, county senator two years, town
clerk -four wears. Sabbath school superin-
tendent thirteen years, a member of the
trustees of the seminary and secretary of
The same fifteen years in all these posi-
tons he proved faithful Mr.. Willard
was always a social genial man, and is
so TO this day.
The Catholics of our town held a
pleasant and profitable fair and festival
a. the town hall, six nights, last week;
refreshments in great variety and abund-
ance were furnished. Articles too nu-
merOus to mention were on exhibition
ard for sale; the hall was filed to over
flowing nearly every evening; the pat
rons of the fair and the public were
favored from time to time, in the week.
with music by the Hibernian Band of
Fairhaven, who were engaged expressly
for the occasion; the proceeds were
about one hundred dollars anight. They
III Ut CADCHdGu III SAAAbCAAiSLlLlts anu
identifying the church and grounds.
-Fifty-three members of the COrlan
society met at the house of DR.. J. n.
Northrup, last Wednesday evening;
this was the largest meeting in point of
members, bnt not in poiut of cortribu-
tions since the formation of the assOcia-
ton; the cash proceeds of the meeting
was some eight dollars, but the ayails
socially are beyond computation all
voted that they had a good time and
that it was good place for the COrlans
to 60 to have good time.
Rev. Mr.. Ayers, of the Congrega-
tional church, is delivering a series of
interesting and instructive Sunday night
lectures on the life and Christian char
acter of Christ and the apostles he has
already discoursed on Christ, John the
Baptist and st. John; his delineatiOn OF
the leading traits of character of these
men of old are truly striking and i'm
pressive, and they 3re listened to with
lively interest by large congregations
the six months services of Mr.. Ayers.
that have been perfectly satisfactory,
terminated last Sabbath; the society
have availed thems elves of the OppOr-
tunity of securing nis ministrations for
SIX months to come at an increase of sal
airy.
The second annual meeting of the
Good Samaritans W as held, last Sabbath
evening, at them ethOdist church. 1t
was as usual largely attended, and was
unusually animating and interesting.
The exercises were as follows Music
by the quartette, anthem, '1'he Lord is
my Shepard reading and prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Tator; opening remarks by
the president election of office sd.
ID. Cole, president r. g. Williams, D.
Il. Atwood, Vice-presidents b. w.
Burt, secretary; M. III. Cook. treasurer;
NJ. iator, w. Il. Ayers, w. Hines, eA-
ecutlVe committee; music, temperance
glee, ''We Conquer :" brief addresses by
the officers elect, accepting the positions
them by the society music.
glee, Good Night" benediction by
Rev r. G. Williams. h. W. b.
MIDDLEBURY.
Mr.. John B. Foot, of this village.
while at work pressing hay for Mr..
Chas. Steele, on the oath, fell and was
followed by bale of hay which struck
him, injuring him seriously. He is still
confined to his house from the injury.
Many of our citizens are abroad Wis
ting friends at the West. Among the
arc Mr.. Geo. r. Ianpworthv
ana wife; VINO expect being absent six
weeks. They left the past week.
Our merchants are very busy with
heir fall trade, with good stocks of
goods to suit the taste and wants of
heir customers. Business is very lively
n our village this fall.
Mr.. A. j. Marshall, depot ma ster,
selling large quantities of coal this
all: The consumption of the article, of
uel is rapidly increasing in our com
nunlty. Farmers are buying it, pref err
ng its use to that of wood.
MIR. William Starr, son of. the late
>eter Starr, Esq, is on a visit to his sis