The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-11
BENNINGTON COUNTY.


BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Arrangements are being made to extend
the Bennington and Glastonbury railroad
across the mountain, which enterprise Will
probably be completed in year or two.
L. A. Gleason of Woodford, does
an extensive lumber business with different
parties, he having one order to fill OF lOO,-
900 feet from Knowlson, Bonesteel Nc
Manus.
CHiTTENDEN COUNTY
Mr.. c. A. Lyon of Sheiburn has some
superior Cotswod Sheep. He has sam
ple of lG l-2 pound fleece sheared from
vearing eve, belonging to Mr.. Lyon which
measured lG inches in length. The above
eve was bred from imported stock by Mr..
Lyon.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Revival influences are felt in St. Johns
bury District, and some special prosperity
ia enjoyed in various charges.
In the Caledonia County Conference,
there are eighteen minister's of whom eight
are pastors; fourteen churches and 1888
members in Sabbath Schools, 2,0GS; aver
age congregations, 1871; contributions,
Sl2,0i7-beng much the largest in the
State.
Reuben Whitcher died at Groton, while
sitting at the table eating with the family
where he boarded. His wife two months
and fourteen days before. He was born in
the town in which he died.
ESSEN COUNTY.
Charles ii. Weeks, of Canaan, has raised
the present year, on his own farm, eight
thousand bushels of potatoes.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Albert Soule of Fairfield, raised from
six uarts of potatoes, six barrels--a large
yield for any year.
Bellevue House, Sheldon, has closed af-
ter Il prosperous season. Congress Hall
still keeps open with about % guests.
The crops in Sheldon are only few, ex-
cept potatoes which are unusually good and
abundant.
Douglass X. Holmes of Georgia has
gone into bankruptcy. DR.. Henry Baxter
of llighgate has been elected chief templar
of the Franklin County Good Templars
Union.
Prof L. A. Waite of Cornell University
who has recently been appointed Consul to
Greece is native of IIighgate.
St. Adams District Preachers Meeting
December I'd.
Protracted meetings are in progress III
Richford. They are well attended.
The parish register of st. Luke's Of St.
Adams, for the year ending on St.
Luke's Day, 1878, shows total of forty
seven baptisms, thirteen marriages, and
twenty-seven burials and nineteen persons
had been confirmed. During the four years
of the Rev. Mr.. Putnam's rectorship, nine
ty-fivc persons have been confirmed, and
irlt
the marriages numbering thirty for the
same period, and the burials eighty-two.
parish Guild has recently been organized
to aid the rector in carrying on more thor
oughly and efficiently the work of the
church by organized effort.
lloratio b. Farrar Esq, one of the old
est, most prominent, and respected citizens
of Swanton, died recently. He leaves
three children, Rev. II. C. Farrar, formerly
of Castleton, II. w. Farrar, and the wife
of George M. Hall, M. d. of Swanton.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Revival meetings are being held at the
Methodist church in Alburgh. At the quar-
terly meeting on Sunday week, three per-
sons were admitted to full membership and
forty new members were admitted on pro-
baton. AT the same time twenty-five re-
ceived the ordinance of baptism.
burgh Sentinel that he and Grand Isle
man, have been badly swindled by light
ning-rod peddlers, recently.
LAMo11LE coryry
M, an
week was favored with good weather and
drew out large concourse of people
$1,000 taken the first day and some S250(
taken during the fair, or about $500 more
than last year.
Benjamin Griswold died in Cambridge
Sept. 10Th, aged 81 years. lie was a man
of marked peculiarities of character, and
had read one and the same Bible through
one hundred and sxty-five times, and had
kept tally thereof on n blank leaf the hook
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ORLEANS COUNTY
L. Chase, of Jay, has raised potato
that weighs three pounds and nine ounces
Key. j. u. Lorimer has presided over the
Baptist church at Derby for l3 years
There have been no jars nor jangles in the
society. The people have been satisfied
with their pastor, the pastor satisfied will
his people
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Gencviovo Robinsor of corJds,;lo
miss two vcars of agn sears ~ So "a nIr;
,nltrroII,, iroI;,,o1 "si 'eIn"a " oe ayr
seed last Snrino rh;oI, p o"r,o nlu I''i
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has raisod fnur "s ISL sIa '"nagenient s ,n.
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