Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-20
Ont of Town Notes.
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Sam Lucas SAYS he shall stay i'll Jail
lust as long as he is well used, and when
he is not he shall make his escape again.
Evidently, Sammy is an uneasy BIRD,
when things don't 60 to suit him.
-.Iaertes, of Rutland, who com
pIimented Prof. Frank BradfOrd's Read
ines in the Banner, of last week, ex-
pressed himself nobly and creditably OF
this celebrated elocutionists talents.
All of our citizens coincide with LA
ertes" when he says eff every lodge
of Good Templers in this or any other
state would procure this gentleman
services to read ''under the snow, be-
fore their organizations, they would do
more actual good, in my estimation,
than all the temperance lecturers in New
England.
The classes in Prof. Growers sing
lug school, now numbers over 300 stu
dents. and perfect satisfaction is given
and it is not ''school for scandal" as
has been stated by some unprincipled
persons.
"A. F. Davis, Esq, will remain in
Woodford for numer of weeks. Mr.
Davis is an enterprising citizen, and we
shall regret to have him return to Rut-
land.
The streets are bare, and we fire.
ouently hear the remark: The ''wheel-
ing" never was better The weather
for few days has been quite boisterous
and cold, yesterday Sunday being dark
and stormy. Let us be appreciative Of
the thoughts, that spring is coming, and
is even near at hand; nevertheless, the
month of March is as much to be dread
ed as any month of the year. However,
during the succeeding month, we shall
have April showers, next, May flowers,
and then from the breath of flowers the
balmy air of June. 0 how delightful!
Really we exclaim ''COme, come gem
tie spring"
Eugene l.. Graves, cashier of the
Commercial Bank of Chicago, is visiting
his parents here. He is a son of Hon.
Luther r. Graves. 5. NJ. B.
Feb. II.
MIR. George A. Weston, one of the
few efficient and successful instructors
of the young, recently made the pupils
of his school on North street a valuable
and appropriate present, it being no less
than an elegantly bound copy of the
latest edition of Webster's unabridged
pictorial dictionary.
On the same principle of the boys
exclamation that " he'd got new pair
of pants made out of dads old coat,
Chester may boast of the attractive APP
pearance that the - Garfield property,
on Depot street, presents at this time.
Since the carpenters commenced work
upon said building, it has been so COM
pietely metamorphOsed that its most IA
miliar friends would not recognize it.
DR.. Eddy is entitled to the thanks of the
citizens of this town for the public spirit
manifested in both the exterior and in
terror of said building.
Chester boasts of a gushing Hiber-
MAN damsel, who is yet on the sunny
side of thirty years, who " kicks the
beam at $40 pounds, and this mountain
of flesh thinks that by paying a little at
tentiOn to dieting she can improve on
the above figures. VIII the Springfield
Union please to notice that Vermont is
still ahead. and that it willhave to hurry
up that Mantle lass down in the Nut
meg State or the Green Mountain dam
sci will "beat them out of sight
The obituary written by Hon. Am
Oscar l.. ShaftCr contains an error
which should be corrected, viz: that
Judge Shafter left Bennington county
for California Judge Shafter left Will
mington, in Windham county, for Cali
fornia, and prior to Judge Skaters re-
moval to the land of gold, Hon. Charles
n. Davenport, now of BrattleborO, was
his law partner. So our informant
states.
LUDLOW.
The teachers of Black River Acad-
envy have opened an evening school, in
school district No. /, to continue three
sessions a week for six weeks. About
fifty of the operatives of the Ludlow
wooden mills avail themselves of this
rare opportunity for mental culture.
The instruction is offered gratuitOusly
on the part of Mr.. Giffin and Miss Pierce,
which should certainly be appreciated
by those who are the recipients Of such
liberality.
The winter term of this academical
institution closed Friday, Feb. 14th. and
the spring term opens Feb. Goth, with
fair prospects of having large number
of scholars. During the winter the adj
vance pupils have met their teachers on
Friday evening of each week, as a read
ing club. The poems of Lonfellow and
Tennyson have been used as text books.
AT a recent meeting of Reform
Lodge No. 81, l. 0. of G. T., the follow
ing officers were duly installed: L. NJ
Giifin, w. c. T.; Miss Lilly E. 4. Rob
bins, w. V. t; f. NJ. Pinney, w. s. ;
Miss Lizzie Wheldon, w. T. : O. w.
Bishop, w. F. S.; II. Taylor, w. NJ. ;
Miss Lizzie Batchelder, w. d. NJ; Miss
Carrie Otto. w. I. G.. F. Knight, w.
0. G. ; NJ. Gilligan. w r. II. ). S. r.
Wakefield, w. L. II. S \. NJ. Pierce,
L. d.. J. 4. Carlisle, p. w. c. T.
&C. J. Howe has recently sold at
auction large stocks of goods in both
Barretts and Hammond & Stimson's /
blocks. In the former, CrOckery; in |.
the latter, dry goods.
The monthly union prayer meeting /
was held Sabbath evening, Feb. 10th, +
in Ludlow Hall, with the Methodist /
society. 1t was somewhat stormy, yet /
there was respectable number present /
and the time was well improved. The I
theme for consideration was Faith.
Lux.