Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11

= The Paper Mill company bave cut
down the wages of some of their en-
ployes full IL per cent, as l am told.
The help on the railroad have expert
enced a reduction of 10 per cent.
THE winter term of Addison County
Court commences tomorrow, December
9th, His Honor Judge Pierpoint, presid-
ing judge, with Mr.. Beers, of Monkton,
and Mr.. Boynton, of Orwell, as associ-
ate judges. The stringency of money
matters has occasioned a large increase
of the chancery docket in the way of
foreclosure of mortgages.
- The musical convention, held in this
village the past week, was quite well at
tended and was marked success. The
singing was very excellent, and much
enjoyed by the crowd that gathered at
the hall.
- Mrs. Buckley, wife of John Buck
ley, died on the 9Th inst, aged 36 years.
She was very excellent woman. In
her loss some eight children are deprived
of mother, and at period of life
when mothers counsels and care are
ever needed.
Two marriages have taken place in
our village the past week, viz: A. j..
Defontine to Miss Salome Flower, and
Edwin Comstock to Miss Ida NJ Hun
tington. Another marriage is to come
off this week in the Congregational
church. When consummated / will
crafty your readers with the names of
the parties.
There was a life insurance policy
on the life of the late Rev. j. B. Steele
of 81 900, which now is available for the
benefit of his widow and children.
CANDoR.
December 8th, 1878.
1 ~ LEICESTER.
David Morse Sc Son, of this place,
have recently purchased the so-called
Baxter Farm in East Cornwall, four
miles from Middlebury village. They
paid therefor $4,000 and are to take
possession April 1, 1874. N.
BRANDON.
A crowded house greeted John B..
Cough at Brandon on Friday evening
last. After about twenty minutes of
fine organ playing by Mr.. G. M. Ross,
the accomplished Organist of the Con-
gregational church, Mr.. Cough was in
trodueed at precisely s o'clock, in a few
appropriate remarks by Prof. J. s. Cilley,
in which he paid a delicate and we'll
merited compliment to Mr.. Coughs past
success in the cause, and announced that
the lecturer was to speak on his favorite
topic, Temperance. A round of ap-
plause from the audience greeted the
speaker on his appearance. He was
labOring under a severe hoarseness,
which somewhat embarrassed him at
first, but which seemed to subside as he
warmed up with his subject. He held
his audience spell-bound for nearly two
hours. His lectures have been so often
reported, and his peculiar manner, his
inimitable method of storytelling, his
dramatic power and intense pathos, his
vivid earnestness, and last, but not least,
his broad views and the high moral tone
of his lectures, all these have so often
been the theme of ADLER pens than mine,
that / forbear to attempt anything like
an abstract of his lecture.
Hon. Thomas Fitch, of Nevada, will
give the next lecture, on Friday, Dec.
18th Mr.. Fitch is unquestiOnably the
best living type of fiery, glowing, west
ern eloqoence. Bret Harte is no more
the representative man in occidental
literature joaquin Miller in its poetry,
or Mark Twain as its humorist, than is
Mr.. Fitch of Western oratory.
The writer has heard him, and knows
whereof he speaks.
Mr.. Fitch's enthusiasm in regard to the
resources of California and its neighbor-
ing States, and his faith in the future
opening upon that region, are unbound
ed. Our country does not furnish q
more truly eloquent speaker. Mr.. Fitch
is still young, and say this to the ladies
in whisper-he is positively cookbook
ing.
He is. to the lecture platform what
John Strauss is to the musical conductors
stand. He is about the same stature and
build as the great Vienna composer
quite as active, and about as much
charged with electricity.
Whoever fails to lear him will miss q
rare treat. -. -.......