Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-03
NIDEX.
CASTLETON.

Mrs Noah Holt, widow of the late
Noah Holt, departed this life at the old
Holt homestead, which has been occupied
by the family nearly or quite century,
a week ago last Saturday morning, at
the ripe old age of eighty-nine years.
Mrs. Lucy Merrill Holt, daughter of
the late Deacon Enos Merrill, and for
nearly sixty years the devoted wife of
Deacon Nehemiah Holt, formerly OF
Castleton, died, recently, at the resi-
denceof her son, Rev. Edwin Holt, of
Grand Rapids, Michigan, aged eighty
three years. All but seventeen years OF
her life was passed in Castleton. Forty
years ago four large families by the
name of Merrill resided in town. Not
one of the name is to be found IN the
place now.
Tive sisters of charity, representing
the Catholic Orphan Asylum in Burhng-
tos. canvassed our town lately, solicit
ing aid in money and clothing for the
benefit of the institution. They esti-
mated the amount contributed at about
800 in one day. Two or three inmates
of the institution are from Castleton.
The Catholics in this vicinity are quite
numerous, and liberal in the way of sus-
tanning their religious and humane insti-
buttons.
The proceeds arising from the two
concerts given by the seventh regiment
band failed to meet the demand reqired
financially. The parties who employed
the band are in arrears a few hundred
dollars. Only about five hundred tickets
were sold in Rutland and Castleton.
Double that number should have been
disposed of to defray the outlay attend
ing the entertainments.
Choir singing has been discontinued
at the CONGREGATIONAL church, and a
ouartette now render the music for re-
Hgious services and for the meetings OF
the Good Samaritans held at this church.
MDDLEBURY.
As already mentioned in The HER
AID. the house and barn of Mr. Charles
Uav. residing one mile north Of this vii
lace. was burned on the night of the
e5th inst. / have learned the following
particulars 1t was evidently the work
of an incendiary The fire was first
communicated to the barn, and from
thence ran from one building to another
until it reached the house. The family
narrowly escaped. They awoke just in
time to save few articles in the lower
story. Insurance on property $4,000.
Loss over insurance some s., 900.
A strawberry festival, under the
auspices of the young people OF the
Methodist church and congregation,
came off in the lecture room OF the
church on the evening of the goth. The
room was filled with old and young, al
fuII of cheer and happy.
The weather is hot, hotter, hottest
Thermometer the Goth, 90 in the shade
The crop of grass is being seriously les
sened. and the prospect is that hay vii
command a very high price. Othel
crops are suffering severely for the wan
of rain. In our lake town the drouth II
yery severe. Our farmers are crowded
into haying, and wages are high. an
told that the mountain towns are no
suffering as much as these in the valley
of Otter Creek.
"A beautiful child of Mr.. and Mrs
Loren n. Howard, in this village, agec
two years, died on the 28th from milan
nation of the bowels. Funeral Saopatl
evening at 5 o'clock. Rev. Mr.. MeeKel
officiating clergyman.
Our military company have beer
furnished with new and beautiful UNI
form. and under command of Capt. w
q. Dewey will participate IN the Ethan
Allen monument services at Burlington
on the Fourth of July.