Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-09

e51Olls 1OWd.
-Rey. M. Ludlun, Methods. a.,
man, has removed from our yiI,o..sy
East MiddleburY. He. is prearI;s 10
the people in that vicinity the --s 70
conference year. He is a very 1 1.esgi
man and an excellent preacher. NF
Our graded school is in spco,--,
| operation, containing between o0o 's.1
400 scholars. Before we orgaDilaS all
/ new district from the two ali 1e
there used to be in attendance At s. es
! ia the two old school houses fro,, 1l ~.
| to 175 scholars. There are - ly9
! number Of scholars now In atteS5e-y
| from adjoining towns, who are str5-.-s
the higher branches, and some fi,i-s
/ for college. '''--g
Mr.. Charles G. Steele is bu,.i,,.,1
/ quantities OF hay, baling the same az
shipping it to Boston market, ~
told he pays S15 per ton delivered AL y.
| the press. C.,-n1-, a'
WEST CLARENDON.
The people have gathered mos, ,
| their pears and sold many Of tbarr
| Rutland at - per bushel There -
very few apples in this section Of fl.
country. '-s
Farmers have harvested A LARGE ,.-.
of excellent corn, and have hon, Wv.
! dig the potatoes which are much be+,,-
than they were last year.
We are very thankful for the rs.u
this week, for our wells are drvjng rr
and the springs are failing. Mn
ORWELL.
We learn from II. T. Cuts thar
/ musical convention will be held AT flu
/ Congregational church the first veal- ~
| November next, under the direction NJ
/ Mr.. TObey, Of Burlington. Mr.. Tob.v
/ is favOrably known in this vicinity All
/ our singers and all in town will be- qla5
! once more to meet him and hear hin
/ sing. He will be assisted at the concerts
/ by our best home talent and distinguisha5
/ sOloists from abroad
Mr. Arad Moffatt has purchased the
| house lots between Mr. A. Parks and
! Mr.. o. S. Giles, on Main street. and in.
/ tends to put up two or three houses If
once. This is a movement In the rigft
/ direction, and we wish that other va
/ cant lots in the village might be occr.
/ pied. 1t is to be regretted that such
/ fine township rs Orwell, about six mile,
/ square, should contain a population Of
only 1,192.
/ The select school in the center Dis.
/ trict, taught by Miss A. J. Phelps. r-
/ this town, opens very fayorably Dol.
! as to numbers and material, some of tf..
/ best scholars in town attending. Mi.
! Phelps is a graduate Of the State Nor
/ NAL School at CastletOn. and does credit
/ to her alma NateT. We wish all or
/ teachers were graduates of this excel
/ lent normal school.
1t is our opinion that there will Ne
no change of text books in our public
! schools at present. Such a chang.
/ would necessitate some expense. and II
/ is the conviction of many of the b-,,
minds that the old text books are just Is
good. and some of them better than
/ those recommended by the State board
/ Of education to be used for the next five
/ years. However, it is most desirable
/ that there should be a uniformity
/ throughout the State.
POULTNEY.
Rev \. L. Cramer Is starting of
1 with a fine school in the Ripley C0.Ie--
/ building He had at the opening, Sep.
/ %. some twenty-five students; m5..
/ have since been added Mr. Cr4m-
will continue his school until the trr,-
/ tees of the Troy Conference are really
/ to open a conference school, which IS
be within a year: perhaps in ief
| months.
The fall term Of the Rev. Mr Ran
dall's parish school has opened, il is
well filed and prosperous as usual Mr.
Randall is a competent, thorough teach
er. and, if his life and health are spared.
/ viii doubtless keep up one of the best
schools in the country.
The Rev. J. a. Pierce, the recently
ordained pastor Of the Baptist church
has been seriously III, but is now rec0T-
ering.
The summer b0arders have nearly
all gone from Poultney and Aliddletown
The fall trade with our merchants
is opening with more activity than was
expected. So long as the slate business
is active here so long all business viii DE
active. \ farmer living up under Spruce
Knob. some six miles from our village
has really found out that our increase OF
population makes a market for farm
products. Every few days he may Tie
seen in the streets with garden yegeia-
bles, and sells them readily at paving
prices. There is no surer or more profit
able crop in Vermont than onions, beets
carrots, turnips. in short all that are
usually raised in gardens, if the ground
is properly fitted. Yet Vermont enly
in part raises its own garden vegetables.
Vermont farmers and gardeners, Wake
up! OBSERVE.
PITTsFORD.
Some noticeable Improvements are
being made in different parts of this
town. The Methodist Society have
commenced extensive repairs on their
chapel. 1t is being enlarged and entire
" remodeled, and when completed, il
is expected TO be a fine specimen Of
church architecture. The contract for
the work has been made with Mr.. Eras-
tus Daniels, an architect Of NeTgenneS,
who is going forward with If with COM
mendable rapidity.
Mr.. Pritchard, the principal proprie-
tor of Furnace Village, is enhancing the
value and improving the appearance OF
his possessions. The old buildings are
being newly shingled and painted, and
their internal arrangement so improved
as to be more comfortable and conyen-
lent for the occupants. Theold Hodges
house, a large brick building, issalmost
wholly reconstructed, and when com
pleted it viii be one of the most beauti-
full residences in the town. We under
stand Mr.. Pritchard intends this for IL
own occupation.
Charles S. Colburn, Esq. an enter
prising young lawyer, of New loT5S;
has been spending the summer at the olN
homestead in PittsfOrd. He has taken
this opportunity TO make valuable m
provements upon his birthplace. he
has thoroughly repaired the house, butt
a new and substantial barn and mao,
other betterments the results Of COCA
taste and a cultivated mind We wish
Mr.. Colburn could be induced to make
Pittsford his permanent abode.
Mr.. Samuel Nourse is building
new house on the old Woodruff place
Our sold officer, C. A. HitehcocE;'
ESQ, has built a new barn on the she,-
don place in the village. So our people
Or cortipuoIIv making improvements