Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-14

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He has been engaged for another year
! as principal of the Fort Plains semina-
ry. He was employed, the last academ-
! ic year, as assistant principal or prinCi-
! pal teacher, in the same institution,
which is now placed upon new finan-
cial basis.
Several of our citizens went west in /
the early part of the season on a visit |
/ They have now returned "eyery man
to his place" ........ ..........
Widow Riddland the oldest woman
in town 80 years. is enjoying very good
health, and her intellectual faculties are
as clear as ever. NJ D
go. ... CAsTLETON
Missionary Smith delivered an in
struchye and entertaining lecture on
missions in Turkey at the Advent
/ church in the afternoon and at the Con
! gregati0nal church in the evening, be-
! fore large and deeply interested congrc-
! cations, Sunday, Aug. 3 He is a ready,
! fluent speaker and is blessed with pc
culiar descriptive powers, which renders
him duubly attractive as lecturer or
! preacher. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are emit
nently devoted to their work and field in
! Turkey, thus lending their aid towards
making that.c0untry what America Is.
The centennial at Rutland in the
fall Of 1870 was grand; the political raj
fevs at Rutland of the last Presidential
campaign, in 1872, were magnificent;
the musical festival. in May, 1878, at
Rutland, was splendid; but the soldiers
! reunion, at Rutland, last week, was both
grand and glorious, and reflects I'M
bounded praise on the brave war veter-
ans and euterprising citizens of the
town for such a majestic display OF YER
mont army boys, soul stirring music and
eloquent oratory, as was arayed there
Thursday afternoon ansl evening 1t was
a gala season for us and thousands more
of admiring spectators. Rutland is max
ing for herself history in the annals OF
time and space We were pleased to see
that the HERALD received its full COM
pliment of music from the gallant bands
in attendance. ....-. ...
-Four of the older inhabitants Of
School District No 1, embracing the
4 Corners and vicinity, have been removed
by death within the last four weeks,
viz: Henry Davis. aged "A George
Woodward, aged 81; Wilson Proctor
aged 60; and Mrs. Joseph Bishop,
aged "a. .....-.-.... ....... -..
"A citizen of this village was pre-
scented on his 10th birthday with an ele-
ganl gold-headed cane by his children.
1t was worthy gift to a worthy sire.
The recipient IS ne-of, if not the larg
est landholders in town. He owns farm
after farm.
MIR. Allen Northrop, youngest son
of the late Deacon Ira Northrop, a grad
uate of bFddlebury College, and for a
dozen years or more Principal of a lite
rary institution ut Flushing, L. l., with
his daughter, is visiting J. n. Northrop,
NJ. D., and other relatives in Castleton.
Allen looks hale and hearty, and IS enti-
tied to seat with the fat men, as he
weighs more than two hundred pounds.
Rev. Mr. Bin, guest at the San
F ford House, from Cambridge, n. Y, in
compliance with an invitation delivered
a most eloquent and touching sermon at
the Brick Church, last Sunday morning,
from the words in Revelation, ''For the
Lamb which is in the midst of the
Throne shall feed them. He was lis
tened to most attentiyely by altogether
the largest congregation of the season,
--Rey. NJ. Tator of the Methodist
church is absent on a few weeks va
cation among friends in western New
, York. RI. ..-.s....
-Rev. Cushman Flagg is pastor of a
church in North AndOver, Mass, instead
of North Adams, as represented in my
I communication two weeks ago.
4 Mrs Daniel Noonan, residing near
the southeast corner Of this town, is the
mother of four large and healthy chill
dren, born individually as follows LIST,
Sept. IL, 1870; %, Sept. 10, 1871 Sd,
f Sent. 9. 1872 4th, Aug. Z, 1878. We
see by these data that the time between
the advent of the first and second is pre-
. eiseIy the same as that between the sec
1 ond and third, being one day less than 9
8 wear. The third child lacked two days
of being eleven months old at the birth
of the last, and had just commenced cat
J. tina teeth. At the same time the eldest
Hacked four days of being two years anc
eleven months of age. AS to sex, the
i arrangement is very happily got up
d being a beautiful rotation: First, boy
= second, girl third, boy; fourth, {
:, girl At this rate the responsibilities VII
. soon be so great in number on the hands
! of Daniel that he will be obliged to dis
pense with having any more 7s007a1,as
! We know that many adventists are op
- posed to agitating the time question; not
Is withstanding, we are led to exclaim
|. Where is the man who can beat gu
J. modern "Daniel" on time :?
b. B.
MIDDLEBURY. .r...
# Frank and Benjamin B.. Flower
e bows. one 10 and the other II years o
= are, were, on the 9Th inst, arraigned be
p fore a court of justice, charged wit
stealing fruit from the garden of 2. Bat
/. tell, ESQ. They confessed their gull
10 and were sentenced to the Vermont Re
form School during their minority. Tn
der the care of Sheriff Trip they wer
conveyed to their new home on the 9th
d, where, under the excellent care of 81
v perintendent Fairbank, they will, | trus
N grow up to be good men. They al
bright boys and, with proper training
. will make useful men.
u Died, in Cornwall, on the 9Th inst
O. Mr.. Abram l.. Williamson, aged I
a y>5sss. He was i'll only four days, wit
tno Inflammation of the bowels. II
raether survives him, aged nearly
years. He leaves a family of a wido
n a six children to mour7 the loss OF
be husband and father, aectionate an
of kind.
nd Our farmers are just closing up the
on haying for the season. The crop III
been good, both in quality and quantit.