Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11
out of Town Notes.
CASTLETON.

CASILElONs
Quite an interesting session of the
County Union was held at Good Tenn
plars' Hall last Tuesday week. Tenn
plars were present from Burlington,
Brandon, Poultney, Rutland, Fairbaven,
and CastletOn. Discussions were en-
gagged in by Messrs. Atwater, Atwood,
Campbell. Hines, Williams and Mrs.
Case and Mrs Cook Papers were read
by Mrs. Cook, of this place, and by a
member from Poultney. The union
concluded with public meeting, in the
evening, at the Advent church, Rev. Mr..
Hines delivering an address which was
received with favor by the audience,
though the speaker took some new and
startling departures in the presentation
of the subject from his standpoint.
committee was appointed to solicit a
copy for publication in the county pa
pers.
Tuesday afternoon a young man in
school district No. 6, was arraigned be-
fore the proper authorities for using
threatening language, attended with the
pointing of a pistol toward another
Young man at the same time. The
youngster using the weapon was fined
$40 and costs, amounting to $24.
A letter was received here last We'd
nesday conveying intelligence of the
death of Mr. Read Mead, at the resi-
dence of a niece of his in Fultonville,
n. Y, where he had made his home for
five years previous to his decease. lie
had lived in Castleton sixty years in all.
He had arrived at the age of ga years
He was halter by trade and was in the
business when it was the custom to go
among the farmers and shear the wool
from their lambs and manufacture it
into hats wholly by hand-work.
The weather here last week was a
good deal like the breaking up of hard
winter. One man had constructed an
| immense embankment and packed it
| hard around his house, nearly to the first
| story windows, supposing it would re-
main through the winter, but contrary
| to his expectations the winds blew, and
| the floods came, and removed his snow
bank. He bargained for no such tran
saction and he and his house are left out
| in the cold.
! Miss Sherman, whom | reported last
week as in critical condition from
| dyptheria, was taken away last Thurs
| day evening at o'clock. She was the
| only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. M.
| Sherman, who with brother and large
circle of near relatives mourn her early
death. She was an estimable young
lady, and was beloved by all who knew
her. 1t can truly be said in this in
stance of this entire community, 'that
they mourn with those who mourn and
weep with those who weep" ''There is
no union here of hearts that find not
! here an end. ;" b. W. B.
MIDDLEBURY.
George Sexton, on the night Of the
| 9th of November. broke into the house
of Henry Bebee, in Bridport, and stole
| $41. He cleared out, but was followed.
overtaken, and, on complaint of the
States Attorney, brought before Justice
Slade December 1st, and pleading guilty,
was bound up in the sum of $500, and,
not procuring bail, was committed to
Jail. This young man was from New
burgh, N Y, and engaged in training
horses for racing. A portion of the
money was recovered.
The recent thaw has destroyed our
excellent sleighing. The consequence
is that business is dull, generally.