Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-17
Out OF Town Notes.
SOUTH wAILINGFoRD.

w. w. Kelley's new marble mill
started last week. M. b. Kelley has
taken the contract to saw the marble
and load it for shipment. He is intend
ing to commence running it night and
day this week Mr. Kelley expects two
cutting machines on his quarry this sea
son.
There ls now being shipped from
this station, to the Farmers Milk Com
pany, New York, about twenty cans of
milk daily.
The annual school meeting called
out more than the usual number of our
citizens. The following officers were
for the ensuing year: W. c. Kelley,
moderator C. O. Stafford, clerk, com
mittee and treasurer Geo. Holden, col
lector. The school house being in very
bad condition, the matter of repairing
or building new was discussed. After
appointing a committee to examine into
the condition Of the building, the meet
ing adjourned for one week. Mean
while aspiring youths, and some of ma
turer years, canvassed the district bent
upon identifying our village by the
erection of a twin sister to the East
Wallingford school building with a neat
hall above. The voters of the district
came very generally to the adjourned
meeting, and when the vote was cast
the house stood about equally divided,
one half for repairing the old, and the
other for building new. The legality of
certain actions being questioned, the
meeting was adjourned another week to
give an opportunity for consulting our
law library. Last Tuesday evening the
third meeting found every voter present.
The excitement of the second meeting
had given place to more serious reflec-
ton, and the majority seemed to think
their pockets were not quite deep enough
to build new this year; so it was left to
the committee to make necessary repairs.
This is an advancing age with the in
crease of business among us. Our school
will be enlarged and, we hope, by the
time another year rolls around our citi-
zens will see fit to replace the building,
that has served well its purpose for a
half century past, by neat and com
modious school building suited to the
times.
-Messrs. Montague & Adair have
sustained considerable damage from the
high water by the washing out of part
of their mill dam erected the past year.
We hope to see the breach speedily re-
paired, and quantities of pure white mar
BILE vending their way from the quarry
into the mill, across the new suspension
bridge, and into the cars of the Harlem
Extension railroad.
ICHABOD.
LEICESTER.
The coRcert at the church Saturday
evening, the 5th inst, as the closing
ing exercises of the singing school taught
by Prof. w. w. Thomas, of Middlebury,
was in every respect a success. The
house was filled to overlooking at an
early hour. The variety of vocal and
instrumental music selected for the oc-
casion was of the highest order and very
well adapted to please any collection of
people The exercises closed at 1850
o'clock The lateness of the closing
hour with the good attention of the au-
dlence is proof enough that the enter
tainment was highly interesting and well
received. NJ.
WEST HAVEN.
Sickness prevails to some extent in
this place, measles and fevers being the
prevailing diseases.
Daniel Bixby has some blooded
sheep which he himself reared that are
No. /. Mr.. Bixby has been breeding
with a view to getting the greatest length
and thickness of fleece upon the same
animal, and has succeeded.
Nathaniel Fish, ESQ.,, who has been
sick the past winter, is convalesing and
able to be about.
Deacon John s. Moon intends to
put up new barn this summer, with
cellar underneath.
"A new iron bridge has been
placed across the river near Dea. Hunts,
at an expense of some 81, 800. One
half the expense is borne by this town,
and one-half by Whitehall.
The schools have been successful
the past winter, though there is lack
of scholars in most of the schools.
The stage route from Fairhaven to
Benson has been bid off by parties from
Ludlow, who commence to run it July
1st. REDRo.