The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-21

Wednesday Evening Relation
of the church TO the world.
Thursday Eyening-Subiect Elements
of power in q church.
FAST DAY.
Friday Morning-Prayer meeting at II
o'clock. Afternoon-Public service at 2
o'clock sermon by Rev. r. s. Cushman,
ID. D., of Manchester. Evening--A gener-
al conference meeting.
Saturday Evening - Subject Patient
continuance Is well doing"
The Presiding Elder of the Cambridge
district will be present at the Methodist
Church next Sabbath.
The regular session of the supreme court
for Bennington county will be held here,
commencing Tuesday, the 10th day of Feb
iuaIy. Judges Picrpoint Wheeler, Peck
and Barrett will be in attendance
a cheap store for the sale of dry goods,
Yankee notions, &c, was opened in Put
nams block, Monday. These stores are
very frequently started here and after re-
naming here two or three months and dis
posing Of many Of their goods, depart as
suddenly ns they came.
In 1852, about July 4th, Pullen, Virgil
& Co. started an express Office in this vii
lagc and appointed IT, r. White, ESQ.
agent Tic messenger at that time was G.
NJ. Evans, who Gas there was no railroad
here them made two trips per day by stage
from here to North Bennington, connecting
there with the express trains from Rutland
and Troy. October LIST, of the same year,
his place was taken by NJ. G. Scldcn, who
made the same trip until December, when,
the railroad being completed from North
Bennington 10 this village, he run through
to Troy, n. l., making one trip per day
each way. The receipts of the office not
heiug large enough to warrant keeping two
men in the Office, in January, 1858, Mr. Sci
den took the agency at this village and al
so made his regular trips to Troy as mes
scngcr For the first quarter of 1853 the
receipts Tor the OUTRIGHT amounted TO
less than $50 per month and the receipts
for in-freights to about $50 per month.
~ 'D'ii wv COMPANY was tihuEtu W
National Express company. Mr.. Seldcn
was retained here as agent The business
Of the Office continually increasing Mr.. Sci
den discontinued his trips and remained
here all the time The business has kept
increasing, until now three men are en-
ploycd to do the work III the Office and the
receipts for out freight for the last quarter
of 1878 were S0i0.6J, and the in freight
Sl,72950. Mr.. Seldcn still holds the posi-
ton of agent (haylng held it 81 years., and
although he is confined to the house con-
siderable of the time, and has offered his
resignation to the company several times it
has not been accepted for having grown
gray in the service of the company they do
not propose to lose his services, being con
sdcrcd by them one of their most faithful
and efficient agents, and il is the desire of
all our people that he be continued at that
post just as long as he possibly catfete, for
with him at the head assisted by Frank
knights and Mr. Rice as assistants none
better can he procured
We learn that l.. NV. Rcdington, Esq,
will deliver his lecture entitled Glow |
went through Europe" in Library Hall next
Monday evening, Jan. 90. From the ac-
counts that we have read of his lecture VIC
anticipate something good.
Monday was rainy and very disagree
able day. The snow that was on the
ground is ontirely eona aud nnain wa hava
any amount Of mud b.