The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-06
DASHEs HERE AND THERE.

formerly OF Rutland, mas accepted cal
to the pastorate of the Universaist church
at La Crosse, Wis.
Hon. Ira G.. Allen of Fairhayen was at
the Bardwell House yesterday
Mr.. S. w. Sampson, agent for "Comical
Brown was in town yesterday and thinks
of giving an entertainment here in week
ort two.
Harry Kaufman. agent for Benedict X
Clork,s New Orleans Mlnstrels is in town
making arrangements for n performance
= at the Opera House Thursday evening.
Hereafter the steamers Sunnyside and
Powell will not leave Troy, except on
Sunday night, until after the arrival Of the
evening train on the Rensselaer, & Saratoga
railroad, due at 120 p hi.
One of Rutlands most deserving young
bachelors Is to be transformed into Bene-
dict this afternoon, by the usual assistance
of the clergy.
Three columns of miscellaneous reading
on the first page
Fishing tackle of every description, Il
complete assortment always ON hand, at
Higgins drug store, under the Bates House
The mail train over the Harlem Exten-
sion railroad left here Monday morning
with its cars shining with new coat of
paint, and looked so clean and neat as to
almost tempt one to take ride on them,
even if they had no business to call them
that way.
The prospect for successful season at
the Lake Dunmore House is very encour
aging, the cottages and many of the rooms
in the house being already engaged
At the temperance meeting in Brattlc-
boro, an old petition was shown and read,
which was presented to the liquor sellers
of Brattleboro, in 1871, and signed by 293
women, showing how history repeats itself
and that the 'women's temperance move
ment' is no new thing.
The Queeche farmers began blowing in
January, but there was n foot of snow on
their fields, May-day. Some of the hill
roads are SO dnfted as to he impossible, and
the birds are dying of starvation.
Sneak thieves are around the state steal
ing watches, etc.
We are informed that the horse "Abra-
BAN" returned from Boston to Shorcham
last Tuesday, and being entirely cured of
lameness will be exhibited at the Vermont
state fair this year.
Rev. II. II. Shaw will read a poem at
Manchester at the decoration services. J.
Halsey Cushman of the Bennington Ban
ner has been invited to deliver the address
on that occasion.
Benz. Lampman, contractor of the n.
y. e Canada railroad has left for parts I'M
known, leaving $4,000 in debt behind.
Look out for tender veal about these
days.
One thousand men have been thrown
out of employment at Troy by the shut
ting down of the iron works in that city.
One hundred and two persons were re-
ceivcd into Henry Ward Beecher's church
on profession of faith last Sabbath
Rev. r. NJ. Luther and wife of Ben
nington, celebrated the tenth anniversary
of their marriage Tuesday evening. A
large number of friends were in atten-
dance. 1t was to have taken place some
weeks ago, but was postponed on account
of deaths in his congregation.
Chlds Bros, proprietors of the Benning-
ton Gazette, have just put into their Office
fine Bahman's improved safe. We are
glad to notice this sign of the prosperity of
the firm, and under their supervision the
Gdsstte is rapidly improving.
Not content with publishing accounts of
numerous snow-storms in May, antigua
rlans are examining old weather records
and report ice, snow and sleighing on the
Bird of June, 1S16,-a year in which there
was frost every month.
May opened in Canada with many Of the
rivers closed by ice
In 1912 May training in New Haven,
Conn.,, was stopped by severe snow
storm.
There were eight snow-storms in Yer
mont during April the fall of snow was
six inches.
A London advertisement runs thus: "a
country priest will say mass once week
for any one who will regularly send him
the Times newspaper, secondhand, on the
day of its publication.
A Nermonter in California gives an inter
esting account of the heather Chinee as he
finds him in the Golden state. lie calls him
"John, and gives us some new views OF
the Chinaman in America.