The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-10

Inc AuulSOn COunty cdpDath SN""Oi
Convention will hold their first meeting OF
the year at New Haven ON Wednesday
next the Nth inst,
Washington Gladding of the New York
Hdependent delivers the next lecture OF
the Brandon course on Tuesday evening
next. Subject"Good Gold"
Prof Chas d Robinson of Portland Me,
gives public reading at Bristol on Tues
day evening next
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Otter Creek Navigation Co.
held at Nergennes on the 9th inst. II
Stevens was elected President and LIST
Director, ] 5 Hickok, Secretary and
Treasurer and 81 Director, \ G Norton, f
NJ Strong and j C Witherbee, Directors.
Mr.. Jonas Clark succeeds Mr.. b. G.
Rice as station agent at Poutney
The first Lecture before the Hydcyille
lecture ASSOCIATION will be delivered at the
Baptist church on Thursday evening, the
10Th inst, n, . o'clock, by Geo. y. Spen-
Ger of Fairhayen. Subject "The moral
degcncracy of the age
Hon George w. Grandcy, national bank
examiner for Vermont, made his first oill-
cial visit to and examination of the sew
eral national banks in Rutland, yesterday.
A game Of base ball occurred in a neigh
boring town. a few nights since. y party
of roughs tried to clean out a beer saloon
but the owner seized a base bali club and
put them out, scoring three strikes and
three runs. The roughs went out on a fly,
and were caught out by the policemen.
The annual meeting of the Washington
county, n. y, agricultural society will he
held at Argyle, n. Y, ON the Goth INST.
Officers will be elected and premiums de
claicd on crops immaturcd Mt the time of
the fair
Ticsndcroga is to have a newspaper, to
be commenced about the 10Th of January,
Independent in politics and understood to
he ably edited.
Whitehall had phantom party on
New Years eve, at which appeared every
conceivable kind of ghost, sprite and witch
with several other wonderful beings.
As Il specimen Of the ridiculous attempts
to be "smart" that are made by the aged
concern around the corner, we copy the
following from the Nergennc5 F0monter
THE Rutland LouM of Monday last
hypplS an in "a 1Al,vpnZtr e ,.pifific,,, np,1
''gocs' for the VejmoEtei' of last week, be-
cause in n part of its edition the date was
Dec. 1915, while if the sapicnt critic had
lifted his wildly rolling eye he would have
discovered at the head of the column con
tanning his criticism the date January 3.
1878 ~ Well, which is best, eleven
months ahead of, or about year behind
the times Cut out the caption of this
paragraph, Mr.. Hermit, paste it in vour
hat and retire.
The Poultncy J0onhal says petroleum
'. Nasty that was postmaster is engaged
TO play the clown for the Rutland WeraH.
We should say they had one already
\ horse belonging to Peter I.anlre,
farmer Of South Poultney, died on Tues
day from eating Olcander twigs, this popu-
lar house plant being deadly poison.
Rev. Calvin. Granger of Poultney was
thrown from his wagon on Tuesday aud
his shoulder badly injured.
Mine Host Collins of the Bomoscen
House at Castleton announces a grand ball
on the evening of the 22d inst.
An agricultural society was formed in
Poultncy on Wednesday evening last with
Elijah Ross president, Elijah Halves vice
president, Barnes Frisbic secretary. Horace
Smith treasurer, r. X. Thrall, f. W. Nose
Icy and Gardner Parker, standing commit
tee.
The class of chemistry under the instruc-
ton of Prof Seeley, met for the first time
last evening in Kelleys Hall in Grove
block. The Professor gave in conversa-
tional way dissertation on analytical
chemistry and demonstrated by means of
experiments several Of the scientific truths
which chemistry teaches These lessons
are bound to be both entertaining and high
ly instructive.
The Mendeissohn Society met last even
ing with good attendance. The ''socal
hour" was made very pleasant by solo
from Mr.. Frank NJ. Davis, piano duet by
Prof. Mietzke and Miss Inez Joyce and a
trio by Mrs. Mietzke, Miss Eastman and
Mr.. Davis Much improvement was mani
| Tested i'm thp choruS rehearsal