The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-11
M.iHGic1ury.

lnc series or evening meetings has been
held in the ycstry of the Methodist church
ever since New Years. and quite n general
religious interest has been manifested. A
good TuenY rust v.dwUHer nen.bey- have
been converted and Joined the church. Mr.
Meeker, the pastor, is an earnest preacher,
and has been untiring in his efforts to save
souls. If his physical machinery were suf-
ficicntly strong to bear the mental pressure
he is inclined to put upon it, there would
be no end to the work he would perform
IN his labor of love But as 1t is, he will
be obliged TO discontinue the extra services,
although the people filed the house, and
gave serious attention 20 the preached
word.
In view OF the dread account we
trcmble for those who are dealing out rum
and its milder cousins to the insane devo-
tees of Bacchus The man that will, for Il
few cents, deal ont whisky to a poor in.
sane drunkard, when he knows that every
pint that he drinks only gives him another
push towards eternity, seems wholly lost tc
the fact that soon he, and the poor drunk
ard will be summoned to stand before the
judgment seat land answer in that day for
the deeds done in the body" No, not one.
Every man will have case Of his own Ia
be tried and he alone will be obliged &c
bear it and plead guilty. There will be no
appeal, no putting by Of the case, the evil
dence will be all in, and the Judge of all
the earth will pronounce the sentence
Jesus Christ the righteous has stood bail
for you for many years and said 10 his
Heavenly Father ''spare them a little
longer But now you have been surrend-
cred, and the bulletin board containing
your sins is before you, and you will be
dumb as a sheep before its shearer, And,
perhaps, next to you, will stand the poor,
dcluded drunkard, trembling at his coming
doom, crying, Oh that you had not given
me what ''bitoth like serpent and sting.
eth like an adder What you have given
mo has caused me to commit murder, ar
son, burglary, theft, highway robbery, and
all other crimes ever known to man. Truly
! am obliged to answer to that dread &C
count"
Sleighing is pretty good here now, al
though we have but little snow. The peo-
pie are running in large quantities of wood
from the swamps and mountains around
about \ great many families in the cities
and large towns, are looking anXiously for
spring, when they can be comfortable with
a small amount Of fuel, when more labor
will be needed, and all kinds of business
will be revived.
Deputy-sheriff W. II. Cobb has a war
rant for The arrest of n new conner into the
town Of Weybridge, who had been pound
ing Mr. Crane. He took Mr.. s. Brooks
along with him and as they approached the
house, they saw him go in at the back way.
Mr.. Cobb followed him in, and as soon as
Mr. Brooks could secure the horse, he en-
tered the front door and found Mr.. Cobb
and the man aforesaid, in the midst of a
spirited discussion. Mr.. Cobb told Him he
should arrest him and take him to Middle
burt, and he as strongly said he shouldn't.
Mr. Brooks used his persuader about his
haids and fingers, and the wrstlets were
then put on and he was lodged in Jail.
THE GLOBE is good medium for adj
vertising-certainly everybody in this re-
zion speaks well of IL "a n readnm nannr
They say they like it. Speaking of liking
II makes me think of little incident that
Mapped some years ago at a llremens' sup
per. AS is usual the company was COM
posed of all kinds of humans, from the
merchant down to the newly imported
Canadian. The supper was ready, and all
the company were seated, and while the
coffee was being passed, Frank, the French.