The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-27
LOCAL MENTION.

A special meeting of the Hook and Lad
der company will be held at their rooms
this Wednesday evening at 7.3O O'Clock.
Rutland lodge of Good Templars meet
at Odd Fellows hail. Globe block, this
Wednesday evening at 1870 o'clock.
Our citizens should remember the lite
rary treat in store for them in the address
of Col. w. G. Veazcy at the Opera House
on Thursday evening.
The funeral of Nahum Parker, Esq,
was largely attended by his former towns
men at Shrewsbury. yesterday afternoon.
The Rev. Daniel G. Roberts of Brandon,
who is to deliver the Grafton there on Deco
ration Day, was not chaplain, but pri-
cate, in the S4th Ohio regiment.
Decoration day Is approaching, the
weather is not favorable TO the appearance
of flowers. Let us eXhort those who can
furnish flowers to prepare them for the use
of the soldiers on Decoration day.
John Lightning Huntoon, yesterday,
leviathan, weighing A! pounds, for which
he paid-he didn't hook nina current
five dollar bill
" Crazy Jane amused herself yester-
day breaking out several windows in the
saloons of Dervin and Jackson on Main
street.
Messrs. w. f. Paige and Moses Pratt
departed yesterday on fishing excursion
among the woods of Northern New York.
Considerable eXcayating is being done on
the corner of West and Grove streets pre-
paratory to the building of handsome
block thereon.
Several of the organizations, invited by
Post Roberts to join with them in the Oh
servance of Decoration Day. have accept
ed the invitation.
The usual prayer meeting held at the
Baptist Church, on Thursday evening, will
be held this wednesday, evening, in or
der that they may listen TO Col Veazey's
Grafton at the Opera House Thursday
evening.
Rev. A. F. Bailey, formerly pastor of
the Methodist Church in Rutland, is the
chaplain on Decoration Day at Troy, n. Y.
Col w. G. veazcy will deliver the an
nual Grafton before the corporation and
literary societies at the commencement of
Norwich University at Mortified, June
25th
Rev DR.. Cushman of Manchester, is re-
gistercd at the Bardwell House, and Rev.
c. B. Hubert of Bennington and Hon. j.
Stewart of NIiddlebury, at the Bates
House.
The lesson of experience in Rutland this
week is-IIavc umbrellas handy.
The Ripley Brothers of Rutland have
again opened their works at Burlington, on
Winooski avenue, and are now drawing W
cement and shipping tile to Richmond
Port Henry and other places.
A disreputable slur appeared in the He'
aid of yesterday, wholly uncalled for and
untrue in fact. This was the statement
made that the "brakcman, whose leg was
broken at East Wallingford on Monday
was drunk The "brakeman" was an en-
ployee upon Engineer Thrall's wood-tran
as we stated yesterday, and at the time o
the accident he had but just left the train
The statement that he was drunk is there
fore slur upon the conductor and the rail
road company by whom he was employed
who allow no one who works for them +
drink at all. Furthermore, we have it fror
reliable authority that Kennedy was pei
fecty sober that day and gave no foundi
ton in his appearance Tor the statemer
made by the HeruM. Such imputator
are evidence of bad taste and want {
knowledge of the facts.
In the obituary of Deacon Frederick But
ton published in Tuesdays GLOBE, mao
us say that he died on Sabbath mornin!
May oath, it should have sread "Monda
morning, May 25th, at o'clock" AIS
that he was born in IT'S, it should hay
been '17SS," the word lending" shoul
read "endurng."