The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-08

state County and vicinity

The "Orwell Dramatic Club" brayed the
fearfully muddy roads and fulfilled there
appointment of May day evening. Their
entertainment opened with play styled
thread upon the waters which was credit
ably performed. The parts were finely
sustained and the characters selected with
Il good eye to adaptation. The right person
in the right place.
The audience was not large, owing to the
exceedingly bad travelling, but were highly
entertained, and, at the close of the eXer-
ciscs testified their appreciation by sounds
of applause.
On the 9th inst. was celebrated the mar
rage of David King and Loretta Wilcox,
daughter of Jabez Wilcox Esq. Rev w l.
Smith officiating.
The cheese factories are in active opera
ton, and the large increase in the number
of cows over last year give promises of
successful season.
Hay is selling at Sl3 90 per ton. Quite
n large number of our best farmers are un-
der the necessity of buying, unfortunately
there is plenty in town,
FAIRuAvEN.
Mr.. Dewitt Leonard for many years
Fairhaven's printer. and for a time one Of
the firm of Leonard & Phelps, in the pub
lcation of the Fairhaven JourHdl, left
Wednesday for Nebraska where he is to he
associated with Mr.. G. c. Newman, late of
Poultney, in the printing business, and
leaves behind him host of friends all of
whom hope that health and prosperity may
he his for they know he can bear it,
The first indication we have seen that
spring was coming was Stanly's wagon on
which was branded sarsaperilla, soda, pop.
If Stanly has not made mistake eXaming
his almanac we may expect summer soon
or his trade will be pretty poor
Since Knights has stopped the sale of
Jersey lightning, he thought best TO have
something to entertain that portion Of The
travelling public denominated commercial
tourists; so he purchased bear, IA tame one,
n pet. One of these commercial tourists
went to visit him, and although lie was
from Connecticut and was agent for very
nice article of cutlery, he came too near
his bearship and hc'left his card in his
hand, and the tourist he had rather talk
with bulls than bears.
A new bell has been placed upon the
mill of the Vermont Uuion slate company.
The mud holes between here and Benson
have commenced drying. We shall soon
he able to hear from that locality. 81.
MECHANICSvILLE.
Marshall Tarble is busy at work the pre-
sent year in the lumber interest as usual,
and has put into his mill yard this past
winter, seven thousand logs, with what re-
mains to be hauled in on wheels as soon as
the going will permit. lie is making thirty
thousand dozen rakes for the trade this
spring, and has shipped to London on the
first of March six hundred dozen rakes ;
on the fourth of April shipped TO st. Johns
two hundred and scventy-siX dozen rakes !;
May 9th to Ogdenslurgh, one car load o.
rakes. He has sent off the past year twen-
~ Che car loads of chair stock and fifty car
loads of common spruce lumber
Mr. Tarble also has large amount of
spruce and hemlock lumber on hand at the
present time ant is prepared to fill orders
or to make contracts to furnish the same
on short notice. lie is also prepared to
fill orders for rakes, in all the various kinds
with fork haudles, hoe handles, etc Be
sides hand rakes he manufactures large
number of drag rakes for which he finds a
ready sale. He is ever attentive to all the
business wants of his customers.
II c Carpenter has moved to the place
formerly owned by David Eddy. We
gladly welcome all new corners to our town
IN pursuit of profitable investment Of farm
ng interest. u.
PITTsFOED.
r. Burdtt sold fifty-nine sheep which
average 1921 pounds, to NJ. + Shackett.
a d Tiffany, station agent, has put up a
new set of Howe scales near the depot.
Mr.. Phelps, Of Springfield Mass, is to
bald the new track for the Central Yer
mont marble company.
Four persons united with the Congrega-
iional church, in Pittsford, last Sabbath.
Twenty veal calls were shipped here
Monday. Also one car load of sheep.
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NEW HAVEN.
At the regular meeting of Meizpal
Lodge, No. 116, |. o. of G. r., at then
lodge room, Wednesday evening, April 20.
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing quarter; w. c. r., Shcrrod
Brown w. Y. r.. Miss Eva linman
W. s., L. A, Derby w. r., Frank L.
lIathorn w. +. S., Miss Emma Clifford
W. Chaplain, Ira Clifford w. o. c., JAS
ilinman: w. ]. c., Miss Lucy Welcome.
JACK.
LUDLOW.
Apropos to the numerous and graphic &c
counts OF snow in May, may be mentioned
that of DR.. } ii Putnam, of this place, who
on the LIST inst attempted to visit paten
Lying in the neighboring town of Ply
mouth, distant from the doctors base o
operations some ten miles. 1t would seen
from the doctors account that by dint o
oommendable perseverance, he succeeded
in accomplishing some eight miles of thu
distance, but at this point in his journey Ii,
was obliged to hold up, the road being st
blocked with snow that he could go NJ
farther, and "the lay of the land utterl,
precluding the idea of "fank movement
cross lots, which is sometimes resorted t
in like cases of emergency, and he wa
obliged to return without accomplishing tn
object of his mission 1t is confidently eX
pected that navigation will open" in thi
particular section on or about the first o
July next.
Reliable reports from the hilly town o
Andover are to the effect that immediately
after the late severe snow storm portion
of the highways in that goodly town wer
completely blocked with snow som
drifts, by good judges, thought to be iron
eight to ten feet deep GLOW is that TO
high p especially Dr. high drifts, with win
high enough to heap them thus high
A preconcerted, and by some thought T.