The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-11
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A grand masquerade bail is to be held at
the Brandon House in Brandon this even
ing, in which the elite of that town
will participate. A splendid time is an
tcpated and mine host Deming will do
his part in his usual recherche style.
Prof. Seeley, of Middlebury gave his re-
gular weekly lecture before his class in
chemistry last evening a. Kelley's hall.
Powers Institute at Bcrnardston, Mass. ).
over which Prof. A. J. Sanborn presdcs
closes its Winter term on Friday with an
examination during the day and an exhibit
ton in the evening.
A big business is done at Vershire in
Orange county, in letting out yarn pro-
cured of Boston firms to be knit into nit
tens. One woman has 800 workers The
smart old ladies must be coming money,
for they get dollar per dozen pairs for
knitting.
This evening Miss Mary J. Gilmorcs
class in vocal music at West Rutland will
give concert at the Town Hall in that
village. The programme is made up of
anthems, songs, duets and quartettcs and
solo for violin and piano. The perform
ers embrace most of the amateur musicians
of West Rutland and the entertainment
promises to be rare treat to the people of
that vicinity.
Thaddeus Fairbanks, ESQ, of St. Johns
bury is registered at the Bates House.
The new paper at Burlington, the Daily
Sentinel, made its appearance yesterday for
the first time. 1t Is to be an evening paper
and we understand democratic in politics.
Burlington will doubtless see as lively
newspaper competition as other towns arc
experiencing.
Waitsled thinks it has good record on
the subject of salary grabs. \ town meet
ing held in 1916 denounced,the salary grab
of that year, and asked for an amendment
TO the constitution taxing the pay of con
gressmen.
What has become of the town clock {?
1t fails to be heard.
Colonel Higginson does not consider the
Americans a sordid people. and thinks we
are standing by the deathbed of the "aris-
tocracy."
Gold has been much more steady of late
than the weather.
Depending ngers-hanging icicles.
The paper mills throughout Michigan
have suspended for.want of rags. The ma
tional banks of the large cities did the same
thing, from the same cause, about four
months ago.
The contract for building the new wharf
of the New London Northern railway COM
pany, of which our townsman Col. George
A. Merrill is superintendent, from Win
throp's Neck to the Isle of Rocks, New
London, has been awarded to Danson,
Fank & Co. of that city. The bids varied
from S12O, 900 to S250,000. The work will
be commenced as soon as possible.
The Boston Neus relates the process OF
a farmer in Maine to induce his oxen to
draw load of wood up a steep hill. He
placed q bundle of hay about two rods
ahead and found no difficulty in driving
the team up to it. This process was re-
peated till the top of the hill was gained.
Bears are becoming hungry and bold il
the northern part of the state, and grea
havoc is made among the sheep.
In Vermont town q merchant detected
customer in the act of secretly loading
his pockets with eggs from one of the bar
rels in his store The grocer said nothini
until his customer rose to leave the store
t this point the grocer inquired, "Wha
oonres your pockets stick out so ?" at tn,
of IN iime Familiarity slapping the carmen
;r,co 80 otor. An unctuous stream of cg!
concerted 1mcdiately visible, and the dis
p,odro,, t rushed from the store.
hoe No. ~. -, Laconia wife murderer
The remains of TIT nc mas pcci III jan
taken to Vermont an Ht,U,isu "o'l"n ,N w.,
that she be buried in ''''s' ''f'''''
where their child was int ~ no 10, '" sa'S
''If | am hung want to be "Dl' . .'N
too" '" '"''
The mayor Of St. Louis lacks b.
ience. He vetoed an order for se.'
baked beans freely to the hungry.
A. p. Childs, the well-known insuran
agent has become proprietor of the V,
mont Gazette at Bennington. We exte
the hand of welcome TO Mr.. Chlds a
trust editorial honors will set easily on |
shoulders.
Eugene Graves, son of Luther r. GRAY
ESQ.,, of Bennington, who is travelling
Europe, has recently married the daught
OF gentleman who was travelling in (,
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