The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-31
Vicinity Items.
doings.



Nathan II. Churchill of Forestdale, two
and one-half miles from the village OF
of Brandon, was brought before Justice
John Capen on Wednesday, charged with
keeping intoxicating liquors with intent to
sell. He pleaded guilty to five offences,
and they being second conviction. he
was fined 800 with $307O cost, and a
mittimus was issued against his body.
Churchill was extremely penitent and pro-
missed with apparent sincerity not TO keep
any more benzine.
The lecture delivered by Mrs. Livermore
on Wednesday night was the seventh and
last of the course. In this enterprise, Just
concluded, Brandon, can safely challenge
any town of similar size in New Eng
land to show that such an expensive course
of lectures have, this winter, been 50 well
sustained.
The fremen have dance at the town
hall on New Years eve.
Monday evening, Jan. 3, the following
ladies with others, will give leap year
ball at the Brandon house Misses Carrie
Bishop, Nettie Bishop, Hattie Bishop, Hattie
Estabrook. Minnie Goodell, Jennie Holly,
Ida Meacham, Eva Meacham, Flora Thay-
er, Nellie Briggs, Hattie Goodell. Kittle
Estabrook.
The Brandon baud will give concert
and sociable at the town hall about the 2lst
of January.
Company II, 9TH Vermont infantry are
| preparing to have q reunion at an early
date.
ouITTENDRN.
The new Methodist episcopal church is
well under way. the frame being nearly all
up. The bell tower will be raised the last
| of this week or the first of next. Although
the building is decidedly too small, if it is
nicely finished it will he credit to the
place and to the untiriDg energy and per-
| severance of our worthy pastor Rev. John
Jameson, who Notwithstanding the element
OF opposition with which he has had to
contend, has succeeded in the short space
OF three months in raising @ sufficient
amount of money 10 at least complete the
outside of the house. and he promises q
great desire to help in the matter and they
will doubtless do something towards deco
rating and furnishing the interior.
ROB Roy.
CORNWALL.
Charles II. Lane, eldest son of Mr.. Rollin
Lane, met with serious accident on
i
an apple tree near his fathers house, and
owing to high wind the tree fell in diff
ferent direction from what he expected,
and caught his leg breaking the bone above
the knee. He is doing os well as could be
expected, and Is under the care OF DR.. SUIT
ton of Middlebury.
| William Manchester came near drown
| ing himself aud his horse in Lake Cham
plain on Friday, Dec. "a. He was taking
a load OF potatoes from Cornwall TO Port
| Henry, n. Y, and while crossing on the
| ice near old Fort Crown Point suddenly
the ice gave way precipitatng MIR. Mau
chester and his team into the water. lie
soon got out upon the ice himself, but wae
unable to extricate his horse, which re-
NAMED 10 the water over an hour before
assistance reached him.
| II. c. Burwell OF Addison has been re,
Gently purchasing Merino sheep in Corn.
wall for the western market.
NORTH sHRRwsBURY.
Seeing statement In another paper oil
Dec. 16th, that the Christian denomination
of North Shrewsbury had employed VIM
]. Blanchard as their pastor for a portion
of the time, wish to make that matter
| plain through your paper. l would say
Il Is only few that have seeded and gone
out after the Advenis as the Christians
had their pastor at the time, and mean tc
keep him another year. He is just as good
man to-day as he was five or six years
ago when he first came to Shrewsbury, but
the new has worn off with some and they
must have change, no matter 1t he does
burn them all up root and branch. We
heard that one of the good sisters said she
had prayed and prayed that Elder Fields
place might be vacant. Was that Christ
like Was that the spirit of q Christian
II they believe, as they profess to, that
Christ is coming in four years from next
April, why should think they would feel
more like clasping every one In their arms
and pleading with them to come to Jesns.
go consistency thou. art a jewel"
| PAwLET.
Messrs. Barker and Tanner are holding
a musical convention this week at West
Pawlet.
Gertie, youngest daughter of Mr. aud
Mrs. Norman Winchester, died Saturday
morning last, after an illness of three days
of scarlet fever. Tie funeral was largely
attended at the Congregational church,
| Tuesday afternoon,