The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-29
The 8utland daily Globt.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 90. 1875
Vicinity Items.
CHESTER.


A game of Quoits will be played at Ches
ter, on Saturday the I'd day of October
next commencing at l o'clock n. m. for q
purse of So to the first SO is the second
and 81 to the third. To be played under
the Chester rules. Two men to constitute
side and play against two opponents.
| Thirty-five scores TO the game and the
side getting the most scores best three In
five shall draw the prizes in their order.
All persons may enter their names who
desire to play.
j N. MEAD.
President Chester Club.
Chester, Sept. 81
Tomorrow N. o. johnson will sell at
auction his central hotel and personal pro-
perty as advertised. Cause i'll health.
MIDDLEBURY.
Messers. Sweeney and Sargent have
erected building 20x40 feet on the site OF
the Mcleod building and will occupy it as
tin shop. This is the first building erected
on the burnt district.
Mr.. John Barker has commenced re-
building the store formerly occupied by
Hyde, Wilcox, 81 Co., f. A. Bond will
rent the entire building when done.
VIM. Slade will Immediately rebuild
larger than before. Case g. Rider, and e..
II. Clay will re build on their lots. A. p.
Topper has bought and will rebuild the
store formerly occupied by Wright &
Miner.
The burned timbers of the bridge are
being replaced by new ones, and We shall
soon have "A whole bridge instead of half
one.
Bonds pile of coal has been burning
since the fire. At night it serves as Z street
lamp.
President Hubert addressed the Middle
bury temperance association on Sunday
evening AT the Methodist church.
Ex-President kitchel land wife will spend
the wiuterin Florida.
The onion crop in Cornwall is estimated
at twenty five thousand bushels.
CANuTE.
CAsTLEroN.
Last Tuesday Mr. Charles Northrop with
his team and Mr.. James Durham were en-
gagged hauling dirt and gravel from the
| highway to the cemetery, and when cross
ing the cemetery bridge, as it is called,
just at shutdown with the last load, the men
uorses, load and all were plunged to the
bottom of the stream, a distance of ten or
| twelve feet. The result of the crash was
| comparatively slight injuries to the men
and horses. The wagon was not even
broken, but the bridge is complete wreck.
The thing had been condemned for months
and Mr.. Durham regarded it unsafe and
had walked across after every load rather
than ride until the last load. Six years
ago this month bridge in the same place
with u team and men met with the same
fate.
In this connection l may as we'll report
that few weeks ago the second horse and
cart this season was precipitated cart fore
most into the pencil mill quarry, which is
| filled with forty or fifty feet of water. The
cart was loaded with refuse stone, and
| down the whole went, but the driver to rise
| no more.
Att well attended, harmonious and in.
formal meeting of the Congregational So
ciety last Wednesday evening, vote was
passed instructng the prudential committee
of the church to extend an invitation to
Rev. Edward z. Hooker to supply the pull
pit for the present with view to his early
settlement rs pastor of the church. The
latter will be effected as soon as possible II
| he accepts. The church and society are q
unit for Mr.. Hooker
Last week l reported four cases of hay
fever. This week l report a distressing
case of hen fever. The patient is afflicted
with two hundred hens and chickens oil
every size, color and kind, and l ventur,
to say further that if he possessed money
| sufficient he would purchase Charlie Ela.
sons Barker farm of thirteen hundred
acres and cover it with hens and chickens
as he now covers his own little domain ant
that OF all of his neighbors.
Please permit me to ackno wledge through
the columns of TIE GLOBE the receipt o.
sundry valuables from your special Pan
mama correspondent ID. G. B., consisting
of birds shells, stones and coral from the
sea, an elegant palm wood cane and pho.
toRraph OF the employees of the railroad
company, among whom we recognize a
Vermonters, Messrs White Deming Dodge
and Burt.
A member of our family has recently
been honored with present of . splendid
picture of one of the best looking womsr
in Western Vermont. She has lately spen
some two years in Europe and the picture
was taken by an artist in Vienna. 1t is q
perfect picture of perfect lady.
One OF the finest pieces of home art wOrk
| Is tbat OF Il crayon Representing young
girl blowing dandelion. The picture il
suspended in costly gilt frame on the wall
of one of our village parlors. The gifted
young artist is Miss Grace Fleetwood, q
pupil in Temple Grove Seminary Sara
toga.
1t seemed to us last Wednesday and
Thursday as though all Whitehall, Hamp-
ton, Fairhaven, Poultney, West Haven,
Benson, and West Hubbsrdton passed
through Main street on wheels for the state
fair. The rain poured down on them in
streams as they were homeward bound,
Thursday afternoon and evening. 1t looked
like hard fare for them but suppose il
paid
No births, no deaths, no marriages
plenty of gossip and gadding; money and
100 many men are tight. Such 10 life here
if not elsewhere. Poster.
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