The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-23
LOCAL MENTION.

Ia attendance upon the county court, yes
terday.
We regret to learn that the recovery of
Captain y. G. Staley is considered very
doubtful.
1t is rumored that another of our bust
ness men is soon to retire from estate of
single bessedness.
An adjourned meeting of the Sovereign
Reformers will be held at Z 80 this even
ing, in Simons' hall
Major Harry NJ Bates and w. 3. Mussey
have been confined to their houses for sew
cral days by illness.
We regret to learn that ex-Lieut.- Gov.
Leonard Sergeant of Manchester, is lying
at the point of death from typhoid pneu-
monia
Fine spring weather we are having now,
but there is some consolation in the fact
that we will probably have finer next
month.
1t is supposed that the sun crossed the
line Saturday ; and we hope it is so.
little more warm weather, and no more
snow would be acceptable.
The mail train from the north was an
hour and half late yesterday, the delay
being caused by portion of a freight train
being off the track at Leicester Junction.
The funeral of Miss Carrie Brayton will
be attended from the Methodist church
this afternoon at half past two o'clock.
PRAYERS at the house, No. &c West street,
at two o'clock.
Rev. franklin Tuxbury will lecture this
evening before the combined courses, the
Farmers and Mechanics and the Brandon
lecture association. He should be greeted
with crowded house.
At noon yesterday there were the re-
mains of two persons in the depot, on their
way to different towns for burial, and at
the same time coffin to be used in East
Wallingford was awaiting the arrival of the
train from the north.
After considerable bantering and talk
watch trade was finally consummated, yes
terday, to the satisfaction of both parties
concerned. Twelve dollars was the amount
asked, and eleven dollars the amount Of
fered and finally paid.
Two enterprising youths were having
fight on Wales street, yesterday, when
passer-by remarked "What sad sight to
see such young boys living in vice" A
third urchin standing by corrected him, say
ing, "They don't live there, they be at
home in the swamp"
c. F. and G. Richardson commenced,
yesterday, the erection of building on
Center street, which will be used by them
as carriage repository and storehouse.
1t will be erected on the vacant space just
east of their barn and will be built of wood,
35x40 feet, two stories high. The lower
floor is TO be used entirely for carriages,
the upper for storage of sleighs. The
work will be done by Henry Bcals.
Some commotion was caused on Center
street yesterday, when horse hitched to
post became frightened, jumped and break
ing both tbills, cleared himself from the
wagon, demoralizing it considerably, and
running to the corner of Merchants Row,
where he was stopped. In its struggles the
horse frightened another one that was
hitched close by, which, breaking its
halter ran up the street but was stopped in
front of Verder's bakery. Broken wagons
and harnesses were the result.
An individual was walking along rather
unsteadily, last evening, toward the colored
light on Morse's corner lie stopped and
gazed at the light fxedly for some time,
and then backing against the store to rest
he remarked oval I'll be damed If Rut-
land (hic) haint got the most sparklin'
lights of any little place (hic) ! ever see
/ started from the depot (hic) half an hour
ago, to 60 to the Herald office with tenn
perancc article (hic). They told me 1t was
only little ways, and I've passed four of
these consumed things (hic), an I've turned
more corners than there is in farrow COW
(hic), an haint found the Herald office
yet (hic) !!
One day last week the proprietor of the
depot restaurant put several custard pies
out at the back OF the depot to cool. A
small boy passed that way and fixed his
gaze intently on the pies. lie wasn't a
good little boy and didn't remember the
tenth commandment. Instead, he looked
at the restaurant shutters, seeing them
closed, he took one of the pies and holding
It firmly before him, walked calmly toward
Merchants Row. Hearing door open
behind him he started to RIM, slipped and
fell on his face. He arose, looked first al
his coat, then at the broken plate and
retired to contemplate the face of nature.
The Bcecher ,Tllton trial still drags its
slow length along, flooding the land with
corruption We turn up our 10Th century
noses at the public for which Fielding
wrote "Tom Jones" and Jonathan Wild
and call them coarse but what will
AMacauley's New Zealander think when, In
! The far future, he balances himself care
ully on stump at East Creek Junction
III. gazing mournfully over the relics OF
once splendid civilization Of "the
amp" he reads the journals of to-day
hat will he think of us if he judges al
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