The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-24
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Hardwick tax payers pay an annual in
terest of $4,000 for the purpose Of having
railr DAD, and pig sty to sit in while
they wait for the train.
Siace October last, twenty-seven funer-
ais have been held in Stockbridgc. Nearly
all the deaths were occasioned by pneu-
monia and scarlet fever.
A new Union Mutual fire insurance COM
pany is about to be organized at Mont
pelier. A meeting of the directors is called
for April 9th.
The sporting element of Burlington con-
template grand shooting match near the
city the coming summer. Handsome prizes
will be offered, and an interesting time
may be expected. H-lt-
The Morrisville Citizen gives the follow
ing hard rap to one of its subscribers.
Earles feelings will be thoroughly under
stood by most of the newspaper fraternity
in the state
The village laundry in Bennington was
burned last week, says the st. Adams Id
gertiser; but from all accounts Cushman,
of the Banner, looks as spruce as ever.
We regretted not seeing him at the Soon
cord fight"
II. II. Caswell of Newport has recently
been building a small steam engine and ad-
justing it to row boat, and on Saturday
last made a trial trip up the Clyde river
with it, much to the establishment of the
jewellers along its banks.
The Vermont Natioal and Montpelier
National banks have put on their safes,
Sargent and Greenleaf's double chronome-
ter lock watch movements. The Barre,
Vermont National at Brattleboro, and Bat
tenkill at Manchester.
VIM. Blake, workman in the steam mill
at Morgan, while oiling the arbor, had his
hand drawn into the saw by the catching
of his glove, cutting off his thumb and
the ends of two of his fingers. 1t is
thought that the thumb may be replaced.
On Thursday of last week while Hosea
Woods of Lowell was loading pistol to
kill cat the powder was too quick for
the young gamester and sent the charge
through the fleshy part of one hand, in
stantly calling off bis attention to business
of serious importance.
Last Friday night the sugar house of ].
and II. II. Marsh of Holland was burned.
The house was new one and furnished
with very large new evaporatcr. Every
thing was lost, including holders, pals,
and sugar and syrup to the amount of 500
pounds. The loss is $500 or more
The spelling-match Wednesday evening
at St. Adams, between sides composed of
pupils in the graded schools, was quite an
interesting and exciting affair, the partici-
pants doing themselves great credit in the
trial. Mr.. John c. Farrar "deaconed out
the words The prizes were taken-the
first, SO, by Mics Ida Watson; the Sec
ond, by Master Curtis, and the third by
Miss Helen Fillmore. A handsome bou-
quet was awarded Miss Carrie Bailey.
An old lady of 70 summers in Guilford,
who has, besides performing her usual
household duties, has ridden distance of six
or seven miles weekly, through storms snd
drifts, to attend series of dances and It
is said she would fairly "out wind" all the
maids in their teens in tripping the eight
| fantastic"
The revival in Newport is remarkable
for the amount of religious interest, and
| for the character of the conversions, among
which have been a number of active bust
ness men, the landlord of the hotel, and
other prominent citizens. In Derby. meet
| ings are held every evening. Some of the
| young men from st. Johnsbury are assist
| ing i'll the work, and much interest pre-
| walls.
The sad effects of the dime novel were
| again illustrated at New York the other
day, where three Waterbury boys, Thomas
| Lyman, Augustus Won Wegg and Thomas
Stubbs, 1G, II and IS years old, respective
| ly, were arrested on their way TO the far
west to hunt and shoot Indians. Each had
douSle-barrelled rifle and large quantities
| Vi uIllllluUlllDu, uuu WAS Suukulut Vi cCllI)S-
ing the deeds of the heroes of the yellow
covered novels, as they stated to Supern-
tendent Waling, who sent them home
again.
| There was a smash-up near our office,
last Saturday A man from Wolcott, with
horse and wagon, started for home, when
the horse became frightened at something,
ran and jumped clear through cord of
wood, drawn and piled up by +. A. Hill
one of our new subscribers. The horse
went clear through the pile and never
touched stick, but the buggy was dam
aged considerably. 1t was top buggy.
and but for this the whole rig would have
gone throug without difficulty"
A posthumous work by the late Nathan
Sargent, Nermonter by birth and educa.
ton, has appeared, relating to "Public men
and events, in this country, from the com.
mencement of Mr. Monroc's administration
in 1917, to the close of Mr. Fimores adj
ministraton, in 1853. Mr. Sargent was
formerly commissioner of customs and
sergeant-at-arms of the house of representa-
tives in the thirtieth and thirty-first con
crosses. He was conversant with political
movements and occurrences during lone
period, and by virtue of his position was
brought in contact with many of the public
men who were prominent in affairs during
the time of which he writes. His work il
a running chronicle of public happenings
terselY and vigorously written, enliveneC
with anecdotes and interspersed with per
sonal "reminiscences.