The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-24
LOCAL MENTION.

yCstCluuy dltcIuUOu.
Thursday next is legal holiday. Look
out for your bank paper.
A meeting of the Mendelsshon society
on Friday evening, at 730.
The Montreal train from the north was
an hour and ten minutes late last night.
The people of Rutland should remember
the library meeting at the villSge hall this
evening.
John N. Baxter ESQ.,, and family left for
New York on Monday to spend Thanks
giving in that city.
Special attention is called to the new ad-
vertisement of A. G. Bates & Son, pub
llshed this morning.
The regular business meeting of COM
pany A national guard of Vermont, will
be omitted the present month.
All those who wish to join Mrs. Edger-
tons singing class, will meet at her house
(No. % West street, this p. m. at half past
two o'clock,
Rev. Mr.. Earle, the Baptist evangelist,
who labored in Rutland so earnestly two
years ago, is soon to commence series of
meetings in Troy.
The Howe has seen the Singer and gone
one (pound) better. Mr. w. FL. johnson,
local agent for the Howe sewing machine,
is the happy father of III pound girl.
The driving snow storm of yesterday de-
layed several of the trains, especially the
Boston express, due here at $50 last even
ing. The snow turned to rain storm at
Troy.
Loring Atwood, esq, has just received
patent for dovetailing machines. The
application was filed on the 18th of August
last. He has assigned one half his right to
Henry A. Hale of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Elder Miles Grant, of Rutland fame,
holds forth every evening of this week at
Springfield, upon his chronological history
of the Bible, illustrated by mammoth
chart, extending half round the church.
The directors of the Mendelsshon So
ciety have engaged the hall in Morse
block formerly occupied by the Young
Mems Christian Association, and are fitting
it up for their use, hoping to hold the Fri
day evening rehearsal there.
The intermediate school has been closed
for two weeks on account of the illness OF
Miss Nellie Lord, who had been assigned
to the vacancy caused by Miss Carrie Xii
burns resignation. 1t is now expected tc
resume on Monday next.
Twelve hundred books were taken GU
during the first month of the public library
at Kittery, Me. This shows the interest o
the people in public library, and shoul'
encourage Rutland in her endeavors to es
tablish one for the benefit of all classes o
its people.
An exchange says, now comes the tim
of the year when the heartless man will
leave his team uncovered and hungry Oh
the street in the snow, rain and wind, Will
he sits by the stove IN the store or grocery
telling stories or drinking hot stuff. l
poor dumb brutes could talk, what storie
they would tell of human brutes, or o
careless, hcartless, thoughtless men.
Among the arrivals at the Bardwel
house yesterday were w. w. Nash, Mil
waukie Hon. II. G. Root, Bennington
James M. Slade, Middlebury Rev. Roge
s. Howard, d. D., and wife, Webster
Mass; G. +. Eddy, Poultney Rev. VIM
N. Wilbur, Saxtons River, Col. N. +
Clark, Bethel; S. M. West, David Crofoai
]. X. Batchelder, Arlington Prof. j. W
Churchill, Andover, Mass. Hon NJ. {
Edmunds, Weston Thomas Whitecal
Boston.
Now that young Eddy of Chittenden,
gone, says the Springfield Republican, til
spirit photographer claims attention. II
makes tintypes, obtaining his materia
from ordinary photographers. He pu
the plate into the instrument In dar
room, and sits at the table with the Gu
toner till the features of some lo
friend appear, perhaps of somebody dea
many years, or who formerly lived aero
the ocean. His success is various, ar
how the thing is done nobody can find GU
An exchange says We wish to call Il
attention of consumers of kerosene oil
the pernicious and unhealthy practice {
using lamps filled with the article with Il
wicks turned down. The gas whiC
should be consumed by the flame, is
this means left heavily in the air, while II
cost of the oil thus saved at present pric
would scarcely be one dollar year for Il
lamps of a household. Indisposition al
sickness have been greatly increased
sleeping in room with the lamp almo
turned out. Besides the damage to healt
il spoils the paper and curtains, soils u
mirrors and windows, and gives the who
house an untidy air and unwholesome ode
An hotel porter of this village has be-
noted for the ease and agility with whit
he would swing double-decked trunk {
his shoulder and step off as lightly as
Samson of old with the gates of Gsz
But Tuesday noon he was compelled
admit that he had taken too large co
tract for the resources at his comman
He stepped lightly up to it, seized it
the handle, gave it the customary swi
and jerk, but it did not move. He to-
hold with both hands and lifted, but 1t "
yet on the platform. Moistenipg his han
was the next resort and then he descend
on that "drummer's valise," after the fai
ion of tigress after her prey. But 81
that trunk was unmoved. He reluctant
gave in that at last hn was matched, and
length calling in the assistance OF We
known baggageman they jointly, with
long pull, a strong pull, and pull al
gether," tugged that trunk TO Its destll