The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-31
CHE 8mtIand Daily Globe,
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1875.
Vicinity Items.

hold its annual festival on Friday evening
Dec. 81, in the town hall. Among the at
fractions Of the evening may be mentioned
concert exercise by members of the
school, songs, Rotations and music by the
older singers. Ice cream, cake. oysters,
and fancy tables will be provided. The
postoflice department expect to deliver a
"heavy mail" and at the same time by the
judlcious management Of the Postmistress
ca. Jewe-l) to pay running expenses.
Should there be any centennarians present
they will be allowed to have a game of
'blind name buff" with the children.
The evening will close with "The Death
of the Old Year and All Hail to 1875, the
centenary year or the great republic, at
which time it is hoped the "meetin' house
clock" will be on the meridian.
nUBBARpToN.
Rev. N. p. Gilbert has accepted call
from the Congregational church in Hub
bardton, and commences bic labors January
I'd. Dea. II. G. Rumsey raised the amount
of Mr. Gilbert's salary, by subscription, in
one days canvass.
K. G. GuDson sowed one bushel and
three pecks of spring wheat, from which
for,y-one bushels of wheat were harvested.
There is very little sleighing here, ex.
cept on the lake,
The mail route from Castleton to Leices-
ter Junction has been changed to run via
Hortonvilc, so that village is no longer
without mail facilities.
Cyrus Jennings has filled up the Eason
store with stock of goods and is dong a
brisk business. K.
EAST HUBBARDTON.
Singing exercises are conducted by F. A.
Thomas, ESQ.,, at the Baptist church, every
Saturday evening. There is but one opin-
ion about Mr.. Thomas ability to make
these exercises interesting and profitable
to those who attend, as Mr.. T. is thor
ough tmeist and an excellent reader of
music.
On January 9Th, Mr.. Edward Conant,
our state superintendent, will lecture at the
Baptist church in this place, in the even
ing. 1t is hoped that our people will give
Mr.: Conant q full house.
Conceal health prevails here, notwith
standing the sudden and great climatic
changes.
A Christmas tree, on Christmas eve, at
Sam. W. st. Johns, attracted the anxious
gaze of many young recipients of Santa
Olfu5 kile. uC Oiu RCut " 40 ECdilJ RCU-
erous, jack-knives, candy, neck-ties and
too numerous mention, being displayed.
z. J.
BELLOWS FALLS.
A party went out hunting from here last
Thursday, and brought in seventeen white
rabbits.
MIR. d. X. Barry of this village, has a
book of over 1000 pages, printed in 1929,
and must have been regarded as a nice
piece of typographical work in that day.
Olive branch grange, No. 145, held theft
annual meeting Saturday evening, IS b
inst and elected the following officers for
the year ensuing: Master, Henry A. Adams;
Overseer, Martin G. Roundy; Lecturer,
Maynard F. Burt; Steward, #. X. Nc
Quad; Asst. Steward, Chas. Willard ;
Chaplain, Mrs. NJ. f. Burt; Treasurer.
Mrs. II. A. Adams Secretary, Simon NJ.
Albee; Gate Keeper, j. r. Rollins; Ceres,
Mrs. Chas. Willard; Pomona, Mrs. 3. M.
Albee Flora, Mrs. NJ. c. Roundy; Lady
Asst. Steward, Miss Mary Wiley.
LINCOLN.
The Christmas entertainments at the
Methodist church Friday night, and at the
the topics for gossip for the last ten days.
The exhibitions each evening previous to
taking the presents from the trees consisted
of music. declarations, dialogues, tableaus
ard scripture recitation. Among which
the following were spoken and acted Ten
Virgins, Temple Of Truth, Beauties of
Pity, and Sister Bond, with many others.
1t is estimated that there was about three
hundred dollars worth of presents distribu-
ted each evening, consisting of many arti-
Giles of clothing which were given to friends
and to those that were needy, and many
articles more ornamental than useful, were
distributed among the children. The pas
tors of each Of the churches and their fam
lilies were remembered. Rev. D. +. Brook,
(MethodisD received purse of $50, and
other useful articles that swelled the amount
to fifty dollars. Rev. John RuZzel (Bap-
tist) received purse of $4,000, a full suit
of clothes and other things in all amoun,ng
to over fifty dollars. The ten cents admis-
sion fee to the exhibition Friday night at
the M. E. church for the purpose of replen-
ishing the library amounted to $3.50. On
the whole the observation-disclosures success
and all felt satisfied.
rITTsFoRD.
uC WluOW VI tliC iutC ~ iSutiSi
died on Monday last. Her funeral was at
tended on Wednesday.
Union services will be held during the
week of prayer, on next Sabbath evening
it will take place at the Methodist church,
Rev, r. T. Hall, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church delivering the sermon.
On Thursday evening Dee. 23, Prof.
Lawrence Phelps and his school met in the
spacious parlors at the residence of DIR. A.
NJ. Caverly. A very pleasant evening was
enjoyed, At the close DR.. Caverly pre-
sented Mr.. Phelps, in behalf of the school,
an elegant copy of the Bible. The recipi-
ent was taken by surprise aud returned his
thanks in pleasant manner.
VIM. B. Shaw, Esq presented h, daugh-
ter Ida, with Chickering piano on Friday
last as Christmas gift.
VIM. b. Shaw killed hog a few days
since. fourteen months old, which weighed
CAT lbs.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional church and society will be held on
Monday next at o'clock p. m.
The collector has received his tax list fol
state taxes for 1876.
A. d. Tiffany has been appointed super.
intendent of the Congregational Sabbath
school.
II. f. Lathrop shipped from here recent
ly ter dressed turkeys weighing 1850 pounds
A large number of our citizens from al
parts of the town assembled at the Metho
| dist and Congregational churches on Christ
| mas eve, where two festal trees we're liber
allv filled with a variety of gifts for the
children.
The following were among the gifts dis
tributed at the Methodist church Mrs. A.
Barrett, an envelope containing five dol