The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-21
Vicinity Items.

Inc bohemian glass blowers gave exni- |
billions to fair audiences OF the town hall |
three evenings last week. Tuesday even
ing gift was advertised to be presented to
the handsomest girl In the audience. A
committee of three gentlemen was appoint
ed to make the award, who bestowed 1t on
Carrie Canton. The prize was q beautiful
swan sailing in boat. On Wednesday
committee of three ladies awarded prize
to John Smart. jr., as the homeliest person
In the hall. 1t was large, magnificent
smoking pipe, really an ornament and just
what pleased the recipient. TWAS thought
by some good judges of beauty that there
were worse looking persons in the crowd
than John-who left the establishment dis
appointed.
One of the leading school teachers was
one day conversing with man who had
given his son good common school and
academy education. The teacher said the
boy should 60 through college, but the
father replied that he could not afford to
send his boy through college. He had
done all he was able to do for him in that
direction. "Well," says the teacher, "what
do you intend to do with him ?" He an
swered the question by saying, SIT is with
me as 1t was with the blacksmith, when a
man asked him what he was going to make
of that piece of iron he was working at
He told him he was going to heat it, pound
it, twist it, turn 1t, weld and then let 1t
make what 1t is a mind to-" The teacher
engaged in hearty laugh over 1t and then
bid his friend good-day.
A mechanic, here, who has carried on
an honest and honorable business for thirty
years or more, has had the misfortune to
make few enemies, as falls to the lot of
fppsf mo in ba ofo lifa t;t,,a
of his enemies spent three days last week,
in Fairhaven, Poultney and Rutland, to
procure what he wanted, rather than OBJ
tain 1t of the aforesaid mechanic, at home.
The Oldest inhabitant of this village calls
in quite often to read THE DAILY GLOBE.
| He says he prefers it to any other home
paper. He is SO years of age, and: peruses
its pages with as keen relish as any young
man or middle aged person and is a remark
able reader for one so old
A retired farmer who resides in this town
and pays taxes on a property of several
thousand dollars, travels about town in his
old shoes this winter weather. One of his
friends remarked TO him, the other day,
that be would fall out of his shoes some
day. He replied that he would soon fall
out of the world as he was getting along
into old age.
A domestic in family here went, one
cold morning recently, to an outside
pantry, the door of which was fastened
with a paddock. She turned the KEY
and then put the lock in her mouth, and
there it stuck tight until the woman of the
house released it with warm water. The
victim bore the operation like a hero, but
the lock left its mark on her tongue and
lips. b. W. b.
FAIRHAvEN.
The report is in circulation that Mir. r.
Hanger is about to open a new marbleizing
factory here. Mr. Hanger is the pioneer
of slate marbleizing-taking the slate as it
comes from the quarry-saw, plane, cut
marbelize and polish with his own hands
thus converting the rough stone into an
elegant mantel. He will take much of the
trade of the old firm.
With some of our manufacturers bust
ness is unusually good.
Simeon Allen and the Vermont union
slate company are working one-fourtt
extra time each day.
The marketing works of r. c. Colburr
have arisen Phoenix like from the ashes o.
the late fire. He pays his men each month
J in greenbacks-u no whitebacks anC
has in his employ five workmen.
One mill OF the tairnaven marUIe auy
marbleizing slate works has stopped, til,
other runs three fourth time.
There is occasionally man here wht
favors Grant for third term. They woul(
vote for Gen. Butler as soon if told to BY
their leaders.
P. Keivland who was injured some TINT
ago, by blast at one of our quarries, hal
recovered.
Through the earnest efforts of Mrs. s
w. Bailey two mOtherless children of THU
place, whose father is worse than no father
, have been furnished home at the "Hom'
Of the destitute" in Burlington. If life il
, spared to the girls there will be no excus,
for their not becoming amiable and intelli
gent young ladies. Caring for such child
rem is certainly disinterested benevolence-
. disease very few are affected with at thu
, present day. Fairbaven has, in days past
given literally to 1.-THE Home" In so do
ing they cast bread upon the waters tina
has returned to them.
If our legislators were not so anxious t.
''save at the spigot while they lose at tn,
bung," they would have female depart
ment connected with the Vermont reform
school at Vergennes They prefer to spenc
, their time legislating about the width of
wagon tire or preserving bull pouts in somt
mud pond, and let orphan children. rur
wild or be supported by the benevolen
ladies. We should rejoice that we hav,
/ some such in town through whose hear
flows the milk of human kindness. 8.