The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-05
Vicinity Items.
pAWLET.

| pAwLET.
Apples and pears are quite plenty in this
section. AS yet no frost has made fallen
until Tuesday a. M, the Sd inst.
A son Of John Black is very sick with
fever, and his recovery is doubtful.
Selden s. Brown, representative elect,
went to Montpelier Tuesday Of this week.
l. Bushee has lately fitted room in fine
taste where he intends to keep the Davis
sewing machines, also all the attachments
belonging to the same. Still we have i'm
provements.
At railroad meeting held at the Frank
lin hotel a few evenings since, considerable
interest was manifested in regard to
a narrow gauge railroad from Whitehall to
Brattleboro to pass through this place.
Nearly every person present was in favor
of the plan.
A person from this place who has been
to the centennial and returned, cav two
things that would be very nice to have, one
| of which was diamond (slngle stone)
value $l5O,0OO the other a solid piece of
| gold, the value of which was $3.50, 900.
He would prefer the latter OF course.
| There has been some talk by members of
the Franklin base tall club of having q base
ball tournament at this place some time the
present month. The prize bat taken from
the Centennials at Granville, will be one of
the prizes to be played for. NJ.
NORTH PAwLET.
The selectmen of this town have laid a
| highway around the hill on the south road
! leading from this place to Granville. This
will be great Improvement, and the worst
| hill on any road in town will be avoided.
There was but elm attendance and lit
tie enthusiasm at the democratic Tally at
Granville last Saturday.
The market for potatoes is brisk at Csc
for Rose, SOC for most other varieties.
Peachblows will probably rule as high as
Rose when brought TO market.
The Baptist society of Granville have Sc.
| lected site for their church on Morrison
| avenue, a beautiful street recently located.
| This avenue vas named for its lac pro-
prietor, Samuel Morrison, who attsined the
age of ninety-twO years. This may seem
rather out of the village now, but if the
mania for building goes on as it has for
two or three years it will be in the center
| Near the head of this avenue the Friends
are erecting an academy by subscription
Over thirty dwellings, have beeo put I'D
Several are DOW ia various stages of pre-
gress, among whom are dwellings tor Reu-
ben Dillingham; and Marcus B. Alien. II.
CLARENDON.
Currcn Potter, son of Asa Potter of
Clarendon, attempted to get on TO the cars
after they had started, and by some mishsp
be got his right foot caught uuder the
wheel of the car. II ran over about one
third of his foot. He was on his way to
| attend the fair at EAT Wallingford last
week. DR.. Haynes of Rutland i, attend
| ing to the case. 1t is not certain yet
whether he will lose his foot or not. He is
about twenty years Of age.
KEENE.
Rev. VIM. o. White and family Ind grand
| reception at Cheshire hall, Tuesday eve
| ming. Mr.. White has preached to the Uni
tartan society of this city twenty. five years,
| and has been granted leave of absence in
| Europe for one year. He will sail with his
| family in the ship Batavia, from Boston,
| Saturday the 14th. The hall for the recep-
ton was splendidly decorated with autumn
| leaves and flowers. At the edge of eve
| ming the friends of Mr.. White assembled in
large numbers, many from the adjoining
towns were present, among whom were
Rev. George A. Brown of Walpole, n H.,
Rev. Mr.. Rice of Dublin, n H., also Rev.
j. A. Leach, Rev. Geo. w. Brown and
Dr. Geo. b. Twitchell, of Keene. Speach.
cs ware made by the clergymen and
trends of Mr.. White, after which ice
cream, cake and fruits were served. "Auld
Lang Syne" was sung and the friends
parted from their pastor with cheering
words and hearty gocd-byes.
Mr.. White will be greatly missed by this
community. He Is true and faithful
worker in the temperance cause, and al
ways very liberal in giving to every good
cause. A very noticeable feature in his
character is that he was never known to
turn from his door any person in need.
He has always been good samaritan to the
poor of this city. May health and prosper
| ity attend him in his travels, and may
Providence smile upon him and his family
and bring them back safely to their home
and friends.
| A walking match between Prof. Bren-
nan and the Woburn pedestrian, for one
hundred dollars side, is to come off at
city hall Saturday evening, Oct. 2lst.
| snoREHAM.
Mr.. J. Il. Rich died in Shorcham, his
native town, and not in Orwell, as stated
in your last issue. He was the son of j. T,
the son of Hon. Charles Rich, OF town and
state memory. This death was sudden and
most deeply affective to all his relatives,
and to the entire community. AS q neigh
Dor, a citizen, a counsellor and friend, it
10 rare that we record the death of one who
was so highly esteemed and whose depar-
ture is so extensively deelord. X. II.
LONDONDERRY.
The farmers have nearly all finished
their harvesting, and report that they have
not had a failure in any OF their crops.
Noah Whitman had splendid field of corn
which he harvested in "a days after it was
planted.
Albert N. Howe, esq, has sold his farm
at the middle of the town, and also his
homestead at the North Village, and has
bought farm ia Walpole, N. H., and in-
tends to move there. MIR. Howe is now
the first selectman of this town aud also q
justice of the peace, and in that capacity
he has faithfully served his native town a
number of years.
A large number of our citizens have been
to the centennial fair at Philadelphia. On
Monday, Oct 2, Larkn Smith and wife,
Geo. &. smith and wife, ARA Benson,
Henry p. Chase, Melendy Brothers and
Mrs. G. ID. Rawson, and also some others
started for the great centennial and more
will go from here next week.
Samuel Babbett was sentenced last Sat
urday by the Windham county court for
nh assault on G.. b. Brown, to three months
in the county Jail aud also to ray the cost
of the suit.
VIM II, Jaquith of Garrett, Anderson
county, Kansas, Is now visiting his mother,
brother and sisters here. They had not
seen or heard from him for twenty years
aud had long mourned for him us dead.
Rev. j. s. Goodall finished his labors
here with the Baptist church last Sunday.
He 10 going to Rchford, Vt, to dispense
the word OF the divine truth in that local
ity.
] A suspicious tramp passed through here