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The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1876-05-05
THE Hnyv SCHOOL HOUSE.

On Thursday tile 18th instant, the vo
3ers Of the first school district will be call
ed upon to determine whetheror not d staz
shall be raised for the purpose Of erecting
building to be used permanently as !
sehoolhouse, and when required, al !
church. The cost Of the building has beer
estimated at $1,000 This is small
amount Of money to expend for the pur
pose, and the project viii no doubt meet
the appreciation Of every voter Of The dis
trict. The advantages to be derived from
the construction Of a good scboolhouse III
this town, are too well known and have
been too often explained ia these columns
to require repetition here. n regard to
the location Of the building, however, We
have few words to say.
Under the laws Of The Territory govern
ing town sites, d certain amount Of ground
is allotted andsetapart for school purposes.
In this town the law makes it the duty Of
the Probate Judge, after the town site has
been located and surveyed, upon the peti-
ton Of ten residents Of the town, to locate
and set apart site for a district school,
not to exceed one acre. This il to be done
with The advice and approval Of the
Board Of School Trustees Of the district.
At the proper time the school site is to be
conveyed by deed, in lots, to the Trustees,
to be managed BY that Board ia the same
manner as other. school property, Upon
the petition Of twenty residents, . tract Of
land not to exceed twenty acres can be
set apart in the same manner for the site
Of a college or university, with the ad-
vice and approval Of the county Superin-
tendent. The last Legislature enacted
measure allowing this college site to be
used for district school purposes, 50 that
the people Of The town have two opportuni-
ties Of preserving q site sufficiently Large
for all necessary educational purposes and
as thu survey Of the town is now in progress,
some steps should be taken to secure this
pr operty.
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BUSHES NOTICES.

zeb crummet says the game oi life has
u number Of tricks in it. and we must deal
a great many .iales to understand it
thoroughly. It would make strange con,
fusion il ve were to know each others
hands.
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
In General.

Chicago has $4,000 German population.
Ice eighteen inches thick is being cut at
Rockport, Maine, at the rate of 1000 tons
daily.
st. Valentines day, All FOOLS day, May
day and Christmas day all occur this year
on Monday.
The production of pig iron in the United
States was about 2,100 900 net, falling
off of 900, 900 tons as compared with the
previous year.
An old Philadelphia Quaker says he will
wait and see what the centennial amounts
to. If it is a success he will 60 to the next
one after this.
New York is the first port in the republic
in the export trade, Philadelphia second,
San Francisco third, Boston fourth, Balti-
more fifth and New Orleans sixth.
Glasgow boasts now of being the second
city in point of population in the British
isles, claiming total population of 547,-
sos souls against the 479, 405 of Liverpool.
: A baby was present at party in Day
ton, o., last week, at which were also
present its great grandfather, its two great
grandmothers, its grandfather. its two
grandmothers, and its father and mother.
George w. Childs is not the only great
journalist whom the public has looked up
to. Mr.. Mckee of the st. l. uis Globe
Democrat used to have vast responsibilities
as the following extract from some recent
testimony will show: Voorhees, want
you to state now, Mr.. McCullagh, in your
own untrammeled way, how Mr.. Mckee
was approached by the people from the
outside" McCullagh-''I can answer gen
orally that said 10 friend, after had
been at the office while, that there seemed
to be large part of this population who
couldn't let their wives have babies with
out coming to Mr. Mckee to consult him
as to how they should be named"
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
What did He Die OF ?

One of the hardware merchants of Rut-
land deals in burial Baskets and yesterday,
having received an order for one, some of
the employees went up stairs after it. In
the meantime a drummer-a nervous, ap-
prehensive looking being in and set
down his sample box down on the counter
and commenced to solicit an order of the
proprietor for some patent window hang
inRs.
1t should be stated that there has been
quite an influx of drummers in the village
during the past week, and this was about
the ninth one that had called at this stole
during the day-the last before hanging on
about an hour. The drummer was fairly
under way when the coffin was brought
down and deposited near him.
"Who is dead p he inquired
''Wtll, that Is drummer that was stop.
ping at the Berwick hotel, said the mer-
chan.
"Drummer That is where | am stop
ping. What did he die of Z"
Il am sure don't Know said the mer-
chant, "but 1t is somewhat rtuaIkql | that
four drummers should have died here
within a short time"
The drummer thought it was remarkable
also. He lost the thread Of his discourse
on patent window hangings, forgot the
business he was there for, became thought
full and decidedly uneasy, he asked again
Then you don't know what he died of p
"No, said the merchant, sit might have
been the Texas fever, but you see these
men were strangers in Rutland. and-well,
never 90 into particulars when l receive
an order, anyway"
-, The drummer packed his box and left
the store. lie failed 10 nna out what that
drummer died of and that afternoon lief,
for Bellows Falls The place was too die
NAL for him to succeed 10.
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
The State Normal School at Castleton

The closing exercises of the winter term
occurred Jan. 1926. The examinations
were conducted entirely ia writing, and al
though unusually full and searching were
highly satisfactory to the teachers, and,
what is perhaps of more importance TO the
board and the parents of the pupils. A
marked improvement in all the work of the
school was apparent, while that of some OF
the pupils was worthy of especial CON-
mendation.
Mr.. w. E. Easily on Monday evening
gave one of his delightful entertainments,
of readings and inimitable representations,
in the school hall.
Tuesday evening the principal, Rev. G.
A. Barrett, gave a public lecture 10 the ".
E. church, on General education and Us
relations to Law" We give brief syn.
opsis ; the speaker said
General education commends itself tc
men and nations.
|. Because it means moral strength.
2. The diffusion of knowledge Is national
wealth.
B. Culture makes good citizens.
Hence the state has duty to perform in
educating all her citizens.
The interests of the public school were
considered as follows:
/. Education should (if need be) compul
sary.
9. The state should provide such an ed
ucation as is within the reach, the POSSIBLE
tiles of the great body of citizens and
chnulA FOR IN ,,,inA ~. L..
heart equally well.
g. The course of study should comprise
therefore, beside the fundamentals, a care
full study OF national aud constitutional
history, something of scence-certainlY
physical geography and physiology, el'
ementary drawing, gymnastics and music.
Finally, in order to carry such a system
into practical effect demand is made fol
trained teachers. Hence
A. The normal school springs, or should
spring, into being as necessary corollary
to every proposition to educate the people
These the state must furnish.
The lecture was illustrated with some
pungent comparisons of the work OF educa.
ton in Vermont and in other states.
During vacation Mr.. Barrett will repeat
this lecture in different localities. Teach
ers, parents and citizens in any neighbor-
hood will find themselves deeply interested
IT they secure Mr.. Barretts services.
The public rhetorical exercises were
somewhat hindered by humps, Group and
colds which confined many scholars at
home, but the public exhibition Wednes-
day evening gave entire satisfaction.
The spring term of the Normal will
open Thursday, February 10. The num-
Der of pupils has been steadily increasing
since the opening OF the year Gin Septem-
ber) and the outlook Is favorable for future
increase
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
The Harvest Prayer"

1t was in the village of Bolizen, in the
heart OF the Tyroi, that We tho novel
and interesting Observance termed the har-
vest prayer or prayer for the harvest. On
serene and beautiful morning in early
June we had risen betimes in order to take
walk before breakfast. AS we were pass
ing through one of the curious old streets
in the suburbs, we heard a sound as of dis
tant music 1t seemed to be approaching
US and, as we reached little eminence,
we perceived a procession coming up the
other side. In front were several persons
bearing banners, and Immediately behind
these were priests in full canonicas. Then
came column of male and female peas
antry, the men walking by themselves and
preceding the women. In the rear of these
was long line Of children. All were
dressed in their holiday suits, sand quaint
enough they appeared to us,-and all were
chanting with great earnestness and quite
melodiously. AS the ascending sun rested
on the insignia and manY-husd vestments,
aud the blended tones rose on the tranquil
and balmy air, we doubted whether we
were in the actual world, or had stepped
over the boundary into some enchanted re-
gion. The procession turned as IL reached
us and passed into a church, where all
knelt while brief ceremony was performed
by the priests. 1t then passed ost in or
der, and moved on its way to another
church, where exercises of similar char
acter were participated in, all kneeling and
then passing out and on as before. We
accompanied them no farther, but were
told that every church in the place would
be visited In a similar manner. The col.
umn was composed entirely of farmers and
their families from the mountains sur
rounding the village. Cor Providence
journal
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
0bitua-,

Die in Middebury Jan. %. 90, .,,
years. lden, aged 81
Mrs. Alden had been sick a.. r.,
weeks,-trst confinement and the loui
monia, which proved fatal TheirP,nvH
died when one day cid, on the 3lst daVrit
December Mrs. Alden was great sd,
ferer, especially in the last days of her
life, and was at times unconscious. She
was the daughter, and the last remaining
OF five children of the late p. c. Hines a
Baptist clergyman who preached several
years IN Bristol. Having early been taught
the principles of christian religion, she
sought her savior and found Him precious
IN her young life. About ten years ago she
united with the Methodist church, of which
her husband was r member. She ALWAYS
telt lively interest In christian labor. and
by the exercises of sound judgment and
Christlike example won the affections and
esteem of all who became acquainted with
her. Since she became a resident of Mid
dlebury, the cares of family of young
children has confined her largely at home,
added to that sickness and death among her
relatives about her, prevented an extensive
acquaintance, yet in that limited circle she
had many strong friends who deeply mourn
her loss. To the husband, the loss is ire
parable, and the aged mother who has fol-
lowed three of her children to the grave
within five months, receives the sympathy
of the whole community.
The lst day of February would have com.
pleted ten years of the matrimonial life of
Mrs. and Mr.. Alden, and as he was return
ing from the graves of his fathers where he
had just deposited the body of his wife, a
review of those years of happiness of young
IiGs. only seemed TO darken the scene
through which he was passing, and brought
more wildly to view the cares and sorrows
that they had passed through, and the adj
ditional responsibility so suddenly thrown
upon him of nurturing and training up a
yeung family, agreeably to dying moth
er's request, pressed with heavy weight
upon the mind of the disconsolate hus-
band, and he was bowed down with sad
ness.
The funeral was at the house on Sunday
afternoon. A large number of sympathiz-
ing friends were in attendance, showing
their regard for the deceased, and respect
for her relatives. Rev. Mr.. Washburne of
the Methodist church preached the sermon.
He was assisted by Rev. DIR. Archibald,
of the Baptist church of West Cornwall.
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
West Rutland,

We have been favored by DR.. T. H..
Cochran, clerk, with the following statis-
tics of school district No. 81:
The whole population is G02, an increase
of eight per cent from last year; number
of families, 16l; children under twenty
years of age, 255, being forty We per cent
of population.
Number of births-l2 males and s fe.
males-2O, the ratio of births to population
being three per cent
Deaths in 1876 males and 8 females
the ratio being two per cent. Among the
deaths, were some of the prominent land
marks-R. r. Mead, w. w. Sason, and
the venerable "old school" gentleman and
lady, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Boardman,
aged respectively SO and n years.
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
Meeting of the Board of Agriculture
at Fayetteville, Feb. l.

The meeting was called to order by G.
Horace Hubbard of the board and the
meeting was organized by choosing j. X.
Batchelder president, Col. A. b. Frankley
vice-president.
The president made brief address of
welcome, after which NJ. o. Howe of
Fayetteville read paper on the merits of
our state, dealing largely with statistics, to
good state to emigrate from, but good
one to emigrate to.
This paper was discussed ly the Rev.
Mr.. Burnham, Prof. Seely, Mr.. Hubbard
and Deacon Follett.
The next paper was from G. II. Hough-
ton of Townshend, on the subject of "How
ought our children, who are to till the soil,
be educated p
The subject was further discussed by
A. NJ. Merrifield, Mr.. Hubbard, Rev. MIR.
Burnham, |. X. Batcheder and Professor
Seeley.
The first paper of the evening was writ
ten by Mrs. Maria p Rice of Springfield,
on "The Poetry of Farming" and read by
Mr.. Hubbard, followed by paper from
j. o. Follett of Townshend, on "The
Coming Farmer" and discussed by Mr..
Green, Prof. Seely and Mr.. Hubbard.
The third paper OF the evening was Col.
Mead's Opportunities for Young Farm
ers," which was further discussed by Rev.
Mr.. Burnham and Col. Franklin.
Wednesday morning the first paper was
read by ]. ii. Putnam of Grafton-topic
agriculture"
Mr.. Putnams paper gave rise to a lively
discussion, which was participated in by
Col. Mead, MIR. Hubbard. Dea. Steadman
and others.
The second paper was upon the subject
of 'cattle breeding" by p. II. Butler, of
Townshend. This argument also gave rise
to a spirited discussion, which was partici-
pated in by Judge Batchelder, Dea. Ware,
Dea. Follett, Mr.. Hubbard aud Col Mead,
in which discussion the relative merits OF
the different breeds for the production of
beef and butter were compared.
Wednesday afternoon the first paper was
read BY Judge Batchelder, upon the topic
of agriculture in Windham county," and
was discussed by Col. Mead, Prof. 5eeley,
and others.
The last paper of the meeting was read
by Mr.. Hubbard, OF the board, upon the
"grass CROP" followed by discussion by
Prof. Seeley, Judge Batchelder, Col. Mead
and others.
The meeting was well attended and a
good deal Of enthusiasm exhibited.
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11

Times has had narrow escape from being
turned into Conkling organ. II Mr.. e.
B. Morgan of, Aurora had succeeded in
getting hold Of the ten shares of stock
belonging to the Taylor estate, that is what
would have happened to it. But It is
stated that Jones has secured them at $l5,-
900 share, and remains master Of the
situation.
The whisky indictments down at New
Orleans are very much In the neighborhood
of Brother-in-law Casey. He was struck,
also, through one of the St. Louis dstil-
lers, who pleaded guilty but has escaped
sentence yet, and threatens to show letters
from Mr.. Casey, If he Is further and ma
terially inconvenienced. Had man ever
more foes of his own household than the
president. Springfield Republican.
The disturb ance in the viscera of the
democracy is becoming painful AT the
congressional caucus, Tuesday evening,
Hardenburg of New Jersey gave notice
that he would instantly withdraw If Lam
ders unlimited initiation programme was
pressed TO vote. 1.-THE rag-money men,"
said Mr.. Hardenberg, ''are digging the
grave of the democratic party" There is
sometimes good deal of sense in those
Jerseymen.
A prominent Washington lawyer tells a
friend, who tells the New York Heralds
Especial" (Mr. Charles Nordhoff), who
passes the news along to the public, that
within week the president has expressed
himself very freely and frankly in private
talk on the most interesting topic of the
hour. He expects now to be renominated.
If the prospects are favorable when the
convention meets, he will tell his friends
to go in and push things. If not, he pro-
poses name his successor, and it will be
somebody who has not yet been "promi-
nently" discussed in the papers. IL won't
be Blaine and il won't be Morton. .Still less
will it be Bristow. Bristow has been using
his office for his own political advancement
and the president doesn't propose to coun-
tenance any such improper conduct as
that
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
Words of Wisdom.

Every being that can live can do some
thing this let him do.
To manage men one ought to have
sharp mind in velvet- sheath. George
Eliot.
1t is miserable state of nina 20 have few
things to desire, and many things 10 fear.
i Bacon.
I've never any pity tor couceiied people,
because think they carry their comfort
about with them.
Fortune Is ever seen accompanying in
dustry and is as often trundling in wheel
barrow as lolling in a coach and six
Goldsmith.
Sure there is none but fears future
state and when the most Obdurate swear,
do not their trembling hearts belle their
Boosting tongues ?-[Dryden.
In this dim world OF clOuding cares
We rarely know Till 'wldered eyes
See white wings lessning up the skies,
The angels with his unawares,
lGerald Massey.
The friend who shows me the mirror of
myself, who conceas no defect, gives me
friendly warning and heartily scolds when
| have not fulfilled MY duty-he is my
friend, however little he may appear so.
That is fine observation which DIR.
chalmers makes, that daily there goes on
in worlds homes, labor and self-denial, en-
durance and restraint, that would put to
shame all the heroism which history en-
blazons, and all the msrtyrdom which the
church eXalts."
Genius is not single power, but com
bination of great powers. 1t reasons, but
1t is not reasoning it judges but it is not
judgment it imagines, but it is not imag-
l. ~
is not passion. 1t is neither, because it is
ALL Whipple.
1t was the fashion of old when an OK was
led out for sacrifice to Jupiter to chalk the
dark spots and give the offering false show
of unblemished wbiteness. Let us fling
away the chalk and say boldly the victim is
spotted, but it is not therefore in vain that
his mighty heart is laid on the altar of
mans highest hopes.
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
Crimes and Casualties.

Rubenstein, the alleged murderer of hi
cousin Sarah Alexander, in East New
York, is endeavoring to starve himself.
Henry Sweet, superintendent of the
Erie oil docks at Weehawken. N. j., i!
charged with embezzling between SIS, 0oC
and $4,000.
Fayette Harvey killed desperate
named Davis at Appleton, Kan, Wednes.
day, with hammer. just as Davis had
fired and wounded his brother.
A little daughter of John Creighton OF
Quincy fell, Thursday, upon pointed
stick, which entered her eye and penetrat
ed the brain, causing her death.
Three masked burglars secured three
gold watches, some silver plate and small
sum of meney from William Titles resi-
dence in Goshen, N. Y, early Thursday
morning,
Henry Campbell and James Barrett. the
two tramps who attempted the robbery Of
the First national bank at Salem the other
day, have been sent to the state work-houst
for 19 months.
1t is reported that the negro assassin
Augusta, who killed Col. Offut in St. Ian
dry parish, La, on the 22d of January
was forcibly taken from Jail shortly after
his arrest and hung in the presence of 9
large crowd of whites and blacks.
A singular kind Of repentance is that Of
the brute, Fuchs, who murdered and ther
so horribly mutilated the body of w. w
Slmons at GreenpOint, L. l., last week.
Here it is in his own words me feel SC
bad for 1t. Me don't feel sorry cause me
kill him kill him again but ought not &c
cut him up-no, no."
A family tragedy, much after the style
of the East Lyndon affair, occurred, Thurs
day, at st. John, N. b. where John O'Neil
killed his mother-in-law and stabbed his
father-in-law, probably fatally, out of re
venge, because they had opposed his mar.
riage and persuaded their daughter to leave
him.
A couple of daring burglars entered the
apartments Of Mrs. Margaret ]. Lyons on
Union square, New York, city, early on
Thursday morning, bound her, "hand and
foot" in bed, and then, while the the oc.
cupants of the adjoining room who haC
heard the rumpus were raising an alarm,
coolly pocketed 5000 worth of cash and
jewelry, and walked off.
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11
A Dogs Interference in the Chase Of
a Thief.

One of three men arrested in Providence
Wednesday, in the act of stealing goods
from an unoccupied house, broke from the
officers and started to run. He was pur-
sued by an officer and man named Walter
Scott, who came along just in time to join
in the chase, but neighbours dog also
joined the run, and apparently mistaking
Scott for the thief, seized him by the pant
aloons just as he was almost in reach of
the flying thief. Before Scott could shake
off the dog the thief had made quite gain,
him. the dog attacked him in the rear, and
tore his pantaloons so bad he was obliged
to stop and borrow pair to go home in.
The thief was finally caught, however, by
the officer.
The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11

The south governs the democracy, and
their platform for retrenchment and re-
form begins to creep out. Mr. Singleton
of Mississippi is their spokesman, and,
according 10 him they propose 10 ere
trench - and " reform at the same
timely improving and protecting the
levees of the Mississippi so as to reclaim
the soil of the Delta-the acquisition of
more territory was always the "manifest
i" destiny" of the democracy; grant a
subsidy to Tom SCOTS Texas railroad ;
and refund the sixty millions of dollars of
cotton tax. "What pretty dish TO set
before the untry