The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-15
LOCAL MENTION.

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4 The receipts of the county fair yester-
day were $685., the largest for any opening
day for many years.
SPECIAL meeting of the II. II. Baxter hose
company at Landon hall this friday
evening at 1880 o'clock.
Parties attending the county fair and
haying full fare one way will receive return
checks over the Central Vermont railroad.
That eternal coal mine keeps cropping
up, or down. They say now that they
have gone through layer of coal one inch
thick
Vicinity items from Mcchanicsvilc and
Weston, and an article about the gold re-
gon of Boulder, Col, will be found on the
outside.
The Brandon cornet baud are stopping
at the Page house. They intended to
make number of serenades last evening,
but were kept indoors by the rain.
Owing to the county court and fair the
town is unusually full of strangers. The
Bardwel house reported full last night,
and the Paige house has large number
of guests.
One man rode through the gates of the
fair ground yesterday without paying, and
| was soon thereafter visited by an officer of
the law. He refunded at once. That kind
of thing doesn't pay.
Henry Edgerton, son of Edwi in Edger-
ton of Rutland and well known here, is
siumping California for Hayes and Wheel
err. He is one of the most eloquent CAM
paign speakers in the country.
The extra to the state fair and return,
yesterday, was not patronized by Rutland
ers, but large number came in on the
evening train, the crowd being so great
that the train was delayed an hour.
| The Rutland band are getting on rather
slowly with their subscription list and
should have help. They have now about
/ $3.50 subscribed and they need 5000. AS
much as 5000 is expended every year by
Rutland on foreign bands.
Mrs. Foote will speak upon "The need
of the hour" and nayrate incidents of the
woman's temperance work in Brooklyn,
| Newark, Chicago and other cities, at the
| Congregational church in Castleton, Sab
bath evening, Sept. 18th, at y o'clock.
Y Among the most curious exhibits at the
county fair Is case of 'snake cucumbers,"
entered by DR.. George II. Fox, of Rutland.
\ They are six and half feet long and two
inches or more in diameter. They are
coiled in a circle, and greatly resemble a
| snake.
About fifty couples attended the dance
at the town hall last evening. The rain
ceased about half-past ten and the hall
filled rapidly then, although the prospect
earlier had not been good. A jolly time
was had following Wells excellent music
till the "wee sma' hours snent the twa."
Mr.. w. B. Mussey has an agricultural
exhibition at his store quite rivalling the
products at the county fair. 1t is IN the
shape of a mammoth squash raised by
James S. Mark, the gardener of Gen. II,
II. Baxter The weight of the monster is
176 pounds, and the circumference is feet
inches The variety is called the Chilli
mammoth. The seed we understand was
procured from Gregory.
The funeral of the late Henry Il. Dyer
will be attended to-day. Prayer will be
held at the house of james II. Dyer, l30
Man street, az three o'clock, to which the
friends Of the family are inyited Immcii-
\ atcy after the services at the house, SER
vices will be held at the Congregational
church, by Rev. j. g. johnson and Rev. j.
K. Richardson. The burial services will
be under the direction of Killington lodge,
No. 20, |. o. o. +. Grand Master, N. G.
Hyde of Poultney, is expected to conduct
the services.