The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-08

Selah Hawkins, Dorset; George Pomeroy,
Flint, Mich; W. q. Preston, Sandy Hill,
| N Y; John Mason, Lexington, Mich. The
latter has been absent from town since
1850, without returning until now. His
father, G. W. Mason, is in low state of
health.
One slate dealer, one marble dealer and
two farmers have failed or yielded to the
| financial pressure in the last month in
Casteton. Total liabilities from sixty to
seventy thousand dollars, most of them
home claims or debts assets probably half
the above amount.
Your old and nfirm contemporary last
Saturday, represented in its columns, under
the head of state news, that a Castleton
gentleman had in his possession the dinner
bell that called Horace Greeley to his meals
while living in Poultney. No such gentle
man lives in Castleton. but he does live in
| Vermont and in old Rutland county, but
not in Castleton mind you.
The late Hon. Chauncey Langdon and
the late DIR. Selah Gridley were delegates
| from Casileton to the first meeting of the
| Vermont bible society, held at Westminster
in October, 1912. Mr.. Langdon was one
of the committee to submit plan for the
organization of the society, and Mr. Grid
icy WAS OUc VI Inc Dt)dTu LOT Tue SOllCUlUp
of funds in aid of the society for that year.
DR.. Gridley will be remembered as one of
the founders of the old Vermont academy
of medicine in 1918. Mr.. Lapgdon was
member of congress from this district two
years between 1920 and 1926. Mr.. G.. was
celebrated doctor, Mr.. L. an eminent
lawyer.
Miss Hattie Parish of Fort Edward gave
concert at the town hall last "Wednesday
evening, with her class of twenty or thirty
little folks, assisted by Lille Stevens,
Laura Young, Nettie Weston, Hattie Fos-
ter. and Messrs. Armstrong and Cole.
Rev. A. A. Hoyt of Waterbury has just
preached course of twelve or fifteen ser
mons at the Advent church. He is editor
of the Biblical Messenger, a religious paper
published at Waterbury in the interest Of
the Adven,ists. Mr. Hoyt is preacher
and a writer of considerable ability.
Last Sunday morning Rev. s. b. Sheriff.
OF Fairhaven and Rev. Il. G. Hooker of
this place exchanged pulpits. Mr.. Sheriff.
preached a solid and substantial sermon on
true genuine christian faith in God. He
was plain, practical and pointed, and every
branch of the theme was well taken and
ably maintained in a chrslianlike manner
and to the edifcation of the congregation.
II W. Is.
MENDON.
On Friday evening, Feb. 4th, the church
was filed with people anxious to give an
expression of good will toward their pas
tor, and witness the grand artoptican cXhi.
bitlon, which the Walker brothers gave
free of charge A. Bennett was chosen
secretary. William Kimball was elected
moderator of the meeting, and exercised
his patience ami diligence until the round
sum of one hundred dollars was raised,
after which we were favored with one of
the finest exhibitions ever offered here
Credit is due both to the moderator and the
committee of the society for their worthy
efforts, to The GLOBE for its advertisement,
to the Walkers for splendid and profit
able entertainment, and last but not least,
10 the people for their hearty generosity.
wALLINGFoRD.
A large number of our children are sem
joyng" the mumps, ard the diseaac is get
ting to he so plentiful as that even our
first families Can afford to have them and
are expecting TO share in the privilege. In
deed this is one of the blessings which the
families of the rich may enjoy as well as
the poor. For once. indeed. there is no
monopoly of privileged class.
Principal E. j. Hyde of our graded
school, with his usual good judgment, has
inaugurated a wise arrangement, whereby
the Wednesday afternoon session of his
department is each week given up to decla-
nations, essays and debate upon some
sensible and practical question. These ex-
ercises are becoming quite popular with
the pupils and the patrons of the school,
and serve t. draw out the native thoughts
and eloquence of the scholars in most
practical and useful way. Thus we are
be treated to the coming statesman in en-
bryo, while prospectively the departments
of jurisprudence, medicine and theology
are not to lack for an honorable and sens-
BILE supply, and the misses too are by no
means behindhand as essayists, displaying
mental abilities which will make for them
most ennobling demands in "ihe sweet bye
and bye" The paper also is read on this
occasion being contributions of bit and
wit, prose and comedy in which a variety
of school talent comes to the surface.