The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-19

Mrs. Dufler, OF Greensboro, recently at
tempted suicide by taking poison, but too
large dose frustrated her design.
The normal school at johnson was open
ed with sixty pupils the first week. The
same board of teachers remain in charge.
A boy named Jewett, in Granville, while
hunting, accidentally deposited sixty
small shot in his leg, making an ugly
wound.
There are several cases of small pox in
Canada, at st. Thomas, just over the lire
from Alburgh, and one death from the dis
case is reported.
John Fisk of Braintree, has raised a
small crop of sweet potatoes of good quail
| ty. and Reuben Cole of Randolph has
raised crop of peanuts.
The citizens of Dorset propose to erect
next year a monument to mark the site of
the house of Ccpbas Kent, in which the
council of safety held several meetings.
The Washington County Teachers iusti-
tute at Montpelier was well attended, Fri
day, by teachers and school officers, and
the exercises were of an interesting charac-
ter.
Col. ii. S. Hard has been appointed re-
ccivcr for the bankrupt Arlington car
manufacturing company, and the works
are again running to close out the work in
hand.
Mr.. Harris Gale of Watcrtown, N. V,
who is visiting a brother in Charlotte, fell
from scaffolding, on the 10Th inst, and
fractured rib, besides receiving other in
juries.
Mr.. Charles w. Stone, late principal of
the graded school at Bradford, has gone TO
Battle Creek. Mich. He purposes to enter
the Seventh Day Advent publication house
there.
The Sabbath-schools of Bristol will have
grand mammoth picnic next Tuesday.
The Sabbath schools of New Haven,
Monllton, Lincoln and Starksboro will
take part in the festivities.
j. +, Cook of Newport, recently went
into the store of J. Y. Green, called for oil
and while the clerk was in the celia. draw
ing it, Cook was abstractng SAT from the
safe. lie WAS arrested.
AS in Wall street, bears are operating
on bulls in Plymouth. A few day ago
bull was found in that town nearly killed
by fatal wounds about the neck, and bear
tracks were seen near the epot.
Truman Roundy Of Stockbridge commit
ted suicide by hanging on Tuesday. He
was n farmer, so years of age, in comfort
able circumstances, had held several town
Offices and was q respected citizen.
The state agricultural society thinks that
the next state fair will be even larger and
more interesting than the one Just closed,
as tie Canada people will make arrange
ments to participate more largely ia the ex-
hibition.
Tic town of Bennington, aided by indi-
vidual subscriptions, is icnovating the old
cemetery, where lies the Bennington SOL
dicrs killed in the battle of Bennington.
This is done in view of the centennial celc-
bration of the battle, next year.
At the commencement Of the autumn
term Of the Bennington graded school the
Catholic pupils were all removed to the
Catholic school. No complaint has ever
been made that the public schools were
sectarian, but Catholic children are no
longer allowed to attend them.
Ann Kane, laundress at the Junction
house, White River Junction, for twenty
years rast, is now seveniy-fve years old.
During the entire period of her service she
has not, but once, been more than eighty
rods from the house, and has not lost
day, except by sickness. Like fast colors,
she washes well.
A photographer in Bristol refused to let
a lady remove her child from his rooms
until she paid Cor half dozen pictures of
the infant cherub she had ordered. So he
held the child as security for the small
sum of fifty cents which the mother finally
obtained from friend. This is new way
Of collecting bills.
A few days since two men in Lowell, by
the name of Gabarie freed and shot three
cubs, which were left in the woods while
pursuit was made for the old bear During
the absence of the hunters, one of the cubs
was stolen by neighbors, who proceeded to
take off the skin,i order to get the bounty
of $50. In the meantime the Cabarie wo-
men found out what was up and started
for the thieves, whom they charged upon
with pitchforks and drove away, recover
ing the stolen animals. The Gabaries re-
ceived $40 bounty moncY.-Barton Mont-
tor.
Mrs. E. p. Wilson, of South Royalton,
sends the following to local paper: The
18th day of March last ! bought one pack
age of No. 10 warp yarn, doubled it three
threads, colored one half sky blue, and
knit bed spread. 1t is knit in diamonds,
half blue, half white. Neither of the dia-
monds are knit alike, except in the letters.
My only grandchilds full name is knit in
it, my own name and age, the year which,
to finish off, is centennial. The size is
twelve by thirteen quarters. The number
of stitches in this spread are 563, III.
did my work with three IN the family and
finished the spread the 22d of June follow