The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-14
LOCAL MENTION,


day.
We learn of the serious illness of Mrs
w. S. Gulford.
Spring poetry is now in season, but no
particularly in demand.
The milk train on the Harlem extension
railroad has resumed its regular trips.
The most disagreeable thing 1876 La,
brought us was the weather yesterday.
Five persons received the ordinance Of
baptism by immersion at the Baptist church
on Sabbath evening.
A knee-breeches convention is talked of
for the purpose of trying to resuscitate the
fashions OF our fathers.
Rev. Gemont Graves, rector of Trinity
parish, Winooski, is delivering series OF
sermons during the lenten season on "The
Seven Capital SINS"
Regular encampment of Roberts Post
No. IA, dept of Vermont grand army of
the Republic, will be held at Odd Fellows
hall this evening at II o'clock.
The Archaeological Journal of date De-
cember 1876, has been received at the pub
lie reading room. This Is a foreign quar-
terly issued to members only.
l.. NJ. johnson, ESQ.,, of New York. and
w. M. Parker, esq, superintendent of the
Boston, Lowell and Nashua railroad, were
the guests of Col. George A. Merrill over
the Sabbath.
Rutland railroad stock, preferred, is sell.
ing IN Boston at 10; Vermont and Can
ada. 32t ; Ogdensburg and Lake Cham
plain, preferred, s44 Vermont Central
first mortgage Is, 16.
The Otter creek, IN the vicinity of Mid
dlebury, has been greatly swollen within
the past few days. 30 much so that the
country for many miles along it's banks has
been flooded. The loss in bridges, fences
and to farmers is very heavy.
1t will be seen by an advertisement in
another column that the celebrated Eli
Perkins is to deliver one of his humorous
lectures at Baxter music hall, March 18th.
If our citizens desire to enjoy laugh and
grow fat, they will do we'll to 60 and hear
him.
Wales street had first class dog fight
yesterday afternoon, the contestants being
two of the canine species that have been
"spoiling for a fight" for some time. Be-
fore the battle was decided the principals
were separated, thereby disappointing the
large crowd that had gathered to witness
the conflict.
Messrs. Millington, Stearns and Craw-
ford searched the prisoners and their apart
ment In the jail, yesterday, and found the
following miscellaneous matters that they
considered OF no particular necessity a pris-
oncr should have One seven-shooting
Smith & Wesson revolver, five forks, two
knives, one spoon aud $3.50 cash
We noticed on exhibition at Spaulding
& Co.'s finely executed crayon drawing,
the subject being young girl of some five
years in standing posture, the surround
iugs being that of drawing-room, the
whole producing very fine effect. 1t was
executed by Miss Abbie l.. Osgood of this
place, and the artistic merits of the piece
reflects great credit upon her.
If our next door .neighbor has little
patch of ground which he intends to con-
vert into garden this spring, it is your
duty an free born American citizen to get
ten or dozen chickens and let them run
at large after he gets all his seeds in. Moth
ing lends so much excitement and health
full exercise and earnest profanity to gar
den making as driving out your neighbors
hens.
The fifth in the course of fine art lee
lures will be delivered tonight by the Rev.
Spencer Marsh, on "Rembrandt.' Mr..
Marsh is or aduate of Dartmouth Of 40,
was for many years professor of English
literature in the University of Vermont,
for many years pastor stationed at Bur-
lington, and is very accomplished scholar.
The lecture will be illustrated by about
forty choice copies of the most famous
works of Rembrandt, and are in themselves
a great inducement to attend the lecture.
The Whlpple Hollow scrimmage was
brought into the municipal court yesterday.
1t seems to have been neighborhood
trouble between farmers, L. f. Goodrich
and several members of the Green family,
and 1t eliminated over dog. Some said
the dog commenced the fuss and others
said they commenced on the dog--Judge
Edgerton, assisted by Grand Juror Reding-
ton, will try to sift out the facts Saturday
but Mr.. Goodrich got such beating at
the hands of the Greens that he is laid up
for repairs under two docors-Sheldon
and Fosburgh. 'Let dogs delight to bark
and bite" ETC., etc.
The night operator in the Rutland tele-
graph office, who gets home at 8 a. M,
usually spends his forenoons in peaceful
slumber. A few mornings since he hap
pened to be left alone in the house, deep
in "Gentle Sleep" when some one raped
al the front door, He kept quiet expect
ing the person would 90 away after a few
trials at the door, but when the rap, rap,
rap, had been kept up at intervals for
twenty minutes he thought it must be an
urgent case. Dressing with haste and
some ill-humor he went and opened the
door. "Mister, want to buy some lasses
candy ?" drawled out small boy. Well,
that boy don't invest in Western Union
telegraph any more
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