The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-28
Vicinity Items.

gard to the liabilities aud resources OF the
town leaves debt of S13, 401.51. And to
show that we are not exactly so bad off
there might have been added to the state
ment and which will now add, that the
town owns farm of some $50 acres of
land for which we paid $4,000 upon
which farm there is now q stock consist
ing OF good team, twenty cows, the stock
appraised at 81, 1862 also produce on hand
appraised at $1,176. Total S19,1.3S.
Besides good supply of farming tools and
household furniture
$. III. KELLOGG, town treasurer.
Pittstord, March 25, 1876.
CAsTLEToN.
4 temperance conference or love feast
was held at the Congregational chapel last
week Sabbath night. The final result of
the meeting was the appointment of CON-
mittee of three to consult with d like COM
mittec from the other churches relative to
revising the Good Samaritains, or organic
ing Il new temperance society with new
name.
The greatest gaze around these parts in
our day occurred in the fall of 1868 or 1869,
at which time eight hundred hemlocl and
pine trees were uprooted on the Holt lot,
two miles north of this village The next
day night ct o'clock, and continuing with
out interruption twelve hours, devastating
buildings, trees, chimney, fences and almost
everything else that CHANGED to stand in Its
way. The universal expression the next day
was 80 such night" and the next day was
like Sunday to us, as no one could 90 from
or get to the village by reason of snow
banks, piled up like little mountains in
every direction. Two of our music lovers
embarked with horse and cutter at elk
o'clock Monday evening to attend the
Mendelssohn concert in Rutland. They
were from that time until four o'clock
Tuesday going, attending, and returning
from the same. AT midnight they were
storm bound and put up at a farmers
house on the way. In spite of these diff
culties, they were enchanted with Don
Munio as rendered by the Mendelssohn
society, and they doubtless would embark
again for the same purpose, under similar
circumstances.
Tuesday, William Parkhurst fell dead at
the residence of his father, Thomas Park
hurst, in the west part of the town. Mr..
p. was the father Of five sons. William
was the oldest, his age being about forty.
The other four brothers are living and they
were all Union soldiers in the late rebel
lion.
On Wednesday the funeral of DR.. j. B..
Jewett was attended in the afternoon at the
Liberal church, Rector w. G.. Davenport
of Hydeyillc, officiating His remains were
inclosed in an elegnnt casket, and they
were conveyed from the Holt residence TO
the church, from the church to the ceme-
terry, in a hearse of modest and modern
style from Fairhaven. The ceremonies
.aI h. II ID.
bearers were w. G.. Guernsey, Hiram Aims
worth, f. A. Barrows and Charles Brown
MIR. Jewett's age was SO years. He leaves
a wife, the daughter of Mrs. l.. Whitlock,
and young daughter.
Thursday Mr.. Miller, the owner of the
Ryan property destroyed by fire two
weeks ago, received FIVE hundred dollars
insurance money from New ork COM
pauy. Friday he sold the land and what
there was left of the buildings for four
hundred dollars to Mrs c. Potter. Ryan
sold this property 10 years ago for SlS000
Saturday night between the hours of
eight and ten o'clock the dwelling house of
MIR. William Patterson was burned from
the roof to the ground in perfect gale of
wind and snow. 1t was the oldest house
in this village and was built previous to the
year 1900 by Dea Brewster Higley, the
father of the late Dea. Erastus Higley,
grand father of Dea. II. o. Higley and
great grandfather to Dea. A. L. IIgley.
1t was in the possession of the Higleys
between sixty and seventy years and was
situated at the east end of Main street near
the railroad station, it was insured for Ave
hundred,d dollars and was really our veteran
landmark,
The rehearsal for the rendering of the
cantata, Friday evening next, referred to
last week are progressing prosperously,
this excellent musical production was com
posed by Mr.. q. w. Stratton of Boston,
and embraces volume of seventy-two
pages in three parts consisting of solos,
duties and chorus of twenty voices. The
pianists for the occasion are Mrs. Mary
Parker Dewey of Casteton and Miss
Gertie Jenness Of Rutland.
We have an honest old Irishman among
us that has crossed the ocean three times
since 1860 and he says he must cross it the
fourth and last time, on Vermont's stormy
banks he stands and casts wishful eye
towards dear old Ireland, that happy land,
where he must go to die. r. W. II.