The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-20
Vicinity Items.

delphia. Dr. CaveIly appears to hes
pecially gratlied by his visit. lie sayitlat
he remained until he was satisfied, tLich
is mere than most of us can say.
The plan of having Estate days" aems
to be very taking one, and the nume,s
that visit the exhibition at some Of the ia
almost incredible. For instance, on "Inn-
| sylvania day" there are said to have cen
| over two hundred and sixty thousand res
| emit The 27th of October has beenap-
pointed as Vermont day, and probabi q
great number who have not yet visltedihe
great exhibition will take that time TODD
so.
For the last week or two our valleys nd
hills and mountain sides have been glorius
with bright oolors. 1t has truly bed
time when, as popular writer renamed
lately, Good thinks in color" The lobrs
OF the beautiful in nature, especially tie
city people among us, have been very buy
III the woods seeking out the many tres
ure5 which they contain. Oh, how lie,
HE forests are and many bright huei
leaves, graceful ferns. MOSES, green. grey
and white, and beautiful vines have hem
borpc away. When the cold dark d,yq
OF winter come what beautiful wreabs
and bouquets and clusters of bright colorf
VIII blossom out upon walls and curtaisi
and around pictures, and how MANY bea1t-
ful rural scenes will they call up to the
minds of the returned tourists. The ds.
play, however, is IS short-lived as It ia
gorgeous. Already the wind and the rain
have brought down the bright leaves TO the
ground, and the mountain tops have been
whitened with snow. Each season brings
lis own peculiar pleasures. Soon the crack
of the hunters musket and the baying of
the hound will be heard upon the noun
tains. il few days since two hunters
Passed down the creek with hundred
traps and their boats which they sent
around the falls by wagon. They ex-
pected TO go the whole length of the creek
to the lake, and great will be the mortality,
ii is hoped, among muskrats and minks.
s. A. L.
PoULTNEY.
The marriage of Mr.. Edward V. Ross to
Miss Nellie, daughter of B. Beals, was
duly celebrated on Thursday of last week.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
G. G. Molehouse, at the residence Of the
brides father, at o'clock p. M, and the
happy couple departed on the p. m. TRAIN
for trip to the centennial. That their
married life may be pleasant one, is the
wish OF many friends
Rev. NJ. Z. Cady of Troy conference
academy, occupied the pulpit of the Meth
odist church at Castleton, last Sabbath.
The suit of Hopper VS.. Wood, for as
aault and battery, was tried before Hon.
Barnes Frisbe, at the Office of G. +. Eddy,
on Monday OF this week. Judgment was
rendered in favor of the defendant.
Last Tuesday we were visited by the first
snow storm of the season. Snow fell very
fast for two or three hours, and the ground
assumed quite wintry aspect.
Rev. g. G. Morehouse and wife, DR.,
Hubbard and b. G. Rice were among the
departures for the centennial from this
place during the past week.
The working hours at the steam mill
were cut down from ten hours per day TO
seven and onc-half, Monday, October lG,
in consequence of the short days.
The Good Templars held very pleasant
sociabe at +. NJ. Rood's Photographic
rooms, last Wednesday evening. These
societies alc q source of instruction as well
rs Amusement, and if continued through
the winter many pleasant evenings will be
spent al their meetings.
WHY VI lIlN0lu w ultu at
his residence in this village, Wednesday,
October 1S, at Z a. m. The funeral ser
vices were held at the Episcopal church,
Thursday, Rev. E. II. Randall officiating.
HAMPTON, N. Y.
r. 4. Ray recently purchased from a
man in Shoreham fine span of roam
mares. They are of the Daniel Lambert
stock and are ieputed as very fast.
1t little weather is dangerous thing,
our weather on Tuesday was certainly not
calculated to strike one with alarm, as we
had great deal of weather. In the morn
ing it showed, and also was pleasant. 1t
also rained, a little fine weather was then
sandwitched in, and then weather, like
"gentle spring ethereal mildness" lowered
DER the earth. This was soon succeeded
by high wind that closed the days pro-
gramme on weather.
The potato crop will probably be har-
vested this week. 1t is not quite an aver
age crop, but COED prices will in measure
compensate for any loss in that regard.
Corn in some instances yet remains in
the field, but is mostly under cover. The
crop is very large.
Warren Fox stands up before the world
ana says;
''lf there be three In all your band,
Dare work with me on any land,
Advance, potatO-hook In hand,
or keep thy peace nor dare to stand,
a Before the champion te grande
VINO holds tho champions belt and wand"
In other words, Warren Fox, an employe
of II. II. Ray, recently dug, in ny hours,
two acres of potatoes, or 400 bushels, but
it took four men to pick them up.
Mrs Sydney Whiting died on Sunday
morning from cancer in the breast The
funeral was attended from the Methodist
church on Tuesday. No formal sermon
was delivered, but remarks we're made by
Rev. ID. b. Mckenzie of Hampton, and
Rev. Calvin Granger of East Poultney
Mrs. Whiting has been a great sufferer for