The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-27
Vicinity Items.

FAIRHAvEN.
Mrs. r. n. Luther of Bennington gave
very interesting account Of various
missions, In the Baptist church, last
Sabbath morning. Mrs. Luther Ia the
daughter of Rev. Mr.. Vinton, one of the
early Baptist missionaries, and she was
missionary for many years. She gave
some practical Illustrations of the work &C.
complished by the missionaries, the good
they had done, and of the field that was
ripening for the harvest and the want of
laborers to gather it In. She read some
letters from converted heather lady ap-
pealing to christians for more funds 10
carry on the work.
In the evening was the review exercises
of the Sabbath school, which, as usual,
was fine. Mrs. Luther had five children
dressed in eastern costume and explained
the same to the audience, who greeted her
both morning and evening with a full
house and thankful hearts, Sd.
CORNWALL.
Mrs. Mehtabel Foot, mother of Jared
A. Foot, has been seriously i'll for three
weeks and fears are entertained as to her
recovery, as she is over eighty years of age.
Mrs. Alanson Peck who has be snslffer-
Ing for long time with malignSnushl.
Ger, is very low and cannot probably sTVS
many days.
Mr. Lyman II. Payne has purchased
forty pure bred Spanish merino ewes Id
a stock ram of Edward s. DIVA, at high
prices, and has secured flocn # rare G..
cellence. The ram is pronounced by the
best judges of eheep 70 be superior TO that
sold at Philadelphs last fall for $3.50,
xnht nl, al e. -, II
Dana has a few IL, 40 of the same char
acter of sheep which arc for sale, as he is
about to remove with his family to New
Haven.
Harris Bingham, esq , and Mrs. William
II. DeloDg, who were both quite i'll few
days since, are slowly recovering.
On Wednesday, March 81, the choirs at
Cornwall, West Cornwall and Whiting,
| together with other singers, met at the
Baptist church at West Cornwall and en-
| joyed musical session during the day and
evening. Everything passed off pleasantly
and tremendously.
| BRIDPoRT.
Mrs. Prosper Elitharp died on Wednee-
day, March 81, after weeks illness with
typhoid fever, at the age of GO years.
| Russell Walker has purchased the house
formerly occupied by the late Gordon
Scarf, and is TO make that his residence.
| oAsTLEToS.
| A little litigation came off at the Office
John Howe on Saturday afternoon and
evening of the 18th. John Graham was
the plaintiff and p. Murther the defendant.
| ID. ID. Cole, esq, tho court. The matter
az variance as claimed by the plaintiff was
| "a 20, the amount admitted by the defend
ant being So 10. John Howe appeared for
MIR. Graham and M. Fl. Cook for MIR. Muir
ther. At 2 o'clock a jury was eninarelled
and operations began the jury consisted
OF b. f. Adams, j. N. Northrop, w; q.
Guernsey, Frank Sanford and j. ). Dut-
ton. The result of this No. trial was
disagreement Of the jury and they were dis
charged and at z o'clock in the evening
trial No. commenced. The same court,
counsel and witnesses were retained. The
Jury were +. Griswold, James dams, II.
Bishop, Marcus Lspgdon, b. w. Burt and
N. L. Cobb, and at IL o'clock the jury re-
turned with verdict in favor of the plain
tiff to recover with costs, which with the
attorney fees amounted to between thirty
and forty dollars. The witnesses were in
attendance from one to thirty miles dis
tant. On the whole the suit created some
thing of a sensation, but it subsidized in the
hands of jury No. Q.
The members of our new brass band are
]. Todd, E. II. Armstrong, A. q. Hoad-
ley, w. +. BXby, A. V. Ransom, IL.
Ostrander, w. Burke, ]. Moulton, p. Will
liams, b. Kinney, NJ. s. Stone, and George
Whitcomb. They are now fully organized
and equipped and in good blowing order.
Their first appearance in public will proba-
bly, be in connection with decoration day
ceremonies. The members of our Ole band,
as near as we can remember, which was in
stituted in 1888, with the late Rufus Green
as instructor and leader, was J. N Nor
throp, James Drake, B. d. Sanford, Orson
Reed, Samuel Granger, B. f. Human, j.
F. Hnman, George Whitlock, r. r.
Drake, Frank Dunning, II. Castle and @.
Moulton. Two of them are here now, two
live in Michigan, one in New Jersey, and
one in Pittsford, and six of them are dead.
The band was quite a pet institution in
those days and they hourished finely seye-
raj years. May our new band be and do
likewise.
1t has been our pleasure lately to peruse
the Pau Mall Gazette, a paper published
at No. 2 Northumberland street, London,
and sent us by friend over the great
waters, it embracing forty pages of closely
printed matter. Among the leading arti-
Giles from this country is one on president
Grant and the SOUTH" and one on the
Prospects of the presidency" Both COM
munications are strongly tinctured with
democracy. One hundred and flfty-nine
births are recorded, seveniy-one marriages,
and two hundred and twenty deaths. 1t is
dated Jan. 12, 1877.
Next week we hare a temperance met.
ing, school meeting, IN auct'0n and Fast
day. 1t seems cur excellent 5ernor ha,
taken a new departure appointing Fast
day in the month of March. 1t also ap-
pears from tbs papers that tho governor
stands firm on the grf he'd Frair case.
Such things are a .lal TO n governor Of
well as to q Judge and jury. Most men
would say deliver us from such duty.
i. W. II.