The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-23
Vicinity Items.


The new bridge at the grist mill 10 COM
pleted and travel resumed. The other
bridges along Mill river will 30 completed
In few days.
Prof. McOmbro gave lecture on cleo.
tricity, illustrated by experiments, at the
school house on Tuesday evening also
views upon canvass Quite an aud ence at
tended, and all wledged it to be
worth the admission fee of fifteen cents.
About 400 tickets for the centennial were
sold at this station last week.
Peter Berry has opened shoemakers'
shop in the house owned by John Nc
GUN.
We received visit this week from Ira
+. Z !muuds and lady tf Lowell, Mass He
has given up his projected trip to Austria
liza, but has acted the wiser part by taking
TO hims If a partner for life in the person
of Miss Sadie G. Hadley of St. Johnsbury,
VT. LOW.
There are quite Lumber from this place
who attend the races at Rutland this week
R-v. j. P. DeMerrl,t is to preach in the
Congregational church next Sabbath.
A 100 pound bell Is to be put on the
school house.
About $40, has been subscribed for
300 pound bell for the Methodist church.
S. E. Thayer, Of Factory Point came in
tow n Tuesday morning about three O'Clock,
having with him young fellow who had
borro wed horse few days before. The
young man Informed Mr.. 4. that the horse
YVES in a pasture near Poultney. They
found the animal. NJ.
MECHANIosvILLE.
No services will be held at the Mission
church on Sabbath, 26th inst. Sabbath
school as usual at twelve o'clock, and
prayer meeting at five o'clock Rev. J l.
Cummings pastUr Of the Meth, dist urch
| will bn absent OF camp ting at Clare
mont, N. Fl. Rev w. IL. Lawton will
preach the Sabbath following, Sept. 81.
A large nu.lber OF our citizens are mai g.
| ing arrangements to attend the camp NEE
i'g at Claremont, n. H., on Friday tie
| Ell inst.
G. W. Parmenter is to leave Sep. Sd, to
| engage in teaching in Massachusetts.
A temperance lecture was delivered a,
the town nail on Monday evening The 20 h
inst. by Mr.. Calby OF Cambridge, Mass.
Not a very full -ndance.
| IN. ID. tlDney Ill CONTINUES 10 nunt au0
Ash. Wedn sday, the 22 / he shot one of
the largest kind of wild ducks on the pond
near this village, but did not get the her
On that fle" over and was supposed tn
light in the pond just before he started out.
Mrs. George Meads while coming up the
cellar stairs with wash Tub 10 her hands,
| through some fault In the stairway fell,
bruising her head and face.
Haying is mostly floished hereabouts aud
now comes harvesting. Oats are looking
well, but blast, rot and rust are affecting
the potato crop materially.
| j. W. E idy returned from his visit Mon
day, the %, Looking much improved for his
| vacation.
SHREWSBURY.
A. A. Wheelock of Utica, N. Y, will
lecture 10 Union church. Shrewsbury Cen.
ter, Sunday, August 90, at IL a. IN. and Il
| p. m.
| NORTH CLARENDON.
Mr.. Ii X. White, one of our selectmen,
Is one of the largest and most successful
farmers. He keeps dairy OF thirty cows
a large stock of horses and yorng ca tie
He cut this year ,arlY 100 tons Of hay
From ten acres IF oats he has threshed anc
cleaned up 100 bushels. He cut II all will
his moving machine. He generally raiser
| from eight TO ten acres of potatoes arc
| about the same number of acres of corn
He has large number of fruit trees ON his
farm and has sold thus year a large quaint
ty of early apples for 81 bushel. Hi
farm Is situated in the northeast part of tn,
| town. Success TO him.