The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-24
Vicinity Items.


CHITTENDRN.
Messrs. Pierce Is Holden of Chittenden,
have been furnishing maple plank for the
new boat, building at Fort Ann, N. Y, bv
Messrs. Hall d Sheldon.
GRRRNBusu, N. Y.
Merritt G. Andrews of Pawlet, VT, has
removed to this village and rented the
Dorr place.
Rev. II. L. Austin, of the Methodist
church surprised bis congregation on Sun
day Morning, April 18th by announcing
that az the evening service he would preach |
his farewell sermon, not expecting TO re-
turn as the pastor of that church from
conference.
HAMPTON, n. Y.
Mrs Mary Gibbs Hickok, widow of |
Daniel Gibbs, late of Benson, Vermont, |
died April goth, at the age of ninety.one |
years. She was an aunt of G. L. Babcock |
of Rutland. She was buried at Fair |
Haven, April 18th, beside her father, |
Capt. b. Hlckock who died in 1927, aged |
eighty-three years, and her mother who |
died in 1912, aged ninety-seven years, and |
her only child, q daughter who died in |
infancy. Her father, Capt. Hckok, was |
in command of the company which cut a |
road through from Connecticut to Ticon- |
derogs. He afterwards settled in Hub |
bardton, near the battle ground.
SOUTH LcNDoNDERRY.
The public opinion in the innocence Of |
John z. Phair is rapidly gaining ground |
and the belief 10 he will not be hung May !
4th. Governor Fairbanks reprieye is gen
orally approved.
Quite farce was enacted here last week, !
being the arrest of two young men for a
bit of perhaps, indiscreet, but perfectly in
nocent fun. Agyear or go ago, Grant"
bought farm on which stood houee
which, inasmuch as he had not found time
TO look up that very necessary appeudage,
a housekeeper, was of little use to him. So
it stood unoccupied save by a stove and
that all important help on the farm, bar
rel of cider, probably placed there with q
view to the exigencies of next summers
haying. A young man who resides near
and was on terms of intimacy, had been in
the habit of working for and with him, had
been at liberty to enter the house at will.
Having visitors one afternoon, it was pro-
posed to visit Grants" house, which they
proceeded to do. While there one of the
young men drew some cider which being
found too "sour" for this "swC ct" season
was left undrunk. On discovering the
aforesaid, "Frant" was seized with sud-
den and unaccountable resentment at what
he considered an encroachment Of his
rights, though no such thing was intended.
The result was an arrest The affair was,
however, soon settled in satisfactory
manner l.. W. Il.
MT. TABOR.
/ James q. King, esq, has been appointed
postmaster at this place.
BRATTLEBoRo.
An enlargement and improvement of the
high school building are contemplated.
There are more scholars than can be &C
commodated.
The trouting season opens May LIST.
Fishermen who are too impatient TO wait
slip over the Massachusetts, line and peach
on the sport of their neighbors.
The Fuller battery has been reorganized
as regular ARTILLERY company under the
state law. The old corps of officers gas
reelected.
Changes in our church choirs are antici-
pated the LIST of May.
+. d. Sprague, who has been Studying
music in Milan the last six years, and re-
turns home with a fine artistic reputation,
is expected in town shortly. He is broth
er of Mise Mary Spragne the soprano of
the Center Congregational church choir.
The Forest and Stream club have elected
as officers for the ensuing year: DR.. Geo.
F. Gale, president William Leonard, vice
president Il. +. Bingham, secretary and
treasurer. These gentlemen together with
| Col George w. Hooker and Warren Ea-
son compose the executive committee. The
club have trout supper at the Brooks
house May 10.
The maple sugar season is over it was
shorter than usual, but the yield was an
average one in quantity and quality. Messrs.
ii. 9. Willard & Co. have shipped about
ten tons to all parts of the country. CT
Thompson d Co have probably shipped
an equal amount. These are our largest
dealers.
A very pleasant ameteur entertainment
was given before select audience at Kin
dergarten hall on Tuesday evening under
the able direction of Madame G. Moudan.
The programme embraced the French COM
| edy "La vielle cousine," by Il. Souvesire,
with characters by Misses NJ. Cabot, NJ
| Thompson, L. Brooks and A. Kellogg and
Mrs. j. Dalton, and the farce of cdr.
Mondschein," with characters by Miss An
| ME Estey, Miss Margaret Burnham, Mr..
| Frank Wheeler and Mr. John G. Howe.
The young ladies in the comedy acquitted
| themselves admirably, and gave the best
| possible evidence of Madame Moudan's ex-
cellent training in French. The perform
| ance opened with Weber's "Jubel over
ture, finely played as piano duet by Mis-
| SEES Annie Simpson and Grace Cabot. The
| nterludes were Weber's "Grand Polacca
| briliante," rendered with brilliant effect
| by Miss Cabot, and A. d. Gutnam's ale
| tourbilon," by Miss Cabot aud Miss l.
Brooks. Miss Annie Estey brought the
| bright little entertainment to happy and
| hilarious termination by clever presenta.
| ton of Mrs. Mallony's views on the Chi
nese question, illustrated with pantomine
and tabeauX. A second entertainment is
underlined for May day, and "Le Testa-
ment de Madame Patural" and "Ici on
parle Francois" are in preparation"
LUDLOW.
Sunday, the 22d inst, the first really
| pleasant Sabbath Of the spring season, was
very generally improved by the church
| goers of this place. Large audiences were
in attendance the Methodist church, no.
tice having been circulated that in all prob
ability the Rev. MIR. Rockwell the pastor
Of this church forthe past two years, would
close his labors with his people with this
days services. At the close of the after
noon discourse the reverend gentleman an
nounced in both fitting and appropriate
language, the almost certain close Of his
pastorate here. He paid a we'll deserved
tribute of thanks to the inhabitants of
this place, with whom his lot had been cast
for thetwo preceding years; said his rela-
tions with all the other pastors in the
place had been of the most agreeable char
acter that he never expected to be located
where, all Ahings taken into the account,
he could reasonably expect to enjoy him
a new pastorate he hoped to somewhat
tighten his labors. at least for time, as he
felt premonItions that his not over robust
constitution was not enough for the exact
ing demands of long continued pastorate;
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