The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-23
The &ntIaud 9aily Slobe.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY go, 1877.
Vicinity Items.
TINMOUTH.

TINMOUTH.
The roads are yet in bad condition, 1t
is neither wagoning nor good sleighing.
The funer of Mr. Alva Risdon was at
tended Sunday at the residence of bis
daughter Mrs. Isaac Tubbs.
The last quarterly meeting service of this
conference year, for Tinmouth and Clar-
endon charge, will he held at Clarendon
next Sabbath Feb. &c. Reading by the
preceding elder NJ. b. Mead at II a. m.
W.
To the scholars of District No. 8. My
dear pupils 1T is with mingled feelings of
pleasure and sadness that i seat myself this
morning to address you. With pleasure /
recall the happy days we have passed to-
gether with sadness think that those
days are past, nevermore to return. l re-
member with gratitude your daily acts of
kindness and love which cheered my heart,
and made pleasant my labors. Your devo-
ton to study, and your invariably correct
department during the two terms that we
have stood in the relation Of teacher and
pupils, have endesred you to my heart, and
an interest in you has been awakened which
can never be obliterated. In my counsel
to you, can only say, let your record in
the future be as good as it has been in the
past.
May paths of usefulness open to you all,
and may your lives be crowned with the
choicest of heavens blessings, is the sin
| cere wish OF your teacher.
RACINE A. Cook.
Middletown, Feb. 10, 1877.
The winter term of District No. s, closed
| Friday, Feb 16. The whole number of
scholars was 81 average attendance 19S.
| The names OF those who were not absent
during the term are Genie Preston, Mary
Phillips, Christopher Parker, George Lille,
and Emma Lille.
On Tuesday evening, Feb. 13, Mr.. and
Mrs. William s. Preston received a large
number of their friends at their house.
Middletown, TinmOuth, Dandy, aad Paw
let were well represented 10 the gathering.
| Mr.. and Mre. Preston did all ia their power
to make the occasion one of interest and
| pleasure to their guests and judging from
the happy faces of ALL their efforts were
not in vain.
WESTON.
In the case of state versus Jackson, who
was tried before Justice Sweetland for as
sault on the person OF Benson, the defend
ant was acquitted; the jury beng satisf1ed
|
the design OF having muss.
MIR. Noett has sold his blacksmith shor
to another son of Vulcan, Mr.. Dorval OF
Ludlow, who has taken possession. Mr..
Nolett is intending to go TO Massachusetts
A petition is In circulation asking thai
our mail route be changed, 80 as to connect
Weston with Ludlow instead OF Chester, al
heretofore. The distance is less the roat
not as likely to be blockaded by snow anC
would be the route our people take in 60
ing to the county court at Woodstock, (ol
to Windsor, if any have an inclination thai
way.) On the contrary large part Of th'
freight express and passengers is from o
for the east, which would be better accom-
modated by the present route.
The Fem Brothers intend tc put up som,
six or eight thousand butter tubs this sea
son, The stock is already saved and sea
soDed. These, with those made by Nesoi
Waite and ten or twelve thousand to b
made by Bryant and Holden, will help 4
supply the demand of our buttermakin.
state. And il the butter shall be equal il
quality 10 the tubs the Green Mountain
state need not be ashamed to send it any
where.
The three religious societies here hav
adapted plan for Sunday school teacher
meeting, which gives good satisfaction e
for. 1t is union meeting of Sabbat
school workers, on Tuesday evening o
each week, to study the lesson for the fol
lowing Sabbath. The pastors leading i
alienation.
A communication lately received by Hor
M. B. Edmunds from A. p. lockwood Ion
q resident of Utah, contains matters tina
may be new to your readers, as they wer
to your correspondent. He says the aver
age depth of water in Salt Lake has in
creased about eleven feet since he frst wen
there in 1859. Also that there is about fit
per cent less of salt in the water. And b
suggests the possibility that the time ma
come when the lake may be peopled wit
fish. Specimens of sand from the bottor
of the lake were forwarded with the CON
munCation. l.. X.
MECHANIcsvILLK.
Rev. i. Dodd breaches in the Unio
church next Sabbath. Rev. W. II. Lswto
the following Sabbath.
A. W. Dickerman asks the town of MI
Holly to pay for injuries received, from hi
sleigh being upset against pile Of wood
by the side of the road near Frankli
Goodells. This should be warning t
others who are occupying the highway wit
wood.
Capt. Thomas gives one of his exhb
= tions at Mechanicsville on Thursday ever
ing % inst.
Our town reports are out The expense
have been reduced IN some directions e'
: pecially in the ray of town officers.
The drawing of wood and lumber ha
been briskly carried on for the past fou
weeks.
Hon. John Crowley has been i'll for sev
eral days, but is now improving.
John A. Crowley. M. D., is confined I
the house from inflammation in one Of b
eyes.
CLARENDON.
Not very neighborly trick, we learI
that there has been four dogs poisoned
East Clarendon a short time since all o
one road and three of them died. The
we're called the four best dogs in that pal
Of the town. No reason can be given onl
} that they were good watch dogs and Wei
somewhat in the way in the night TINT
We learn that the family that scattered th
poison is very satisfactorily known.
9 PERKINsvILLE.
A grand cotillion party, took place
McIntyres hotel on Wednesday.
The singing school here is prosperin
with large attendance.
A donation visit to the Rev. K. Fl. Bar
lett pastor of the Methodist church too
place on Tuesday evening.
The revival at the Methodist church sti
continues.
A union service of the two churches, W,
held on Sunday evening last. Rev. Jer
- miah Bemis preached sermon in aid {
the Vermont bible society.
RAsr wALLINGFoRD,