The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-31

had gone in there after hens eggs. On 60
ing to the barn, no wal found hanging from
a brace, having swung off from the bay sill
by a leading line. He lived in one of the
houses owned by Segar Bros, and was
working for Wallace Breese; No good
cause assigned for the act.
The fact that a daughter is born to Mr..
and Mrs. e. ID. Thayer will not interfere
with the horse trot on Wednesday.
The veteran soldiers for Bennington will
meet to elect officers next Thursday even
ing in the basement of the town hall.
~oAsTLEToN.
Somebody has effected a vast improve
ment to the highway from what is known
as the Parsons bridge to the top of the Par
SONS hill, this side of the Corners. Who
ever accomplished it should be promoted to
the general supervision of all the highways
and byways in town.
The illustrious potato bug with us this
season has had his day and passed away.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. @. Guernsey have just
returned from a six months %sojourn abroad,
for the benefit OF Mr.. Guernsey's health.
Mr.. d. II. Hawkins, formerly of Castle
ton, but for twenty-five years a resident of
Brooklyn, has been visiting his brother-in-
law, John Wyatt, and other friends here
recently.
Young Mr.. Knapen, whom THE GLOBE
reported, one day last week, as having been
drawned near Boston, was the only son of
Rev. ID. Il. Knapen, for many years a resi-
dent of this village. He spent the summer
with his father and mother here not long
since.
Rev. Rufus Cushman Flagg, pastor of
the Congregational church of East An
dover, Mass, is spending a portion of his
summer vacation in Castleton, the place OF
his birth and early education. In his re-
marks last Thursday evening at the chapel
he made touching illusions to his former
connection with this church and commun-
ity also to his conversion under the devoted
ministrations of the venerable Rev. DR..
Childs.
One of the most notable institutions on
the banks and bays of our charming lake
Bomoseen is the new boat house and land
ing Of MIR. j. w. Bixby. 1t was our good
fortune to be able to spend a few hours
there the other day. We found everything
Connected with the house aud landing con-
Quoted in tip top order by Mr.. Bixby and
his assistants. During our stay there we
met representatives from FIVE different
states-New York, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut aud Vermont.
Between the hours of four and eight o'clock
the Castleton cornet band took all excur-
sion on the steamer Naomi from Hydeville
TO the bridge, discoursing excellent music
at intervals on their way. On their return
they were treated to a delicious lunch at
Bixby's. Bixby is bound to succeed in his
new vocation.
Among the most valuable farms in this
town is the town fam, and one of the
~pleasantest located houses is the one loca-
ted on this farm, overlooking almost the
entire surface of Lake Bomoseen and O
vast region beyond. The supervision of
the farm and family is under the faithful
care of MIR. and Mrs. John DeGarmo, who
have filled their positions most successfully
for several years. The family now con-
sists of sixteen of our unfortunate poor,
two of them being Theodore Clark and
Josiah Peck, both of them respected inhab-
itants of our village for many years. The
first named has been subject to epileptic
fits for thirty years, and has probably aver.
aged three in each twenty-four hours dur
ing these years. Ed. Macomber, another
one, has been a town charge for forty
years. Castleton people are proud Of the
admirable management of their farm and
family. TIE GLOBE is taken and read al
this il stilution. b. W. B..