The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-16
LOCAL MENTOR

LOCAL MENTOR.
4 GDid 1867
The livery men smile bandly at days like
! yesterday.
The churches began summer services at
halt past seven last evening.
Wallace Bruce, the lecturer, of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, was in town Saturday.
The roads about Rutland are nearly all
dry and the driving as good as in June.
Spring gardening has begun in dry. spots
and the sale Of peas and other garden seeds
! is brisk.
Farmers say good heavy spring rain is
needed for the grass crop. And the livery
men think not.
Sugar "waxed" on snow is thing of the
past now unless one migrates to the top OF
Kllington for the snow.
Killngton lodge, No 90, l. o. .. F.,
meets this evening at o'clock, at Oddfel-
lows hall, Globe block.
Albany boasts of man who is 80 cold
blooded that a dog who bit him IN the leg
had all his front teeth frozen.
The water main near the corner OF
Washington street and Merchants row is
leaking and oozing up into The street.
+. A. Morse returned Saturday from
trip through the south in the interests of
the Brandon manufacturing company.
Il IL, 90, let Int no
vigorously on Pine hill last evening, appar-
emily some distance this side of the ponds.
The boys have got to work again tying
cords across the walks. Probably they
will stop after some ore has been badly
hurt by falling over them.
The Right Rev. w. II. A. Bissell, bishop
of the diocese of Vermont, will administer
the rite of Confirmation at Trinity church
on Tuesday ev"ing next.
"-r -'-1Ae'S are ill hanging at many of
the trees In sugar oiu,ards. hut only in
very backward spots has hero been anv
run for the last three days.
A large amount of Vermont news Win
be found on the fret page and vicinity
items from Fairhaven, Bennington and
Dandy on the fourth page.
Pine hill was full as largely attended
as the churches yesterday, as the numerous
bouquets of arbutus poisoning in the but
tonholes of the young men testified.
This is the time when would-be garden
ers try their skill with hot beds, just in
time to have a ball from a neighboring
street come careering over and land IN the
middle of the central pane.
Mr. R. b. Rudd, who las leased the Rut-
land county fair grounds for the year, is
having the track and buildings put in thor
ough repair. This track will be ready for
use Wednesday, and tickets may be had of
Mr.. Rudd admitting to the privileges of the
track for the season for the extremely low
price of three dollars.
Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver preached at the
Congregational church yesterday morning
and evening. In the morning large con-
gregation was assembled, and in the even
ing the attendance was also. very large.
DUH seIuiOus "ClO 'Oiy hhe, iuiJ up "
DR.. Seavers high standaId of preachins'
That in the morning was from Ao'" WIZ 81
Thomas Griffin narrowlv escaped death
at the Columbia marble yard Saturday. He
wos moving five slo's of marble six by five
feet, when the, fell on HIM and would
probably hay killed him had not Jerry
Sullivan. ,Sho was passing come to his
assistance and raised the marble, thus en-
abling hin to free himself. DR.. Hanrahan
attended him. The injuries are of serious
character.
The Congregational choir is organized
for the year as follows George A.
Mie,zke, organist and conductor Misses
Ella Olmstead and Bessie Ripley, soprano !;
Misses Fannie Eastman and Clara Ruggles,
alto; II. M. Bailey and G. A. Parkhnrst,
tenor; A. Z. Walker and ]. C. Pease,
baos. This is volunteer choir, the church
having decided to hire no singers at present
Most of the members have sung for long
time at this church, under Mr.. Mietzke's
direction, and have acquired precision
and harmony which renders their singing
Of church music highly enjoyable.