The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-27
LOCAL MENTION.


ECId 1917
Morning pedestrians are numerous.
Can this be tho weather of early New
England spring.
Regular monthly meeting of Nickwackett
engine company this evening at 7;30 o'clock.
Spring ioflusnza prevails; a sort of cpl
zootic. Sneezers and coughers are plenty.
The bright weather has become balmy as
well, Notwithstanding the persistency of the
wind.
Regular meeting of the Sheldon hose
company this Friday evening at y
o'clock.
Regular monthly meeting of the j. W.
Cramton hose company this evening at 8
o'clock.
The days for spring shopping have come
and the ladies anxiously scan fashion mag
azines.
Regular monthly meeting of II. II. Bax-
ter hose company this (Friday) evening at
u o'clock.
The sprinkler has become an institution
for the summer, greatly to the satisfaction
of everyone.
Mr.. Warren Daniels met with an acct
dent on Wednesday in falling from a pile
of wood, dislocating one of his wrists.
1t is rumored that E. NJ. Smith of the
Boston Journal has been placed in charge
of Aurelia Brooks. A wise appointment.
DR.. Charles Woodhouse delivered the
Grafton at the Odd Fellows anniversary at
Burlington last night, before a good audi
ence in the city hall.
The season of the year when boys begin
10 come home with their heads supicious-
ly wet and their faces as blue as u pane of
blue glass, has arrived.
The Delaware & Hudson canal company
has notified all station agents and operators
on its line that a reduction of 10 per cent.
In wages will be made May l.
The report that Clements s. Page had
purchased a marble quarry and property in
Dorset proved to be false. We had the re-
port from a Dorset correspondent.
People who laid in a supply of -four a
week ago are very lucky. The price has
advanced since the first rumor of an imme-
date war about four dollars and is selling
from ten to fifteen.
Vicinity items from Dandy, East Dorset,
Pawlet, Pittsfeld and North Adams,
Mass, with an article making inquiries
about the dam of the famous trotting horse
Ethan Allen, will be found on the outside.
Col. Charles H. Joyce, member of con-
gress from this district, passed through
own last evening on his way to Mortified
to attend the funeral Of his father at North
field to-day. He is lookingiquite well. He
will spend the Sabbath in town.
THE WEEKLY GLOBE issued to-day con-
tains all that is new in the case of John p.
Phair, a large amount of items of local ir-
terest, all state and general news of the
week, and a large amount Of interesting
miscellaneous reading matter.
The leaves are not yet out, but several
parties in Rutland are already making ar
rangements to go into camp during the
summer. Mr.. Kelly's boys will go TO Lake
Dunmore early in June, and there will be
camping parties at Fort Cassin and Lake
Bomoseen.
Two freight cars on the eastern train
were thrown from the track about a mile
this side of Mt. Holly, last evening, and
the train delayed about three hours thereby.
The accident was caused by two cows
standing on the track which were struck
and killed.
Now that the village election is settled,
the great question is who will be street
commissioner People who have no axes to
grind want Mr.. Patch, the present incum-
bent, re-appointed, but at least two other
persons want the place themselves and are
working very strenuously to get it.
Among the most interesting places in
Rutland at the present time is the green
house of Mr.. j. r. Ridgeway, near the
residence of Gen. ii. ii. Baxter. He has
n large collection Of rare plants which are
in vigorous condition and many of them in
blossom, presenting an attractive sight.
He has in process of growth tomatoes and
other vegetable plants in good condition
for tIansplanting. The people of Rutland
have no need to send away for plants or
for flowers for funeral or wedding decora-
tions while we have such an Institution in
our midst, and so competent a florist as
Mr.. Ridgeway, who is deserving of public
patronage.