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SEWERS are being put in the Grand
View Extension to connect with the
main pipes on South street.
H. r. PERSON and wife of Pittsfeld,
Mass, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
a. h. Richie, over Sunday.
Mrs. THEODORE CARPENTER of Ben
nington, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Champine, of Bath-on-the-
Hudson.
AT Island Park, Friday, "Foggy,"
driven by A. P. Mcdonald, trotted
mile in 2;1S. Phallas, Jr., covered a
mile in 1882.
j. S. HOLDEN is improving the APP
pearance of his residence on West Main
street, by the addition of verandah tot
the west part of the house.
THERE was a large attendance at the
Union services Sunday evening. 1t is
the announced intention to make these
services attractive and interesting.
SUNDAY communion was observed at
the Second congregational church. One
person was received into membership
and the rite of baptism was administered
to another.
STREET COMMISSIONER FUTILE has
done good job on County street near
Maple and Stafford streets, and Contrac-
tor Watson did another in cutting down
the hill on Grand View street.
THE young men of Company K, Yer
mont National Guard, who were select
ed as members of the State team, that
are to compete with one from the U. V.
NJ, at the annual muster, are practicing
| at the range as often as they can, to pre-
pare themselves as far as possible.
THE heat for the past ten days has
been simply oppressive, the thermome-
ter every day during that time having
reached up into the nineties. A large
number of people enjoyed the grove at
the Soldiers Home, Sunday afternoon,
it being the most inviting spot for miles
around.
The Burlington Free Press in its re-
port of the Democratic State convention
has the following: For treasurer G. A.
Smith of Barre presented the name of
| c. II. Clark of Rutland. The nomina-
ton was seconded by J. H. Livingston
of Bennington and D. G. Pollard of
Proctorsville and was made by acclama-
ton.
A. B. VALENTINE, accompanied by
Professor Bishop of the Sheffield law
school at Yale college, are making trip,
this week, through portions of Windham
county in the Majors private conveyance.
Prof, Bishop will be remembered as the
author of an interesting article on aban-
dOned farms, etc., that appeared IN the
Century for May.
WE all remember the old minstrel
| joke about the man who didn't advertise
his business being like the lover who
winked at his girl in the dark-he knew
what he was doing but she didn't. ANY
tradesman who thinks he can sell his
| goods without advertising is in precisely
the same predicament-he knows what
he has to sell but the public does not
and cannot KNOW. S. Grey in Print
ers' Ink.
THE term of Office of Col. Thomas P.
Cheney, who has been pension agent of
New Hampshire for three years, expired
| Saturday, and the administration of af-
fairs was transferred to Col. Thomas
| Cogswell, the newly appointed agent
During the three years of Col. Cheney's
| incumbency the number of pensioners
on the rolls has increased from Is, 427 to
20,056, and there has been paid out the
sum of So, 1873, 7O2.55.
THE Rutland Herald recently said:
Tex governor Smiths private car, drawn
by the observation locomotive st. Law
renee, passed through here, yesterday,
from New London, Ct, bound for St.
Adams. Gov. Smith and F. w. Baldwin
and party were returning from new Lon
don, where they had been to witness the
Yale Harvard boat race. The car was
draped with blue in honor of Yale's vic
tory" What really happened was that
Col. E. G. Smith and party returned.
Better employ Vermonter for your
local editor, neighbor.
A NEW religious sect has sprung up in
Adams county, Ohio, creating such
frenzy by predictions of the ending of
in some places is suspended. Six wom-
Ell, travelling in pairs, and possessing
strange hypnotic powers, are proclaim
ing the new religion in the neighborhood
of West Union, one of their beliefs being
that there should be an equal division of
property, and that there are now 144, 900
persons on earth who will soon be trans
lated to heaven without death. This is
the story as told in newspaper despatch
es sent from the very spot.
IN catalogue recently issued the fol-
lowing rules are given for the measure
|
amount of paper required to cover the
surface. AS most paper, when trimmed,
is is inches wide and "a feet to the sin
gle piece, piece will contain SO square
feet. Measure the length and height of
each wall in feet and multiply. Add to-
gether the number of square feet of each
wall, getting the total number of square
feet. Divide this total by SO. which will
give you the number of pieces required
for side wall. Allow one-half piece of
paper for each door and window. To al.
low for waste in matching it is safer to
divide by 80 instead of 80. To find the
number of single pieces required for cell
ing, multiply length by width in feet and
divide by 33.
FOLLOWING are the names of those
who gave the necessary funds to buy the
guns and accoutrements for the Graded
school cadets: E. D. Bennett, l. E. Glib
ION, Lyman Rogers, E. B. Daley, Chas
G. Cole, E. Tiffany, Wells Valentine, H
G. Root, F. NJ. Tiffany, II. S. Bingham
R. j. Coffey, L. f. Abbott, II. G. Lind
loft, A. B. Valentine, A. B. Perkins, G
W. Thatcher, L. P. Norton, G. H, Dewey
j. T. Shurtleff, A. P. Childs, II. w. Put
nam, John V. Hall & Son, A. j. Holden
G. II. Cone, Geo. w. Hartman, S. B
Hawks, F. NJ. Crawford, Olin Scott, A
Buel Sibley, G. F. Graves, w. A. Wall
W. H. Bradford, VIM. Morgan, Charles
Cooper, Ramon OWES, L. D. Hamlen, j.