Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-03-15

IN l tAbN avn
lev DAYS since. IAN Old man eloquent
c,a,ucn, "a h., irdy. IN tho vivid dcscrip
,iul u tbe event. aud scenes OF ms boy
bo,J-cal,ul on me. and - be ran over The
tai, Of the past. hotcd TIC main incidents.
il.c cam. g. tM- forrest covered region at
tbc age Of mar. and tho past siriy YEAR
were full aud ir,.h IN his memory The
country then WAS 30 49, ptmcNaI state, ,N
,,pt pattlc. 80 agriculture here mud there
l.,t,ng m the SUNSHINE. and exhibiting tmn
.prukuug OF j., hu,,. aud tie rare >jcc'a-
ric fan occasional trained house. | went
bar, h,al SAID the chr,uiclcr TIL ! wa,
t-,lrc years old. t.roUgh sun. aud rain and
snow. and mi,ctp tue loc s,uo'nhuu-0
Ia, head l., rcd as n foA, and ny hair rat.
Ting with iciclcs My hat WAS made b,
I,rc. II. lutlcr the halter Of the iuliplcut
,..Ae, o' Rutland Our fare was the good
old bean prrl.i.c and bread and milk 49,
The fashion and economy of the day al.
lowed nl shoes. except m the punch of wiz
ter bow. and el., all barefoot " over
oats la. on,, c..r,. wooden trow,cr, aul
jackets, the uu!, wore pcticoat' aud short
GOWNS. which, Whom clean w,r" thought
good enough for - Study dr,~, Wagons
u,.-. unknown. aud tie chai-c or chair o.,
th,I called wa, rarely found The COM
mon mode OF travelling w., on foot. aud cu
horseback with the h'c-gour rlljou. The
winters were severe and long the SNOW door.
the runds indifferent at all seasons The
greater part Of the country was still a tor.
est. Foot patti, and marked trees guido
the settler, ~ tu,it short journeys for lb.i-
oc,. anil ,u.,1, Interviews. Whitehall va,
then Of 40 account nri the read to 1t So bad
tia, Boston WAS ranked at about the same
distance. Wa. it healthy in those tunes,
asked "Oh healthy We had little need o
doctor remember attending great
fnucral OF Mr. Is 1T. WHO died %, con.
sumption aud consumption was Thought
rs wonderful thcu as the cholera when it
came. Truly. | concluded TINT fatal and
uoN 5, prevalent disease i, thing Of mod
crn drliracy refinement and idlcucss 1t
spared the temperate bean orrd," lyinc
exposed aud hardy sons Of the forest. t'ru.
palIty, cNppsurc. dolly TOLL mu't be the pa.
r,ut ot hlrdih,od, hcroi,m. strong nerves.
and the preventative Of disease - de-
rived mora irum the tale H. those c1r-
j. times continued my historian IT, v.rl n
parents vas hir ucy.r ta....t ,' u..
ohnyin. orders, nor h,pa,l 7.I t.,.
was no going away from home 1852 f.I.
mission. Bat II D. y.ry l.1r U.
now In those rough tim u. e.I sod
lie w.ll used b. hl'.l t.l bl. d.. aui
ride into the door dragging d. mt, the b.u,.
andwc kept n roaring fire through ,hc rrld
winter nights lcnty Of wood. The cirls
used t. walk three milc, through tie woods
by marked trees for an evening Nisit. Icay-
ING at nine in the evening they would 20
home ia an hour and think nothing Of it
Now they mus, ride, if they have ouly 3
short distance to 90. Behold, thought IA.
gain t. myself, the fathers and mptLcrs Of
ire resolution lard and lcr,c all TIE
uule then were worth having. at ever,
house they were proud 70 show great ban
dies OF yarn aud linen thread ! but now thew
show q calico or silk dress, or littlc cum
Gus needle work fyrrse the old foresi-
cr for his severity for be has some Justice
on III, SIDE 'Iheir wheels aul looms wcr.
heard in every house now they are all
-na b." Tncu al were friends. and eve
r. house was tavern for traveller There
were few stores, and these small in all tie
RECON round aud only now and then stray
pebble. Nl b a icV goods, The Village ui
Ru,!aal had then hog jail aal j., cuur,
house, and loL dwellings, excepting tHo or
three frame houses. The large green was
a mc.ttcmiotl swamp, tulIofbi,h .umg.'