The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-02-26
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November lass, vss nvjacious enough
to write under the caption Of Letters
from the Herwisagc, No. | thereby
indicating ths, eth your conscu, these
ccmmunica,icrs aigh, be continued, ss
time and circumstances should permit,
and =. the current Of things in general
prompted II 10 doubtless the fact that
nj that time had some definite course
Of procedure marked on, for my future
guidance, and u 10 barely possible that
! then had some vague notion Of ~ha,
l wished 10 say. but alas ! can hard
ly say this nov 6r though the world
is ever ringing for the want Of change,
changes mos, annoying have since then
como over the hcrmit and the hermit.
age and the quiet retreat. where the
sound Of the stcam-w histle never comes
where the postmans horn vas never
heard where neither the laundering
coach. the rapid passage Of carriages,
nor the disoordant noise Of midnight
rcvelry made by registering rowdie-,
ever comes TO disturb the quiet EVEN
this retreat has been invaded, and It's
usual stiffness broken In upon, since that
time Of which speak. Lest the reader
may fear that some Of the above spcci-
fled annoyancies have o, length reached
the quiet nook wherein ] dwell, or that
marble quarry or a slate ledge, good
line for railroad, or gold mine, has
been discovered IN It's vicinity, will
relieve his anxiety by saying that moth.
ing quite so bad, thank God has oc-
Cured. But the quie,ncss Of the Her.
mitage has been disturbed nevertheless /;
and the wonted regularity and order OF
its interior arrangements has been bro
ken In upon, and for time almost en-
tirely destroyed.
For several weeks, the tramp Of q
single horse and the rattle Of a single
carriage has been daily heard, Ms n
somewhat dilspidated establishment,
crossed the bridge down in the valley,
from which the winding lane Ia enter
ed that leads to our quiet abode. Reg
ularly has this carriage come thunder
ing up the lane to the Hermitage, and
daily, for an hosr or so' has the doctors
horse stood tied to the post which stands
by the gate that protects the little yard
enclosing the house. have no doubt
that great excitement pervaded CON-
munipaw, in days OF old when vessel
sem'-occaslona'iy visited hirom "iaher-
land. ] sso~ Sh"' ;" yea 'a'sr Tunes
the arrival OF asmg'e s'oop al any oi
the landing places on the Hudson, IN
var'ab'y Drought down 'he town. we
have all heard oil the surprise and con-
sternation manifested ny The nations OF
the lar west' on The appearance o' steam
boats on their before quiet waters and
who docs not remember the actual
srdrm'"g oil your quiet village on the
arrival oil some gay equipage-the bur-
rying to and iro on The entrance oi the
mail conch--to say no'hing OF the re-
Gently general rush TO see the iron
horse. need only 10 a''ude 70 some
OF these "reminiscences 10 impress upon
the reader an imperfect IDEA Of Tue ex-
citement that pervaded our h''ie com
mnn'iy at this une1pec'ed es'ao''s'''nent
OF daily communication WIN the oa'y
world without '"oog" 'o' oe"er u"'
ders'nnd'ng as 10 the ehie"' OF 'he eh-
ciiemenI perhaps ough' 10 say 'hh'
our ne'ghborhood consists ol about iweh'
ty persons--embraced IN three families
two OF which are bound together by
the closest Ties VI consanguin'iy, and the
third bound to us all by the little less
binding cords Of esteem and affection
And yet ] do not mean TO be understood
as saying that this excitement was par
ticuiariy increased from the Tact that
the horse and carriage spoken oi was
the doctors, or In the attendant Tact that
man lay sick at The Hermitage on
the conirary--quiie TO The reverse tho
at times, certain interested individual,
and almost feel willing TO admit that
for a time he was aided in sustaining
himself in his aiiiieiion, in the though,
that ii is an III wind that blows "no-
where" and that even his sui'ering' was
a means Of bringing some pleasurable
excitement into the glen.
Indeed, there was not much actual
sickness there. There was, 10 be sure,
throughout the bouse hn unusnhi onof
Of chemicals and linimenis, embroea-
tions and all sorts Of roots and herbs
There were learned d'-qni'ii'ons on The
particular adaptation Of particular med