The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-06
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MOUNT HOLLY

Ma Tprrots nr,icc request in
ya.u p,pof 81 late dsie. that your
reader. ~ooli furnish correspondence Tor
the UrG.tp. Nou arc right % making
this request and u Il b. ooupicd nth.
great interest would be- added 10 our conn
~ pspcr. We have Farmers Who could
write ugsu Guurg Manufacturers that
could communicate u,urh that Is interest
ing In reference 10 their ar;s Minors that
could tell you readers multitude of inter
esiips facts relating 10 the qusr1ing Of
Msrblc sud Slate. Men connected With
Railroads might impar; many things the
pablo would like 10 know, and School
masters NIGH, ulk Of their profession, It's
nsinrc snd wants.
4 rouuty editor eanno, be expected 10
ten us al that iranspires Of public interest
within hls vicinity. He must write, Sc
lccj. be his own scent in obtaining snbscr'-
bcr,, prfh,p, 50 type, work hts press, fold
ms paprfs. direct thom. cut ms own wood
.ifhe has any. and do MI tins, while com
pcung wilh the newspapers Of ,he city.
Nou. Readers Of the lIrR,lp, let Us aid
cor new editor IN furnishing local news
fof hi- paper The paper Is ours aud We
Ought 10 have al interest, aud PRIDE 10
IT, What have 20 say this week, may
no, bc Of any grca, value, bu, vil make
beginning, hoping ADLER ones will fol-
low.
Mount Holly was formed from Jacksoil's
Gore, aud portion Of the ,owns Of Wal
lingiori and Ludlow. 1t lies on the ives.
tern slope u the Green Mountains, is billy,
but well adapted TO oatile-raislng. The
high prices for dairy products. occasioncd
in a great measuro, by our easy access to
market by railrosd gives our Farmers good
encouragement for their labor, enables
them TO buy the necessaries and many of
the Injuries Of ltc. and also to have hand
some surplus IN the "wnllei."
Each man among US knows his own ter
ritory, and also where his labor and atten-
ton are TO be bestowed We never 90
soil, pay our debts, aud let At,ornies take
care Of themselves. Indeed, this year We
are trying to get along vithou, Justices of
the Peace, for by an oversight these off
cials did not receive the oath of office
within the legal time. But VIC have no
fear Of mobs or rowdyisin, for there are no
gamblers, sc-jockcys, or sots among us
We have two new Churches, IN which
minister two ciergymen, and where wor-
ship goodly number Of people.
Through the northern part Of the town,
in gap of the mountain kindly len unfiIl-
ed by nature, passes the Rutland and Bur.
lngton Railroad. lrishmen and gun. pow
der have in an incredible manner, wrought
highway for the iron horse 10 travel with
his immense load, over the mountain and
through the yallies "yillainous salt-pe-
tfe,' little hot-~atcr, and heap Of
money have done the work.
Once our bill sides were climbed with
painful labor, aud "slow haste" Once We
felt on, Of the world. Once the farmer
fo0nd poor encouragement, for labor. And
once. loo, who can imagine when p the
the Elcphsn, crossed or rather, attempted
10 eross Mosn, Holly, and got stuck in
the mud While the r.. a. d. Railroad
was constructing through this town, the
fossil bones Of an Elcphan, were found at
an elevation Of lilj icet above the ocean
level. Ia the centre Of an elevated mass
Of rock covering space Of some thiry-hve
acres, u a hollow filled with vegetable
muck sbou, Is feet deep. There are re-
mains Of beavers work about tins basin.
In lri0 the wotkmcn on the railroad in
digging through tins muck, found huge
tooth. Soon two tusks were dug up
Then other bones and teeth belonging 10
the same hinge animal These Fossils were
sent TO Prof AggasiE, who pronounced
them the rcmsins Of an elephant Of an ex-
tinoi species One tooth weighed eight
pounds. The tasks werr broken bui ~hat
remained Of the longer one, Was 20 inches
IN length. It, circumference was Is inch.
Is, This is probably the only specimen Of
fossil elepl,sm ever found in New Eng.
land.
When that elephan, came along, and
~hy he shoald be sounding the depths Of
Mount Holly mud -hole, are questions
vii sis~ef ~hen I can. The elephants
can be spared, foe all oftheIn, whether in,
o. upon the rroand, are rs, worth one
good i.nconouSc.
Yours truly,
r.
MechAniesulis. Dec n, lisa