Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-21
MONTPELIER, Oct. 18th.

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the Capital, but the customary adjectives Al
proprate to the customary stormy weathe
will not be called into service this yea
] Not drop of rain, not flake of snow, nC
a spoonful of mud to day, but instead clea
sky, mild atmosphere, and dry walking
change which once inaugurated, it is to b
hoped may be allowed to be the rule an
not the exception.
OF course the & dear people" have beel
out to-day. This is their annual festva
here, and they are bound to improve it.
have not observed, how ever,any such increas
OF the usual crowd as IL light have been ex
pected from the favorable weather and th'
throwing open of the new State House t.
public view. Men and women, in conslde r
able number, have strolled through the ele
CANT Halls and admired the splendid decora-
tions of the New House but the main at
fractions for the multitude have been The
;,dl.rs carts, .... -1-T .'-l. ,'t'
Ministries. and rare shows Of one KIND and
another. Around these IL dense crowd has
swarned from morning till night ct
course took an early opportunity to look
through the new State House, and am glad
to find my highly raised expectations fully
realized. The structure IS vast improve
ment on its predecessor-a building which
was always praised much above It's merits
The exterior is altogether more imposing
than before-the iengthenlng OF the wings
and elevation Of the dome giving much
more satisfactory proportlons-and the
'splenild woman mat surIhouhUs the
whole poSs dow" WITH "'.r''' ~'''''"S
conntenaaet' as IL "" i wa A'i
splendid pedestal. she cannot Sc however
from her stand point, the stained and dam
aged blocks Of stone walch the rather rn-
necessary economy OF head-strongness OF tue
Powers that be caused 10 be placed IN per
hans the most conspicuous portion OF the
front-and which are blemish upon the
otherwise satisfactory exterior.
The interior is on the whole a still
more decided Improvement ON the old.
The exceptions 10 the general fitness
and good taste, (Which ! mention first
in order to be done az soon as soon
as possible with the unpleasant task OF
finding faulD, are the wooden stairs
leading from the second story to the dome
which are clearly not the thing, and the
Library This last is failure, from tAc
selection of wood instead of iron for the fit
ting. and from the determination to make
shelf room for twice as many books as the
State will have to put in it for many years
to come \ row of empty shelves by the
door gives ono the impression that he Is en-
term, a pantry rather than library, while
the too deep alcovcs, which occupy so large
a portion of the room as to leave but mar
row hall between them, look ike the stalls
of an eating house 1t is proper to say that
the wood work is extremely substantial ana
is well put together, and that IN the r'cnIy
paneled ceiling, stained glass SkyLiSntS'
&c. Of the room, are many objects OF beauty
and taste but it would seem TO be evident
tn anv one. that alcoves Of less depth, and
of the light and beautiful iron
stairs. ratings, columns sc. so ftly used in
most nnblic libraries Of recent construction,
,r,,,1d n rlaca If the heavy wood work. add
u. ?, tb.cood efTact of tberoon and to the
f;+s oo,tents should add that the
f,.,+,,-os 7 have criticised are departures from
+be or;oinal nlan Of Mr.. Sillowav. which
has in the main. as | understand, been
c,lIo..od
t. tho rost can only use the
IF unoDaIifad nraise The effect
= 10 interior Of the first story with its door
-r.--..,..,l u,,rl1a its ,r,cafnl columns.
!, Iii. u,orldod naDal,ncs of
" :,.d s..to1u hollis and ;ts
- sos : ov+-.r,olr strik;n,, and
~. C,.a.;4too ro,,ns ond
,ia,,,,. roon, r,oin1,- oconrv this
.t..o,,3 !. dosire5 for
,haro tho Son
..,-..e Co...
o., Iv' mn rr;+b 1ittla lass Of
,.L..t,,,o.s nd e,,oDsa in its details is
.to.o and IFS first trial tot dav shows it
70 be q rood room to 9peak and hear in.
The Governors room-the pIeasantest. in
doed the only pleasant room in the old
c4o+o uouso is still the nleasantest room in
.h,s We can imag;ne notbino more truly
.o.+of,I than IFS well ordered prorortions.
'''-'', ..e.II-n,o,,,a,3 lii, o,.bora+o s+rc,
49, ,rort rich Garnet and curtains. and black
e.,un,t,,ro boboau+if,,I chair pade of
,.;..h.. oe tbo Fr;,.ato f,onst;tutio, nre-
.aa,ad hv Can't S,wver and the LARGE nor
-. &c 90, Williams savad from the old