Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-06
HOTELS AND AGRICULTURE I

Hartford" at the late annual meeting o.
the society, submitted an elaborate report
which we would be glad to publish were i
not that the pressure upon our columns il
such as to forbid it at present As a mat.
ter of local interest, however, we make
the following extract
Had not the second day OF the fair
been stormy, and the evening of the third
day of a very doubtful character. the occa-
sion would have resulted as satisfactorily
to the public, and to the society, as any OF
our ten preceding exhibitions. II is bu,
Justice to say that the grounds at Rut-
land, upon which the fair was held, in all
their arrangements and appointments, are
far more convenient and elegant than any
previously occupied by the Society. Not
so much can be said of the hotel accom-
modations. The hotels at Rutland fur
nished excellent accommodations SO far as
they furnished any; but sufficient prepar-
alton had not been made to accommodate
the great number who usually attend our
State gatherings. Had tie second day
been pleasant, there ,oould haze been great
Inconvenience experienced By strangers IN
securing comfortable quarters. This is a
matter which the public have right to
expect will be properly looked after by
the society, before the recurrence of the
annual fair of this year." aa
We quote the above for lie purpose OF
calling attention to the ungenero,"s ana
uncalled-for attack upon the Rutlan,.
Hotels. 1t is rather undignifed, as it
seems to us, for the Secretary of this So
ciety to descend to the level of 5ar-rooms.
in Report which is intended, at least, for
permanent record. If the proprietors
OF the hotels in Rutland need to be ad-
monished OF their duty to the public, and
COL Needham has the capacity to instruct
them how to "keep hotel" could he
not have accomplished the end desired by
,,riyote lessons to them, quito 40 wen '''
TO introduce the subject into q grave
what should be grave, official paper?
But what does his complaint Of the
Hotel accommodations amount to? He
admits they furnished excellent accom-
modations, SO far as they furnished any"
He does not complain that any body suf-
fered for accommodations, but is appre-
hensive they would have suffered, " had
the second day been pleasant" This is
libel upon the excellent hotels in this
village, and upon the hospitality of our
citizens. No stranger would have suffer-
ed tor accommodations in Rutland, had
there been quadruple then lumber. Every
latch string would have been out. "
remember that the MontpeIe,ss '"
soon after the Fair made nso0n' al
our Hotels. We tor 81 similar ming d
.,o,u, :, sk no notice of it how
eNSI, thouSh
! Rutland v -aS 'eAper ,l'iV u 'e''''
! st., -asn in Montpelier Hotels promf,
lem to urge us to retort. Did Cs
Needham get his virus in Montpelier
The fact is, no village in Vermont, n
Montpelier, or Burlington, or Rutlan
" can afford to build and support Hote
" upon such scale that will enable them
= accommodate properly an assembly OF ii
or ten thousand people. Inconvenie en-
ID and privations in Hotel accommodation
lie necessarily attend such gatherings. Ev
n. during the session of the Legislature
Montpelier, it is notorious that the que
ne at the Capital who arrive last, ii not 81
ne roted, are at least gaareted, and % cab
ly ed, cribbed and confined" in pretty ]
pulsive quarters We have not been in
habit of complaining of it, because
y know the proprietors of the Hotels in t
u enterprising village do as well as Il
can. IA ~
M Since the Secretary of the Agricultu
Society has taken Hotels into conside
ton, and fred his first gun against X
land, which contains three as good Hot
en- as are in the State, besides the usual nj
he Der of the less ostentatious class, we b
me he will follow the matter up by writin
,cb chapter upon the Hotel accommodate
he at Montpelier during session of
q Legislature, and get his friend Willard
ool the Freeman to publish it.
at is now confidently asserted that tn
- are not ten Republican members OF
OK House who are prepared to advocate the
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