Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-04

tiA"-anl buttons oi the' description
were struck, and were worn hy the officers
# infantry lor several year,
Tho having heu adopted a. the
legitimate upeampl'tmguth the shield, II
seemed necessary t. complete the Coat 81
Arms. that supporters should BE- added,
When the Revised Statutes were pub
lishel am opportunity seemed 70 oiler 70
make the addition, a, ylgnette Coat Of
Arms was to appear On tho title page,
Aud a. Green Mountain Boys At the hat
tie Of PlattSlursh and elsewhere had
hcgu distinguished by the sprig Of pine, it
was thought that vigorous and luNarlant
branches If the young pine would eunsti~
tute appropriate supporter These were
added in a well executed rul on the title
page of the Revised Statutes # Vermont
printed in Burlington in $50.
This addition was we'll received, and,
the ese uteheuu and its emil lens, and the
crest aud It's supports, are very gracefully
arranged in "A cut ROW lN common use on
justice commissions sud appearing in our
newspaper over uut.ees published ly au-
thority,
Tho only fault If this ens is that the
supporters are not sufficiently tull and
round to he the unmi>takahlr representa-
tion of the pine, "a faint impression 'tten
giving them the appearance Of feathers,
On some ot the yignrttss Of our State
, maps, tho artist having uo conception of
the Specification Of the emhlems adopted
as suppor,grs'or perhaps better satisfied
with his own taste and fancy in deeora.
lion, and dlsclrajng the pluudit Hon
orel and blest he the evergreen pine, has
substituted for its Young branches a
growth of uettles ar plebiau shrubs which
have no significance IT any kind. And
within our own capitol, in the most splen-
did hlaxlury oi our state arms which has
ever been produced, plumes take the
place u the vigorous and appropriate ey-
ergreen.
iTU --tTtC s-UTt now IN 1TST- rCrItTyrrIy tfrr
SHINE device AZ the Seal Of lS2l,
The foregoing sketches are commune
Gated in answer TO the request in your
letter IF the 18th ult,
Yours respectfully,
Noi,MAN WILLIAMS.
Woodstock, oct, /, 1850
HISTORY OF TllE PRESENT ,oNr or ARMS
AND SEAL.
This subject and the correspondence
with Mr. Williams were laid before the
Historical Society AT one Of It's annual
meetings, The society memoriaIiSed the
Legislature a, follows:
Memorial If the Vermont Historical
Society. Relating to the Coat n Arms and
Seal Of State.
IL The Home # Representatives. am- IN
session.
N-,fs,i.t i-trtfitettli sS+,,-itt-ttss Y, at Il
late meeting, appointed the undersigned
a comprittcc, a part Of whose duty it
should l., tu take measures 10 describe
and establish the Coat Of Arms Of the
State.
Tho committee represent that the i'll
yy~tigatious Of the Society lead To the be-
lief that the device of oar Coat oI Arms
ana the State Seal rest wholly upon usage
and tradition: and that there j. no law,
resolution or UTJtCr CXtIUt Establishing the
same.
That some Of the devices now in use
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,T. ''I:', ~ ,'i i,; ;n tb,, Inn. ,I,n d.;irr.
L,re 'b9n.scJ with The f,n%v If every
officer that had occasion ta procure q new
die TO impress AN oiIleial Character upon
state dul umrut~
t+.It,,,..3 Inn, a. fs and ,.t,I5.,l Inv Iaw
T,.ir ,nfs,fa,. l. Ia ak the General A..
-,lplI, tl,at lbr .r,}lrp,- nov rmhl..l,n,d
IN our s>tat,. Fla.s. mud nndrr which our
.al,~ NOW ~ fartI H. battle. may h. a~
constant and .mrltanaipr IN tin. natln-
l41,e ,l,,y portray. and that line devices
ot tho sal, that uttcyt the paw,r ef the
faith III nun State upon official papers. may
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