Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-04-16


thi, county, i,yc were held there, VIA in u
oct, liaa, 1921, 1890 aud 1901, aud the $
adjourned session Of lia', I
\ description Of legislation in this /
county, one j. tempted 10 undertake; but q
that would Of itself furnish material for Y
an entire article-if one should he here d
after wanted,
The late Gershom Cheney loved 10 re-
late with what bravery he aud his gal {
LIANT troop of horse sailed forth, amid the
brilliant snow storm of Oct, 1904, to meet (
at North Clar,udou-then on the route ,
from Rutland TO Hennington-and thence
escort GOV, Tichonor into town,
The Legislature appropriated 30 ooto-
her liql "e2 lSs, "a lsSaehar Reed Tor
the u,e NJ a room, fire aud candles, Ion the
council" An account dated November
ltaG roads " State uf Vernon, to lssachar
Reed. DR., For the use Of my house for the
Governor and Council tire-wooa and can
lies, attendance, Re, AT their present ses-
sion, - lss,"
The Court House WIS also used for
other purposes, As it Is estimated that
the travelling humhugs Of the day. eShi-
biting in our present Town Hall, drain
the town annually of about sso'ooo'-l
enough To- pay the annu@l expenses OF
many towus,--so of.old, til" Court House
when almost tho only public building IN
the village for secular purposes, drew the
pcoplr together tor all grades of amuSe-
mcnt and instruction; veutriloquism, Sp'r-
ituali>m, learned fools Of all varieties, Ne,
&c. were patrouiled 10y the beauty and
ehiyaIry, fair women and brave men, and
multitude, that were neither fair nor
brave.
The Tippccan6c Club OF $50 met here
aud was a decided success, Judge Phelps
, ON one occasion that season, arriving by
4, stag, from Middlcbury, Immediately after
/, ten at the Franklin House, was invited to
/, addrcs, "a full and as good an audience as
+ Rutland could furnish Never did man
t acquit himself better. Among other
things he coutrastca Washington and
y Van Buren,, the Alpha and Omega OF tn,
e Presidents, declaring that no mortal would
b. have dared to breathe the word " dis
i union in the presence of Washington
y while any vile fellow would have done i
c before Van Buren,, fort gtjNS IF greg,
II Among the couvenicnees of the Cour
p, lIuu>c. at one time, was a public or town
go alo-k. Ion Rutland once rcjoiced in two
rival town clocks, one a steady orthodox
pie,e If mechanism, in the Late Congrcga
fipml brick church, was superintendent b,
Mr. Barrett With the same assidulty ans
u pride as he now superintends the aque
:. duct. the other WAS the handy or M
handy work oil II. W. Benz t, the silver
, smith. who lived and tinkcred in the SEE
toud house south Of the late Trinit
l., church, and who is believed to have ri
=; ceived about two hundred dollars fror
the citizens. and an annual rent from cit
~ gems and county; hut his declaration
III the HrRAIn that his timc-pieces ran, NJ
- according to the sun, but according
-, aealn time. was believed by the people t
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emit. trrriLl, yerdi,t.. close iail exec,
,;.i,. +,,,s.1l;ua, Indictment, and fearf,