Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-05-14

| A''ii ~ Josiah itatt isol-loop, py Soilh
O. Parks LIST April. 1858 to LIST September,
1884, by James Putnam lst September,
1884 to LIST September, 1855, by Foster 4
Cooper year, by Ira G. Foster 1856 to
1860, and by Gershom Cheney from 1866
to Cd April, 1868. When bnrnt II was
insured in the Vermont Mutual for
1000.
Various improvements and additions
have been made 10 this house during the
seyenty-fve years intervening between
its purchase by Mum and lis burning /,
chief Of which were those made by Mr.
Temple by raising charging and brick
ing il up, The 10th September, 1928,
Nathaniel Gould advertised in the HER
AID that this house recently purchased
and fitted up with large additions by
Major Allen, is taken by the subscriber"
The dancing hall, seventy by forty feet
and the large ell north were built by
Pratt 4 Foster the lam with the under
ground cellar, the shed and carriage
house, in all one hundred aud fifty feet
long, and the large shed on the north side
Were built by |. c. Foster
The price Of the premises, with furni-
ture, at each Of the later sales has been
$4,000, Pratt sold It to Parks for
Se2 800, but took it back with trihe
paid. When Temple purchased it the
deed states the price NJ $9,G4l, when he
sold il at $3.50, The Beamans sold ii
for $1,000 without furniture,
The Improvements made by Mr. Tenn
pie Were signalized by a change of the
name from the old widespread cognomcn
of "Goulds Tavern to the Franklin
House" and by far.ftmcd ball which
was opened by Mr., Temple and Mrs Cor
don Newell. Under the Beaman. regime
4 tone of literary culture and social re-
fnemcnt pervadcd the Franklin atmos-
phere. Since Mr., Bcaman's time, much
of business energy, executive ability
and kindly courtesy have marked the con-
duct of the Franklin's landlords.
How associations thickcn rs We say
goodbye TO the Franklin 1t was the
tabernacle Of the lawyers amid the iiercest
struggles of professional life. 1t was the
scene Of their best social gatherings, per-
haps of their most oonyiyial meetings it
was the home of so much of village socia-
bility, ecclesiastical, aqueduct and other
business meetings, Sabbath evening visit
ing, Fourth Of July celebrations, gentle
manly and loafer lounging, parties and
dances. There many of the best orna-
ments of our village parlors, B. + Mason's
portraits Were painted. There all things
seeking publicity first located themselves
If its walls could speak, its disclosures,
like those of European castles, would
abound in good and i'll How lazy wits
loitered here their summer evenings in
social chat watching the all-hued, all
| shaped clouds float away till twilight
deepened into gloom and the damp exha-
lations Of our half-clayey soil produced
chills and coughs DR. James b. Porter
used to declare the Franklip portico was
worth hundred dollars year to him
The large dancing hall was another
nursery of consumption; young ladies
began dancing with their shawls on the
winter winds whistled beneath their feet,
the petty stoves in the distant corners
scarce melted the frozen air yet exercise
soon caused laying aside extra clothing, to
be resumed too late
No. !, General Clark's iayorite room
a fayorite room also with the court-was
famous for its social and festive entertain
ments. One legal brother of the demon
strative temperance persuasion boasts that
during nearly fifteen years almost exclu-
sive possession of No. 3, in court time. tn e
Jeli-rope ,oas nesa puRed erc,f far ,raifm
rgter.
A venerable fragment of the venerable
Gould Tavern is now modern con-
venience on the august turnpike in the
shape of dwelling occupied by William
Thrall, the same having been removed
thither from the rear Of the tavern when
Temple improved the original