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

IAlatd ny Nu4uhlaiN tuAhAousANH'
ing the first session Of the Legislature
therein, there was passed, aath Oct, l'ss'
" An act for the purpose Of raising, by
luttery, the sum Of one hundred and sixty
pounds lawful money, for the purpose OF
defraying the expense Of building the
new Court House in Rutland" This
sum GlG0, or S593,33, seems insignih'
cant enough now for the purpose, but
then il realized over and above expenses
would no doubt have gone far towards
paving ior the labor, and the material
may hayei been furnished gratuitouSly'
The reason for having the building face
tho uurth--instcad Of west toward the
street and public common-raditionsa says,
was the agreement Of Capt Nathaniel
Cove, who kept tavern in the house next
north ii tho new "bunt district TO.
furnish. froe Of rent, the land for the
Court House; provided, the entrance
thereto WAS ON the north side, and from
that entrance To his bar.room door there
should b. built good plank walk
Whatever foundation there may have
been ion this legend, certain il is that the
town record. show no shadow Of title IN
riIv C1Urty, tu-t 't'A-'+' t'''i- l-ilii
HOUSE for fifteen years after it was built
and then the title comes, not from Cove,
/ bat from Ccphas Smith, IN, who by "a
conditional deed dated sth january, 1907,
acknowledged aud recorded 18th October
/ lsll. in consideration Of sundry good
I ltasos aud considerations me thcreunto
moving" decided "to the inhabitants Of
said county Of Rutland, that tract OF
land in Rutland aforesaid, situate on the
rest side Of the main street in said Rut-
land. on which the Court House in said
Rutland now stands, fer Sc ieag q term as
ne Supreme and Comfy C5'rt ,ri9fH ana
tr &c Cgmfy # Rat'lad dtN eoatiaRe
ful.R H,rSsSs.aas Ia hr Cg,pt H7psf
%af m ~ sad premises" The word
-.@i.o course "a clerical error, whether
..,' or aust is in The decd, i, not known
ie thtt document is mot To- le had hat
slu, ,la record reai-
l-hu \. Graham. LID, in III, letter
ll.ut Njrmont. published at London II
$50. thus describes to lis British reader
.l.- "ucw Court House, built II wood, b,
''' means an ornament % Inc ll"''' "" ~
i''' "'e' ''S'' anu WANT VI j''-' '''''' II
NO st''''1re ."t TIA" Commute" arp'li'e
'r.l y np' t!'- money, which Wa raistd o
a,ua'"ry contributions, for the purPo'
"; erecting tins building. etc. A. Nrs
a7m, IN the same letter, calls some "i u
El.atG" t7u~ts " handsome anu "t'sant
"e 10 nj comprehend the cause OF TIN
Glow at the Court House and committee
; "a" can only wonder 1t 1t was because
wished to have been, and WAS not, one
he committee,
The Rev. T. Dwight. DID, President
Yale Collcgc. visiting Rutla nd in scpten
.h.r, iclS, call, several of the houst
.au3,1mr, -" the church an ordinar
.Hilln-. and he Court I.orSs deesat"
What kind Of music. called the juro
.ar,i., a.. into court in the Garlic
,.me.. does NOT apps ar. The cxcellci
toned hell, which was melted At the time
the fir. ], rcmembe ,ci A. ringing At mir
, p'lerk -. NJ. when journcymen and a
: Pru-I.u~ quit work IN the winter, a. Il
I've Il, ic9.i aud II i, suggested as pro
, ale that Mr. Butler bought IT ia Rost(
/ with funds contributed by the ghzef
N:# 'n'IIent IN tine bells history Is IL
'A-t.' T'r'.lorted~ When the news
I't'#. WIS received in 1919 the villa
, @en' ta'9 e'Ntasle Of rejoicing bon-fF
III .hu<, windows illuminated III eve
anr. hell ringing liquor flowing boun
jat'v even amotr : the staide~t e1tIel
7 i'nt foremost amo ny the rejoicing patrit
Nh, N''1-f"''" itit .eNiet' VINO having pt
4 Hr'"u' hame-aiol fe.nnt' M, so Juhiia
i 'vrr his 'onntry'> veal, that he run& t
+ 'eHr; ti"as> hell so tiercely and so lo'
that TO- inside ~ his hands became "
0u.1E INV
h.. 81 t"ort t'o Use renamed "hoiS
, "'-I until the year lS-N' when "eor
" Daniels, 'now living Is. contract
4rr Md up The oat't de eight inches TIM
" .h}gtiur the Woodwork improvements
the l,to " " Bailey, the ezren
whereof are understood to have been pt
by tn. citizens
r rte extension of the original huildi
~ twenty feet v4~t was accomplished unc
tha supervision Of Zimri Howe, Of Cast
ton, a- first County Judge III 1874, assist
' Ny E1ra june. Of Brandon second Cou1