Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-08
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interesting 10 stand above one oil the ea'
as,'.,;o,s ~ 300 feet or more into the
ma,hle mountains II West Rutland, TO
oote ON the far-down floor OF the vast
snowy chamber the busy scores Of work.
men, and the intelligent movements OF
the rolling steam drills, and TO see along
the margin 81 similar excavations,
stretching right and left for mile or SO,
great heaps Of massive marble blocks,
enough 10 build az many national eapitols
as there are western cities expecting 70 po
the seat Of general government vi,
Is worth a long walk or ride TO enter inc
burrowed quarrios Of the vermont itai.
ian" marble in East Dorset, where arohed
passages have been cut out IN the entered
hin sldo, and the roof or ceiling Is upheld
by solid marble columns which glitter
showily in the dancing candlelight ef the
moving workmen on visitors Yet, ai,er
all. the abundance If these marble depos-
Its il better shown in the waste or refuse
Of the quarri0s than in any exhibit OF
the finished specimens, New mountains
seem 10 have been built up at the en-
trance Of the Dorset quarries by the ao-
formulation of the rejected fragments
We have been accustomed in the cities to
! consider fine marble as building material
for only the moro elegant and costly resi-
idenoes but here we find IL trodden un-
der foot continually. as the common street
aa,,,,;pa aud GA garden walks. There Is
III first sense Of incongrulty in seeing a
hog pen with marble UNDERMINING, and
a marble walk leading therefrom TO the
hen coop, near the dilapidated barn, with
its handsome marble under posts And
when one has seen marble bridge piers
along the road, and broad marble door
steps before cabins Of tho Irish laborors,
he is inclined TO think that marble in
| Vermont stands where silver did among
the Israelitos. when at was not anything
accounted of in the days of Solomon"
The poorest children near the quarries
can dream that they dwell in marble
halls, and wake up TO find themselves
not much mistaken in their sleep.
Maple sugar is less abundant than
marble in Vermont, and it is more care
fully husbandod None Of that is thrown
away Yet more of it is made in single
towns than most persons would suppose.
A manufacturer in Wilmington-th ban
ner sugar town-remarked last season
that he had already tapped 1880 trees,
and he should make at least two tons OF
sugar, perhaps more. Several men In
e that town make from three 10 four
tons of sugar every year, and not all
. this is exported. one family of twelve
persons use in their household about l4OO
pounds of the three tons made by them
annually. A man in neighboring town
/, told us that for six weeks in busy har-
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sugar. while he kept steadily at work. be-
Ilieying that to be the most nutritious diet
he could use. He might be said to have
: a sweet tooth-or set of teeth.
As for patriotism, the same plucky spir-
| it which enabled Vermont TO fight through
the revolutionary war on her own hook,
striking vigorous blows at British forces
on land and water, while defying New
/ York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts,
in. their efforts TO control her soil and peo-
: pie, showed itself nobly in the recent war
. with rebellion. No State appeared to bet
ter advantage in that struggle than Yer
mont. Other States We're nearer the scene
of conflict, or suffered more directly In
e their commercial or manufacturing inter
70 ests, to provoke them TO part IN the con
test. But disinterested love of countr,
seemed the prompting of the Green Noun
II tain BOYS, as they turned aside from theil
It farms and saw-mills, and left their quie
l. and undisturbed homes to respond to the
% first call of the government for volunteers
And now the light blue overcoats ant
dark blouses Of returned soldier boys ar
"a seen in almost every neighborhood, Will
IS soldiers graves dot the green hillside
l. here and there throughout the State. a
ii old soldier of 1912 tells us how he lost
4 brave boy at Newborn in the DIST Massa
chusetts. The home is pointed to Il
u from which father and three sons wen
ar out to the war together. In few week
all the father and two sons were dead. Late
10. the fourth of the number came home, br
~, only to die from his severe army servic
From school district which we VISITED
70 forty-fye soldiers were in the field {
once,-nearly all Of the able-bodied me
on the district contained. In that distri
ks four sons were in one household, tv
"a, of them had entered service, OF
= had fallen A new call for troops cam
Both Of the remaining boys wished to &c
'ai' but one must stop with the aged parent
the and have a care for the homestead. Fac
re- saw only reasons why he should go al
no the other stay AT length they agreed
x toss up penny for the choice. III
IA Younger won the toss and then thrown
zen up his hat for very joy he went and g
listed The other, who told us OF 1t, ad
the ed, sadly. 81 wish | could have gone toe
ass Surely that man came fairly within Il
:. command of David: "As his part is tn
:, yoeth down TO the battle, SO shall his pa
the be that tarrieth by the stuff they shs
kes part alike" Doubtless the G. A. r. wou
ing receive him as member as having
of ceived an honorable discharge" \ est
noa days paper tells Of another family
:, northern Vermont, where his father a
ne his six sons served in the army, five
The three years each, two for four years, mt
in ing twenty-three years Of service render
of to the country by that single househo
No wonder that in such State the
''' should be a prospect of 10000 majority
sew the polls for Grant and Colfax, and I'll
and peace for which so many of the citize
tho fought bravely in the field.
div Tie spirit of Nermontcrs is noble
:, ever but it is evident by the stories
the patriarchal families of former di
ao'S that the numbers in some Of the hill TOW
, to are falling away. A school district VIII
half century since had fifty or sil
r. n scholars in it had but one last year
~, other small district was named where
or six families, within the memory of I
informant, had each twelve children 0
upwards, one family having fifteen, o
another seventeen children. One of tn
latter quite astonished a roadside gu
MA MA TONER on one occasion by answering I
'Eh. he had fourteen brothers and fourt
sisters One such family would ST