Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-28
4 -gEA&eE DuMroU 81 og ODDITIES
tND INsITLENCIES- - DENIL-MAY-
CARE FASHION ABI.4. -- VIRTUE
AID EoWDYI-W.

Mr. Ello-. in her recent book on "FH-
naas American Women" make mention
u !. C.4larni. ltly. remark sbla ipr her
ability - entertain twenty gentlemen AZ
once - Ier yigIriau- c8IlveT, aiiluAl islsg-
er-. II lhi- were the only or chiefly r.
m4rkable thing about Ali-. Hitchcock k
-he would be Tar less remlrkIhl" person
,ge than -heI- But she /, char cter,
ri such a character as this ape cannot,
ud need not. duplicate the country over
), Am.Fia Is. We have long hot-red 81
The vC.-Iflli'y of oar climate, soil and
people. Perhaps Mis- Hitchcock WAS a
necessary national production that the
world may [ e convinced 81 the truthfal-
mess ot this boast. She i "a p..blic char
4ntar- actress requiring lar broader
-ta ~ .n8 larger hon q than other trtr,,>c>
pt the time. She j. an only daughter
an only child, / bclicye--of . wealthy.
md IN ~ respectable family: her father.
d. Hitchcock. having come tp ihi- coast
- an aEnv surgeon during the Mexican
war l.o Is now ID retired physician, and
su5r. fb. most substantial AMI wealthy
II Slu fraucisc4n~. III, accomplished
daughter .s- luur been ots of the BELLE
uf this oiry. without whom sd social
gathering ui the elite was complete
II she was in the country When "a
child. .as was r.-guea iram a burning
building tty some members of knicker-
booker Eugine c.. No. ,. since which time
she las neyer forgotten thcm-wcITln,.
r1nspieuou-ly. AT al times ami in ala
places. "a neat gold - upon her dress.
iud ut times making the comp NJ. oi
which - j. p duly elected n ulieT. cost
y presents. ranging from ihe cherished
'l7 ID the goll-mouutea tilc-hnrn. Sha j.
eccentric to au jxrcut that would shock
0ur Npw England notions of rToPri-fy.
showing her orcentrieits nBn rs Vrr-eut-
Iu-, Tan - ives win - barr 81 randy.
hH# ~ -ts'.istas ti...ss--.s.l4 ca q .NasIt5e
morse Ht tAe races, aG4lu h3 RIDING on the
c.westehar with the constructing eu.siu-
ccr over the entire length ~ the Aapa
Wiley Railroad, tD which She challenged
sid engineer, and stiil asin Ly lue ~
tia u8slsst d eds II pmianfhraFf aua
charity She las upward, of $4,000 il
her swu right, and of egur-c j, expected
u9 iuf .r.t the huudreL. 81 thousands oi
her ftih rs large estate. From hlr own
pur- -le supplies Tho wants 81 many
l,ydy object. oi charity. 1iug -.s. .rslis
in the extreme and ~ mobile imp4l-r..
She vIhr4tos between san fr4Hci-eO aHd
Paris, taking New Yara and Lon
don in her way, and astonishing
the natives II each ii tltp quiet
intermediate cities b. what -lc docs
ud what ,hc does 4at do. She de-
iics AL rules and conYUufIYu4litie- Of ~
,ilty, dresses and acts as size plta-ts eg-
yry0lsre, selects her company irom all
sls,sgs - viii, and st comiu4l.l- the eDn-
fii.nee aal good viii of al. She j. con-
-picuuua at the gran balls 81 the Empress
d the Iuilcri.s, attends annually the
Derby in England, whore, il - sIId, she
1nuses herself by winning or losing a
iew hundred pounds a day at the hands
II the young sprigs Of nobility. \ few
DAYS since she started IN company with
her parents overland - New York and
thence to Paris. Two days after ler
ID trriage notice appeared ~ evidence Of
the last Of her occenuicities; she IN d
quiet way, with the personal knowledge
of but two human beings besides herself
and the fortunate Il groom, having sud-
denly experimented in the T0le Of bride.
Another admirer was with her all the
afternoon Of that day, until O p. m, when
she went, as be supposed, TO dinner. AT
. p III III i3i1A s.tA "a A'i - 1flS-AAN'AANAN
and went with her to the theatre, after
which he accompanied her and the family
as far as Sacramento on her overland
journey, quite ignorant Of the fact that
from p. m. he had been in company with
Mrs Howard Colt instead OF Miss Hitch
cock. This is the same youth whom she
dared to drive down an embankmcnt on
the Cliff House road a few years ago,
which he did at the small cost of 81 200.
Her husband is left behind, she not having
seen him, it is said, since they left 81.
James free church. Doubtless, ere this,
she has informed her loving pa and dear
est ma of her last romantic experiment
and is now enjoying some other innocent
amusement. But while this heroine is
thus eccentric and romantic in her compo-
sition and thus reckless in her demeanor,
as before remarked, there are in her char
acter many Of the noblest traits possessed
by any. She speaks evil of no one, but