Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-07


The reports on Vegetables and Maple
Sugar, and Honey, were taken by some
person from the Secretary's Office, and we
are unable to give them this morning.
WALLISGFoRD.-The greatest excite.
ment Of tlse present week has been the
Sabbath School excursion TO North Ben.
nington. Mr.. T. w Park had kindly invit-
ed them to use hi grounds and grove for
their picnic. Tuesday morning, at six
o'clock, the school, with their teacher,
and others connected Herewith, TO The
number of two hundred and fifty, wer,
: aboard the cars, the superintendent, hav
ing chartered three or four passenger
coaches for the occasion. At South Wal.
lingford the number was swellcd 70 three
hundred. The excur,ionists arrived a,
North Bennington at eight, after a de.
lightful ride through a. picturesque 2
valley as New England can boast OF Al
; the station they were received and
warmly welcomed by the Bennington
people, the Wales Comet Band, of North
Bennington, furnishing excellent music.
The procession was soon formed, and,
proceeded by the band, started through
the principal street for the grove. One
by the excursionists at Bennington wa
that Of the "small fry" They had assem-
bled around the station in quite respect
able numbers, and while they did not feel
at liberty TO express their kindly feeling
in words, they made it equally appar-
ent by their "antics" One gravely re-
versed ends, and walked down the side
walk beside the procession on biz hands
Another little boy with light col
ored frock, proceeded the band down the
street, walking backwards. every muscle
OF his little body in active motion. md
bringing everything around with jerk
to the roll of the large drum we after
ward learned that he was a ION OF the
"blss drummer and we be.peak for him
a musical education. Arriving at the
re.idence OF L. W. PArk, We found all the
gates thrown wide open, and the long
line entered tie grounds OF this wealthy
man, and fled slowly over the grayellei
road that Id past his beautiful
fountain and ei.g can't IL ln-iOn. The foun-
tain is tie most graceful and beautiful
that ii was ever our fortune 10 eXamine.
Tue residence has the reputation Of being
the best II the State. Thence across the
meadow. and up through the pasture where
tia. fatte-t Of cows were grazing. and
1t VIZ laugt4ble t. -ee the as'onIshm-ut
the bovine herd expressed on behollins
the band ~ It passed through their do
main.
Arriving at the grove W. were delight
cd to find th4t our kiud hot bad. with
great f1rerhought, provided tables AID
seats for the Pia-ula, and TIL crowd
soon commenced 10 enjoy them
selves Fir-', the blessings Of duty wer,.
invoked by Rev. Aldsce Walker. d ID
Then followed . few re,u4rk- by the
Rev. Mr.. Converse Of Burlington. sir.
Walker, and Capt Hawk Th.u sporr
beg ~ in earnest. Henry Hall. E-g.. Va oi, .
hand with crpquet boxes. bah hoops
*. Tor the u-e and Amusement Of IT,.
crowd. Capt Hawk devoted hi, whole
time 10 see that every one euj syed him
~clf. At about II o'clock the table,
were spre,d, and II wa found 'hss
though There were more people than wrr.
Yet they nd enough and t.
spare. The crowd formed in u l4rge
CIRCLE ar tad the table, and baak quite. q
distance tA-refram. anl The ladis.. and
others that were connected with ,Le COM
ni-sary department, cirtul srei inside the
-inG. and Il any one went away hungry ,
i must iare been his own fault.
The "W,lr, Cornct Band" kindly To-
m ined al day with u, Dispensing most
excellent music at short interval Later
ia the day the Sunday School Scbela-.
Jung yeral songs.
Mr.. White the gen,lem anly Sup.rinteB-
Dent Of the Bennington and Rutland r.
T., app.gol upon the ground. and being
loudly cai!sl upon ior a speech. made
few rrmtrk-
The dag Wa rather too cold far o.t-
loor amu-emeuf, yet this Inconvenience
va in a measure cDunterbal need by the
.iesr atmosphere that rendered every Oh
Get in the distance 50 distinct. One faa-
.ure 81 she amuscment was large tam
hat earrisi loads 81 ladies through the
,ark over gravelled road a mile aad
la'f Il
A. about two o'clocl; tie procession wa
igaiu formed and marched back - tn
tatiou, leaving North Bennington AZ hllf .
,ast three, and arriving home at fge. ,
Nothing occurred to mar the happiness Of 0
he party. ani 1t was 4 4 Y long ~ h., re-
nemberc1 by those enjaying t. To- b. .
Nth school teachers and scholar lit thr
sarme>t appreciation 81 the kindne-- u
hOwn them 1T Bennington, and would
axe this public manner 70 exprr.- their
nos. grateful thanks. AMI kindcst vi hos =
- Mr.. P4rk. Mr.. Whit. Capt. Havks.
Ir. Hall, the "CDrnett Band" and 81
be good people of North Bennington, who $
o nobly underworld 10 make their stay +
leasant
PoTITICAL-TLe Legislature Of Ten I,
es-ee meets next Monday. and among IL i
rst duties will be- the election of a Unit +
i States senator in place Of Fowler, b
those term expires March ith. 1871.
Gen. Cameron said in q speech the other !
ay of President Grant, that elf he should :
g elected again, as | have no donbt be +
ill be, when he leaves his Office we shall
OF have more than ten or twelve hundred :,
iilions of debt"
Hon. Frederick +. Low, the new Minis Of