Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-10-06


fair day. About 10 o'clock,
however, the sky again clouded and a
light rain fell for few moments. But
ibis ceasad and the sky cleared off, and tor
tie remainder of the day, up to the hour
Of going TO press, we enjoyed bright
warm eunshine, snd general feeling
seemed to take possession OF ell that the
centennial celebration, the weather of the
second day of which foreboded failure,
wou.d after all be grand success. And
this feeling was greatly strengthened
when the arrival of the noon trains
brought a goodly number of strangers
from all quarters to participate in the fes-
tivities of the week.
Little was done during the forenoon
else than prepare for the culmination OF
the celebration tomorrow, and in this
those in whose hands the work of prep
arations has been placed are laboring with
a will, as they have been for some days.
During the forenoon, the North Benning-
ton Band appeared on the depot grounds
and played number of choice selections,
winning by their good playing the appro-
baton of all who heard them, as their
gentlemanly department had already done
from our citizens generally.
Seeing the grand pavilion, opposite the
Bard well House, on the new Town Hall
lot, again in an erect position, we paid it
a visit this morning and found it in near
ly or quite ss good condition as before
the accident of yesterday, which prostrat-
ed it. Men were actively engaged in put
ting up seats for the accommodation OF
spectators, while III. r. Dyer had his full
force on hand putting in gas pipes, chan
deliers and burnere, with which to light it
for the promenade concert and dance Of
Wednesday evening. So far as the tent
and its arrangements are concerned no
disappointment need be apprehended, and
if every other feature of the programme
of Wednesday is as fully up to the stand
I'd of expectation, as we have no doubt,
with perhaps a single exception, they
will, then will the people of Rutland have
celebrated the Centennial anniversary Of
its settlement in a manner of which tb v
their invited guests and visitors, as well
as future gen erations, NAV feel Justly
proud.
The arch OF welcome, which was de.
signed to be constructed across the foot
of Center street, and through which the
grand procession was to pass, is the one
point in which We fear will be failure
judging from the progress thus far made
in it's erection When we YIN t. press
this morning 1t was compl, ted, and a
"sbears" had been improVised for hosting
it into position, which Was partly done
when it : discovered to be too heavy in
the walls foI the support put into the con-
struution of the arch, and on attempting
to raise it, it became clear that persist
ence in elevation would produce a broken
back and consequently a fall 1t was,
therefore, deemed prudent to abandon the
project Of raising it, and it was dropped
to the ground and broken up. 1t will be
too bad if tie public are disappointed by
having no arch in position, as they had
looked to IL IS a grand and ornamen'ol
'ae..-. ." the procession; but their worst
fears May not he realized as we learn this
afternoon that an arch will be erected,
though c much less pondsrous affair than
the one whose erection has proved such
a signal failure,
u = . r. rn., articles of antiquity COZ
.iluoo 10 io4g into Memorial Hall, and
the display there is really a magnificent
one, the hall being wall filed. BY this
evening they will be all in, and to-mor.
row We will endea7or to give list and a
brief description Of such as are shown
which were not included in cur list of
Monday morning. Let us here again say
to our citizens that this museum is a won
derful collection Of things of the past, and
thar j. III probability they viii never
ogain have an opportunity Of witnessing
a display so intimately connected With
the early history Of our town and State,
while many Of the articles shown date
back to lie time when the American con-
.inent was q vast wilderness and at least
one in to HE days of Alexander the
Great, $50 years B G. 1t will well repay
3 VII ri i.4 none, for their own sake,
should TAI. IL give it. No admission fee
IS charged to the hall.
A large number of our stores, residen-
,es, hotels, Be- are being docked inter.
nally and externally with appropriate
Of welcome, and portions of our
streets are beginning to wear holiday
appearance, the beauty of which will be
much increased by similar decoration ere
the procession of Wednesday pa ses
through our streets.
A couple of car loads of our dis:in-
yuished visitors aud prominent citizens
visited the marble quarries at West Rut-
and this afternoon, where, after q season
spent in examining the quarries, the quail
ty of marble produced, and the modes of
iuarrying aud machinery used for this
purpose, and also visiting the marble mills,
hey returned, we'll pleased with the trip,
which had afforded them pleasure and in
truction.
THIRD DAY-EYENINa.
The Old Folks Concert at Ripley Opera
Hall last evening will long be renem-
'ered by our community as one of the
lappiest and most delightful features of
his joyous, festive centennial; and for
we can but express grateful
hanks to all who contributed to its sue
ess. 1t was happy conception and
most admirably carried out. Not little
# the praise SO universally bestowed is
Iue TO the Wales Cornet Band. North |
Bennington may we'll be proud of it, as
We are of our Rutland Choral Society.
every ticket was sold by noon of yester-
ay, and to say there was a full house
oes not at all express the idea. 1t was