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


which were handsome display of up
holstery goods with fine exhibitions OF
shelf hardware and mechanics tools, for
which his house is SO we'll noted.
d. Verder had portion of his goods
out in wagon, drawn by the black horse,
whose coming our citizens await every
morning SO anxiously to give them for the
day 'the staff of life"
George w. Chaplin, Jr., had a fine dis
play of furniture and upholstery goods,
and Newman Weeks in the same line,
had, besides two chairs made 100 years
ago, display of furniture and upholstery
work which were creditable.
w. B. Mussey's grocery wagon was
decked with the goods of his line, and the
three teams of G. Fl. & Fl. W. Cheney
bore evidence that they kept good var
iety and were not to be counted as minors
in the grocery line.
Dunn, Sawyer s. Co, had three teams
in the procession, laden with peddler's
goods, hardware and house furnishing
goods, including stoves, etc.
Spencer, Sawyer q Go. had their large
candy wagon in the procession.
The Rutland Manufacturing Company
had large wagon, piled mountain high
almost with chairs. This wagon was
drawn by two spau Of powerful horses,
driven by Tim. Smith.
futile 50 Co. had made arrangements
to run printing press by steam power in
the procession Failing III their plans for
steam power, small press was fixed up
to operate by foot power while the pro-
cession was passing through the streets,
but unfortunately for this firm at least,
the press was dumped out into the street
on the corner of Merchants Row and
West street, by the short turning of the
wagon, breaking the machine badly, and
preventing, of course, its appearance.
Abbott e Whitman had display in
the shape of light express wagon, which,
JUDI lug it a. a specimen Of their car
riagee, should commend them c. W
Nichols, photographer, had his camera
out, but at the time we saw him we Judge
that what pictures he took were taken
"under cloud"
Arrived at the tent, as we have stated,
the>proc=ssion broke ranks, and from 500
to zoo sat down 70 nartake Of an excel.
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