Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-01
of hotel keeping in any village Of this size

and pretensions.
The bane of the social dance in these
TINES, though not so bad and disgraceful
as in those states where liquor is sold
without stint, is the foolish and self-de.
atroying practice INDUCED in by too
many young men, Of carrying flask Of
whiskey in their coat-tail pockets to make
them feel light and hop up easy in the
terpsichorean exercise. sometimes, and
too often, the result is to make young Am
erica appear bigger fool that nature
made him. If anything of this kind oc-
Cured here on Thanksgiving-day, we are
happy to learn that the hotel was not re-
sponsible for the outrage.
1t must be a skillful piece of infor-
nation to know how to keep good hotel.
But we understand and believe Mr.. Tar
BILE, of the Eagle is far from being tyro
in that line, and that bis success is well
assured.
The question of the location and dispo-
sition of the Fletcher Library, of Caven-
dish, appears to have been settled by the
town meeting held at the Town Hall in
Duttonsville on the 18th November with
greater degree of unanimity than was
at first supposed it would Ibe The day
was az fair and mild as could be desired.
Pleasant weather seemed to have salu.
tary influence on the people, for every
body was good natured. And, inasmuch
as many things have been said concern
ing this subject, it may not be improper,
or uninteresting to the former residents
of the town many of whom, though now
scattered abroad over the country, by
mountain, steam and sea, nevertheless
are subscribers for they HERALD, and be-
sides, the fact that our statute of 1864
authorizing towns to establish Libraries,
with or without branches, was drawn I'M
der the dictation of the late Judge Flet-
cher, with the object he had in view of
donating his library, Except his Law Lii
brary which he had already given to the
University of Michigan, and also 200I
volumes and the interest on $4,000 for
the Baptist Society in Cavendish) to his
native town, gives an additional interest
to the snbieo'. Ia addition to about 5000
volumes donated by him to the
town, his will provides gift of $4,000
in cash "to be kept and invested by such |
town az n permanent fund, the income of
which shall be always applied to the pur-
chase of books for the town library"
The location of the library having pre-
viously been fixed at DuttonsVille, the
town at the last meeting voted to estab-
fish branch at Proctorsville, aud direct
ed the Selectmen, on the arrival of the
books to place S-13ths of them in the
place prepared for them at Duttonsville,
and 5-13ths at Proctorsville- provided,
however, that the people of said Proctors-
willie should furnish proper room for the
same, and the care of them free of expense
to the town, and that the increase to the
library from the $4,000 fund, 13ths
should be placed in the branch at Proc
torsvills until the town should other wise
direct
Satisfactory guarantee was at once Civ
en- the town that no additional expense
of the establishing of the branch, by ex-
Gov. Fletcher, H. A Fletcher, Geo. S.
Hill, A. w. Richardson, ID. G. Pollard,
Ell, Whelden, J. Trip and others At first
Prootorsville cl4imed one half of the
books for the branch, but this comprom
Use seems to give general satisfaction.
III en- eforth it is to be hoped that the only I
rivalry between the villages shall be, at
which place shall the books be most read
and appreciated.
Mr.. Taylor, the Post master here, is /
finishing and fitting up convenient
room in his post-ohice building, promising
10 ave it ready in two weeka-and the
* ecutor of the will has written that as
soon as the room is ready be will forward {
the long looked for books,
Our people are panied to learn of the
sudden death Of Horatio s. ellison of I
louisiana, at his place Glendale Blanta- I
ion, on Monday night, NOV. pad, Mr.
4ilson was native of this village and
"a Ut The Hon Abel ellison, who died in
,prin..deId iaet season, and coua of c
g. p. ellison Esq, of Rutland The l
Iouissnia Intelligence of Nov. 9th, now I
efore ps, gays that "Mr, ellison was con- .
2 qted with the Union Army during the i
.ar .vsd came to this irish in 1865, and t
ngage d il cotton planting, that be was ;
ind husband and father, an excellent :
tizeu. and that his bereaved family, sud- !;
eply deprived of their guide aud sup "
,rt. "a also their distant friends and a
inbred in Vermont have the heartfelt q
I'm pathies of ell those who knew him in
ia Southern home" Mr.. ellison died of a
fl 4mation of the lungs and stomach. il
t his own request his remains ase to be q
rought home to be buried among his L
alive hills. Thus cid Vermont, though q
~ sons seek wealth aud wisdom, name II
nd fame in foreign lands, or under fy
,uth ern skies, or in western worlds, ell
hen I he time comes for the last resting o.
lace IN earth, does the heart yearn for !,
ne homes and hiliR Of childhood. e,
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