Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-07
RUTLAND, VT. THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL q 1870 .

from that which I did. Mother, don't
worry, for if you knew how feel, I feel
as if | was just as certain of going to
Heaven as anybody in the world ever
did. L have prayed ever since this hap
pened, and it is all for the best. My dar-
ling Frank, | don't suppose you will ever
forgive me for what have done, but I
pray you will. How ever come to do
it is a mystery to me. Goodbye, Frank.
Goodbye, all. hope I will meet you all
in Heaven. Goodbye ! Goodbye !!
Goodbye !! !!
s.. E. B. ALEXANDER.
An inquest was held. The most inn
portant development made was the fact
that Aleg0'ader's arm aoas not broken at
the time of the murder of Mr. Wander
heyden, as stated by the physician, and
generally believed by the community
This fact was ascertained by DIR. Bucklin
on an examination of the body immedi-
ately after the suicide, and by several
other persons present.
The detectives do not credit the state
ment so strongly made, and twice repeat
ed, by Alexander in his letter as published
above. They do not believe that one per-
son, unassisted, could have accomplished
the murder of Vanderheyden, and by
some it is believed that there was con-
spiracy, in which several persons were en-
gagged. Tuesday evening Captain Squire
and Sergeant Bogardus went out to the
Vanderheyden residence, and took into
custody John Alexander, brother of E.
B. Alexander. He was brought to the
Third Precinct station house, where he
will be held for further developments.
He is quite a young men, being only
twenty-five years old. 1t would be
scarcely proper at present to publish the
facts which are claimed to implicate him
in the affair. .-..
When a murderer declares that it is all
for the best, and that he does not think
that he is to blame, it must be insanity,
however much of method there may have
been in the madness. 1t is overpowering
fatalism-a mental and moral unaccount-
ability-and it would seem that such a
man is after all to be far more the object
of pity than hate.
In the compilation of this article we
are indebted to the columns of the Troy
| Wing, Press and Times
THE CONCERT OF THE RUTLAND
CHORAL SoCIETY.---The concert last even
ing, given by the Rutland Choral Society,
at Ripley's Opera Hall, was an agreeable
affair, and afforded our citizens an oppor-
tunity to testify their interest in two
worthy enterprises, to wit: Our Rutland
Musical Society which being established
for the cultivation of the noble art of
singing, and nobler still to contribute
material aid to another most excellent
work that of the Rutland Missionary So
ciety whose office it is to seek out and care
for the orphaned little ones that might
otherwise be left to suffer in our midst.
We can give this second concert of our
Choral Society but brief notice at the
late hour at which uvrito- Dut vvo
desire for their just encouragement to say
that in many respects we think we dis
cover marked Improvement in their sing
ing since last we heard them in the pub.
lie rehearsal given by them previous to
their trip to attend the Peace Jubilee of
1869; although then singing under the
able direction of Mr. Carl Zarrahn. This
improvement could only have been at,
tanned under careful tutorship and by
faithful practice.
The Society, we are informed, does not
as yet number a large membership, not
over half SO large as it should. But we
think the voices well selected, and
they sing with considerable precision
and unity. We give them credit for this,
that when singing their effort seems to be
to see how much music they can make
rather than how much noise, and we do
not wish to be understood by this that
they lack for power, taking into consider
alton the number of performers, and we
hope they never will get any other notion
into their heads. A common error with
singing societies is the idea that loud
singing is most effective. We say when
reasonable strength of tone has been OBJ
tanned give us good singing for the best
effects, and we cite the example of last
night as an omen to our proposition.
This deserved compliment which we
desire to pay to the Rutland Choral So
oiety when singing in chorus, we thought
might also be deservedly given to the
singing of the quartetts, trio and duett,
which were each rendered with so much
care that we hardly know how to describe
or say which was best.
We were pleased with the trio by Mrs.
Kinsman, Mrs. Goodnow and Mr.. Day,
and regretted we were not permitted to
hear the voices of these two ladies in
solos, for they certainly sang very sweet
ly. They must not be excused from their
share of the solo singing should the So
ciety favor Rutland with another concert
at some future day. The duett, "Flow
Gently, Deva," sung by Messrs. Hum
phrey and Day, was delightful compo-
sltlon, and very lntelllgently and effect
lively rendered. So was also the first
chorus for male voices, sung by the six
gentlemen "too numerous to MENTION"
and for that reason it may be just as well
that they were not less in number, as we
cannot say so much for their second sex
tett, for either they did not do themselves
or the music quite justice, possibly
both ~. Their error was in attempting
to sing too high. We should take into
account, however, the fact that they sung
without the piano, hence had nothing to
cover up the defects. Of the soloists, Mrs.
Cheney was first in order, and she sung
as sweetly as we remembered ever to have
heard her. The song given was HandePs