Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

50 shas prior 10 Io4U, 1t was one of the most
+ active and prosperous towns in Rutland
II county, aud was in fact, business centre
d for this section of the county. The build
rs ing of railroads had produced a change !:
" they had made other business centres.
e and left Middletown as it is isolated. But
IS be was happy now that an opportunity
; had presented itself, which if improved
would restore the town to even more than
. Its former life and activity, and would do
Z ior Middletown what railroads have done
u and are doing for other towns. Medicinal
Q springs have been discoverered here of
acknowledged merit, and now PROPOSE
:. ton was submitted to them by company
/ composed of some of your most reliable
q and energetic business men, men who are
|. responsible, in whom you have confidence,
and who know no such word as fail. The
, proposition is to loan your money at fair
rate OF interest, for ten years on good Sc
3 curity, which money is to be appropriated
in building hotel, that you may attract
visitors to your springs. The advantages
J which would accrue to the town on
the success of this enterprise are
too apparent to require description. Mr..
Clark said: 1t has come to that now that
the people must unite in putting forward
any great enterprise. There was now no
proposition to bond ,Middletown, but the
principle seems now to be generally acted
upon, that any enterprise which requires
great outlay, and will manifestly result
in the good of all, that all should con-
tribute their proportion of the expense.
Hon. D. E. Nicholson of Rutland, was
next introduced. He was in his happiest
mood and entertained the audience for
half an hour with speech well spiced
with pertinent observations and sharp
hits. He said that the chairman of the
meeting, who now resided in Poultney
and his friend Clark of Rutland, and
many other gentlemen for whom he had
great respect-now residing away from
here-seemed to point to Middletown as
their birth place with sort of pride and
exultation. He did not blame them any,
if he could have had his way about it he
should have been formally born in
Middletown, and that it was no fault of
his that he was formally" born a little
But he spent his youth and early man
hood in Middletown and graduated at
her district schools, and that he thought
was the next best thing to being ''for-
mally" born here. One of the several
excellent points Mr.. Nicholson made,
which were pertinent to the subject under
consideration at the meeting, was when
he said that Middletown excelled all
other places known to him, in its natural
advantages for summer resort. 1t is not
sought for by business men, but for a
summer resort it is the better for it. Men O
who go from cities and large towns into
the country in the warm season, desire a
change, for that reason they do not 60
from one large town to another, but seek
a quiet, retired place, and the more so the
better, provided good hotel and livery ac-
can be had. They wish to
exchange for a while the hustle and con-
fusion of city life, for the quiet of the
country, the pure water and the bracing
air of the mountains; and Middletown,
n its retired position, with its unrivaled
rural beauty is the place of all others who
would recuperate their energies. The
people of Middletown he felt assured
would promptly respond to the fair pro-
position made to them by the Spring
Companies. He could not think other
wise, and with the love and respect which
Ie had ever entertained for the town and
Is inhabitants, he must say that unless
hey should embrace the present oppor-
unity to restore themselves to life and
nergy, and bring themselves into connsc-
ion with the rest of the world, they
light as well follow the example of the
ood-chuck-that, as the story goes, got
isgusted with the outside world, went
Ito his hole, and then drew bis hole in
ter him.
The meeting was addressed by Messrs.
opeland of Middletown, Cramton of
utland and others. Mr.. Cramton had
mics, he was now willing to transfer
s stock to the consolidated company and
'uble his subscription. He had great
nfdenee in the enterprise, and with
oper management, it must succeed.
Mr.. Copeland was now ready TO double
5 subscription and little more. All
e heavy subscribers to the stock in the
% companies were willing to transfer
cir subscriptions to the new company
d most of them to increase their sub.
options. There now seems to be an en-
lsiasm waking up among the people at
ddletown, and it is much to be desired
1t the people improve the opportunity,
" when they may, and establish for
mselves a popular watering place.