Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-07
From the Middlebury Register.l
News Makers.
NEW YoRK. March 10. 1870.

Just as fruitless in this lion of the
cities, are all our endeavors to CLEAN an
item of news, as in our own quiet village
in Vermont.
Some things indeed are worthy of note,
but they are captured for the city press as
soon as they have being. Perhaps the re-
cital of News Makers labor would be
pleasant and readable article in your
columns. last vvoolz, little, swErthy, spare
man, thinly clad, with little roll of pa
pers in an oil cloth wrapper, under his
arm, came to my room with an open letter
in his hand which purported to be letter
of introduction from one of the Aldermen,
whom he said had met me on the cars.
With the Alderman | certainly never had
the slightest acquaintance, however, his
introduction being accepted, turned TO
look at the wiry, nervous little gentleman,
whose gun-lock cheeks were pale and thin,
but whose small black eye, was piercing
and evidently a little anxious. For a
moment we looked each other square in
the face, in silence, and 1 could not divine
what the nature. of his errand might be.
Presently he proceeded to remark, that
he was a contributor to several of the
daily papers; four at least he aimed to
supply each day with an article, and some
other papers with an occasional piece.
And he was informed, he said, that l was
from Vermont, very nice State he pre-
sumed, though he had never seen it, and
possibly I might know something of the
slate and marble quarries located there.
If so he would esteem it favor if | would
give him some brief descriptions thereof
Indeed it would be a real help to him.
would promote the interest, and the pat
ronage of the paper, and could do no one
any harm. And his little eyes twinkled
and sparkled as he spoke, and he closed
with patronizing tone and gesture that
were very persuasive
OF course the favor was not withheld
and he sat down by low desk, unrolled
his bundle of papers, and drew lead pen
Gil from his pocket and said well now
where are some of these quarries located"
My first attempt at description was trans
ferred with stenographic quail tracks TO
his dingy sheets.
The towns where qusrries are located,
the adjacent Railroads, together with the
lofty mountain ranges, the beautiful riy-
ers. and all those great bodies of water,
and the broad and beautiful fields, all
took the polish of a painters hand as be
proceeded Thus Lake Champlain, Bonn
DdsGtu anu Win hbtiL NniiDhF
kinds of water-craft were portrayed, and
every mountain peak whose name could
be found in Johnson's map of Vermont,
and every mountain streamlet that has
name and fish in it from the BatteDkill
to Missisquoi Bay, took visible form in
his eve. Every field was beautiful with
waving grain and golden harvests. Every
ragged cliff was the home of the wild
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mountain waterfall was driving a wheel
to cut out lumber, slate or marble, TO sup
ply the great and ever growing demand
for these very useful produces. The
schools and colleges which distinguish
the civilization of that wonderful State
were institutions of the first order, and
even Bread Loaf Inn did not fail to re-
ceive a passing touch from the writer's
charming pen. In closing said he, snow
ia there not some hotel near some of these
Queries? / must date from somewhere,
and / never was in the State, and i want
the name of one of the best hotels
So 1 gave him the new and very splen-
did hotel at Middletown Springs, az a
very desirable rendezvous for traveller.
20 yes" he exclaimed, II must not fail
to apprise the great public of the heaven
ly blessings in those healing spring waters,
and the wonderful cures which have been
wrought there" But unfortunately L
could not specify any positive cures that
had occurred under my own observations,
and even the name of the landlord in that
princely Hotel The Middletown Springs
Hotel, does not yet exist had escaped
nv recollections. So the sharp-sighteo
contributor brought TO a splendid ana De-
fitting close his very elaborate ana In
s,rrot;ve article which filled whole col
umn in the Morning Post, and most deb
onairly bowed himself into the street
Sucb is the manner in which many of
the iudicious and very able articles are
prepared for the daily papers, are read by
wondering thousands, when the tolls OF
the day are done.
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