Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-01
Gassett'S Station.

That enterprisiug and money.making
gentleman, Samuel Afford ir., of Perkins
vile, having purchased $1,000 in value of
real estate here from Walter johnson, has,
during the past season, employed quite q
number of men in cutting off the wood
and timber from the surrounding hills
for the railroads use
William Miller, Esq, commencing
last year as the first merchant who ever
opened store at this point, fiuds good
business and profitable trade in the new
and commodious building erected for that
purpose by Lewis Hill, Esq, and, indeed,
all kinds of business is looking up, and,
down the railroad line, on the increase.
Huge blocks of freestone from the Perk-
insville quarry, large pieces of wood
and railroad ties. loaded teams from
Springfield and surrounding country
constantly adorn the highways, and what
were once the vacant places of this part
of the ancient township of Chester. Yer
lily, what changes hath the railroad
wrought in the business location of our
country.
William H. Spsfford, Esq, the former
Railroad Station Agent here, has fitted
up his buildings and laid out pleasant
fields, and planted promising fruit trees
upon his we'll ordered farm-the old
"Henry place, a prominent way
station for staging and teaming, and
cattle driving between Rutland and Bos-
ton, across the Green Mountains. By the
way, Squire Spafford is one of the lucky
politicians of his time. Never having
been informed that he was of the Demo
cratic faith, year or two ago be was as
tonished to fiud himself the nominee of
that party for the lucrative and RESPONSE
BILE office of Assistant Judge of Windsor
County Court-by their county couven-
tions. The party run him on their ticket,
and he was elected-to stay at home as
usual. much to his own qualification.
Our Democratic friends might have made
far wore mistake, and, indeed, voted
for far w.rse man than our genial
friend. And we Can now call him Judge"
without fear opposition to the title, and
without his ever having teen troubled
with the membranes of the office.
"A French family recently moved
here from Proctorsville. (having been go
poor there that the town had to furnish a
coffin in which to bury one of their
children, dying from drinking hot WATER
consisting of two men, their wives and
three children, last week, on the occasion
of the circus exhibition at Ludlow, walked
all the way back to Ludlow, making six
teen miles in all One of the women
carrying q babe six weeks old in her
arms. The perseyering household reach
ed home again at ten o'clock at night,
doubtless well paid for their toll and out
lay of muscle and money.
Are these French itinerants more
wise or foolish than are many Yankees,
who wear less ragged clothes, and clean
faces, but who nevertheless have not
furds with which to satisfy their butch
er's bill, or pay for books, in which to
allow their children to read, and yet can
find three dollars to buy the privilege of
seeing two legged monkey leap in the
air and perform wondrous feats of agility.
or listen to the stale jokes of some artifici-
al clown, who, in turn, cheats his credit
ors in the rowing life he leads. But such
seems to be the prevalent wisdom and
civilization of the age.