Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-22
Middiebury.
Very respectfully,
J. J. r. RANDALL,
For the Committee.

MiddIebury.
A The vacancy in the Office of Count
e Auditor for Addison county, ocoasione
!. by the death of j. s. Bushnell, ESQ, HI
u been filed by the Governor in the appoin
r ment of Hon. George W. Grandey,
Vergennes. Mr.. Grsndey has for man
= years been a member of the Addiso
county Bar, and is eminently qualife
for the position to which he has been ar
pointed. Mr.. Bushnell was very exec
lent auditor and I have no doubt Nj
Grandey will prove the same. 1t is a,
office of responsibility as we all know, an,
the peculiar talents to discharge its dutie
acceptably we are confident are pos
sessed by Mr.. G.. The appointment meet
with universal approval.
We notice the recent arrival in on
place, of William Slade, Esq, and lad,
from Europe, where they have been TO
the last three years. Mr.. Slade is son o
= hhC 1atS AA0A' w l4Ildh CldLey anu DEOLuG
of Mr.. James M. Slade. During the las
ten months, he has been in France annie
the stirring scenes that have transpired il
that unfortunate Kingdom, and i
! thoroughly oonversant with the caus,
that produced the late war, so disastrou
TO France and particularly Paris. He hai
Travelled in France, Belgium, Germany
Italy and Great Britain. During the ad
ministration of President Lincoln, Mr.
Slade was consul at Nice, and resigned
in favor of Hon. Asa Adds, of St. Adams
who succeeding i'm, was consul fol
some years, and who resigned the position
and returned to his native country. At
the last Worlds Exhibition ia Paris, Mr.
Slade was appointed by our government
as one of the commissioners, and official.
ly contributed materially to secure 8
favorable consideration by the competent
authorities of the various articles on ex
hibition at that place by our American
citizens.
The Bread Loaf Inn in Ripton is fast
filling up with visitors from the cities
who prefer Certainly with much good
sense in our estimation) the scenery, air,
and good water of Ripton to the hot dusty
streets of Boston, New York, etc No
where among our own Green Hills is
there more beautiful scenery, purer air,
pleasauter drives, better trout fishing, and
other agreeable surroundings to be found
than in the town of Ripton. Associated
with these is the charming house of
friend Battell the genial landlord of the
Bread Loaf Inn. With many it was
highly doubtful whether Mr.. Battell
would succeed in his plans. But he has
most admirably, and his house is we'll
kept and we'll supplied with everything
to render long stay exceedingly pleasant
and agreeable. With a daily mail and
stage running to his house, all can secure
a rapid transit from our depot daily, and
enjoy ride of ten miles through coun-
try unsurpassed in beauty and fertility.
If any are disposed to question my state
ment, can only quote an old adage that
runs thus, "the proof of the pudding is in
the eating" Let the sceptical try it, if
any there are, and they will say in the
language of the Queen to Solomon, "the
half was never told me"
Our village never looked better than
it does now. The streets are being put
in good repair by Abram Hill, E'q, who
has peculiar eye in these matters. Our
parks are in fine order-trees large and
thrifty, while an air of general neatness
and thrift is seen through the entire viii
lage. | have often wondered why visit
ors from abroad do not avail Themselves
of the splendid opportunity afforded from
Chapman Hill, easy of access, of viewing
the magnificent scenery spread out before
the gaze, extending for many miles north,
south, east and west. Facing the south
from the summit, you behold in the east
the long range of the Green Mountains,
clad from bottom to the top in living
green, peaks irregular in size, but grand
in their proportions, and majestic in their
beauty, speaking forth the eternal pres
ence, power and majesty of the supreme
l AM. At their base lie the well Guilt
waited farms and neat dwelling houses and
of Yankee farmers, noted
for their thrift, industry and neatness.
Leaving this point of the compass, you
gaze to the south and mark the meander-
ings of the beautiful Otter Greek through |
the fertile valley as it courses its way to
Lake Chsmplain, affording for manufao-
turing purposes unlimited water power,
and which is yet to be occupied with fac
tories for various purposes, contributing
to the varied wants of man, and the hap
piness and welfare of the race. Turning
to the west and the long range of the
Adirondac Mountains loom up in sub
lime grandeur and beauty for more than
fifty miles Between the point of OBJ.
lies our beautiful Lake Cham
plain, the boundary between Vermont
and New York, the scene of heroic con-
fict in two wars, and upon whose banks
stand the ruins of old Ell" rendered |
memorable by the exploits of Ethan AL
len and his noble band, who, in grey |
dawn of morning summoned the British
hosts to surrender in the name of the
+" Great Jehovah snd the Continental
Congress" command which was needed
and strictly obeyed. Along the shore of
the lake, on the Vermont side, there lies
q tier of towns unsurpassed in population |