Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-07

as he had been as notorious Tor SLOW move
ment as Kirkaldie. AS they came along
side Of where I stood, Woodwork was
passing "the stage" Kirkaldie says, "Mr.
Woodwork, will you ride p "No," says
Woodwork, Il can't wait" and passed
on. Woodworth was as sharp and forciole
in his wit and satire as Prentice, of the
Louisville Journal, and it is his own
fault that like Prentice, he has not ae'
quired national reputation for the same
Well, have tarried here too long, and
will pass on. I rise the hill; observe
as I proceed many fields, buildings, local
ities fences and trees even which look
familiar and remind me of other days. L
come to the summit of the hill, when turn
and take view of the village which |
left al hour before. With this view l
am delighted, almost enraptured. L do
not see before me large town, rendered
uncomfortable by the perpetual iArgon OF
traffic and trade, but a small village OF a
hundred dwellings, or thereabOuts, sltuat-
ed 10 little valley, from which the land
gradually arises all around; the very
spot of all others that [ would select for
cool. healthful and inviting summer re-
treat Again | turn to the right, pass
over q slight elevation and come to the
Coy Hill School house" Here | com
menced my practice rs q pedagoguo. In
the winter of 1867 taught school here
at nine dollars month and "boarded
round" The school-house is shut in all
around by the near approach of hills
There are some half-a-dozen farms shut
in between these hills that have been pro-
ductive, ard yielded abundant returns to
owners. Bat as | was sitting under the
shade Of tree near the schOol-honse, L
thought of the inhabitants that had once
known, who had occupied the farms aud
dwellings in the secluded spot. A. l..
Miner, now of Manchester, Vt, was born
few rods north of this aohool-housej J
| H. H. Smith, now the clerk of Rutland
county, was born in the same house. Not
far off lived the Dawson family, two
members % "''ioi' oe0'''i'' P'U'-'
intsa men, one in Saratoga, the other III
/ New York city A half mile 10 the north
--s-. ~s;..' 49, o.+,sa,, f.,,;Iv a,d NOT
far from there Doctor Sylvester Mattison.
,.To.1taJ to mind the names Of those
H.. .-.u.. ho-,, .ca ,a,re1 here raally.
thought /, this little cove has been the
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al" ''-' 1''i II.
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e.. --,-o a.,.., ,,,3 an ,,,,ro
5;,t;au,;.h.a for rorrsrk ,h1a inaivi3u-
a1;tv Two of tboso sons are lawyers in
GOOD practice in Ratland; one was
/ horn in Midalesown the other apent his
youth there.
pn+ am NOT rambling over nv native
-, So .h.o ,,,,,,oso of oa1l;no mn dis
t:...:.,oa .,,dx r.bo ,r,oro .;,o5 haro and
,.,,;t;r,, ro +he;r er1oyias. have mr.
o+bar 77nrnosa which gnv4 in q former
co,,,,nnnie,tion. But NAV he 3araoned
f,r s+s+i,,e, az fscts that men have urigin.
a+cd in this little and hitherto obscnre
town. who have become gov rnors Of
States. members of Congrtss, distinguished
members Of the bar and bench, eltrgymen
and Dhysicians, and others who have be-
come prominent in various other occupa-
tinns and nnrsuits in life. And to this |
r,or a3d aa facts that nearly All Of those
..oy ,uho ho,,o bocooa thus dist;ngnisbed
,,,o~o CANA of fathers Who were moor. and
- oo,,rs, oarvad ont nnaidoa their own
to.4uoa
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tne oeSU 'a'en' III we 0"un'iS Is '01Hu Al
ne" 1orK Ol'y' i' IN 'nS'0 We nno
large Pr0Por'ioh u '''' ''ioS' e'n'Nen
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