Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-07-13
From the Dansville IN. " Advertiser
Letter from Il. J. OberdOrf.

BURLINGTON, VT, June II.
FRIEND BUNNELL: - Since my last,
we have wandered out of the land of mag.
notwithstanding. and come among the
green hills of Vermont. Our first stop
ping place was Brattlebero, which since
my last visit, two years ago, has under
gone many changes by fire and flood, and
increase in business. The Estey Organ
factory, which was then located down
town, has gone up the creek where they
have more room to meet their constantly
increasing trade They are now turning
out to fill orders, seven hundred organs
per month. Leaving Brattleboro, we
mass among the hills to Bellows Falls,
distance of "a miles. This town is on the
Connecticut river, and here is fall OF
about eight or ten feet from which the
town takes its name. There is large
wool factory here which is about all there
is of the place, except fine hotel, built
on an island and a great summer resort
But we pass on to Chester IA miles fur
Their, where we find cosy little town
among the hills, and here we met the
Ifrst-class people called gum chewers from
the fact that they are constantly chewing
spruce gum, which is gathered from the
spruce trees in abundance, and in looking
about you will see young men and young
ladies by the dozen chewing away tor
dear life. Next we come to Ludlow which
il in the heart of the Green Mountain
where we spend the Sabbath. From Lud
low we cross over the Green Mountain
to East Wallingford where we met som.
of the real Green Mountain boys, and
confess that I have seen the tar heels
Of North Carolina the hoosier and tn
CLAW eaters and many other green specl
mems of humanity, but genuine Greer
Mountain boy beats them all. They ar
tall, stout class, many over six feet ant
their dress of the most ancient pattern
: together with their unblushing impudeno
n makes them rank number one among tn
queer. We next come to Rutland, wh1c
4 il the second in size in the State. Her
. 7 learned a lesson, and that is this ina
a a luxury is only imaginary. In DansVill
a if a man can indulge in a marble to
n table or mantle piece he Is consloeI1
d lucky. In Rutland they have maroI
4 sidewalks. marble cellar walls, marbl
I. bridges, marble fence posts, and IN man
h places the road is McAdamlzed wit
, broken marble. So / have come to tt
+ conclusion that luxury is only IN wan
e. ing and getting something that you hay
to pay big price for
,e We next came to Brandon, which IS
" very pretty place of about 1000 inhabl
t. ants next we came to Mlddleoury, al
ID here, for short time, l supposed l W
to dreaming, which was thusly: On comir
of up to the Hotel saw on the piazza WIN
Is. at first I supposed to be an apParltlo
r. but when l heard that haw haw viii
" there is only one person living that CT
~ give. nv dream quickly fed and ga
v, way to the reality, for instead of an
~ partition it was a living fact weighi1
200 pounds, more or less, in the person
il. Amariah Hammond, of Dansville.
Ma asked him what he was doing here, a
ev he said he came to see the elephant. '
ne next came to Vergennes, which is pie
ost ant little town, surrounded by an exc
of lent farming country. Next we came
in Burlington, where pen this. Burlil
his ton is a place of 10000 inhabitants, 81
mt ated on Lake Champlain, which, here,
hts eleven miles wide. The town is situat
mo yery pleantly on hill, and is built do
10. to the shore. The scenery is very hn'
A. looking across the Lake, we can see
1te Catskill mountains, which make me Thu
I'M. of home. You may hear from me ag
try at Montreal, Canada.
~, ?. J. OBERDOKF