Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-09

en- bottles or mineral water without
winking Then we rolled ten-pins, and
swung the country damsels and rode the
flying horses Then Uncle Peter and /
walked into the woods and looked at the
bottle of Santa Cruz, and Aunt Maria on
our return took me one side and insisted
on my inspecting the flask of brandy, and
Charley and Tom and I sat down on the
rocks and looked at the bay and the ship
ping, and agreed that as the bake was
growing ready, and this was temperance
place, we should prepare ourself for fu-
ture contingencies by taking little more
whisky.
There was an extraordinary Quantity
Of shipping visible; I began to think that
had never before seen so many ves-
sells at once. Then Charley told me how
the place came to be called Rocky Point.
It seems that in the war of the Revolu-
ton British frigate was blockading the
bay, and had for her tender q small cap
tured sloop which the Britons had armed
and used for chasing vessels in shoal Wa
ter. One day while the sloop was in pur-
suit of Yankee sohooner, the captain of
the latter managed his vessel so adroitly
as to induce the pursuer to sail 50 near
the Point as to strike the sunken portion
of it. Her crew took to the boats and
escaped. When the captain of the frigate
heard of it, he said that sit was -
rocky and so the place has been called
Rock Point ever since. Tom told some
Indian legends and traditions of the local.
ity, and recited some beautiful lines
written by native poet. One verse was
as follows :
"Once the red Injun here took his delights,
Fishing fit and bled;
Nov most of the Inhabitants is whites
With nary red"
When holrd the whole of this 7
wept.
At length the signal for dinner sound
ed, but when we reached thu table all the
seeta were filled, and about a thous md
hungry mortals were gathered round
looking at the voracious devourers of the
good things However. the attendants
assured us that fresh tables would he set
until all were supplied. and Charley said
that perhaps it was fortunate we had not
secured seats as he noticed that the CLAIMS
looked mora than ordinarily unhealthy,
and he feared that we had not sufficiently
prepared oursolvAs.
So so prepared ourselves, and as the
bottle was empty by this time Charley
said that ibis WIS 3 temperance place but
he Thought he know man who would
fill it for ia. Il turned out that he did
know man, and the man did fill it for
10. which WAS very lucky indeed.
Then Tom proposed that we should
visit the hail, where some prespiring
damse's and SWANS were footing it. l
never felt more like dancing in my life.
and was soon swinging round with a bux-
ON country girl. Presently the room began
to act in a singular manner and [ remark
ed to the young lady that thought she
was tired, and shs answered that she
thought I was So we sat down. She
me that she was from Georgia.
or Georgiaville, [ forget which. [ told
her my name but she said she could not
recollect it, so she took my embroidered
handkerchief. which was marked, and
gave me cotton one in return. became
anxious about Charlie and Tom and hunt
ed them mp. They were dancing in a
very agile manner, but the other people
weuld persist in knocking against them.
and some loud and angry remarks were
Y
was particularly iuaolent, and "a the rest
If the dancers took his part, We c0ncln1-
ed to withdraw from such vulgar com
pany.
Another tahla was b-ing filed M with
iiners, and after preparing ourselves we
AIT down. There wero great pans of
2lans in tho shell, stacks of white and
brown bread, dishes nj melted butter, and
plates Of baked fsh. [ was very awkward
AZ first, hut I soon found that though the
shells were thin the CLAIMS were more
95ible when separated from them, and
got along very well.
Charlie sat opposite me, anil remarking
l huge pile of shells at mySelbow, he OBJ
served that I was doing famously. |
thought so too, until / detected young
ady beside me furiously adding her shells
% my pile. She was q delicate creature,
md kept observing that she had no appe-
lite.
When we had finished the CLAIMS We
vent to work on baked fish. Then we
1ad some green-corn, and some fish' chow
Ter. and some elam-chowder. Then We
inspected the bottle again and found that
We all felt first,rate.
The conversation turned on the former
oroprietors of the soil, the lordly Nara
yansett, and Charley volunteered to teach
ne the war.whoop of the tribe, which he
with a power and volume that
paused the ladies to beat precipitate re-
reat and provoked profaue epithets from
he males. Tom was slightly jealous of
lis brothers proficiency in Indian attain
nenta, and anxious to display his agility
le mounted upon the table, and executed
war dance among the dishes and piles
If clam-shells. Charley and [ followed
nit, when, Just as we were enjoying our
elves. a red haired young men-who was
me Of the most disagreeablo persons l
yer encouutered.- Tom by the
egs and pulled him off the table. En-
aged at this insult, Charley adroitly
licked the aesallants hat off, and empty
ng pan of bot chowder on his head.
realty drove the pan down over his chin
With a blow of bis fi,t.
Everything was confusion for a while.
remember we were on the ground sur
ouuded ty an angry crowd [ think
ell down once or twice, and I recollect
10 more until [ found myself and my
in q room at the hotel.
mere was man tner8 Also Win a DAu26
N. He said there was s. steamer about
q leave for the city. and he thought we
lad better go on her. We thought so,
90, and tha mHp with the badge on es-
0rtnd ia To the boat.
We had not been long on the water be-
ore we began to feel tho effects of the
I4ma, and vigorous resort was made to
he bottle, with. [ am glad to say, the
lappy result. Tom now remembered
hat he had seen the red haired young man
n the lower deck, and proposed that we
hould keep him in sight, in order to
ave him arrested for his outrageous
onduct on our arrival at Providence.
After short search we found him sur
'ounded by some friends; we advanced |
oward him, and in a few minutes a
rightful scene occurred. which illustrates
he danger of travelling by water.
We vera in the midst of an angry con-
ersation with the other party I distinct |
Y remember asking a young man in a
elvet coat if he had any desire for
ugilstic contest, when the boat must
ave come in collision with some other |
ra ft f0r in an iUstant snra f Va or civ