Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-10
letter from Pittsburgh.
PrArTsBUReH. N. Y. Au1. 3

LA1ISBU HGH, IN. L. II uX. q
Editor Rutland Herald 1t seems m ost
probable TO me that the "wise man" OF
old had been laboring under some su oh
"spell OF weather." as the past week or
two of dog days have brought us, when
he wrote that most indisputable of all
truths. "a pleasant thing it is to sec the
4un." For a long time the people all
through the northern part of Vermont
and New York have been sgitsted by
fears of drouth, but the experience of
the past week has helped them to swop
their fears for those that they would not
get chance to finish haying because of
the abundance Of rain. July finished its
run with a soaking shower, lasting all
day, but yesterday dawned upon US in
freshness and beauty. Before leaving
St. Adams, I visited the nights and tower
of Bellevue, and while viewing the mag
uifcent panorama of hills, mountains and
lake stretching for leagues and leagues
away, felt kindly feeling of sympathy
with the editors in their rapture over the
loveliuess aud beauty of the scene; they
described it; I shant try to. believe it
is hardly surpassed by any view in the
country. As I was riding in the stage
! from St Alhans to the Bay to take the
steamer to this place, in company with
! legal gentleman from the town, learned
the facts in regard to the physical and
political geography OF the town first
when we were about three fourths of
mile from the lake be pointed to a cleaF-
" marked line of hills, which he in
formed me was once the shore of Lake
Champlain, which being true, the lake
must have settled back within its bounds,
or the shores must have raised up out of
the water. I have heard the same thing
spoken of in regard to this side of the lake.
From some other facts, it seems as though
the bed of the lake has at some time set
tied considerably. However you need
not consider this question settled beyond
a doubt by this letter. The fact in re-
gard to political geography WAS this /:
Some three quarters Of century ago al
number of the wise men of the county
were appointed as commissioners to ex'
anime the county with the view of select
ing d site for county buildings, and after
due consideration they decided that st,
Adams Bay on the lake was the proper
place to locate Thorn but before having
a+Txed their official seal to their conefu-
sion. one Barron Hatherway, lord OF an
extern aivs manor, living where now is the
VILLAGE of st. Adams, invited these official
WORTHLESS to take dinner with him, which
hospitality being accepted, the dinner in
with the flow of "spirits"
which followed it produced such happy
effect ON the minds of the commissioners,
they decided at once to locate the court
house by his door, and at once stuck upl
the stakes. which forever locates the
oonrt bonse at St. Adams az an illustra-
tion of the fact that these same "spirits"
bear sway. I am informed by temper
auce man OF that place that there are IN
the town of st. Adams eighty places
where rum is sold and only the night be-
fore left the town, al old man bent with |
age. basotted and drunken with rum, stag |
pered into one of these 'trsfreshment sa-
loons." His drunken chickering's so dis
turbed the sensitive proprietor that he
kindly laid him in the back cellar, where
in the course of an hour or two he died |
But the proprietor had not sold him any
liquor, not he Whoever head of one OF
them doing such thing when harm
came of it? Ii any one ever did, let him
hold up his hand. 80 TRAVELLER |