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

BOsToN, Sept. /, 1871.
Already our birds of passage paradise
IN. rs going to say, are beginning to fiji
t,a,, 8, ON the seaside, the mountain and
ne snri,7gs, snd our streets are again
Lu;oht witt the happy faces and stylish
..,,,,,os and vocal with the merry voices
t.an belIes. The statiatios of travel show
n.,..,, unusually large number have this
.,.,,,.,b+ the various fashionable resorts,
"a ,,,stlv more quiet resting places
.,,.,r,, the hills or a along the shore,
whence they are now returning for the
fall and winter campaign among the
beaux in rhe city Besides the distant
,o..,. which always enjoy the presence OF
oor s,shionab!ts, Boston ia peculiarly
pleased with the facility OF reaching
numerous delightful spots at its very
door,. nll Of which haze been well patron
lied Such ara Swampscott' Nahant'
Hirohn1n. and the ever-4elightol and
nvorite Nantucket beach. Here, the
o,b,r dnv. promenadinR with friend,
49,, from him lifc-5tory. which /
Az ,.or4h = place in Your columns.
.n,,or $50 vat lady" he asked, draw
.,, NV attention to a polite but dasling
crr,inre whose snturn hair, flashing
,e. aud tropical richness Of complexion
.53 attire. bespoke the exuber"nce OF
'"" .,3 r,ar,n tn of emotion of the pos
SCISSOR. ~ ru,.1io4.
nshaI, TIE " you her story ?" asked my
,-;.15 1ad ~ , ~ nodding, he went on :;
.Tbat LADY, is b ut % y0or' of age yet
sns ia old in experience. Eighteen yearS
o 200 ahe was friendless 7biId in the gutter.
A kindly old woman nd, ,oted ana gave
bsr house She grew up / eantitui girl
and in time attracted the att entiOn OF d"
wealthy widower, who, five yeNre ago.
married and took her to an interior Guy
Tbarc thew lived in comfort and happiness
till three years ago After two years OF
welded life. the old man was gathered TO
his fathers, leaving young ana gay
widow with a little son. His fortune
after being divided, left the wife aoonf
100000, on which she continued to i've
at the mast extravagant rate, evidently
with the idea of marrying younger ano
S,sa]tbier husband. A returned Cali
mia, for whom she made desperate ex-
o,+ior : nearly fell her victim, but broke
. the last minute, and as her
n,o,o,, oor Id not last always, she had to
.,nlo- Go reaidence and take the rent
Of , mora modest one. This went on
wear LONGER. When abe Disappeared from
tho MET CITY, and went no On" kne"
rhi,bor Since then she haunted the
watering-ploces in summer ana the no,elS
Of the great cities in winter one naS
always plenty Of admirers Suoh " race
and form eonld not but attract them bur
she does not marry. How she lives IN
this style is the question "n'0A 40 one
seems TO answer"
The question who Is to De our n'A
governor q is actively discussed; Du' no
one seems 20 venture an opinion. Butter
il working hard FOR the hepuohcah
nomination. and making it lively for h1s
ortv assoc;stea, who have heep aenounc-
I'm in the paat 1t just suits him 10
.si.., stamp in his 1shmael style; and
tag, ."9 takes sharp blows as though
no gives anu vGa remember that line
he enjoyed it.
Of John Hays Jim L '"''
,,rhov all had trust in h Is ca'saedness'"
.a.o;r q t;on II
Well. if Butler gets the .Nomina'ion' II
will he because the Convention has trust
in HIS cpssedness, and believes he WIN I'M
ainchinsly execute the laws. The "
candidates have their friends at work'
and it is hard to say what the result
will be.
Do won tnuw that in Boston, not less
than $4,000 souls devote to business or
ami lament the hours when others sleep y
It il So. end their ranks include printers
telegraph Srs. gamblers, purveyors' Poiice'
men and bummers.
Ofour wealthy families, only three
snepd $4,000 annually, each an equal
number %, 900 fifty from $4,000 to $780,
OOO and three thousand families $4,000
each. Our valuation has increased $780,
G21,s5O in year, and taxation fallen to
1910 per $1,000
OF our street corner and curbstone mer'
chants, mostly in fruit, there are $50 duly
licensed, and some of their stands are
worth $1,000 year each. One woman
owns three brick houses gained in this
way, and former ourbstone merchant
has Just retired with s5,9OO,OOO.