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

18th inst, under the care of Miss l.
Leech and N:.e II. oochrs1
Mr.. Isaac Lyman rep p,
vicinity at the family reunion in To. .ai'
.mptoff, Mass, on tb. Both, Of'n'
w. IA. VS. ra-' W. .ss .bov. :. Anal.
dne residence on e . hsV, dOn street.
Mr.. w. Smith of ihs frm of Maplav
& Smith has hne residence on the same
street nearly completed.
The Manhattan Marble Company
whose mill was demolished by an explo.
sion some years ago have STndi--s tbs
damage and will oOmmef operations
shortly.
The new saw mill of Manly Ct Smith
is in active operation turning ont large
quantities of excellent lumber daily
Sawdust, novel and economical mater.
al, is used for fuel in gez6Fating steam.
The Sarsfeld band were out on
serenading tour on Thursday evening.
If our neighbor who owns a hungry
pig that yells exeruciatingly every morn.
ing at five o'clock will feed bin at four or
enough the night before to hold him
quiet until six, he will confer favor On
the weary petitioner, and preserve his
(the pigs hide from premature hot
bath.
Parties of pleasure-seekers in CARR
ages from six to fifty pass here daily for
"Bomoseen."
An unfortunate book agent who
politely enquired of lady patron at the
quarries, which were the plentiest in that
vicinity, dogs or young ones, made a very
ungraceful exit followed by appalling
canin-ical applause.
BUSY as bees" Ye poor unhappy
dyspetics initiate these and iud comfort
Where can We fad them ? Look into the
busy hive of Pritchard & Co, on Main
street, and be convinced the world Is
moving in the marble msntel way al
least.
"A philosopher over here has just dis
covered the cheapest light yet. He says
it costs next to nothing 1t must be
daylight.
Trains of eight and ten car loads Of
sawed marble are leaving here for Chicago
and other western cities, daily.
From careful statistics it has been
proved that if West Rutland village,
which covers an extensive territory, was
consolid tted it would be half az large
place as Rutland and three times as large
as Castleton, and we don't doubt it.
The Congregational Sunday School
contemplate having their annual .ezcur-
sion this m onth.
The Catholic schools will open on
Monday, September 18th. An excursion
to Saratoga is being planned.
-Croquet drives away dull care" OF
many a verdant lawn just now.
Fashion here keeps pace with more
pretentious "cities." For choice descrip.
tions read the last SaratQgiqll or the New
York markets.
Music elves on the breeze in msDy
voices aud uneven scales.
Encouraged by many exciting de-
scriptions lately of Killingtou, Mansfield,
and Camels Hump, we started one morn.
ing, last week, alone, and laboriou-ly
made our way to the top of John H4nly's
mountain to enjoy a prospect. The alt.
tude is immense aud the briile-plth VI
certain. We left our horsss-at home.
Oh, the Pang of admiration that struck
our hearts when we stood on the summit
aud looked off on the smiling landscape
The solitude was grand, broken only by
the singing of cocks and calves at the
base of the stupendous pile. We felt like
Alexander Selkirk, only we did not lord
it over half we surveyed. Olympus with
all the traditionary fame, if beneath our
feet, could not inspire Us with loftier feel
ing. We bent our eager gszs afar of in
search of familiar objects. There stand:
Patrick O'Flaherty's hog-pen. No it can
not be ! Yet the lens of the telescope i
slightly blurred-now-ab, we have il,
we are not deceived. we can discern Pat
rick himself, but he looks like bei-bug
on the golden page of nature Nov We
turn to the south-what is that tall pile
of masonry in the extreme distancs p
the Pyramids Hardly, yet from TIL.
great height we ought TO see China. Yet
little closer and we make out Bunker
Hill monument and Ben Butler seated
/ beneath it's inspiration making out bis
first gubernatorial message. We are lost,
bewildered with beautiful sights and i'm
pressions, "a sample only Of which Is
given" We felt like Hercules only We
were on top instead of under the world as
he is represented. We stayed up there TO
see if the sun would ever set and were
disappointed te find that it did. But it
was glorious sunset because we were
permitted to look down upon it as from
nook in paradise. and its last smile radi-
sted the handsome visage of the loftiest
creature in Christendom. What ecststic
thought to think that we were above
every body else, where we might rest NJ.
disturbed for twenty yesrs In Rip Van
Wrinkle age, but, now, alas the craving:
of an unsatisfed inner man bS.de US de-
scend and be content with our lowly 10.
while from its base we might worship
John Hanly's mountai.n power.
CROPS IN CALIFORNIAN CoUNTY-Tbe
st. Johnsbury Catadontan says that not
withdrawing the cold and dry summer,
the crops in that section of Vermont are
generally very good. The hay crop in
some sections was light, but in Others,
taking quality into consideration, it wss