Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-08

WEST RUTLAND.-Thes saw mill OF
Messrs. M4nly & Smith is now in active
operation. The lumber yards of the same
enterprising firm presents a lively ap-
pearance at present. West Rutland sp-
peared to be finished sometime ago but
since the facilities for procuring building
material have become go good "everyeo
and his wife" have determined to make it
rural Chicago in progressiveness.
Mr.. John O'Niel -four and feed dealer
at the depot is erecting a commodious
building in which to carry on his bust
ness.
Painting beauties and renews the
freshness of youth. We wish to apply
this preface to the nice appearance of sew
eral pleasant residences in this vicinity
made as good as new by this excellent
process.
Soda water, cool and sparkling, re-
freshing but never intoxicating, flows for
the thirsty from fountains in both eur
drug stores.
We are slaves to habit. Ducks, also,
are instinctively attracted toward the
mud-puddle. In a certain establishment
once known as a depot of the ardent
bipeds of the duck species still come in
search of "wetness" and sorrowipgly find
the pond dry.
"A young man from Middletowr visit
ed his uncle living here few davs ago
To make matters social p .,e visitor pener
ously furnished spir;.'cs and hilaritv in tn,
shape of vial caarged with intoxicatins
bliss /. e. Jersey lightning" One or two
shocks ST the electric f1nid Frustrated The
social faculties of the company and com
pliments raturslly turned into taunts and
| finally ended in a row. The uncle and
the uncle's son and wife gratefully reliev.
ed the young man from Middletown Of
his surplus raiment, moustache and hair
and he returned sans a few necessaries
that go to make up a gentleman's stree.
appearance. His, indeed turned out to
be vial of wrath"
| Through courtesy we must scknowl,
edge the complimentary notice of your
| Castleton reporter. We have no doubt
hewas Fishing" for compliments himself,
in his notice, therefore, we gladly coneede
all those nice adjectives applied to US as
belonging to himself in the superlstive
degree. We suppose suburban residents
of our busy hamlet were generally posted
on its local importance and enviable his
tory, the public and private felicity and
popularity of its inhabitants, etc. For
the benefit of the curious we give syn
opsis West Rutland lies in the west
cru part of the town of Rutland in a
beautiful valley, surrounded Gust now
by magnificent walls of living green. 1t
is tho richest marble repository in the
State. Within its borders we find wealth
and refinement as well as poverty and ig-
norance-coexistant miseries everywhere.
Capital, the great motive power does not
lie entirely concealed in beautiful cottages
along tree-embowered avenues, to be ad.
mired but never to carry sunshine into
homes of dependence. Our capital is not
sleeping but working-what matter how
or where invested that it may most bene.
| fit mankind. We like to live here for il
does seem pleasant to feel the world NOV.
ing along under yeu. If we were aware
that "B. W. B." was census-taker we
could give some interesting statistics con.
corning the population of West Rutland
For an evidence that we are not falling
off in numbers we could point out q
famous academy here where some four
hundred ruddy celts are daily studying
to become good citizens-guardians Of
the rights we hold. Gadding is branch
there taught emily to'the males.
EXCELSIOR.