Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-22

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full share towards the election of Grant
and Wilson. After Gen. Tuthill had
concluced his address, Hon. Walter c.
Dunton, of Rutland, in response to nu-
merous calls from the crowd, took the
stand, but the signal for the forming of
the torchlight procession being given,
he closed his address in the middle of if.
in the midst of cries of 'sgo on! 90 on"
and invited the members of the several
Grant and Wilson clubs present to ioin
in the procession, and the crowd repaired
to the Town Hall, to see it start. Both
of the speakers were frequently inter
rupted with applause, some of our
brethren on the other ideshouting, at the
same time, for Greeley. This ont door
evening meeting was a success.
THE TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION.
At about $50 p. m, the torchlight
procession moved from the depot grounds
over the line of march published inTues-
day mornings HERALD, as follows:
The Queen City Band of Burlington,
followed by the Brandon Club Middle
bury Club; East Wallingford Club and
Brass Band Fairhaven Club Rutland
Club and Brass Band, and citizens gen
orally, under the charge of marshals c.
II. Sheldon, J. H. Hazleton, and J. II.
Goulding. The procession made very
fine appearance and was a large one,
there not being less than 600 to 800
torches.
The Middlebury club had the follow
ing transparencies:
''Middlebury Grant and Wilson Club"
God Grant US Victory"
"Stand by the Republican Colors"
&" We will fight it out on this Line, if
it takes all Summer. u. S. G., 1864
"Greeley and Brown 49, Words for
Greenbacz and Belial."
" Grant and Vicksburg- and
Niagara"
d" Secession a Clear and Moral Right"
H. G., 1861.
The Brandon club carried the follow
ing transparencies:
:" Brandon Grant and Wilson Club.
I'VE Go for the Man that Stood by
our Flag"
Grant has never been Beaten and
never viii bell. G"
80 We will fight it out on this Line, if
it takes all of Sumner.
" Grant whipped the rebels in 1854
and will IN 1872"
- He Averages Well"
I'VE will fight for Grant if it takes
all Sumner
The KuKlux vote for Greeley"
The Rutland club carried fine club
banner, and transparencies as follows:
Rutland Grant and Wilson Club.
General Grant has never been de-
feated, and never will be.-H. G."
The Fairhaven club had a banner,
reading
" General Grant has never been beat
en-. and never will bell. G.
THE East Wallingford Club, en-
the reverse sides of a transparency.
On the line of march for torchlight
procession. we noted the following IL
Nominations HERALD Office. an illum-
ination of the entire front and the store
of futile & Co. which had a fine ef-
feet. together with the firing of rockets
and Roman candles during the moving
of the procession. The photograph
rooms of T. 0. Wormen, from this
place. a cannon was almost necessarily
fred from the roof and during the even
ing. The store of Lippincott & Staley
made a fine show window illumination
The residence of Geo. J. WardweN-
The residence and premises Of Albert H.
futile, proprietor of TIE HERALD. were
finely Illuminated. with view in the
foreground Of his young daughter eleyat-
ed on a pedestal. dressed as the Codes
/ of Liberty. waving an American flag
/ the strong light of a reflector and the
/ Illumination of Chinese lanterns upon
/ her produced n very fine scene. and drew
cheers upon cheers from the passing pro
cess;on. The grounds and premises Of
/ II. c. futile were finely decorated and
rockets and Roman candles frequently
sent off. The residence E. Foster Cook.
/ The residence of DR.. Z. Y. \. HARDWOOD.
J. Reynolds residence made fine show.
Geo. A Tuttle's premises made a hand
/ some show and were cheered by the
passing procession from head to rear of
/ it. The residence of Mrs. J. HuntOon.
! The residence of J. H. Goulding. The
( residence and grounds of VIM. M.Feild.
! The residence of F. w. Hopkins. The
store OF 6. II. & H. w. Cheney-three
cheers were given by the head of the
procession for the Grant half of this
building. The residence of Rev. Mr..
johnson. The residence of Joel NJ.
/ Haven. The residence c. L. Allen.
The residence of Henry w. Kingsley.
/ The residence of Henry F. Field. The
residence of G. II. Cheney. The resi-
dence Mrs G. r. Weed. The residence
of Col. Geo. a Merrill. At this point
cheers were given with will for the
! immense American flag, raised across
the street by Col. Merrill. The resi-
/ dence of c. A. Parlhurst. The resi-
! dence of Joel B. Harris. The residence
of Luther Daniels. The residence Of
Mrs. Chas. &. Dewey. The residence
of Col. w. G. Veazey At this point
the procession all united in giving cheers
for the President of the Grant and VIII
son club of Rutland The residence Of
the Misses Pierpoint. The residence Of
Mr.. Edison. The residence of Chauncy
K. Williams, associate editor of The
HERALD. The residence of Mr.. Barney.
The residence of w. s. Guilford. The
residence of Ion Lippincott. The store
/ Of Mr. Gly-nD