Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-15
From Troy Wig,
PouItney and NEiddIetoyyu.
TWO THREvI4yG VERMONT vILLAGEs-THE
SLATE BUSINESS PLEASANT SUMNER
ING PLACE.

TWO THRFVISG VERMONT YILLAGEs-THE
SLATE BUsINEss--L PLEASANT SUMMER
/ ING PLACE.
I PoULTNEY, Vt, Aug. 3.
/ tind this beautiful village of about
! 1000 inhabitants. located on the POult-
ney river, a stones throw from the New
| York state line. 1t contains many very
| handsome residences, several stores,
| among which il the finest and largest
| brick store, owned Ivy John J. JOslin,
to be seen north of Troy until you reach
! Montreal There are five churches here.
| a Baptist, a Methodist, an EpiscOpalian.
a Presbyterian and Roman Catholic.
| all prosperous and increasing inmember-
ship and influence. There is public
hall very comfortably and neatly fitted
up. capable of holding six hundred
| people, well ventilated, and lighted with
gas. There is also a Masonic Lodge
with one hundred and twenty-five men,
bers. and prosperous Chapter who own
the building in which the meetings are
held and in the lower story Of which
the district school is kept. 1t is of stone
and is handsomely and prominently To-
Gated on the street leading to the last
village The Odd Fellows also have a
hall and a gOOdly number of members
The Troy Conference Academy is very
prominently situated at the head of the
main street, the road dividing and pass
ing in a graceful curve on each side to
the north and south. 1t is a very sub
stantial bricK building, four stories high
with a tower. The grounds cover
twenty-siX and half acres, nicely laid
out and ornamented with huge NAPLES,
. survivors Of the original forest, which
have seen the SHOWS of many centuries.
This is the centre of the slate bust
ness. There are many quarries all Wig
orously worked, and turning out car
goes Of stohe, A foundery and machine
shop here employ siyty-tfve men. chiefly
in manufacturing maciiiaery for slate
quarrying and dressing. II vas here
that p P. Stewart MADE his stoves, and
here also the still, in many households,
popular STANLEY Parlor" was first
mGGlded into shape. The town of
Poulney contains 5000 inhabitants.
During a ride through the beautifully
shaded streets we coeated four physi-
clans signs. but the purity OF the air
leads me to believe that they cannot be
dependent entirely on their profession
for an income East Poultney is older
than FoUltney, and equally well located,
so far as beauty is concerned. 1t is, as
its name denotes, about one and half
miles east of Poultney on the road to
Middletown, contains about 500 inhabt-
ants and has a Congregational and a
Baptist church. A couple of miles east
of this we were shown the residence of
Harlow Hosford. 1t is situated on the
bank Of the beautiful and romantic
stream, the Poultney River, whose
waters are as pure and clear as the trout
which inhabit them are bright and beau
tiful. In the door sat the venerable pTo-
prietor, at whose frugal table the Sage
of Chappaqua for years sat and refresh
ed himself while studying the art-pre-
| sentative in Poultney, and who still oc-
casionally visits these romantic and
health giving hills, valleys and streams.
Passing on along the serpentine banks
of this rapid running river four miles
further east, and just as you round the
brow of Spruce Knob, you are surprised
if not enchanted with a view of deep