Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-27


SHADOW IIFTER-sHADow LITTER Is
TAUGHT A sEoRET-soMETHING ABOUT
PowNAL.
NORTH PowNAL, June 12, 1872.
Editors Troy Press North Pownal
is bounded on the east by Vermont, on
the south by the South Pownal cheese
factory, on the west by some rocks and
the Hoosick river, and on the north by
the State line-and ! state it without ~
in, either. People sometimes get off at
North Pownal, installing it for South
ditto. but this is a mistake and they
shouldn't do so unless they want to go
to the wrong Pownal.
EMBRACES.
Iembrace the present opportunity (haY-
ing nothing better to embrace) to inform
YOU that the precincts of North Pownal
embrace a population of nearly three
hundred souls. All the said souls live
| solely by eating. etc.,-what the soforth
| is however, | am am at loss to mag
inc. North Pownal feels proud OF a
cotton mill at the south end of the vii
4 lage, which is all well enough for the
cotton mill. The proprietor sees the
propriety of employing about
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE HANDS,
mostly females, of whom keep their two
| hundred and fifty hands employed con-
tinually, either at flirting handkerchiefs
or throwing kisses at the unsuspecting
passer by.
Your correspondent eOrresponded with
them in the said manner-being a pass
1 er by and he was respondent CORES
! pondent for the time being. Not because
/ those females tirted handIxerchiefs, etc,
! at him: nor because those females threw
soforth and kisses at him. Oh, no but
because of the dread words that he read
at the entrance to that cotton mill that
North Pownal feels so proud of, viz
Positively No Admittance Except on
Business.
no SMILING.
1t costs fellow something to be
cheerful here in Pownal; for he cannot
| indulge in an occasional smile" with
out going into back room to do so, and
! paving ten or fifteen cents for the prlVl-
lege at that.
Like all other manufacturing (coun-
try) places, it has few rough charac-
tiers, and who think (iike Mark Twain
a great deal of
''RoUGHING IT"
The land runs mostly to pasturage,
and the cattle have to run a good ways
to get it, at that.
The inhabitants run each other.
The children run around loose.
And the waters of the Hoosick river
run down the stream.
Farmers offer great inducements in
the produce line-let alone their deuced
! lyin'. The most of them own diaries of
their own, and
''CHEEsE IT
for living; others raise stocll-a and
| children, with the toes of their boots.
Which fully enforces upon their
youthful minds due respect for their
parents.
And for boot leather.
BUTTER STORY.
Butter costs so much per pound, and
you can eat it out of your hand without
any bread on.
/ Some of it is SO strong that the folks
| spread it on sole-leather and sell the
whole arrangement for ''soul-strength-
ening plasters, as they term them.
In this way great deal of muscular
butter is consumed, as it commands a
very ready sale when converted into
plastcgs, among the ehurch-going com
munity, especially.
A GRASS STORY.
+ The grass in the meadows here is so
| short that you might spill pint of flax
seed in the night, and could pick it all
ND again in ten minutes without missing
a seed and the cattle are so weak in
consequence thereof, that they have to
lean against their horns in order to pro-
duce a respectable below.
Which places beef steak below par
SHIPS
The streets are so wide that they can't
be made any wider without setting the
fence back. And yet, under certain cir
cumstances the spreading propensitles
Of the inhabitants become SO manifest
that they do Gin order to make any kind
of progress, frequently find it absolutely
necessary to monopolize both side walks
at once; for they will "'mbibe er little.
or know, n order the preserve health, er
know"
North Pownal, Bennington county,
Vermont, also sports a saw mill, gro
Gerry store. one or two churches, a Jew
ellers establishment, and a one-horse
portable photograph gallery.
A PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
The last mentioned concern is built in
the shape of railroad car, has wheels
on like railroad car; hut, unlike a rail-
road car, goes by horse instead of steam
power One end Won can hitch horse
to and the other end you can hitch to
horse.
met the proprietor about two hours
ago, walking slowly along the green
grass in front of his establishment.
''Good morning" said he.
'sGood morning" said l.
''Going to rain ?" asked he.
s'Well have dry season if it don't,
said I.
'You're inclined to be funny, aint
you ?" said he
eyes :" answered l. ''but not half as
industrious as yourself"
GLOW? | don't quite get your mean
ing" said he.
"Why," said |, ''when Won don't have
any shadows to make inside, YOU come
out in the sun and busy yourself making
them outside; but the trouble is that the
last named process is the method by
which you do most of your shadow
taking"
/ tried hard to make him believe that
I meant this as a compliment, but only
partially succeeded. He smothered it
over, however, by asking me if | would
like to walk into his car,-his gallery.
/ told him didn't car if did, and went
in and took seat He showed me all
of his paraphernalia including his choi-
cest camera, and finally ended up by
asking me if would have my picture
taken.
sNUFFY TAXES A PICTURE.