The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-17
Rutland and Some Oh its Fcrsonmi
ns Seen by IL Correspondents.

Mr.. John y. Sleicher, city editor OF the
Troy Press, spent Il few days here while ON
his bridal tour and after arriving ut Mont
real writes to his paper some Of his impress
sions and the news he gathered while in
Rutland Some Of it at least will be news
indeed TO our citizens
ii you pass within "A radius Of five miles
from Rutland, by all means enter that VII
lagc, walk up the steep and broad highway
of the Bates House and shake hands with
Dave Tohurst. one Of the proprietors. Mr..
TOlhurst formerly was conductor on the
Rutland and Washington railroad and for
years Il resident of Troy. The Bates House
since last spring has been in the hands of
Messrs. Paige and Tolhurst. W. f. Paige
is Brandon, VT, gentleman, n pleasant
agreeable young man with clear head and
a keen eye. lie attends to the general
management and stewardship OF the Bates
House, and leaves the cOurtly and refined
David to care for the thousands of guests
that are weekly entertained. Mr.. f. NJ.
Pierce, cashier, is Putney gentleman, RI
valing our own David in ailablity and at
tcntiOn to the guests of the house. 1t is
remarkable for its cleanliness, its excellent
table and equally excellent table service,
lis large. well ventilated, rooms all lit by
gas and heated by steam.
Recently, growing business Las neccssi-
tated the leasing of the upper stories Of the
Kingsley & Sprague Block, and these now
are included in the Bates House. | was very
much pleased, during my pleasant visit, to
meet Mrs. Tolhulst, a most cstimablc and
entertaining lady-the wife of the proprie-
tor and. like him, "A former resident of our
city. She is actively interested in all the
many little social rccreations for which
Rutland is noted during both summer and
winter, and in which cotelie comprising
Mrs. Gen. Baxter, Mrs. Gov. Page, and all
the other leading ladies' of the village, is
principally concerned. An amateur dram
attic affair is now on the tapis, for an invi-
tation to which | am indebted to Mrs. Toll
bursts Kindness.
THE MOST PROMINENT MAN IN RUTLAND,
| and probably the most wealthy is General
Baxter, the owner of the Baxter National
| Bank Ga beautiful ediice, built of granite
| and handsomely finished in natural hard
woods an cX-prcsident of the New York
| Central railroad, former owner of marble
| quarres and chief sinner with Il. W..
| Park, of Bennington, in the Little Emma
| silver mine affair. Gen. Baxter has the
| finest residence in Rutland. The grounds
are large and spacious, beautifully laid out
| in terraces and walks, with Conservatives,
| stables, carriage house, etc, Years ago,
when Gen. Baxter as a boy resided at Bel
lows Falls aud pursued ms daily toll in a
Boston sore, nj @l2 per month, he bought
| his first suit of store clothes, He tells the
story of that suit to-day with relish
that only self-madc man can have.
| He took the garments home carried
them up TO his room and sat down to think
| how best to care for them. lie had Il
three-drawered bureau as the principal ar
ticle of furniture in his apartment and,
after due deliberation, carefully slowed his
coat in the top-drawer. his vest in drawer
number two and his pants in number three,
and this was the way in which he proudly
filled his bureau and, ut the same time,
took care of his first suit. Gen. Baxter
got his first lift in life when he took a con
tract on the Western Vermont X. Il. llar-
lem EXtenson). lie invested subsequent
ly, in marble quarres at West Rutland.
They proved to be exceedingly valuable
and netted handsome figure to the Gene
raj. This was his start in lie, but it was
not good luck that made him the million
aire he is to-day 1t was rather his econo-
my, his carcfuness, perseverance, energy,
his application in all that he did. This will
bring fortune to the pockets of any young
man in America if he lives to the age OF
fifty, in good health.