Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-28

four cords of hard wood, twice in two,
in thirty-fve minutes, also at another
time, twenty-seven cords of wood, twice
in two, in eight hours, including delay
in moving and setting machine three
times.
But of the merits of the power as a
labor-saving machine there can be no
question. We see them everywhere in
this section of.Vermont. They are be-
coming as common, indeed as indispens-
able, as the mower and horse rake. The
demand from the West is increasing and
the machines are now sent to all parts
of the country, and the time is not far
distant when the Gray machine and 9th
er railway horse powers will take the
place of the ten-horse lever powers OF
the West. AS these machines are intro
duced in the wheat growing countries
of the West, they find the Gray ma
chimes much better than those lever ten
horse powers, not only in saving expense
in threshing, but in saving of grain, as
we'll as in convenience in using.
The Grays now employ no travelling
agent, nor are their machines consigned !;
every one is sold before it leaves their
factory, and are ordered as fast as they
can make them. 1t is a matter of pride
to us that Vermont has produced me-
chanics of their skill and ingenuity, and
a matter of pride, too, that Vermonters
have originated and perfected one of the
! best Off not the best) machines of its
| class in the world and it is still further
! gratifying to know that they are ma
chimes of great utility.
A visit to Middletown, of course, sup
poses a visit to the .....
! ..s-. MoNTyERT HoTEL. -..E T.. .
The cool weather and chilly rains of a
few days past lessened the number OF
boarders here somewhat, but there are
| enough left to make the house lively and
| cheering. This magnificent hotel would
be an honor to any place in city or coun-
| try. 1t has been well filled the present
| season, and the indications are that it
has been admirably kept The men are
not plenty who can satisfy that class Of
| persons who look for summer retreats,
bat mine host Doolittle, as everybody
! says, (and what everybody says must be
/ trle) ''is the right man in the right
! place. The people in the cities who
desire to go somewhere In the summer
to recuperate, are beginning to find out
that Saratoga and Long Branch are not
! exactly the places for sach purpose.
Rest or quiet in either of those places is
simply an impossibility. In hot sum
mer's day, few weeks since, we arriy-
| ed at the MontyeTt, between two and
. three o'clock in the afternoon, and found
good portion of the bOarders (there were
then about one hundred there out OF
doors, some under the willows and
elms near the Springs, others in the
grove in the rear of the hotel, and still
others under shade trees con the hill
all enjoying themselves and apparently
/ unconscious of the extreme heat of the
day. La the evening following, the
spacious aud finely furnished parl0r was
occupied by some seyenty-tive, and as
fine a company of ladies and gentlemen
as. we ever saw in any place. Clergy
men, professors, literary and business
| men, with large sprinkling of ladies,
were engaged in happy social converse ;
singing and the piano were occasionally
heard-all was rational, quiet, and sut-
ficiently eXhilerating to make the occa-
sion interesting There is some sense in
place Of resort of this character, and
one going there may have reasonable
homes of improvement in body and
mind. We ask nothing for our advice,
but viii give it as our opinion that the
wear and te;sr.ef our crowded summer
resorts cannot be beneficial.
/ The Montvcrt is a new house only
two years since it was completed, and in
alits appointments is as near right for
the purpose designed as any other hotel
in the country. 1t seems to have made
foF itself a reputation during the past
season that VIII very likely ensure its
success in future