Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-18
A Notable Rank.

The National Bank of Bellows Falls
was chartered as State Organization al
the October session of the Legislature,
in 1881, under the direction of Mark
Richards and John Smith, of Westmin-
ster; William Henry, of Chester, and
Daniel Kellogg, Henry F. Green, Sam
uei w. Goodrich, James l. Cutler aud
Alexander S. Campbell, of Rockingham
None of these men are now living, ek-
cept the venerable Judge Kellogg, Of
Brattleboro, who was the first PresideAt
of the bank. In fs47 the charter ex-
pired by limitation of law. but was re-
uewed, and has been continued in force
ever since; andn3w, following the COM
puIsory invitation Of Congressional leg
islation, Still lives to do good and furnish
currency for the people, under national
auspices. X.
1t has always been a conservative IN
stitution, and has kept on the even tenor
of It's way with no financial storm or
rivalry among its managers, losing
heavily it is true now and then, but al
ways having enough of surplus in the
locker to warrant the seui-annual elivi-
dend -..5s
Daniel Kellogg WAS President but 3
few years, when the Democratic cry of
ssSmiley and Bank Reform arose, and.
Mr.. K. Being q Democrat, it is suspect
ed that he withdrew to be consistant
politician, and the late H.. Fullerton, OF
Chester, was elected in his place. He
held the office till his death last season,
and. ]. Fl. Williams; the. present iAcun-
bent, was ushered into the chair so long
occupied by the distinguished centen-
afian. l).E,i
We.well remember when the Demo
cratic cry seemed to he, g Down with
the Banks" how odd it looked to find a
Bellows Falls bank bin with the tai
ented and popular leader of the State
Democracyss name, g d. Kellogg"
neatly written an the margin as PFesi-
dent. But the people were always glad
to get such Democratic endorsement
of a genuine note. 1t paid:
No disagreement, so far as the public
knows, has ever arisen among the stock
holders or directors. When a director
died, and vacancy thus occurred, the
new director elected to fill it took his
position at the bottom of the list. So
when Hugh Henry, of Chester, was
chosen TO fill the VOID -occasioned by the
death of his distinguished father, in2
stead of exactly stepping into his shoes,
I Wentworth. or E'arnsWorth, or some
EIs a hn S9af
while the son began at the bottom, to
bide his time and work his way up;
If we are not mistaken, In forty years
there were but two cashiers-Hon.
VIM. Henry and James IL. Williams.
Who, that did business with the bank,
wears ago, does not remember the ele-
giant carelessness of Mr.. Henry, who,
while cashier, ever loved angling for the
T speckled trout better than handhng
| money over his counter, and fishing
rods, and hooks and lines, and flies and
| bait, with here and there an. old pair OF
/ boots, were to be seen tucked away ID
/ the corners of the bank building.
In those days. of financial figuring
| bank robbers and safe-breakers were not
| SO skillful as, at present, and hence the
| future member of Congress did not
| VERY about the, vault. Since then,
| however, bank breakers have several
! times tried that vault, but it has always
| proved too strong for them. Even the
| Larneds and their associates who SO sue
cessfully visited Battenkill bank in 1851 /,
| and afterwards the Charleston bank, and
! who then freauented this section OF
| country, if indeed, they did not, al
| many supposed, have their head-quar
| tiers in Wfndham or Windsor counties.
/ SIS 'f.,fss' 1s.,ts 49, o.. II. c.