Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
The Farewell Reception.


look supper nj the Pavilion last We,lnes-
Law evening. Al,lrich and Coffiy did
Themselves credit by the style in which
the supper WAS furnished, and the whole
afGr WAS 4 most pleasant one Even
thu, Leverage Of ancient fame-tlip -was
n.taO-en, The dancing. in which about
everybody joined, was kept up till long
after midnight, Houses banI secmin q
willing to PIPE as long as any would
dance.
Among the guests present were DR.. j.
\. Dewey. Col, f. p. Jeweit Homer W.
Heat n. james 7. Thurston. George. G..
Sl-rr,l NJ. ID. Gilman. Charles Dewey,
.Io.l Fo<.cr, Jr.. and many other promi-
mont citizens Of Montpelier Theron O.
Bailey. who is TO build the new hol+l. Wa
one 81 the many Younger men Of the VII
lag WHO were present
The Pavilion quit work = Tuesday Of
tits week. and will hereafter do no more
business receiving guests Is coming
dissolution has brought out a host of anec-
tn do'ne- of its former masters and their
a.tcrdant~,
All these various stories serve but to
Show that M;tlIlon Cottril. under wi, m
the old hotel assumed the n;me Of Pavil-
ion (,fter he put the piazzas about iD WAS
Mt only 4 famous landlord but a large
hearted whole sOuled. as well as big bod
led man He was slow moving. ponder
ol- sort of man who said but little but
that always TO the point. Among the
characteristic anet dotts told Of him is lie
% e which tells how Rash Palmer. the
m rel Jerk asked him one day about lhe
b Is of 4 party of gentlemen who had
.-,II,,l for their &C cunts. and thought them
rather high Rash evidently thought il
-stcr to deduct something, but knew it
w. L,>t to consult Co;trill who stood look
II o ont of the south window. with hi
Ir.- bowed back and Il sort of whistle OF
.uur running on its own hook, apparently,
f..m hi, mouth. No response greeted
THE. inst anxious inquiry of Rash; and so
d.. APP preached the subject a second time
=. Nh Cottrill, these gentlemen think their
bin too high; they think there ought to be
2. d.diytion. and don't know rs they will
,v,r come again unless they get it." Cot
nilI stopped whistling just long enough
- ,av die re here u9'c, amt they and
thon resumed his intense gaze out of the
window.
The story about the stage horse, which
has !, IN going the rounds Is perhaps as
much fiction a fact. Mr.. Cottrill did.
however. want his men to be on time,
and very likely gave as positive in>truc-
lions n those mentioned in the story above
referred IT, but we don't know whether
:h,v were ever 80 literally followed as to
r.-u't in the Immediate de.,th of his
horses.
Mrs { thrill was d much Of a character
IN her way Il her husband, but WAS very
of,I o-itc to him in her methods. She had
tn. care of the conduct and morals of ali
tic guests. an! sometimes the load was So
tgr,it.n~one Il at the worthy hostess would
t>-rci her usual amount Of earne>tne>>
.ud Ee-ume very emphatic in her drec-
tons. Nj Cotjrill. of coz rse. at times
~..,rrd in her good advice. 1t WI. on one
90 ,l,.-r occasions. Just as loaded stag
" : starting off. that one Of its passengers,
n Hour = man of that period who was him
self -omcwlat loaded, heard the fast fol-
w.nr directions of the landl,dy as to how
,i- that and the other thing should b,
.muruiatclv done. and bringing his h,nt
,.s1r. took up suddenly and continued the
d.-rour>c with a remark to the one to whom
e.r had been IL king, yes - -, an,
j y,n % into the house, and don't yo'
~iEAk.
Nj Cu,trll though lie did large bust
Hc-~. did not re ire with great abundance
IF his world ; goods. To his honor lie i
-l.I hat when 10y an unfoltun tu,n il
ha-iry~- one of his >oIs was in debt. thu
oli .,nll, man paid without murmurin9
I'll The bills t, NJ We're resented One .
tlrm was f,r 5000. and a friend aske,
lm if he was in any way legally holder
for the amount. - Not ut all said he
-. I'm; don't want the name Of Cottril
d-h,nurcd.
When Mr.. Cottrill left Montpelier h
u,ln 10 the Wcst-Missouri. we believe
and entered into the staging business OF
the pllin~ He was heavy contrlcto
for carving the mails and was soon abb
hy GOOD fortune in business to ply til
debts which he contracted when startin
in tbs new enterprise. The old gentleman
WIS we'll past six Y and with pretty whit
h ir when he embarked in this new bu>i
II VIII ch required more capital than h
lr,-~,.~>cd in ready money. The readines
81! = lew friends to speak 4 good word 70
h.u procured him credit and touched hi
heart. Unless we mistake his work w,
in a Great degree the foundation of tn
h'lNy staging business now carried on b
>4j icr~on, Barlow x Co.
NJ. Cot rill come to Montpelier from
Mbhllcburv. His successor, Col. Boutwell,
had been hceI ing the Union House her
t0r some time before he bought the Paw
on. and before keeping the Union he ha
#.au in the hotel business in Chelsea.
Iuo older Inhabitants have, of cours,
j q sore Of "reminiscences relating t
'4r ".d tavern" that if one were to @
into Il lcAoar>al Of anecdotes for the SAX
Il repeating 4 good story, there woul
81, son come any end TO he subject.
q j. very evident. however. that two sue
characters ;,s those who have owned til
P.T.lion for nearly halfa century, do nc
"!tra COME along, and Mr.. Cottrill an
~. Boutwell, are rightly highly spoke
If row that the properly with which the