Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15

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not a dollar of Indebtedness. That the
Green Mountain State may be wen re-
presented in the international Exhlpl-
ton, which will be the chief feature OF
the Centennial celebration, and that she
shall not he weighed in her own balances
and found wanting are much desired
and expected / find, however, from
the best Information obtainable, that
hardly anything as yet has been done IN
the way of preparation. -. ~, :, q
) Financially there has been little or no.
thing done toward making up: the states
quota of s, 573 shares of the. Centennial
stock. The s'times have. been hard,
and the sale. of stock and medals among
the people has necessarily been slight
Governor .Bigler visited several OF the
prominent towns last fall and conferred
with leading citizens, and commissioners
were appointed in ST. Johnsbury, Mont
pelier, Burlington and Rutland, TO take
the work in hand and push it as soon as
practicable. These commissioners are
energetic and public spirited men, such
as General Pitkin and Hon. &. p. Wei
don of Montpelier, General Baxter of
Rutland, ex-Mayor Tinsley and General
Henry of Burlington. They will be I'M
der the supervision of the State mem
bers of the Centennial Board of FL
nance, viz: Horace Fairbanks of St
JohnsbuTy, Lawrence Brainerd of St,
Adams, Lawrence Barnes Of Burling-
ton, Colonel George A. Merrill of Lyn-
donville; Henry G.. Rootof Bennington,
Jacob Estey.. of BFattleboro, Frederick
Billings of Woodstock, Luther Baker of
Richford, Henry Chase of Lyndon, and
Henry Lane of Cornwall. .rhe names
OF leading manufacturers, railroad man
ayers, agrIculturists and capitalists,
known throughout the country, will be
recognized in the above list, and in due
time they will put their sh Julders to the,
wheel and the State will give a good ac-
count of herself at Philadelphia. g..
In mineral wealth--marble, copper,
not excepting gold-she can make
wonderful exhibition, and will no doubt
do so, as Professor Collier, the Secretary
of the State Board of Agriculture, Man
ufacture and Mining, and the State Ge-
ologist, Dr. Cutting, will, in connection
with DR.. Goldsmith, the State Centen-
NAL Commissioner, give this department
their special attention.
Governor Peck is deeply interested
that the State should be well and prop
erly interested at the Centennial, and
regrets that no action was taken by the
Legislature during its recent session, as
in other States, providing for means to
further its grand and patriotic objects
He intends, as do the Congressional del
egation, to arouse the people of the
State at an early day to the Importance
of this hundredth anniversary of the
birth of the Republic. The absence in
Europe for the past year of DR.. Middle
ton Goldsmith, of Rutland, above men
toned, an eminent physician and scien-
titic man, has undoubtedly somewhat
contributed to the lack of active prepa-
ration for the Exhibition but as he re-
turns by midsummer, there will be album
dance of time to arouse the latent energy
and excite the patriotic enthusiasm Of
the people, so that they will subscribe
literally to the Centennial stock and see
that the State is fully represented in the
various departments of the exhibition.
DR.. Goldsmith will be ably seconded
in his efforts by Henry Chase, of Lyn-
don. a large and successful farmer of
Northwestern Vermont The Vermont
members of the Centennial Commission
thus far have been active and influential
in its proceedings. The First Commits
sioner, John n. Baxter, was the first
Secretary of the Commission. Resign
ing in 1872, he gave place to DR.. Gold
smith, who is Chairman of the Commit
tee on Fisheries and Fish Culture, as
well as member of the important COM
mittees on Arts and Sciences and Plans
and Architecture. Commissioner j. S.
Adams, of Florida, the author of the
-. ioYin oIIroao oF -
the people of the United States, is a
imam from the mountains of Vermont"
and was the first Secretary of the Board
of Education. In fine, a cursOry inter
--s~,-~ viii. those most interested and /
having the best knowledge OF the out
look in Vermont for Philadelphia, salts
ties me that the Centennial Exhibition
will see a collection of gorgeous marble
at that magnificent fair of the century,
which will not be eclipsed by either
State of the Union or foreign nation