The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-18
Correspondence Of the GLoBE.l
LETTER FROM BUNKER HILL.
The Spirit Of the 0ccasion---Centennial Relics
Home Life of 1775---Personal Articles--Por-
-Weapons---Ancient Weapons.
BosToN, June 10.

and fully appreciate the necessity OF a
union of hearts and hands in order to pro-
mote the highest material prosperity of the
country, north and south. Therefore the
present week is gala one to be remem-
bered hereafter for its benificent conse-
quences as that of a century since, was for
the momentous events which then tran
spired. There are no battles TO be fought
those contests for republicanism and ma
tionality, have fortunately passed into his
tory but an important work still remains
to be done in the restoration of feelings Of
cordial friendship between the different
sections so recently antagonistic-a work,
which, to the credit of THE GLOBE, you
early appreciated and have so ably and for
chilly advocated in its columns, while your
contemporary, blinded by party zeal and an
office, has unfortunately failed to eompre-
bend, and would follow the southern pol
icy of the administration which would lead
the republican party to ruin and, dishonor
the republic in the eyes OF all the nations
of the earth. If the festivities provided on
the morrow by Massachusetts, and Boston
accomplish anything in the direction of
the restoration Of good fellowship, the sue
cess achieved will become the great ami
versary occasion, the interest of which cul-
inmates on Bunker Hill day.
1t is already apparent to the visitor that
the celebration will, in extent, transcend
the highest expectations of its projectors.
The military display will be brilliant, the
civic procession will be a grand affair and
the evening illuminations will close one of
the most remarkable days, so far as public
observances are concerned, recorded in the
annals of New England.
CENTENNIAL RELICS.
There is much to describe in advance of
the celebration, and one knows not where
to commence, but perhaps the readers of
The GLOBE may be most interested in the
centennial relics. These relics are deposit
ted in the old swell front mansion on Bea-
con street. The exhibition is extraordi-
narly rich in rare specimens.
THE HOMES OF 1875.
There is nothing of more interest to the
visitor, in the whole collection, than the
two rooms appropriated to the exhibitions
of the home life, of the forefathers. The
room fitted up as kitchen is on the first
floor and that fitted up as lodging room
on the top most floor. The kitchen i'm
presses one with age. 1t is like walking
into the company Of the people of the
olden time. Here is large spinning wheel,
whose gaunt frame work nearly fills up
the side of the room there is great high
settle beside the hearth. About the room
stand the spindle-shanked chairs, the low
deal table with complicated legs, the great
barrcl-like churn, the dresser, with the
blue Dutch plates and platters. Above the
deep fire place, standing on the narrow
mantel, are huge pewter dishes, a lantern
of tin, pierced with fine holes, like nut
meg crater finder box and brass candle
stick with shutters. Stretched around the
walls is gathered valance of print stuff
and two or three painted leather fire
buckets, such as finally went out with the
old hand fire engines. In the closet are
sauce pans and skilets of copper and bell
metal, fully as heavy as they look. A tall
and dignied clock keeps all these antique
relics in countenance with tick as sound
andiregular as when it was built, a hundred
or two years ago.
THE LODGING ROOM.
The bedroom was the next place of gen.
eral interest. Here is placed the very bed
in which Lafayette slept, four-poster,
with the hangings of the period, and can
vas bottom laced with rope. The bedroom
set is of mahogany, with brass trimmings.
There is center table from John Hancock s
mansion, and monumental looking oil
lamp, with elaborate shield, formerly used
by John Quincy Adams. The chairs and
furniture generally have the claw feet and
tortured legs, supporting genteel air, CON-
mon to the furniture styles of that period.
The wall looking glasses, with their gilt
eagles and sawed scroll-work frames, and
especially the gorgeous heart-shaped cary
Tn and gilt dressing glass are quaint curl
osltes. A little gem Of ladies' bureau,
which has come down through six genera
tions, also stands against the wall. The
curtains have been in use over hundred
years, and the sampler on the fire screen ia
a beautiful piece of work and Quite in &C.
cordance with modern taste. This hun
dred.year-old furniture would answer for
the newest fashionable bedroom furnishing
of to-day, should We return to first princl-
pies in joinery and brass handles and hinges.
PERSONAL ARTICLES.
There is large collection of arms and
equipments, wearing apparel, personal or.
naments, trinkets, silverware, etc. None
among these articles attracts more atten.
ton than the "sampler" displaying the
grand old Hancock house and its surround.
ings. 1t is an embroidered picture, giving
the topography of the whole region as il
then existed. The needlework shows the
peak of Beacon hill, with the beacon still
upon it the state house site, inclosed by
the whitewashed fence of the Hancock
COW pasture, and the stone wall at the foot
of the grounds, washed by the river, with
vessels upon the latter. Other such relics
are suit of the handsome clothes worn a