The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-27
THE CENTENNIAL IN RUTLAND COUNTY

We published, Tuesday of last week, in
full, the circular of the centennial commls-
sion, suggesting or recommending, in sub
stance, that provision be made in each
county, throughout the Union, for an ap-
propriate commemoration of the centennial
anniversary of our national independence,
by the delivery of an address treating of the
history of the community during the Gen.
fury, to the end that there may be furn-
ished in shape for permanent preservation
a complete historical memorial of the coun-
ty, not only as q whole, but in its several
integral parts.
The suggestion is timely and is worthy
of serious consideration-an such consid-
Grafton should lead to its practical adop-
ton. 1t is, of course, for the people of
every community to decide, In the first
place, whether they will undertake such
a commemoration and if so, in the second
place, whether each town shall act by it.
self, or whether such observance shall
be county one. So far as Rutland
county is concerned, 1t seems to us that
the county as whole shouldIunite in such
historical commemoration, so that our
history may be presented more compactly
and concisely than it would or could be by
seperate town saction.
Rutland county is, for Vermont, pecu-
liarly rich historic field-second, if second
at all, Only to Bennington of all the counties
in the state. The field, to be sure, has been
somewhat CLEANED, but moments con-
sideration will show that 1t has been only
scantily 30. The histories of Dandy, Fair
haven, Pawlet, Pittsford, Middletown and
Wells have been ably and eyhaustively
written, and we understand that that of
Poultney is completed and that tho last
sheets are now going through the press
and for this work, labor Of love and not
of profit, Messrs. j. G. Williams and A. N
Adams, Judge HOLSTER, DIR. Caverly,
Judge Frisbie and Messrs. Paul and Parks
are entitled to the thanks of every Yer
monter-but the richest fields--Clarendon
Rutland Tinmouth, Hubbardton and
Castleton-have not been touched. 1t is
true that Rutland celebrated her centennial
five years ago, but the salient points of her
history were not touched. Wallingford,
too, commemorated her hundredth ami
versary, and Tinmouth erected monument
to the memory of Nathaniel Chapman, but
the records thereof are only preserved in
the ne wspapers of the day. Hubbardton,
years ago, on the occasion OF erecting a
monument on her battle ground, recalled
the history of that conflict, but the pub
lished record thereof is now rarity, and,
moreover, new light has been thrown on
the events of that day and its antecedent
and subsequent events, 30 that the history
of that battle yet remains to be written.
The events, however, which make Rut-
land county peculiarly historic ground
cannot be properly treated by towns.
Separate events, occurring in towns, run
into those transporting In other towns and
cannot be understood or. even, written by
themselves they form parts of whole
and must be considered as such. The
settlement and New York CONTROVERSY,
for example, forms one story by itself. The
transactions in Rutland, Clarendon, Pitts
field, Dandy and Pawlet form but one
story, and that story-the most important
In our history-can only be told by group
ing together all that transpired In the
several towns named. Clarendon was the