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about our depot. and the facilities with
which people were furnished for leaving and
taking the cars with their baggage, is due to
the special police force employed by the Cen.
trail Vermont railroad company. The gen.
tlemen composing the force were unwearied
in their attentions, rendering valuable assis-
tance. We have been unable TO obtain all
their names, but will mention those whom
we know. Sheriffs, T1pp of Addison county
Drew of Chittenden county and Stimson Of
Windsor county officers Samuel Brooks and
c. N, Dickinson of Middlebury officers Oh.
yer Lamara, L. Bliss and Henry Halo Of Bur
lington. These officials and others were on
duty Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of last week.
For the first time in a half score of years
the old Stafford pond" now the property OF
Messrs. Benton and Sons, is drawn off," fol
the purpose of repairing and raising the dam.
A score or two of years ago, when this old
pond, the first that was ever flowed in Yer
mont, was empHed of its water, but little of
it remained except many acres of untitled
space. Now there are hundreds of thousands
ooEa5'Uf collected silt, sediment aud soil,
THAT ought to be carried oh the farms and
Lands in this vicinity, rather than be allowed
to fill this much needed reservoir Those of
our citizens who years ago took interest in
the annual occasion of letting off the water
in the Stafford pond" would hardly recognize
the old pond to-day. The raising of the dam
two feet will, however, give a large reser-
voir of water to the old privilege.
GEO. w. RoBINsoN informs us that he will
endeavor to be at the observatory in person,
every day until the Goth of September where
he will be happy to point out the Benning-
ton battle ground, the place of the sur
render of Burgoyne, the route
of the enemy under Baume
and Breyman. from Saratoga to Bennington,
the frontier of the different regiments, the
American encampment, the identical spot
where General Stark stood when he address
ed his soldiers with the words, I'VE con-
quer etc." The spot where Redding was ex-
ecuted, the residence of Ethan Allen, the
CatamOut tavern, the Continental store
house, the whipping post the pillory, the
old meeting house, the hospital, the place of
the Beach Seal Council of Safety, and
every object connected with the battle and
the early settlement of Bennington, and the
most beautiful landscape on the continent of
America.
The Burlington Free Press, IN an apology
to its readers takes occasion to say a very
graceful thing about the literary portion Of
the late centennial celebration, as follows
We surrender, to-day, the greater portion
of our space to the Bennington centennial ;
and our reports will be found .well worth
perusal and preservation. President Bart,
lett's Grafton is a most able, scholarly and
eloquent one, worthy of the day, the occasion
and the place. Mr.. Phelps's welcoming
speech was neat and happy. Mr.. Roberts
Grafton was an admirable One-excellent in
manner aud matter, and very felicitously ex-
pressed. Mr.. Roberts is a master of the En-
glish language, aud the present address is
one of the best efforts of his life. Mrs. DORIS
poem, too, was graceful and beautiful. Al
together the literary exercises fully answer
ed the demands of the occasion and the full
reports which we lay before our readers are
not only of present interest but of permanent
value"
BY the courtesy of Lrakin G. Mead, who is
now Americas leading sculptor. and, like his
renowned predecessor, Powers, II native Yer
monter, we enjoyed, few days since, an
hours rehearsal of old 'Army of the POtO-
mac" ueminiscenses. Mr.. Mead, in those army
days, used his poneil moro chan the sculptora
chisel, which has since Justly earned for him
a proud fame, national and world wide. He
10 atilI az xyorlr n, tha inooin MIN
ument, that stands by the grave of the mar
tyr President, at Springfield, ILL.,, and will
soon return to Italy, to finishSthe massive
work. Many of the finest sketches Of ACTUAL
army scenes were drawn by the then young
artist Mead, and published in Harpers' aud
other magazines. His heroic statue of Ethan
Allen, which adorns the the pOrtieO of Yer
mOnt's capitol, as well as the work which
graces the nations monument at Springfield
and his many other works of choice art, have
given to our Vermont sculptor, who is now
in the full prime of life a forems st position
among the artists of the world.
BENNINGTON, Au,. II, 1877.
FRIEND HALsEY There seems to be a con
siderable dispute as to the spelling of ColOne
Baum's name. Allow me to tef you that il
Is BAUM; or. translated into literal English
Tree" There is no such name as Baum-E
in the German tongue. Again: There is NJ
such thing in the German tongue as Mad
anne RIEDEsEL. 1t should be REIDEsEL; or
translated Mule or ass, ft or good to ride
viii stake my German enducatiOn that
am right in this; and will leave it to any
scholar educated in Germany.
Yours truly,
r. GOLDSMITH.
There is no doubt that friend Goldsmith
is altogether right in his explanation or elu
cidation of this mixed spelling of the invad
ing Colonels name. There Is no doubt tina
officers on the staff of Colonel Baum. ant
probably even the Colonel himself, while il
America, spelled his name Baume. Name
change their typographical construction
somewhat in crossing the Atlantic. The Ger
man, KONG WILHELM, would hardly recog
nize his American appellation as King VIII
liam. Neighbor Ralph also drops letter o
: two from his patronimic in lOcalizing it +
= the American style of photography; whic
rs all right, quite convenient, and most Van
= KEGS would perhaps think the best way
spell the name. So do we. Colonel Baum
may have had an idea that it would improv
= tne spelling of his name to add the superhu
GUS Sc" He was rowing through this sectiO
= of the country for the purpose of seizin
r something OF anything that did not belong
J, him. and, from historic evidence furnishe
. by Governor Hall, and Others, there is n
I, doubt that he occasionally added an re"
: his name which did not belong there. If Il
+ had not attempted to make any worse {
}. more important attempt than to make a
n alphabetical addition to his name we, recko
Bennington never would have quarreled wit
= him as seriously as they did. Names are a,
II bitrary, men may spell them as they please
! but it mattered little to poor Baum, after HI
a attack on Bennington, how future writer
= should spell his name.
Il LIST of letters remaining in the post ofiic
! at Bennington, Bennington county, VT. Au
a 1s, 1879
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