Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-06-13


GFout and Mansur, accompanied US
on the trip as invited guests, and
made pleasant speeches, congratulate
ing the Senator on his long and success
full public career, and his present we'll
preserved appearance, and on this
score Gov. Grout remarked that his
hair had not even a parting in the
middle. To both of which the Sena-
tor aptly and wittiy responded. The
Hon. G. j. Bell was present and spoke
in behalf of the Regiment. 1t seems
that between the Senator and Mr.. Bell
there is quite striking resemblance,
so much SO that the latter was mis-
taken for the former many times dur
ing the day. And considerable mer-
riment was created by Mr.. Belrs re-
peating some of the remarks made to
him under that supposition, whereup-
on the Senator expressed great sur
prise that Mr.. Bell should be mistaken
for much handsomer man. Mr.. Bell
continued the pleasantly by request
ing the Senator to furnish monuments
for all the Regiment, and care for all
the widows, and to the care of the
widows he assented. Then the ladies
of the Relief Corps served a fine and
generous collation.. And so closed
the first days er tertainment.
The next morning at $3.50 we board
ed our train again for West Rutland
to visit the quarries. There were six
of them ranging from three to eight
hundred feet in depth, according to
the information of my guide. Work
men down below looked like pigmies
from above. To show ow inexhaus-
tible is the supply, the oldest quarry
opened up in 1886 is still being sue
cessfulJy worked. AS l looked down
these mighty chasms and saw the lay
ers placed with such regularity way
down in the depths of the earth. l
thought of the Master Builder and my
soul was "lost in wonder, awe and
praise" Outside the quarries were
blocks whose cubic dimensions were
so great my brain could not retain
them. But when I thought of an cleo
trio power, controlled by man, which
could hoist them from the deep, I
could believe that imam was created
a little lower than the angels, and had
sought out many inventions"
From here we went to Center Rut-
land where a new plant has been
erected for interior fOishings. Here
we saw variegated marbles of the
most exquisite tints and shades. Some
of those great polished slabs were as
beautiful as pictures. I saw some
pink marble that was being worked
into a stairway design. 1t looked
wholly pink in the rough, but when
polished it shaded from pure white to
a delicate pink, and from that to
pale sea- green. It was beautiful
enough to adorn kings palace, and
perhaps it will, as it was to be shipped
to London. never felt richer than
in contemplating this mine Of wealth
and beauty, all within the borders of
our own dear State. Our guide
through this building was middle
agec man, who said he had been in
Senator Proctor's employ for thirty
two years and had never received
from him an unpleasant word. No
strikes have occurred here with twen-
tyf four hundred employees of sixteen
nationalities. From here we returned
to Rutland, where the rest of the party
took an electric car ride about the
city, while I had carriage ride with
a friend of long ago, who pointed out
to me the changes and provements
m 9de since I was a dweller in that fair
city, I found the old school house
where I taught replaced by the best
public school building in the state.
The church I attended was also re-
placed by fine new one. The streets
where houses were scattering found
the vacant spaces filled in with arch
itecturally improved structures. While
some of the nearby farms had be-
come arlstocratic and moved into the
city.
Returning to our hotel we sat down
to another bountiful dinner, on whose
printed menu was found many re-
minders of the Civil war. For in
stance, beef tongue, battlefield sauce
fricasse chicken Col. Proc tor stvie
roast leg of Gettysburg mutton, &c
&c. With hearts, heads and stomachs
full we returned to our train for the
homeward bound journey. Onreach-
ing Proctor a lunch, consisting of
sandwiches, fruit, crackers, pickles.
olives, SC, was brought in and dis
tributed in such generous quantities
as to supply all our needs for the re-
mainder of the day. Soon after pic
lures of Rutland and surrounding
mountains were hroT1 o. ht in and pive1