RUTLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Recent Gift Books

"Twentieth Century Brass Ins t ruments i n t h e United S t a t e s " by Richard J. Dundas, 1986. Th i s book was donated by t h e author, a former p r e s i d e n t of Cas t l e ton S t a t e Col lege . Copies may be [ obta ined from Dr. Dundas who l i v e s i n Rutland.

! "This is a f a s c i n a t i n g book by t h e Rutland a u t h o r , we l l

known f o r h i s i n t e r e s t i n and knowledge of b r a s s in s t rumen t s . Readers w i l l be amazed a t t h e number and v a r i e t i e s of t rumpets , I French horns and o t h e r b ras s ins t ruments . There a r e numerous I

i l l u s t r a t i o n s t o accompany Dr. Dundas' wel l -wri t ten t e x t . The book is a t t r a c t i v e l y p r in t ed on good q u a l i t y , heavy paper.

The i n t r o d u c t i o n t r a c e s t h e development of b r a s s i n s t r u -ments beginning wi th t h e crude n a t u r a l horns. Ins t ruments of r t h i r ty -one manufacturers and d i s t r i b u t o r s a r e descr ibed (some J u l i a C a r o l i n e R i p l e y D o r r = . I 8 6 0 a r e f o r e i g n manufacturers wi th American d i s t r i b u t o r s ) , wi th a b r i e f h i s t o r y of each company and t h e i r founders , no t ing t h e s p e c i a l cont;ibution of eech toward t h e development and i m -provement of v a r i o u s in s t rumen t s . The book makes no te of i n -s t rumen t s a p p r o p r i a t e f o r s t u d e n t s a s w e l l a s p r o f e s s i o n a l s .

Although a r e l a t i v e l y sma l l book, t h e amount of informat ion based on c a r e f u l r e sea rch is q u i t e ex t r ao rd ina ry . It should be of i n t e r e s t t o a l l music l o v e r s , and w i l l c e r t a i n l y be of spe-c i a l va lue t o p l a y e r s and c o l l e c t o r s of b r a s s ins t ruments ."

by Alan Walker, Min i s t e r of Music, Grace Congregat ional Church, Rutland.

"More on Morrison" by John M. P rende rgas t , Jr. I n l a s t sum-mer's RHS Newsle t ter we mentioned, among t h e "Tidbi ts" , an i n -q u i r y from Mr. Prende rgas t who was t r y i n g t o complete h i s r e s e a r c h on Andrew J. Morrison. The monograph is f i n i s h e d and we rece ived a complimentary copy which g i v e s evidence of a l l t h e r e sea rch Mr. Prende rgas t d i d , e s p e c i a l l y on Morr ison 's c a r e e r a s a s o l d i e r of fo r tune .

Moon Pictures A s l e n d e r c r e s c e n t i n t h e opa l west , Low-hung above a mountain's darkening c r e s t -A s i l e n t dream above a world a t r e s t .

The bending cu rve of t h e hor izon bar-A s i l v e r boat moored high i n depths a f a r , Cradl ing i n t ende r arms one lone b r i g h t s t a r .

An orchard c l o s e where wandering moonbeams s t r a y e d , Weaving weird t a p e s t r i e s of l i g h t and shade, And f a i r y pa ths f o r f a i r y f o o t s t e p s made.

A g r e a t whi te ha rves t moon, d i v i n e l y f a i r , Slow s a i l i n g through r e sp lenden t s e a s of a i r , Over dark p ine - t r ees , and a garden r a r e .

Morrison saw s e r v i c e i n t h e war wi th Mexico, i n Cuba, i n A broad s t r e e t f looded with t h e s i l v e r flow

Nicaragua, i n I t a l y under G a r i b a l d i and then with cava l ry r e g i - Of t h e whi te moonbeams on new-fallen snow,

ments i n t h e C i v i l War. It is a f a s c i n a t i n g account of some While, overhead, cloud shapes swept t o and f r o ;

famous b a t t l e s and Morr ison 's s u r v i v a l a lmost i n t a c t . A cu r t a ined window and a casement low,

Af te r t h e war i n 1869 he became a ra i lway mail agen t u n t i l And a f a i r woman i n t h e r a d i a n t glow he r e t i r e d i n 1904 a t 76 years . Morrison is of i n t e r e s t t o t h e On whom t h e king smiled, pass ing, long ago!

stamp c o l l e c t i n g f r a t e r n i t y because he "was a gen ius wi th a con t ' d p. 2pocket k n i f e a s we l l a s a r t i s t i c i n h i s c r e a t i o n of wood block -p o s t a l d a t e r s and stamp k i l l e r s " . "Black Apost le i n Yankeeland" by Paul Douglass, Esq. of

Poultney. Donated by t h e a u t h o r , t h i s sma l l volume is about t h e He i s of i n t e r e s t t o t h e RHS because h i s mail r o u t e was be- Rev. Lemuel Haynes, p a s t o r of t h e Congregat ional Church i n t h e

tween Rutland and Troy and he spen t h i s layover t ime a t t h e West P a r i s h , 1788-1818. Haynes has been a major i n t e r e s t of t h e Bardwell House. We a r e very g r a t e f u l t o Mr. Prendergas t and t h e RHS s i n c e i t was founded i n 1969. o t h e r donors f o r adding t o ou r book c o l l e c t i o n .

NOTE: The Soc ie ty is anxious t o have review c o p i e s of books by Rutland a u t h o r s ; no t t o mention books by Rutland a u t h o r s of

"Papers of t h e Con t inen ta l Congress 1774-1789" from Senator Years gone by. For example, we have almost a l l t h e books by Robert T. S t a f f o r d . J u l i a C.R. Dorr, (1825-1913). e a s i l y one of Vermont's b e s t

T o t a l l i n g 5922 pages, t h i s i s a l i s t i n g of a l l t h e papers known au thor s . However, we do not have t h e f i r s t two books she generated i n t h e work of t h e Congress. It i s f a s c i n a t i n g t o wrote under a pseudonym. I n browsing through old books a t l i b -thumb through t h i s , though t h e r e is only a very sma l l number of r a r y o r o t h e r book s a l e s keep i n mind t h e fo l lowing by Caro l ine papers r e l a t i n g t o Rutland. Thomas, "Farmingdale" 1854, and "Lanmere" 1856.

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J U L I A C A R O L I N E R I P L E Y DORR

" ~ e i t h e r f e m i n i s t , n a t u r a l i s t , n o r g e n i u s , J u l i a Dorr none-t h e l e s s a c h i e v e s a c e r t a i n s t a t u r e w i t h i n h e r p r o p e r c o n t e x t , which i s l i t e r a r y ....Her s o n n e t s a r e h e r most i m p r e s s i v e ach ievement . . . .Dorr a n t i c i p a t e d n o t o n l y S a n t a y a n a b u t , i n h e r most i n t e r e s t i n g poem, t h e major p o e t i c r e v o l u t i o n o f t h e twen-t i e t h c e n t u r y .

The s i x t r i p l e t s o f "Moon P i c t u r e s " ( L a s t Poems, 1913) a r e v a r i a t i o n s n o t on a s i n g l e theme, b u t a s i n g l e image, s i x a t - t e m p t s t o f i x and r e n d e r a s c e n e . To a contemporary r e a d e r of p o e t r y , r a i s e d on t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f l o o k i n g a t a b l a c k b i r d i n t h i r t e e n d i f f e r e n t ways, t h e r e is n o t h i n g p a r t i c u l a r l y remark- a b l e a b o u t D o r r ' s p i c t u r e s of t h e moon. But t h e y were w r i t t e n b e f o r e Imagism was a word, much l e s s a common p o e t i c p r a c t i c e .

D o r r ' s poem is r e m a r k a b l e n o t s o much f o r t h e f r e s h n e s s o f i t s images a s f o r t h e i r o p e r a t i o n . U n l i k e h e r e a r l i e r poems, u n l i k e t h e poems o f h e r f e l l o w American Romant ics , "Moon P i c -t u r e s " employs images n o t a s o r t ~ a m e n t a t i o n , b u t a s what Pound was l a t e r t o c a l l speech . The t h i n g p e r c e i v e d is t h e t h i n g un-d e r s t o o d ; t o s e e t h e s c e n e is t o s a y what i t means, and t o s a y i t o v e r and o v e r a g a i n is t o s a y d i f f e r e n t t h i n g s a b o u t what i t is.. . .

A t t h e same t i m e t h a t Hulme and Pound were f o r m u l a t i n g t h e I m a g i s t c r e e d , b u t remote from them i n h e r R u t l a n d , Vern home, J u l i a Dorr w r o t e a n I m a g i s t poem. Thus , once , s h e escaped h e r d e f i n i n g c o n t e x t and c r e a t e d h e r own. For t h i s poem, i f f o r no o t h e r s h e w r o t e , J u l i a Dorr demands r e c o g n i t i o n . "

by E l l e n Cronan Rose. Ass't P r o f e s s o r of E n g l i s h , Dartmouth

The above q u o t e is condensed from t h e RHS Q u a r t e r l y Vol I V No 3 Summer 1974, t h e J u l i a Dorr i s s u e . C o p i e s o f t h i s i s s u e a r e still a v a i l a b l e f o r $3.00 p l u s .75 p o s t a g e & h a n d l i n g .

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The c r y " f i r e " was a d r e a d e d and o f t e n heard c a l l i n t h e v i l l a g e o f R u t l a n d . Lack o f w a t e r and a s u i t a b l e means t o con-vey i t t o t h e s c e n e l e f t many s t r u c t u r e s t o t h e mercy o f t h e f l a m e s . As t h e town grew s o d i d t h e d a n g e r o f l o s i n g s e v e r a l b u i l d i n g s t o one c o n f l a g r a t i o n .

I n 1829 t h e l e g i s l a t u r e passed a n a c t i n c o r p o r a t i n g t h e Rut land F i r e S o c i e t y , which o r g a n i z e d a t o n c e , a d o p t e d by-laws

NICKWACKETT F IRE HOUSE

We have h i g h hopes o f b e i n g a b l e t o move t o t h i s b u i l d i n g b u t a number of p i e c e s must f a l l i n t o p l a c e f i r s t . H a p p i l y , t h e b u i l d i n g h a s been r e s c u e d from a downward s p i r a l o f n e g l e c t w i t h t h e award ing o f a $2 ,500 g r a n t from t h e Vermont D i v i s i o n o f H i s t o r i c S i t e s which, added t o $5,000 v o t e d by t h e Board of Aldermen, made p o s s i b l e e x t e r i o r c o s m e t i c improvements.

The s t a t e c o n t r i b u t i o n was v o t e d by t h e l e g i s l a t u r e t o e n a b l e n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n s o r m u n i c i p a l i t i e s t o r e h a b i l i - t a t e h i s t o r i c b u i l d i n g s o r sites w i t h t h e view toward presen- t i n g a n a t t r a c t i v e a p p e a r a n c e i n t i m e f o r t h e s t a t e ' s b icen-t e n n i a l c e l e b r a t i o n s i n 1991.

The f o l l o w i n g f i r e m a n ' s song was w r i t t e n f o r T o r r e n t Engine - Company No. 1 o f E a s t R u t l a n d by one of its members, and sung

- t o t h e t u n e - o f Lutzow's "Wild HIHI%". It was p r i n t e d - i n t h e J u n e

and a c q u i r e d a "crank" e n g i n e . T h i s s o c i e t y was n o t v e r y e f f e c t . i v e u n t i l its r e o r g a n i z a t i o n i n 1845. The e n g i n e had s a t i d l e i n a nearby s t a b l e . E a r l y i n 1844 t h e s o c i e t y purchased a new e n g i n e dubbed t h e "Torren t" which was s t o r e d i n a b u i l d i n g n e a r t h e g r a d e s c h o o l . T h i s b r i c k s c h o o l was l o c a t e d s o u t h o f t h e p r e s e n t f i r e s t a t i o n .

A d i s a s t r o u s f i r e s t r u c k t h e v i l l a g e i n J u l y 1845. A l l t h e b u i l d i n g s between t h e p r e s e n t Lindholm S p o r t C e n t e r and t h e Grand Union were l e v e l l e d . Gone were t h e landmarks o f a p a s t e r a - Samuel M a t t o c k s ' house , Dr. Thomas Hooker ' s s t o r e and I s s a c h e r Reed ' s Tavern . E v i d e n t l y , t h e enginemen were c r i t i c -i z e d f o r t h e i r l a c k o f f i r e f i g h t i n g s k i l l s . One member com-p l a i n e d t h a t t h e company had o n l y had t h e i r e n g i n e f o r 18 months and had n o t t r a i n e d a s o f t e n a s t h e l a w r e q u i r e d .

As a r e s u l t o f t h i s l o s s t h e f i r e company was r e o r g a n i z e d t h e very same month. A r e s e r v o i r was c a l l e d f o r , t o b e e r e c t e d behind t h e North Church ( t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church a t t h e c o r -n e r o f N . Main S t . and Aiken P l a c e ) . Pump l o g s , w i t h a t h r e e i n c h b o r e , c a r r i e d t h e w a t e r from t h e r e s e r v o i r a l o n g Main S t . and p a r t way down West S t . No doubt o i d T o r r e n t was housed i n more s u i t a b l e q u a r t e r s f o r S c o t t ' s 1954 map shows a n e n g i n e house n e a r t h e p r e s e n t Grand Union.

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18. 1846 i s s u e o f t h e Rut land H e r a l d .

We're boys who a r e f e a r l e s s , and w a t c h f u l and s t r o n g , Our d u t y we've n e v e r n e g l e c t e d . W e ' l l p u t o u t your f i r e s , o r w e ' l l s i n g you a s o n g , But won't l e a v e o u r Engine , f o r h e r e we b e l o n g -We c a r e n o t by whom w e ' r e d i r e c t e d . Hark! h e a r ye t h e sound o f t h e f a s t s p e a k i n g b e l l s

Hearken ! Hasten! Has ten! o f some f i r e t h a t r i n g i n g t e l l s Then o u t w i t h o u r "Torren t" ( a t r u t h t e l l i n g name) W e ' l l q u i c k l y b e where we a r e wanted ; We heed n o t t h e w e a t h e r , we f e a r n o t t h e f l a m e , And m i d n i g h t and.mid-day a r e w i t h u s t h e same A t a l l times y o u ' l l f i n d u s undaunted ; But g i v e u s o f w a t e r a p l e n t e o u s s u p p l y .

Water! Water! Water! w e a s k and t h e f i r e s h a l l d i e . Our C a p t a i n i s c o o l and o u r IIosemen a r e b r a v e , Our men show no symtoms o f f a i l i n g , While t h a t is o u r m a s t e r t h a t s h o u l d b e o u r s l a v e -While a u g h t i s a t s t a k e , w h i l e a t h i n g i s t o s a v e -But l o o k ye! b e f o r e u s ' t is q u a i l i n g , A t l a s t we have c o n q u e r e d , t h e d a n g e r i s o ' e r

Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Homeward w e ' l l h a s t e n o n c e more!

I n 1859 F r e d e r i c k C h a f f e e , Henry G. W e s t c o t t and Rockwood B a r r e t t were named a commit tee t o o b t a i n a new e n g i n e f o r Com- pany No. 1. The d e c i s i o n was made t o p u r c h a s e t h e "Nickwackett" and t h e company was r e o r g a n i z e d under t h e name Nickwacket t Engine Company No. 1. I n 1860 t h e t r u s t e e s were urged t o con-s t r u c t a new e n g i n e house . The b u i l d i n g , which was n o t t o ex-c e e d a c o s t o f $1200, was e r e c t e d a t t h e c o r n e r o f Nickwacket t and C e n t e r S t r e e t s . S t i l l s t a n d i n g t o d a y , i t is a n a t t r a c t i v e example o f t h e I t a l i a n a t e s t y l e o f a r c h i t e c t u r e .

by Dawn Hance

5 ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSES REMAIN

"The 5 Remaining One-Room School Houses i n Vermont'' On J a n u a r y 3 1 a t t h e N e l l a Grimm Fox Room a t t h e L i b r a r y t h e aud- i e n c e was t r e a t e d t o a most i n t e r e s t i n g r e v i e w o f e d u c a t i o n a l methods and phi losophy a s e x e m p l i f i e d i n one room K-8 g r a d e s s c h o o l s . It was a v i d e o program w i t h commentary by P r o f e s s o r Leonard Johnson, cha i rman o f t h e Department o f E d u c a t i o n a t C a s t l e t o n S t a t e C o l l e g e and Ronald Savage , Ph.D. a l s o a member o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t . (a. s.)

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REPUBLIC OF VERMONT LICENSE PLATE

For some time now P e t e L o u r a s h a s made i t p o s s i b l e f o r t h e p u b l i c t o buy R e p u b l i c o f Vermont l i c e n s e p l a t e s a t h i s West S t s t o r e . These p l a t e s , d e s i g n e d by Tom Egan, c e l e b r a t e Vermont ' s 1 4 y e a r e x i s t e n c e a s a R e p u b l i c from 1777-1791. Only t h e Ver-mont Motor V e h i c l e Dept. and h i s t o r i c a l s o c i e t i e s have t h e r i g h t t o se l l them. They a r e a f i n e f u n d - r a i s e r f o r o u r s o c i e t y and we a r e g r a t e f u l t o Mr. L o u r a s f o r h i s e x c e l l e n t c o o p e r a t i o n . $ 5 is t h e c o s t o f t h e l i c e n s e p l a t e .

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would upgrade t h e l e v e l o f t h e i r s u p p o r t t o a t l e a s t t h e n e x t Gcnera l Artmbly, begun and field at the capit?l in the h i g h e r c a t e g o r y . Our d u e s a r e r e a l l y r i d i c u l o u s l y low f o r what ri:~of &ichm~r td ,~ n ' b l o n d a ythe feventeentb dayyou r e c e i v e - 4 Q u a r t e r l i e s , a n o c c a s i o n a l N e w s l e t t e r and a t I l e a s t 6 Membership m e e t i n g s p l u s t h e Sing-Along on t h e f i r s t I F r i d a y i n August .

A page from document p r i n t e d by Wil l iam Fay o f Rut land i n 1 7 9 8 You won ' t want t o m i s s t h e f i r s t 1987 Q u a r t e r l y now a t t h e l i s t i n g t h e s t a t e s i n o r d e r of t h e i r r a t i f i c a t i o n of t h e B i l l

p r i n t e r s . It is a b o u t t h e s c u l p t o r , A r i s t i d e J. P i c c i n i . o f R i g h t s . V i r g i n i a was t h e l a s t one.

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March 14 -- I r i s h F o l k Songs - t o c e l e b r a t e S t . P a t r i c k ' s Day w i t h R o b e r t C a r t e r , Ph.D. o f C a s t l e t o n S t a t e C o l l e g e .

May 2 ----- "The Vermont Housewife ' s K i t c h e n ; a n Evolu- t i o n a r y P e r s p e c t i v e " w i t h L i l i a n Baker C a r l i s l e , a u t h o r o f "Vermont Clock and Watch Makers, S i l v e r s m i t h s and J e w e l e r s , 1778-1878'; Mrs. C a r l i s l e was one of t h e f i r s t g u e s t s p e a k e r s a t a membership meet ing .

May 23 ---- "The Rut land R a i l r o a d d u r i n g t h e Steam Age'' w i t h Tom McDevit t whose s l i d e programs have a l w a y s been v e r y p o p u l a r .

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A p r i l 25--- League o f Loca l H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t i e s - Annual Meet ing sponsored by t h e Vermont H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y i n Weston. Focus w i l l be on e d u c a t i o n . S p e a k e r s and workshops t o h e l p l o c a l s o c i - e t i e s r e c o g n i z e what t h e y have t o o f f e r and t o d e v e l o p ways t o make t h e i r r e s o u r c e s a v a i l a b l e . R e g i s t r a t i o n f e e f o r a l l day meet . T e a c h e r s p a r t i c u l a r l y welcome, c a l l e d i t o r f o r up-to-date i n f o r m a t i o n , 773-3417.

August 7 -- Sing-Along - C e n t e r S t A l l e y

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C o r r e c t i o n - i n Summer 1986 N e w s l e t t e r - The house p i c t u r e d on P. 3 was r e n t e d by Donald and Martha DePoy and owl1& by James Marro d u r i n g t h e 1 9 5 0 ' s .

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Community C o u n c i l o f Rut land was formed t o o r g a n i z e p a t r i o t i c o b s e r v a n c e s d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d 1987-1992. Mayor John J. Daley a p p o i n t e d Thomas K . Egan, a RHS board member, t o c h a i r commit tee r e p r e s e n t i n g e v e r y s t r a t a o f t h e community. The i n - a u g u r a l m e e t i n g was J a n u a r y 1 5 i n C i t y C o u n c i l Chambers w i t h 24 i n d i v i d u a l s a t t e n d i n g .

September 1 7 , 1987 w i l l be t h e 200th a n n i v e r s a r y of t h e a p p r o v a l o f t h e d r a f t o f t h e U.S. C o n s t i t u t i o n . As a n h i s t o r -i c a l s o c i e t y we have a s p e c i a l o p p o r t u n i t y and o b l i g a t i o n t o o f f e r o u r b e s t e f f o r t s t o commemorate t h e o c c a s i o n . I d e a s f o r a c t i v i t i e s a r e welcome.

Fol lowing t h i s c e l e b r a t i o n t h e r e is t h e b i c e n t e n n i a l o f Vermont 's a d m i s s i o n i n t o t h e Union a s t h e 1 4 t h s t a t e i n 1791 Then R u t l a n d i t s e l f w i l l c e l e b r a t e i t ' s c e n t e n n i a l a s a c i t y i n November 1992. T h i s is t h e impetus f o r t h e s o c i e t y ' s p l a n t o p u b l i s h a much needed h i s t o r y o f t h e c i t y and t h e o r i g i n a l members o f t h e Town o f Rut land .

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The main p a r t o f t h e f o u r t h volume on t h e genea logy of t h e e a r l y Rut land f a m i l i e s is c o m p l e t e and by t h e time you r e a d t h i s t h e t y p i s t w i l l have f i n i s h e d h e r work.

The f i r s t volume a b o u t R u t l a n d ' s e a r l y h i s t o r y is " i n t h e works". Both of t h a s e volumes a r e t h e work o f Dawn Hance w i t h r e s e a r c h h e l p by Donald Swan and Marvel Swan i n g e n e a l o g y .

Whi le a number o f p e o p l e have i n d i c a t e d i n t e r e s t i n v a r i o u s t o p i c s t o be i n c l u d e d i n t h e h i s t o r y t h e r e d o e s n ' t seem t o b e ~ u c hdnwn OF. paper y e t , The hook commit tee w i l l resume m e e t i n e t h e 4 t h Thursday of t h e month a t 7:30 PM, p l a c e t o b e announced I f you would l i k e a n o u t l i n e of t h e t o p i c s t o be covered i n t h e h i s t o r y p l e a s e c a l l t h e E d i t o r , 773-3417.

P e n m a n s h i p e x a m p l e s b y Win. F . B a r n e s , J r . W e s t R u t l a n d , F e b . 6 , 1 8 5 9 , a g e 1 9 y e a r s .

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