Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-05-24
VERMONT AND MASSACHUSETTS RAJ,
~ ROAD

We copy the following capital article f,or, a..
Worcester Egis, and cordially recommend Il. =.
rusa 10 our friends interested in the road II. ~
gestons and advice are excellent, and we are h,s
Ply to say that they are being followed. Our f..S.
everywhere are waking mp. Over 800 ooo -
stock has been subscribed in the last fortni0b, 49,
the work is going on, und " the farmers and hn.;
ness men are throwing themselves into !, M.
enthusiasm Of which the Egis speaks. al,bon.r
Il has been mapping little, is being aroused NJ.
farmers are beginning 10 feel that tkey mus, 81.
the enterprize into their own hands, and VIC NJ.
they will not forget the importance of pvou,cr a.
cided, and energetic measures.
The article from the Egis is more imDo,,,-,
coming from quarter not particularly Dterc,,.,l
in the road, and where the making and working ~
rail roads is no new thing
1--WE should be glad to learn, from some Of On,
friends along the proposed route of this railroad a, L
rate the subscription for stock is advancing via.
in the Boston Courier, month or two since e.nS
upon Vermont TO come up to the scratch ana 81, 20
example of enterprise and liberality Bratcboro ~
some other towns have responded to this cali III
promptness and efiicency and were in homes "a ~
able by this time to record, that all the towns yL;s
have an interest in the completion Of this imno,,"
work. in either State. had come forward with Inc en
ana Lctl winch uo.h requires and usti
es The propretors Of tie Fitchburg road have show
what be accomplished when people are in earnest,
and they arc reaping the reward of their pubIs
spirit in the enhanced value Of their property and H.
HIGH credit Of their stock. The Fitchburp Compsns
affords striking and instructive illustration of The X
feet Of decided and energetic measures as contra,d
with those of lnggard and hestating character in ~
curing public confidence, and by that means the uee,..
sary for any undertaking. disposition "a
help those who manifest readiness to help 6emsev,.
is universal trait of human nature. The farmcn an{
business men, on the line of the Fitchburq road ,oos
their enterprise into their own hands and the con,s
quence has been that their stock is already in demsnd
az premium, before the work is finished ., 49,
community feel the security that the continu,,io
of that road 10 Vermont will be completed with canal
energy and despatch, and equal emulation for invs,
mcnt in its stock may be depended upon IL should h.
remembered, that the present is golden period fo
such purposes when the aspect both Of public and M
vate affairs, is promising and the disposition to inyes,;
gate and appreciate the merits of enterprise is pomn
ted and sustained by the ability Cooperate in m nrr
motion. II is time TO be moving, actively and vro,
ously. There is power that can level moun,aiu,
raise valleys, bridge rivers, and unite purue-s,ripy,
"just easy''-as President will be elected nest
fall and that is ENTHUSIASM. Let the friends Of an
undertaking keep their zeal at the right temperature
and all the cold water that is thrown upon will fash
into steam and only make them 20 ahead the faster
We venture to apply to this subject quotation from
/ the political textbooks Of the day "ORGANIzE! call
meetings in every town, every school district ever
parish let each patriotic citizen put his hand 70
/ the work, and it win be accomplished"