The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-04-23

MiIu'eouTy, khuliahu way se'e'ai "o"'S
earlier than on the other route, and goes
six days each way, 10 q week so that the
MiddIebury people cannot consider the
Ripton route very valuable as a Bost0"
route. And, as | said before, it is SIX
miles nearer from Middlebury, through
Brandon, 10 Rochester, than from Brandon
10 Rochester, through Middlebury and,
or the score of preferences for an Eastern
Mail route, the comparative merits OF the
two routes must preponderate in our favor,
Another thing;-the people of East Mid
dlebury now have a daily Mail, each way,
whereas, by the old arrangement it was
called a tri-weekly. But, as the Mail
left Mlddlebury for Royallon on Friday
mornings before The other Mails were in.
all lha, came there on Fridays and Satur-
days, for East Middlebury, must lie over
till the next Mondays; so that the BUSH
ness men of this section must be better sup
piled now, than before. The Riplon
people (957)also have a Mai! three times a
week and by the new extension Of the
route IRON Middlesex 10 Hancock, four
miles farther, to Rochester, the Hancock
people are supplied. Mr. Hackeit, the
Inn Keepey Of Hancock, had some interest
in the RIpton route; as almost any man,
after crossing the mountain, from Middle
bury. would need refreshmentl Mr. Chip
man, of RIpton, being the Proprietor, or
nearly so, ofthe Ripton Turnpike, would
like all the toll he could get and Charles
L'nsley Esq. being a son-ln>Iaw of Mr.
Chapman, would very naturally help the
old gentleman what he could consistently,
by speaking a good word al the Post OF
fee Department; and do as much as 20
sign a petition for the establishment OF
this ancient Mai route!
AS an offset 10 these interests, I will
name a few things. According to the es'
innate OF one Of the principal business
men in this town, nearly ten thousand IONS
of various kinds of freight. carried from,
or brought TO, the towns of Brandon and
Putsford, are landed on the Lake shore
in Orwell. From this it may be inferred
that the aohole freig ht landed there nusl be
a much larger mount. Formerly, the
receivers Of merchandise landed there, for
the people in this section, could not ac-
quaint the owners, OF the arrivals, without
going 8 or 4 miles 10 deposite a letter in
The Post Office, or risk The chance of send
ing it by teams'ers. Orwell, with a high
err Grand list than MiddIebury, had only
a ri>weekly mail, (North and South
while MiddIebury had dailies from three
ways; a trisweekly-a semi-weekIy and
two weeklies, and, if the people at the
Lake. wished 10 send a letter to Putnam
or I~IcOnderOga, four miles distant, they
must carry 1t three miles and deposi, it in
the Post Office; send it by way Of Whites
hall, 40 miles,or go and do their Grand a.
Gloss The Lake. unless they CHANGED 10 find
a man going that way. In Brandon, in or
der to send by mail to Sudbury. which is
only six miles distant, the letter must 20
by MiddIebury, 81 miles, or by way of
Rutland and Castle,on, AZ miles and
we wished to send to Orwell, IL
the letter must go by Vergennes,
So miles. or by Whitehall 60 miles.
The foregoing are soms of the reasons [
.hiuk proper to urge in favor of the prefer
Of The new arrangement of Mail route
No. BAL, above the : ancient route. If
both can be had ! will engage not to COM.
plain.
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