The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-11

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coala call nsncs bat Il }. ngi NECESSARY.
yoa koow ~ho they wen, yoaa ar all scQaan.
ted 9TH each oihcr shall look back
uron ssine 81 those q mes With the greatest
saiisfAcuoa
rrcolicc, ,hc drs, d'y ever came 70
Vcrmou,,j vas July 2sih ISL Thrrc have
bccn changes since then. Some uho were
with us then arr not 81 oar uu1hcf nov.
| scetwo or three Of them here tonight.
ava glad ie SOC then hope w shalt moe,
ohrn. | remember the firs, day came 10
Rutland. did no, know that there vas
person in iowa that had ever seen, but
When | len the car and stepped upon the
platform found an acquaintance. he was
en- old Que, We hsd been together before.
All Of you have known him. yes, you have
known him well YOU have known him 10
love aud respect him, you have al known
hts mirih and good nature, you have known
him as a companion. as nm adviser, as an
honest, true aud faithful friend. When !
len for the West he was here, met him
bu, few DAYS before. expected to have
seen him again, a. ] did all Of yon. but !
have not. was was mistaken, he has
gone, gone whore all ofus must 60 Should
il not serve as n lesson 20 all Of Us? 9th
crs have been taken from our number, but
probably no one so generally known a.
"SrARLs.' Asyet no passenger has been
killed on tbs Rutland & Burlington Raul
Road, no accident to n passenger which
caused death. II Is remarkable. Daring
the early part Of my connection with the
road, while II was being constructed. we
were obliged to run many trains, All went
safe, you are entitled 10 great credit for it.
For the regularity with which the trains
have run. you are entitled to praise.
Strife against your fellows is almost a
stranger here. There may have been now
and then an isolated case. The final re-
suit to anybody who tries to underrate or
undermine hls fellow should teach a lesson.
Nobody ever gained anything by using an
unguarded or ungentlemanly course. No
matter what you have TO do, be gentle
man. Everybody can be, no matter whether
n man has on black Broadcoth or blue
Oyerhauls, he can be a gentleman. But
need not talk to you about that, you
all understand 1t, your every day course
tells It.
To the heads of the different depart
ments, wonld tender my thanks. In case
of any accident Of an extraordinary nature
on the road, when might be absent, | al
ways felt safe. | had only to think that
White, Hitchcock, Liichfeld or Stimson
were there all would go right Ard in
the shops great energy in cases of an ex-
traordinary nature has always beea shown.
The "Gruff Whistle" might make It's call
and find that something had happened over
night that made it necessary for the men
to work all night in order that sold 81"
and Dennis, or Tiif' md "Nick" or
somebody else could get out on time. No
matter what the case was, it was sure to be
done. look back upon these things with
great satisfaction. The promptness and
good will with which my rules and regula-
tons have been regarded, feel indebted
to you for (; but these are things that are
past. am not one of your number now,
my part is through. Although have left
you, ] shall not forget you, no never.
have the names of all of you, and expect
that when ! am absent, away from you,
and shall refer u these names so familiar
to me, it will bling TO mind many pleasant
incident. Yet am sad. can't help it.
| shall always think of you. shall always
be happy to hear from you, yes always. No
matter where | am bear this in mind,
don't forget that let me be where may,
shall always be happy to see you, and to
hear from you. want to because take an
interest in your welfare. Do for the corpo-
ration in time to come as well az YOU have
in times past. Do for the managers Of the
Road as well AS you have since my connec-
ton with 1t, and will tell you wha, they
will think ofyou; they will think of You
as do, they will knon you TO be true men.
Gentlemen ! thank you. Those simple words
do not half express my feelings, but as
have before said, they are all have at
command. thank you. wish yon all
Health, Happiness and Prosperity through
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