Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-16


lington writes the following gentlemanly letter
to Col. Levi Boutwell,, of the Pavilion, in the
p" Metropolitan village:
BURLINGTON, Dec 7, 1858.
SIR Il never notice the poor fool Of the Free
man, and never shall. But he could have got
the material for the blackguard article enclose
only from you, and | wish to say that hold you
responsible for it, and you are, therefore, under
the circumstances, rather smaller backguard
than he is
Mr. Palmer will tell you on what terms l was
guest of your hOspitable house, and tell you
that ! am ready to pay your bill, the moment it
is presented.
begin to understand Montpelier, md its tao
tics. Yours, &C.,
D. W. c. CLARKE.
Mr.. Boutwell,,
Pavilion, Montpelier.
That this Clarke " never notices the Freeman,
and never shall -" is given the lie from his con-
tinued and oft-repeated attacks upon the new
Freeman Building and our humble sheet with
in the past few weeks, and the following adver-
tisement, (for which VIC are much obliged, J
copied from the Times of the 9th, two days af-
ter he wrote the above letter
NorIcE.-Any of our subscribers wishing
the Atlantic Monthly, Knickerbocker, Cooley 4
Ladies Book, or Harper" can have either Of
them and the freeman mailed to their address
for so per year, strictly in advance.
The foregoing is quoted from the Montpelier
Freeman. We very seldom honor our columns
with extracts from that erudite sheet, but this
morsel is especially attractive. The regular
price of this Atlantic Monthly, Knickerbocker
Godey's Ladys Book, or Harper and thu
Freeman, amount to $4 so per year. Deduct
ing one dollar for the disadvantage of having
the Freeman tackled on, looks liberal, but il
isn't, after all. The Freeman is good dea
more than 90 damage to the lot"
Besides there is slight inconsistency in hi
noticing Z" u. smaller blackguard."
The article which the Times editor encloses t.
the Colonel, was the one which appeared in tn
Freeman last week, headed "Spunky." As t
our getting d" the material for the blackguar
article - from the Colonel, or any one about hi
house, it is false We had never exchanges
words with any one upon the subject; bu
knowing the general reputation of the Time
editor, We had no hesitation in saying that
had not footed his grog bills. We are, there
fore, alone responsible for the assertion whic
we now learn to be true The terms on whic
the editor of the Times became guest at tn
Pavilion were the same as all persons becom
guests ofhouses furnished in the best style for tn
accommodation of the public: that of homo
ably paying their bills when they depart, onl
that this quondam editor begged the privilee
of his paper being allowed to lay upon the tt
BILE in the reading room, at an expense of $4 q
per year, which was granted-(a favor, by tt
way, which that editor ought to pay more f
than for the trouble of having himself around
The amount of that editors, bill we ha,
learned, is about $40, respectable sum surel
and one which will no doubt be thankfully r
ceived by Col. Boutwell, !; at least if he, as OF
of the citizens, is to build the State House.
are glad the Times begins to understand the ia
tics Of the Metropolitan village Surely, Mon
pelicr begins to understand the tactics Of t
Lake " City"