Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

Why on Earth the powers that be, appointed
the annual autumnal muster to be held at
Montpelier ('!O-just think of it once! lis
more than we can dlsenignatize However we
suppose we shall see! Where they can find
fiat or dry land enough to accommodate the
Soldiery up there in that foggy, muddy noun
famous hole, is indeed puzzle, unless they
make land by filing in, as the Railroads do p
No military company at Montpelier, no band of
music no accommodations, no nothing and No
vember all the time. 1t is perfect shame, this
appointment is-and what is more, almost all
the Companies are G. mad " and dissatisfied with
it.-Burhngton Sentinel!
The above extremely lucid and amiable para
graph is no doubt an emanation from the young
er branch of the editorial department of the
Sentinel That individual was IN Montpelier at
the recent Douglas State Convention, and it is
barely possible the scenery didn look quite nat.
ural to him at that time 1t may be that he
saw the surrounding country, as through glass;
He found the roads and sidewalks rolling"
no doubt, land perhaps locomotion was uphill"
business. This will account for his remember
ing the land as g mountainous - The fog"
that he writes Of, we charitably conclude was
" all in his eye" And we can assure our readers,
positively, that there was no {" mud" but the
Sentinel editor was, we fear, little thick in his
gait
We beg the editor of the Sentinel as we did
one of the fraternity, last week, who was SINH
arly exercised, to take more cheerful view of
this Muster He is not to blame for thinking
that Burlington is the hub Of creation, but yet
if he would travel little he would find several
acres of tolerably smooth land outside of the
limits of that village Gen. Jackman at least
has succeeded in making such discovery, and
with few, and quite unimportant, exceptions
the " Soldiery" of the State approved of his
| judgment.
Through some apprehension that the Jun
ior " of the Sentinel would not otherwise shed
upon this town the light of his countenance, and
by his absence should cause the Muster to be
dead and miserable failure, arrangements are to be
made, we understand, by the authorities Of the
town to put at his service a " ten-acre lot" and
if before the Muster is finished, he should be-
come SO large and unwieldy that he cannot 60
through the ordinary and extraordinary evolu-
tious and maneuvers suggested by his excited
military genius, in so cireumscrbed field, the
fences will he taken down, and he will be al
lowed to spread out over the surrounding coun.
try. Both sides of the streets are to be kent
clear for his particular use, and the lower floor
of one of our hotels is to be set apart exclusive
y for him, that he may not be under the neces.
sity of going up stairs when fatigued He is
to have tent of such dimensions us please him.
and will be allowed to fix his own price for ad-
mission, if he desires to make show Of him.
SELF
After an offer of such favorable terms as
these, if he should determine not to come. and
should still wage war on the location. we think
we could manage to neutralize the effects of his
hostility by taking no further notice of him.