Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-10-25

was elected Judge on MS OfoIIier
writes to the Newport Elk
press as follows:
Mr.. EDIToR-I have heard that the Barton cd
itor pronounces me swindler, wnlcD may nare
been caused by malice in his own heart. DC llia'
as it may, he complains that was t Tt1 irb
committee on carriage horses (true); Inat WIN
some other man (name not mentloned) put our
heads and horses togther; that our horses were |
under a course of training tor the OCCASION 1his
is not true. The horses were never hapnesSe ITO u
gether until the morning OF the Black River ar
7 never exchanged word with the owner OF the
horse before the fair relative to the horse, neither
did sell my horse to jackson Tor the time not
word passed between us relative TO sale OF any
form The way the horses happened to be put
together was this Jackson and my son got up
the team without my knowledge, he finding one
horse, my son the other; perhaps they thought !
well of the team If they did or did not, ala
not say an encouraging word 10 them altef my
son told me on the night previous what they were
going with Neither did l, as committee, say
anything in favor or against the team to my
friends Mr.. Paddock and Mr.. Hartman, except
to tell them there was team coming that own
ed one horse in and that | should not nave any
thing to say about it, that they might do as they
pleased, which l supposed they dld. mercy
told them the horses were never haTnessed togeth-
or before that morning. In relation to the great
So 90 never received a cent, never expected nor
Yours, &C., f. G. BABBITT.
Greensboro, Oct. II, 1867.
We publish Mr.. Rabbits communi-
cation because it is ever our custom
to give both sides Of story in any
personal matter where we are one OF
the parties. We wish also to give
Mr.. Rabbit the benefit of his own
testimony, if there is any benefit to
it. "Set a beggar upon a horse and
he will ride to the devil, " is an old pro-
verb which Mr.. Babbitt has proved a
modern truth, for his testimony in his
own behalf stamps him as more than
an ordinary scoundrel. He says he
had nothing to do with getting up the
team; his SON did that, and he admits
that his son told him what he was 60
ing to do; it appears that the Judge
did not object to his getting up the
team, neither did he as one of the
committee say anything against the
team or against granting the premium
to Jackson for a matched pair of h0r-
ses that he knew had no more business
with a premium than span in the
Sandwich Islands; he merely said to
the rest of the committee, there is a
team coming that | own one horse in,
&C., then laid back upon his dignity
and allowed the swindle to 90 on
when he was bound by every principle
of honor to prevent it. He was put
there to protect the infant society anC
= not to play the pickpocket. The truth
is our first statement was true in ev
cry essential particular, and Mr.. Bah
bitt knows it, and he knowing that tht
whole community believe it, turn
} states evidence and shirks the res
, possibility upon has oaon son. Upol
this point all we have to say is, if h
has got boy that will cut up such
nasty caper as the one in question
goes to show that the preceptS an
+, examples of his ilIuStrious dad hay
= not been OF the highest order. Nj
I Babbitt says he never has had the s.
We presume not. From our fu
knowledge Of the personal habits 0
!. Judge Rabbit We should feel warran
ed in taking him at his word. 1t pre-
y badly went to the bay-heeper!
le But the Newport Express has som
- thing to say, of course-thusly:
. We think you must have misunderstood Earle
. motive. That has become from constant use, /
IN only method of expressing his esteem and atft
ton for his friends. His abuse of you on
proves your character good, and that sometin
n Won were friendly to him, and perhaps did
you could to aid AMI encourage him. That is o
D. ly his way of repaying faVors.
IN We have seen many rum bio
J. som" proceed from the types of tt
- Express, but the above is a regult
boquet of them. Since the first intr
in. duction of that concern into Irasburg
sh by an association of rumies, to {
D. their dirty work (Which it did valiaI
, ly) and "run out the Standard" viii
70 it didn't quite do for obvious reason
RS 1t has never missed an occasion
We laud its early founders, so we are Il
eW surprised at this reward of mer
H. to one of its friends. "a fellow fe
-. ing makes one wondrous kind"
be really hope the public wont belle
di- what the Express says of US 1t do
ct- matter though, what it says; its c
eS' culation amt big enough to give us
~ very wide fame Camp is gone
Montpelier and left his partner
on blow his bellows and he has got
in attack of the #" blues" chronic {
% ease with him and hence he feels |
,no giving some one punch. alright
wn we love to please him and shall let
to Royal darling have his fun.
"Twinkle, twink,e-little STAR"
7lo BETTER.-Rev. VIM. A. Robins
nth has been quite unwell for several d
to; past, but is now so far recovered t
he has moved into the new parson;
VI on the corner of West and Pleas
roo streets, which has just been fms
o. by the congregational society.
BEARs.-While Mr.. VIM. L. Fl
ton ham of this village was passing IL
led. the woods near May Pond, on Mono
he saw young bear, or cub, in