The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-01-08
The Graded School House.
When snail It be Built I?
How true is the proverb---

How true is the proverb---
4" Many one cuts rod for his own bask."
This folly is about TO be reproduced in
our midst, provided a sufficient quantity
of Incorporate zeal can be brought TO bear
TO carry over and plunge the already
heavily burdencd payers still deeper
in the miro.
"a wise man foresceth tho evil aud hideth him
self, the simPls pass on and sre punished -
The latter clause Of this scripture has
SO often been literally fulfilled before our
eyes that it would seem quite unnecessary
to eHcmc it; yet the farce is to come Oft
immediately it we are to judge by tho
temper Of those who clamor for the spec
tarle of a costly school structure, built
and put In operation at cost from SO to
50 per cent. over its true value, simply to
crafty an Incorporate haste--a haste
which is not only unwsrrantable but ab-
soIuely unjust.
Government is now retiring over four
millions Of currency monthly, and will no
doubt increase the retirement as fast as il
is deemed prudent.
That Il return to specie payment will
be gradually approached until finally
reached, is AS certain as that we are 10
maintain our character and credit among
civilized and commercial nations
10 rush ut once into the contemplated
enterprise, (Which in itself is most com.
mendable oneJ when provisions are at
starvation priccs-when every body bu.
spectators Uraders) have their hands full
TO keep body and soul togeiher-when
materials and labor have run up n stand.
ard Of prices shocking to contemplate.
when the dawn Of the morning which will
soon carry US to the high noon Of sound
specie basis, ia beginning to beam in at
our winIows--is TO say the mlde>t thing
possible) downright madness. Such a
course 'betrays great weakness, and an
utter and reckless disregard Of the true
principals Of economy, and can only be
accounted for in one OF the thrc. ways,
viz -
lst. Either the advocates of this hal.
have nothing beyond poll tax to pay;or,
II. They have most Of their propertv
invested in untaxed government securities;
CT,
81. They have some personal alvan-
th%e to seek" an axe to grind"
Let no man, or set Of men, deceive
themselves with the idea--that the pres
cnt staniard Of prices can long be main-
tanned. 1t is an unnatural state Of tllnyS,
and whoever builds on such foundation
builds on the trcachcrous sand. and will
be caught by IN ebb tile, and left hope
lessly in the mud and slime of dsappuin,-
mcni. We say in the language Of another:
II thou deniest it twenty times, thou lest
An will turn thy fasehoud to thy heart,
Where 1t was forged; with my rapicr point"
/ Whoever advocates haste in this mat
ter i. false iiiend-' which i. like q
shadow on the sun dial, appearing in
sunshine and vanishing in shat ie" Ho
who urges immediate liabilities in this
era OF inflated prices may be suspected
of San eye TO Office - and is probably in
the uneasy condition o. Hudibras' sword,
Which cut into itself, for lack
Oi something else TO hew and hack
We eIhort to patience and economy
and protest against haste and extrava-
( gancc.
Tax not yourselves heavily in build.
n", said our prudent Secretary Adams.
lest you t,til 10 conduct your school
gen, rously and nubly." Golden words
lhc,c--lct them be needed A philos-
optical writer remarks that "tiue is the
wl>est thing under heaven" A delay OF
year or two as circumstances NAV Justify
would wisely save US from SC, ere and
ual"F taxation. a prudent delay would
enable Us TO pay off in part or cn.rc, our
proportion of the $4,000 we now owe
Moderation and delay would enable us to
adjust our necks to the new yoke, anl
wear it with less chatting and CALLING
/ through all time, and find us better pre-.
pared TO support the school at an annual
cost Of some $4,000. We execrate haste
us suicidal and unjust. We commend
moderation and suitable delay as the
crown jewel in the whole scheme.
Iidrte will impose II tax Of some 400
per cent! a judicious delay will not
swell it beyond 2S0 per cent. Is it not
the part Of wisdom then, to wait Il little,
I'LL the barometer Of prices atiains to II
true and just standards
To the humble artisan, and toiling
farmer, and busy shopkeeper among u.,
who advocate hdste, we say iinally-therc
is in the case of the man who rafiled for
the elerhant, material aifording you
most salutary lesson.
10 the classical student-thc advocate
OF d'tte-we earnestly say,
" Il were well TO remember Milo's end,
Wodgod in that timber which he str. ve TO
renl.''
ECONoMr.