Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-01-29
THE FIRST GgN!
HYDE PARK SITS THE TOWNS rs THE VALLEY
NOBLE EXAMPLE
Great enthusiasm for tbs Rail Road
$4,000 VOTED.

S0O,U0O VOTED.
| Ia response to the call of the selectmeI
of'Hyde Park. the Freemen Of this towr
smblol at town hall, on Saturday last
to consider the proposition for accepting
the act entitled the Enabling Act" ant
TO- discuss the propositions bearing upor
the subject generally. The meeting wa'
orga nized by the choice of Col E B. Saw
yer as moderator. who Immediately bro't
it into working ord r. Hon. Waldo
Brigham was then called upon to addres.
the meeting and responded in a speech
of in hour, ably and clearly setting forth
the plan of the st-project, aud the pro-
spects of its success. and calling upon the
frcemen of the town to take advantage of
the present opportunity to place them
selves in the position of a most prosper
Gus aud thrifty community. The senera-
Bile Joseph Hadley and Joseph n. Heath
followed, and although they said they
we're opposing the proposition the crowd
seemed to understand them the other way,
and must have weighed their remarks in
its favor. Heath said the owners of wild
lands which had been in the market at
three dollars per acre, had now. upon the
very remote prospect of Railroad. adj
vanced the price to 20 dollars per acre
with perfect impunityl" And seemed to
think sill the time that he was opposing
therosd There are twenty. three thou
sand and forty acres of land in Hyde
Park. which, if advanced in value at
Heath's rate. would make us very rich (!
Even two dollars advance on the acre
would nearly pay our $4,000.
But to proceed with our report. Heath
seemed to held his grit, bat before the
vote was taken, Uncle Joe" proclaimed
with cloud voice" that he was for the
Road. amid the uproarious applause of
the meeting, Messrs. Crane, Small
Noyes. Spaidiug and your servant were
called upon in turn, and all earnestly, |
and with such peponal exception rs
should make) ably advocated the
The opposition we're frequently
called upon to come forward and STATE
their objections, but seemed to conclude
that their speaking was not to be trusted,
Heath and Uncle Joe" had wrought so
badly. After full opportunity for dis.
,ussion the question was put upon the &C
,eptsnce of the act, and laundering and
overwhelming "aye" was the result
When the chairman said, "tho ayes op-
,sdr to'have it," the old Town Hall
hook again. When the question of
'htt1 much shall we give" was reached
! motion was made to name ten Thousand
IS the sum, but it was not seconded
Fifty thousand was then named aad re.
'cived an immediate second, and was car.
led by the same overwhelming vste.
Hon. L. II. .Noyes. Hon. R S. Page and
!. f. Allen, Esq, were nominated for
and elected with bat enc
dissenting vote.
Great enthusiasm prevailed among the
riends of the Road, and VIC have never
cen opposition fairly wither under dis
uSsion as it did upon the occasion of
bis meeting A few noisy fellows seemed :
o be riding high horses in the morning,
ut horse. and rider went down as if the
narrow had all left their bones before the
iscussion was half through. Even the
ppoeition seemed to be pleased with the I
esult. 70 be sure, this is only rpre)i-
linary action, but the indications are SO :,
lain that no one harbors a doubt as to
De result in this town And now that ,
ne work is 80 nobly commenced, we ex ;,
ect to see town after town falling rapidly i.
Ito line. The enthusiasm manifested +
ere had visible effect upon large r
umber OF eager spectators from the adjoin- 4,
lg towns. The result! seemed to please ;,
lem not less than ourselves. They had !.
cen led to expect different result from
lie clamor ola few noisy fellows, who
new nothing of the deep feeling and
.ttled purpose Of the intelligent and :.
fading men Of all parties in town. who G
'e and appreciate the immense advantag- 4
to accrue to this county from this ell y
rpyisc, and who intend 70 have it fail h
trough no neglect Of theirsii i
=-As the Rail Road excitement is cIc. .