Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-22
From, the Manchester Mirror.
The Chronicles of the Times

The Feast Of the Husbandmen-Thcy
wait for the Return of the Messengers
from the Province of the Quakers-A
great Strife rageth concerning who shall
be Chief Ruler
And it came to pass in these days that
the Province of the Green Mountains
laughed with the harvest of the husband
man and was glad with the fairness of his
fiocks and the fullness of his barns,
.. And peace and plenty were abroad
in that land covering it as with gar
ment, from the Strawberry Bank by the
sea unto Coos which is over against the
Province of the kennueks
5. Wherefore proclamation went forth
unto all the people saying, Bring ye Of
your fruits and your focks and your
handiwork, up to the cities and chief
places.
4. That it may be seen and known of
men, where fatness most aboundeth and
where the skill of cunning men and wo-
men most ohtaineth.
5. And the people went up even as
they were desired, bearing of their in
crease.
6. SO that the inns and houses of the
cities would scarce contain them all, for
their name was Legion.
z But when the feasts of the hus-
bandmen were ended, the people re-
turned with one accord unto their homes
s. Waiting to see what reports should
come from the Quaker Province which is
over againt Jarsee, and from the Buckeye
/ Dro,-,,oo ,t.l;Il ,irl lnrSre 4
lands, and from the home of the Hoosier,
which is INDIANA.
| 8. For the Tammaneeites had sent
messengers unto these provinces. even a'
they did unto the Pine Tree Province
| 10. If peradventure they might seduce
them to the following after Seemorc the
Rioter, and Jeph the Repudiator.
/ II. And they went forth clad iii tn,
armor Of desperation, and bound roun(
about with a girdle of despair bearing
much scrip, and Astounding in soft words
70 And they wrought diligently ii
season and out of season, sparing neither
pains nor scrip nor lies nor soft words.
10. For these provinces were very
great, and much people lived therein, st
that they had much to say concerning thu
Chief Ruler, and as their voice, SO wa!
the voice of the nation.
Il IA. Wherefore, the Dimmicrnts said
one to another, Except the Buckeyes ant
the Hoosiers, with the Quakers also, shall
hear us and believe our report, we shall
all likewise perish.
10. For verify the other province
. which be not rebels have declared agains
us, and will have none of Us, neiH .er Il
nor our doctaines
Is. Wherefore it becometh US to strive
| Is man striveth for his life, lest these to-
cast us off.
/ II. And there be neither power, no
, offerings, nor plottings left unto us
neither concubines for our comfort, no
whisky for our thirst, nor clothes for on
nakedness, except we pay for them VIII
scrip.
IS. And they strove.
10. But the Republicans also reasoned
, one with another, saying,
{ 90. 1t only lacketh that these province
{ should stand by us, that these fellow
which be called Dimmicrats go straight
way and hang themselves, even as dit
that Dimmicrat of old.
!, 81. Therefore let US strive that tn,
, world be rid Of them now and forever.
%. And they strove.
. 90. Wherefore the fight was fierc,
and commotion was great in all that coun
try.
/ "a. And the people of the Province o
/ the Green Mountains, waited watching a
. it is written.