Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-12-14


T lis t.mey stoppage prevented the
daniel Webster rom reaching Cana
da with her Fenian magazines, and we
rejoiced in the remedy. With this
bridge at Ruuse's Point in the hands
of a friendly corporation, I should fee.
perfectly safe to remain with my regi-
ment at s.. Johns, for an indefinite
number of years.
To make impcsibilities doubly sure,
the ice has come to the rescue and has
cut off all communication by water with
the States. The elements otherwise
favor us, ard the Fenians must have
| ing since abandoned their project of
making us visit overland. TIL cars
from ST. Alba $ must necessarily pass
"Pete Smiths" before they can reach
St.Johns, and the Canadian government
understands full we'll, judging from past
experience, that the Fenians would be
unable to reach us through that avenue,
and number of weeks since concluded
that our regiment was not needed in the
service. 1t behooves the New Domin-
ion to practice rigid economy, rs our
National debt already greatly exceeds
that of the United 5tatesin proportion TO
our resources and ability to pay up, and
there are always to be found, politicians
who will readily seize hold ofany hobby
to make themselves conspicuous; and
they have found it in economy, 1t soon
began to be whispered around that we
were to be mustere out of the service.
1t was elaine that the soldiers were
living too easily ald that they ate too
much, and with the short crops, and
short straw, our muster out became inn
perative.
Nothing could prevent this calamity
Detailing the regiment except Fenian
move from the States which seemed inn
probable Having been to st. Adams
once on q private expedition, the quar-
ter-master was selected by the officers of
the regiment to proceed to Philadel rhia
to attend the Fenian Congress there and
ascertain if possible, whether the Fe-
mans contemplated movement, and if
there was any doubts about it, to help
the thing along. Laying aside my uni
form for the first time since Joined tn }
service, I borrowed q sufficient sum of
money from the parent of a family that
1 had become interested in, and hurried
OH to Philadelphia. My trip was fruit
less, as the Fenian Congress had adj
journed few days before my arrival
and T Vvyoc r,nollo fn nd 81 ,sr1o VI
nian, though suppose the city was full
of them.
Upon my return via st. Adams
came across the Daily Transcript VIII .ch
contained the following item.
WATER POWER SURvEY.-The late
legislature provided for water power
survey of the State. 1t voted to have
three thousand reports printed. In st.
Adams, the Surveyors will look after a
site for paper mill.
my past experience IN enueav )rIngth
find the water power myself, came vi
) wildly to mind The train did not make
connections, and in my perambulations
over the ground knew so well, dis
covered that a number of good looking
buildings had been erected upon the
stream just west of the depot. Sure
enough, I thought, your State Parlia-
ment hid surmounted the difficulties
through their Surveyors, and had found
it. was ready to acknowledge the
corn" and to believe in the wisdom of
the State, which had during my absence
been able to discover the site which had
troubled me SC much to find, and that
the paper mill company had improved
upon the discovery, and had built pa
permill thereon Immediately afterwards
Thither went to satisfy myself o. my
former stupidity, and was kindly re-
ceived by the labOring men of the es-
Enlistment, but saw at glance, as one
Of the men was pitching coal into an
oven hotter than tenplaces of torment,
that it was not paper mill. To excuse
myself, asked one Of the laborers if the
paper mill had been erected during the
past summer, and his face grew pale
With rage as he replied, "any fool ought
to know that it was not a paper mill ;"
He said that all the paper mill he knew
anything about in town was a carboniz-
er, which one of the newspapers was
running in opposition to the gas works.
Why should your State Parliament
attempt to galvanize the fraud, in its
first charter of the mill, by presumirg
to send out surveyors to find the spot.
was informed that one of the village
papers had confidence in the undertak.
ing yet, and was oppos d to the loca-
ton of the gas works where the build
iags now stand, and is running the car