Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-07-06
TNc Ucchdoic ia Troa6ic,
EpIroBs TRANSCRIPT:

Johns again, at my old home once more.
| have been mislcd and grossly deceived ,
in that paper mill business, which was
my only object in going to st. Albans.
I had but little money in my pocket .
upon my arrival at your place, and soon .
learned that I had better be anywhere /
else than in st. Adams without money. /
| think my explanations to YOU may /
not have been satisfactory, ut any rate
| received no assistance from YOU in
any shape, in obtaining job. Vet feel .
ing under obligations to YOU for not en- !
couIaging the mob to annihilate me,
will write you concerning my where
abouts.
soon learned that 1t. Adams was
fun OF resident Fcnians besides great
many were there from abroad who were
looking around to see what they could
discover. | was told by an intelligent
Kannuck whose services ] obtained with
hi, horse and grave-cart to take me TO
the mill site, that was suspected by
thc Fcnians of being Il spy, notwith-
Standing my free and full declarations
to You to the contrary. Prudence there
fore and economy directed me to en-
ploy my friend the KannuclS, besides
he told me that he knew exactly where
the paper mill site was located. | placed
implicit confidence in his prctcnsions
and we started. Az we were travelling
through the principal streets of the
! ,,N-pul1Anp1 n trfp of small hive
at one of the street corners say that we
were the pioneers of the KinneWinC-
hawnians. What that meant | didn't
know, but they did not harm Us. My
friend drove me around Il full half day
but failed to find the mill site and water
power. | began to think there was
some mistake in the Legislature in char
tering the mill or that my guide was
unsound, but at length in passing
through England street he halted upon
the bridge. Pointing to a dilapdatcd
old building just above he exclaimed
"there it is" l replied that this could
| not be so, although this was the first
signs of a water power that | had seen.
The stream although apparently never
but small rivulet even in a frcshet,
was completely dried up, and the build
ing had been abandoned and the wheels
gone to decay many years ago. He as
sured me that it was a very dry time,
which would account for the absence of
water. l informed him that paid my
| money and should not be dictated much.
! \Nn In oI ellrynxnl thn vNocf !, nd
South parts of the town and had at last
discovered a sign. We followed as best
we could its traces to the lake and found
the first running water emptying into
it from the Sewer at the Railroad depot
| made up my mind that | was sold, but
my guide still encouraged me. Upon
reaching the lake he told me what by
this time ! had discovered, that we had
traced the largest stream in town to the
lake. But said he, do not be discouraged
the plan l will now reveal to you. Here
is very great abundance of water in
the lake as you see, and an artificial
water-pOwer is to be obtained in this
manner. powerful steam engine is to
be purchased in New York and will
pump the water back into q reservoir
upon yonder hill. The paper mill will
be erected at the foot of the hill and the
water power so obtained will turn the
Mill. Though he endeavored long to
impress me with the practicability of
the theory, | could not believe in its
value. Really, it did seem to me that
it would require the same power to ele-
Vate the water to the reservoir as would
be obtained upon its return, to say moth
ing of the friction of the Machinery and
the water in the pipes to be overcome
in the operation.
was disguised as you may well be-
lleve-returned to the village and paid
paid my driver his wages. l had been
greatly wronged and saw no relief from
my pressing wants and my fast van
ishing funds. Could | expect anything
better in the future? | find less fault
with my Kannuck driver, as he was
very obliging for the 81 so | paid him,
but he too deceived me. He might have
told me the truth from the start, that
there was no water-power in st. Adams
and that the whole paper mill affair
was hoax. Thus it Is, even your State
! Parliament encourages such base
fraud. While | was considering the
uncertainty of all things in st. Adams,
received letter from a friend that
had left behind in st. Johns, that new
regiment was forming to resist the an
ticipated Fenian invasion. Having
kept an eye open for my welfare in my
! Dhgan9n ho inf, 4.