Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-12-08

Our train ran into the County Couf
last week, in consequence Of the careless
ness Of a switchman, by reason of which
it did not reach you on time. No live
were lost. All damages have now beer
repaired, and the train may be expected
regularly.
We are sorry to notice that somebod.
over in St. Adams is displeased with thu
management Of our humble road. Well
somebody has got to grumble, Of course
1t will take the good people over there
good while to do as much grumbling a
we have heard about the management o
the Central concern, in which they are -
largely interested over in St. Adams
The occasion of some bitter complain il
. the St. Adams Messenger against the man
agement of the Lamoille Valley Road, i
that the delegation in the Legislature from
Lamoille County, had the folly to vote tt
exclude st. Adams from the right to raist
money to aid in the construction
of our road Did the article stor
with complaints, we would conccdt
that it might have been written by some
person friendly to the Lamoille Valley
Rail Road, who really felt aggrieved be
cause he had been deprived of the priv
lege of doing it benefit; but as it plain
ly holds out threat, and while pretend
ing to lament our folly, really makes toe
visible the cloven foot of the adversary
by putting into the foreground Of the ar
ticle all the arguments against the road
which could be adduced, we do not SC
accept it.
Now, although when we heard that
St. Adams wished to get an enabling act,
to assist in our enterprise, we could see
no objection to assisting them to do SO, We
still can see no wrong in the action of our
members in voting against the measure,
Indeed, we believe there was no jealousy
towards st. Adams, on the part of any
member from Lamoille, and their inclina.
lions, we believe, were to vote for the
measure. But, we were already commit
ted to the Sheldon route and Swanton ter
minus, because St. Adams last year turn
ed the cold shoulder to us, and Cambridge
had placed huge impeachment in the way
4 of that route. There was no jealousy
here. If there were any jealousies in the
case, they came from people who live
nearer St. Adams and know it better THAI
the people Of the Lamoille Valley do
The friends OF the road in that part o.
franklin County who have labored for the
road, and really have their hearts set up,
on its completion, did not wish their
friends in luamoille County, to enter into
any negotiations with St. Adams. The
simple yeomcn of Lamoille are single
hearted and in earnest about their work
and disposed to have but one mistress al
time. Being at present engaged tc
Fairfield, Sheldon and Swanton, they dc
not propose to hirt nor hob-nob with St
Adams, at least against the wishes o.
their accepted friends in those towns, Of
whom there is no doubt about the genuine.
ness of their friendship. Now, by every
rule of honesty and fair dealing, we car
not see why our delegation did not act
wisely and we'll. We can not see how
they have laid themselves open to the
charge of stupidity, folly or narrow-mind
edness. We do not believe that the Mes
senger articles are written by any friend
of the Lamoille Valley Rail Road-by
any one who really has its best interest al
heart. We can easily believe that they
are written by some one who would soon.
er vote to assess st. Adams to build the
road to Georgia or St. Adams than have
it 90 to Swanton; but at the same time
who would rather see the road fail entire.
| ly than to have it built at all. Now, as
we look upon the matter, we have but one
course to pursue We must bend all our
energies for the success of the route tc
Swanton, to which we are honorably
committed, as long as the people on that
route assist as they are now doing. This
was the precise course pursued by St.
bloomsbury towards us. As long as they
stood engaged to Montpelier, we could not
negotiate with them. Such duplicity
would have been dishonorable and given
US but little confidence in the men who
could have practiccd it. As we need all
our strength concentrated upon single
route, it will not do to scatter our forces.
We say, then, put on full steam for Swan
ton, and not blow the whistle to "break
up" until we see real danger ahead