Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-05-11
Iamoille Newsdealer !:
Tuesday, May IL, 1869.
The Rail Road.

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We are sorry 10 aetire THAT some oil
our good Railroad friends are beginning
to lose their courage about our roaa''--
To such, and to all, we are authorized to
say that it is a causeless alarm Inc
,nrosnects of the road were never brighter.
Everything has thus far worked IN accord
.ance with the most sanguine expectations
of the friends, with the exception OF
.tbo action of the town of Johnson. The
action of Fairfield was anticipated and
.nrovided for. The action of johnson,
even if not changed, will not be fatal, al
though it is embarrassing; but We yet
hope the town will see its eva best good
In the adoption Of the same measures the
,other towns have adopted. Ii not, how
ever. the best must be made of the case,
weak hearted ones who have voted against
the change on the alleged ground OF fear
that VIC shall have no road after We had
been compelled to pay our iowa bonds
will before many days see cause to change
their minds. They will see tangible evil
deuces of progress which we have no
doubt will revive their dropping courage,
while you are reading this article, the
frienls-the present managers-are al
york and in earnest. We do not profess
to know all the secrets of the Managers
we do not ask to know then-but we DO
know enough to be able to give assurance
that the Lamoille Valley Railroad is not
dead-nor sleeping, even. We have nel-
sther jealousy nor distrust of the managers.
we occupy but a subordinate position, and
trust to our duly appointed commanders
while they command. We are in pretty
good position for observation, and when
we discover any evidence of recrcanc7,
dangerous to the rights of the people III
sthis matter, we will sound long and loud
alarm. Do rot doubt it, we will blow
heavily. To this point we have seen no
cause for alarm nor discouragement. The
directors are all energeticallg working for
the consummation' this great work, and
we all owe them our confidence and sup
port. We ought not to feel jealous that
they keep their own counsel, when they
know that the good Of our cherished plans
absolutely demands it. The Senate OF
the United States calls upon the Presi-
dent for the communication of certain in
formation, always with the proyiso, that
such Communications would not be injuri-
in our army ever succeeded in any great
campaign, who allowed his plans to be de-
veloped prematurely. To the accomplish
ment of any great enterprise, a certain a.
mount of caution and roticence on the part OF
the conductors is absolutely necessary to
success; and we should vote the managerun-
wise who developed all his plans before his
ends had been accomplished. For this
reason we select men Of prudence and
Judgment superior to our own, and for the
time being place implicit confidence in
them. We do this in many relations in
life. We do it when we employ physi-
clan, q lawyer, or a skilled mechanic
Without this confidence in the skill and
discretion and ability in others to performs
work We are unable to do ourselves, we
could not transact the ordinary business
affairs of fife. How unreasonable it is,
then, to be vexed and and jealous with our
managers in this enterprise, because they
do not more hastily proclaim all which we
should be glad to know. In due time we
shall know all ami in the meantime we
are assured that the work is ''marchng
on"
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