Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-07
The Scare Crow.

rest OF mankind, writing an article
intended to annihilate the prospects of
the Rutland s. Woodstock Railroad Com
pany, and convince the majority of tax
payers of this town that they needed him
Dewey as their guardian, as theyahad no
brains or common sense of their own, and
that in twenty-four hours this terrible
and to him, protitable) missive was. to be
scattered broadcast at the door of every
house in Rutland. in pamphlet form.
On Saturday evening, January Cd, 1869
Ito be for ever memorable in the history OF
Rutland, as soon as darkness had covered
the face of the earth, n. p. Simons ESD
who, on Tuesday last, had voted in favor
OF bonding the town, was seen by the dim
rays from the street gas lamps, going from
door to door distributing gratuitously
Rutla nd and Burlington Railroad tracts.
That if true showed him (Simons) and
the 244 other citizens that voted with him
in the majority, to be the most perfect
knuveS, or the most consummate fools
THIS pamphlet that cannot bear the light
of day, and distributed thus under cover
of the night. is signed by the superintcnd-
ent, treasurer, and four other officers Of the
Rutland and Burlington Railroad, and
has been quite moneymaking concern
to the composer Of the .fctjon designed as
a scarecrow to brighten our people from
reliance on their own good Judgment, as
the author has had the paper, printing as
well as stretch of conscience and fllsif-
cation of facts, all paid for ty a corpora
ton that fought this same project in our
late Legislature, with determination
worthy of better cause.
/ do not, in this orticlc, intend u rcply
to the prepo-terdus absurditie- contained
in this tract Of eight pages distributed
on Saturday night, and designed for sun
day reading, but will merely say that
soDsc5ody is being cheated The boatmgn
is expected to look one way while he is
rowing TIE other, but those who look Tor
railroad to Woodstock, from those who
are rowing for "Gassett's Station" and
Claremont, Will look in vain ! w0uld,
further say that the history Of this pro-
jected Rutland X Woodstock Railroad is.
a yet unwritteu. and that your humble
servant is perfectly astonished and amazed
to perceive these SuJor3jHaG officers Of The
Rutland 4 burlington Railroad engaged
in issuing and distributing document
calculated to discourage the friends Of the
Rutland Il Woodstock Railroad, while
those, whose duty it is to obey, have been
consulted by Us, as President Of the Rut-
land 4 Woodstock Railroad Company in
every movement We have made, and WHO
has, in open town meeting, united with
Us, and the majority in the action thus
far taken in granting town aid for the
constructiQp ofthe Rutland y Wood ga.ck
Road kncswi to all to Be a corporate y
chartered to pass through the towns If
Mendon, Chittenden Pitt-fcld. aharlurrc
and Bridgewatcr
/ do not blamc Mr.. Dew " tor %rl,u-z'
Tor pay, but whom he undertakes tn dra-
in the .Ho5~ick Tunnel to couiuars, with.
a short rock, out in Pitt~tiold, that Will
not cost one fifth the amount OF the Mount
Holly cut, he makes himself and LieI
sunday tract appear ridiculous Ii Mr.
Dewey theory is correct, it places TIN
people 81 Montpelier ~ in lack Of common
sense, a. in town meeting a>ssrnblea.that
town has unanimously consented 10 yot,
eight times their grand list in aid ot "a
line from Portland to the West which is
72.rnilcs greater distance than thtt VIA
Woods 'oak and Rutland
IN conclusion. allow me to say Ia thr
true and real friends OF the Portland and
Rutland Rail Road. That the
pamphlet in quest on Ought TO. nerve
every oneo to. do their whole duty,
As they can now behold the machinatiou~
and tactics OF our entmiesswho could not
meet Us in open town meeting, and whose
opposition i founded on thes~t4n. that
eref Mfy betieee that one million FIVE hun
bred thousand dollars can be raised t.ls
this road, far did they think othcrwsee.
they know that the projecl Is faiIurs
and no money can be called for from any
source ..
As to the question ii bonding the.
towns, is it not applicable to the Head
vlllc route,or ,ohy did our able represent
tatiyc of this town Col. Proctor haze to-.
1oarai{ing'Y contend against an enabling
act Iondiur the town Of Rutland tur that.
route
Our neighbor Dewey is reckoning com
pound interest, while ~ uHyc>t .r1"-|
ec1 0sc9mul1t,& until the bond. aye
issued and then they are paid yearly
as they become due; and the f4ot>th.,t
every individual in town viii be ten taid+
benefited, has not entered into his c.l-
culation Us he has not been p1iI f3re
stating this fact Governor PaSo, the
trustee and manager of the Rutland and
Burlington Railroad, we have every reI-
son to believe is the consistent and trirr
friend Of the Woodstock railroad, who rs
governor approved of the enabling act
giving the friends Of this road a prefer
ence over the HealdYllc road 81 TWO
years, should they in this time cxpend
$4,000 in the construction of the road.
! In conclusion Mr. HERALD, we thank You
| for the space political opponent occu-
pies in your daily issues, and would say
that should Dewey's Sunday tract lie in
strumental in defeating a project that
our citizens know to be for the interest Of
. the town, we shall Of course submit to it,
but the responsibility will be not on us,
but on those who are opposed to the views
of Governor Page and your humble ser
want on this subject. JONI CAIN.
SHIPMENT OF BUrTER AND CHEESE.
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