Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20

YOU do wish to dispose Of them. But af-
ter all it does make difference with you
whether you can selllyour farm for &c..
600 or $4,000. You now have your OPP
ton which you will take; you have been
in state of probation, but there comes
time when probation is at an end You
have had life time of probation, but
now has come time when you must act
There are no pent1 road railways. There
is going to be railroad communication
drought this valley to the western shores
of Lake Champlain. This is the first
great object to be accomplished, eathe'
ON ice or aoithout ice. A description
was given of Sherman's great raid
through the South during the war, forag
ing Iupon the enemy for supplies, Sher'
mans bummers made clean work SO we
have got to go through you. We com
menced our raid at Whiting, then
marched on to Shorehan, swung aroune
the circle to Cornwall and have drifted
over into this town.
This road is coming The inexhaust
able tonnage Of the mountainsl on thu
west is to be brought forth and set il
motion, producing general thrift among
the people of these several communities
spanned by this link in great continent
al line. The laws of trade demand thi
opening, and by putting in this LITTLE
link of seventeen miles, you are going t.
develop the rich treasures of lumber, irol
and other minerals. In view of thes'
stimulating circumstances you will nerv
yourselves in accordance with your sur
roundings. This is no myth-it is 1
guaranteed success. During the war YOU
were in no fear of taxation. You mus
have a government. You raised tn
money and sent forth your boys, and
because they resembled their mothers
they were patriotic. You paid the take
and the legacy of government is left t.
you. While you may have to raise SOM
money during the construction OF thu
road remember that while you are paying
your taxes, you will have expended IL
your midst an immense amount of money
in the current expenses OF the construc
ton of roads which will benefit you. VIZ
have got to carry the gospel to the hea
then and I don't know but we have t.
bring a railroad to you. You only wan
what the man did who had perpetual
motion. He had constructed machine
complete in all its parts and embracing
all its principles, and it lacked only ont
thing, and that was the go. You only
lack the go. Why! this road will linl
you to the whole universal world of bust
ness. You will have, undoubtedly growl
ers in your midst about this matter; fo
if you have not got a growler in Bird
port your town ought to be carried to tn
next Worlds Fair. presume you havt
men, as every other community has, wh'
have been dead many years who are only
waiting to be buried. These men viii
oppose all progress. You will not have {
railroad without exertion on your part
there are competing lines. Old III.
with its historic associations, its minera
resources, and its water power, sufficient
for dozen Lowells is after you. Thu
line will succeed that is undergirded b,
gold and brains. Neither will you get i
unless you have an affection for it
There are only two things left for you tt
do, one is to get railroad, the other is t.
get ready to die. Equal inducement
should not satisfy you. Come down will
your mint drops, you must contribute t.
it of the garnered industry of life time
Bread for the starving millions of eartl
only awaits navigation and transporta
ton. He concluded by contrasting th'
present condition of Bridport as he saw
now and as he saw it thirty years ago
when he came on pilgrimage to thu
grave of his father in your cemetery. III,
feelingly described bis visit and the sac
memories that had been awakened thai
morning, in once more standing by the
graves of his ancestors, for the evidences
of decay and dilapidation were as visible
in their cemetery as in their other sur.
Col. Merrill was then called out. He
said he never had the pleasure of visiting
this town before, but the name of BLACK
II y I, hi
nected with Bridport as was Napoleon tt
France or Caesar to Rome. In looking
over your lands and in consideration o
the fame of your horses, if you only haC
q railroad it would be the best place TO
the location of the Vermont Horse Stocl
Company, chartered at the recent session
of the Legislature. Although his bust
ness was to run railroads, if he could Civ
them any impulse he should be glad
Governor Page has given you the stats
tics and cited you to the grand list of 81
Johnsbury, where I formerly resided
The results which seem so surprising wer
accomplished solely by the influence c
railroads. The people upon our northern
borders resolved to have railroad, an
are now building link in the Portlan
and Ogdensburg RAILROAD. They ar
contributing literally of their substanc
and exerting every nerve, and will ac
complish their purpose. Every one c
the towns on that line have bonded. Yo
are asked to get into this link, and surel
you will not lose this golden opportunity
He wanted them to take an interest, fo
he desired to see the lands of Addiso
county married to the markets of tn
world.
Hon. John Howe of Brandon, on bein
introduced, said he thought with all GU
appreciation of their advantages W
utterly failed to realize the benefits tina
railroads were to people. He remem
bered the first railroad opened in Me-
England and had kept watch of their e1
tension throughout the United State
and observed the mighty results that ha
flowed from them. He related the 81
perience of Mr.. Harnden establishing til
express business which had grown so ra,