The Republican journal., 1871-04-06
What the Trouble is.


The Prog. Age of last week, has the fol-
lowing
What is the trouble between the editor of the
Journal and EX-Mayor Hayford? All the past
season, they were as thick as hasty pudding.
We could scarcely look into the streets without
seeing the Mayor ID his carriage with the Jour
nal editor by his side. Alas. that the warmest
love should be the soonest cold. They no longer
ride together, and we can hardly take up copy
of the journal without seeing some unfavorable
alusion to the EX-Mayor. Last week, in CIV
ing account of the washout on the railroad the
Journal stated that Mr.. Hayford, the superin-
tendent, was at Brooks, close by, and instead of
going to see to it, took a hand car and came
home. This we call little hard on the superin-
tendent from what we hear. He was on the
road With all the section men he could muster
up to midnight, Tuesday, in the rain; up to
which time the large Washout had not occurred.
At daylight, Wednesday morning, no informa-
ton of the big washout having been received,
the force was divided at Brooks. the superin-
tendent taking one gang and coming towards
Belfast to repair damages, and Mr.. Mitchell, a
most energetic and competent man, taking the
other and going towards Burnham. The super
intendent and his crew after working nearly all
day. got to this city, late in the afternoon, he
having been in the meantime, quite severely
hurt by being struck with the lever Of the hand
car. Mr. Mitchell on reaching the washout re-
paired the damage with surprising promptness.
building a tressle work some 80 feet long and Is
high in some six or eight hours. 1t was one
of the smartest bridge building feats that we
have ever known. But for the unnecessary
fears of the engineer, the train might have been
brought in Wednesday evening.
Our first thought, on reading the above,
was to take no notice of it, further than
to say that we had no explanation to make
to the Age concerning our issues with
Others But information having come to
us in the most direct manner that the arti-
Gle copied above was inspired by Mr.. Hay
ford and made up from information furn-
ished by him personally, we cannot re-
! gard it otherwise than as his comments
upon our course AS such we shall reply
to it, There is a method of hunting called
stalking pursued in some countries where
game is difficult to approach. Concealing
himself behind mule, the hunter is en-
abled to get within striking distance, with
out being discovered. We have no idea
of allowing Mr.. Hayford to go cunning
after us by hiding behind the long cared
animal at the Age office. He must come
out of that, and shoot fair
Noticing the remarks as above quoted,
in the order in which they occur, we come
first to the assertion that the Mayor and
ourself were the past season "as thick as
hasty pudding" This is an embellish-
ment which the author of the article
furnishes, an illustration out of the
editors own head
Next we are charged with having ridden
in a carriage with the Mayor This allie
CATION has more substance than all the
rest Of the article-in fact, it is true. We
did ride frequently with the Mayor. We
were often requested to look at portions
Of the work as it progressed, and did 50
look and made notes thereof to print
When the Directors had business at differ
ent points, we often rode with the Mayor.
1t was pleasant to do so, for he has good
horses and carriages, and is a man who
can be entertaining in conversation We
were also frequently taken along the line
by Mr.. Wilson and by Col. Wildes, but
neither of these gentlemen has yet seen
fit to parade the fact in print. Whatever
services the Mayors horses have rendered
will doubtless be found in the bill on final
settlement. 1t will not be strange even if
the present services of the Age, so kim
bred to those rendered to Balaam of old,
shall be included. 1t ought to be paid,
and well paid
The next point made is that we no
longer ride with the Mayor. This also is
true. The road is finished, and when we
60 in that direction we get into the cars.
There is another reason, which is that we
noticed last fall that the Mayors carriages
were getting lop-sided After much
thoughtful consideration of the subject,
we discovered the cause. When the
vehicle was employed, as so often noticed
by the eagle-eyed observer of the Age,
it was loaded, on the opposite sides of its
seat thus
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