Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-08-30
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The Grand Trunk.

Last nirui happened to take up the autooiog-
pphy of John b Cough, aud turning over the last
pages OF tbe BOOK my eye fell upon these words
" In all my travel Tor twenty.six years ! never
was detained by any accident to steamboat or car
in which was travelling but once that was in
Canada, on the Grand Trunk. We had been
kept back two hours by freight train off the
track, and said to a fellow passenger, we have
many dolcntions on this road lie replied, . we
must praise the bridge that carries US safely over
was q little ycxcd and said, yes, but we are
not over yet At that instant ! felt jar, and
spriuging UP cried out, we are oil the track
and We were" Then followed an account Of one
Of those grand " smash-ups. 90 from which, that
we should get outaliye, seems owing to a miracle.
The whole may he found on pages 53G and 53T
Reading this, and more especially the remark
-" We must speak well Of the bridge that car
ric. us safely over" sharply reminded me that
the justice Of some remarks OF mine, in reference
to the same road, had been called in question by
one " b, 70 ia your paper "B must know
well that in the age that sees the Missouri, the
Mississippi the Dale Greek, bridged, that travels
across the Victoria and the Niagara bridges, and
the bridge at Cncinatu, bridge must do some.
thing more than carry one safely over itself to be
well spoken Of by one, If speaking the truth
plainly about anything is speaking ccH Of that
thing-a doctrine that hns my signature every
time. And in my original remarks, was
endeayoriug to put that doctrine into practice
The public demands of the road it patroni.es-
not only TO carry it safely, but cxpoditiousy, and
with elegant convenience and b., if be has
Travelled on any of the trunk railways Of our CON
the New York Central, the Pennsylvania
Central, the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne, the
Great Western, with which the Grand Trunk
invites compari-on-must know. that relatively.
this is just what the Grand Trunk does not Do.
WIN he for q moment claim that in what It doe.
Tor the convenience and safety the comfort and
ease OF the travelling public, it will compare
layomby with the Vermont Central. or with
either of the aforementioned roads, No be
cannot DO il or 10 he does, he cannot find ioun.
dation for his claim in fact u is the lion in the
way Of travel through Vermont and because /
would have as many Of my fellow creatures as
possible enjoy the matchless scenery OF our State.
and learn the lesson of life which its beautiful
farm and village houses. its wel-tiled fields can.
not fail to teacb-tbat do simnle msticc IA tho
Grand Trunk -using NOT n narticle NJ ,,bito,,o.l,
The lion is there he bns NOT been cot ont If tbo
way since the sth Of NAV. and no np,tin, If =
halLdozcn Pullman cors NOR tbo leyi,c ID !. c,,,.
rods of smooth. continuous rail bere and tbore
nor the presence of an English beesteak FIR
breakfast and dinner. will get him ont oc the
way. rode in the one and over the other and
should have eaten the bcel,teak and prob,bly
have pronounced 10 good. had not been tall
enough to look over the screen as came into the
dining hal, upon big. swarthy Enelisbman. in
the acto literally paving out the said beef
steak from the grease in which it was swimming
and ,till affirm. saw the lion. and saw he WINS
going to sit there until the whole in.tjtotion ,o,l
i ., now Jonort,r. +, nns,,.roi,Ia',, ,.'