Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07
Do Not Dal!y-0ne More Rally.
Only $1,000 More !

, The Railroad Meeting on Saturday
: was well attended, the hall being
crowded, and the effect of it is such as
to'give us more hope of railroad. The
meeting was called to order by J. H
Murdock. Lorenzo Richmond was
elected chairman, and r. A. Perkins
Secretary. Then full discussion en-
sued; DR.. Randall taking the lead
He hit right and left, but the Direct
ors were his main object. The large
audience sat gazing, like Joshua's
Moon in Ajalon. He was followed by
Mr.. Middleton in the same strain. AT
this crisis of the meeting, other speak
ers, among them some Of the direct
ors, explained matters, and the DR.. and
and Mr.. Middleton were among the first
to subscribe to the $4,000 wanted to
complete the road. After this, things
took amore favorable turn, and the sub
scriptions at the meeting amounted to
the cheerful total of $9,400. There was
subscribed before that time, about $50,
600. Conditional subscription made,
which it is safe to reckon on, $1,000,
Total, $64,OOO.
This leaves deficit of $1,000,
which it is now our whole care to
make up, and which will have to come
mainly in small pieces.
This is a great burden, and at this
time, when the rich men-the manu-
factmers ofthe valley-agree to ''stand
by each other" to defeat the project, it
weighs down like the pack on Bun
yans sinner; and, unless every young,
enterprising man in the valley rallies
next Saturday at halfpast one o'clock,
at the Town Hall, and puts his hand
to the pack, and let old fogyism go to
the dogs, we are swamped.
The depreciation Of property in the
valley, and in this village particularly,
and the emigration therefrom, the past
year, ought to spur every man who
owns a dollar in real estate, or any
thing else, to come forward and help
to give us modern communication
with the outer world, so that we may
be able to earn our bread and butter
here, and help pay rent and taxes /;
and thereby maintain an equilibra-
ton with other towns of this size i'll
the State. While many Of our Cit
zens have half what they are worth in
this enterprise-several of them among
the directors yet, there are many,
equal sharers in the benefits to be de-
rived from a road, who have not paid
a dollar. Why is this thus
1t is useless to write to any length
on this subject: every man under
stands it, every man knows his duty
as citizen, every man knows our
need, every man knows it is Of no use
to talk about what is lost, every man
knows we want a road, every man is
requested and urged to do his level
best next Saturday, and cast off this
pack of $1,000 Don't say "there is
time enough to morrow, and tO-mor-
row, and tomorrow" there is not /;
there is only three weeks to redeem
us in; to-day is the time and next
Saturday is final,
A word in regard to the bonds.
They afford perfectly safe invest
ment. They are guaranteed at 7 per-
cent. semi annual interest for ten years.
And when the $4,000 is taken, the
road and interest is guaranteed to you
by the Vermont Central and Northern
New Hampshire road, who build,
equip, and run the road for that time /;
and if there is anything left after this,
the outstanding debts of the road,
now, will be paid. Nothing can be
safer than these bonds.