The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-04-30

fool and has spent S4O,OOO OF Govcrn-
mcnt money without knowing it,how does
that improvchis situation? A man is
held TO intend the natural and reasonable
result of all his acts, and. il 4 man spends
all his income and $4,000 more he can
claim no sympathy on the ground Of be-
ing a careless good follow. When ex-
trayaeance with other peoples money is
regarded in its true light in Vermont,
such crimes as the one Just exposed will
be less common. For a State with such
a reputation as Vermont we are surpris.
cd at the conduct Of her press in white
washing this knavery and making excuse
for the criminal. This is not the way to
treat a public offence, and the result Of
such a way of smoothing over crime will
not be beneficial to the public morals
Boston Herald.
BEATEN, But NOT CoNoUERED.-The
Prohibitonists of Rutland, VT, have
just had an encounter with the advocates
of free-rum under the guise of license.
For some time past earnest efforts have
been made in that place to have the law
enforced against the dram sellers, and a
petition, numerously signed by the women.
mothers, sisters, wives,--was sent to
the authorities, praying that it might be
done. At last finding that all their re-
monstrances were OF no effect, the friends
oftemperance made q fair issue, aud So
lected a ticket bearing the names of strict
nrahih;tiop;,to f,lly oon~;ttad 70 tbo no
%eeution of the law, which they put in the
field at their last municipal election.
Having thus unfurled their banner, they
rallied around it and made a brave fight,
Meetings were held, the weak ones were
strengthened and the timid encouraged.
The Rutland independent, an able news.
paper, by the way, manfully stood by
them, and did good work for prohibition.
They were beaten, however, for, as is
usually .be case, their enemies combined
against them, aud both Democrats and
rum.loving Republicans, forgetting their
old differences, united against prohibition
and carried the day. Although they
were defeated, We congratulate the friends
Of temperance in Rutland over the brave
fight they-haye made. 1t IL a good be-
ginning; let them perscvere. and again
rally their forces, to fight it on that same
line until they succeed.
Theirs was a glorious defeat; now let
them show their enemies that although
they have been beaten, they are not con-
quercd.-Daily NewS.
Accident on the Rutland Railroad.
At or about ten minutes to nine
o'clock Thursday evening a freight train,
consisting Of City cars, arrived at the
East Wallingford station from Bellows
Falls and, although the mixed train due
at Rutlnal $50 p. m, was over due, they
stopped to wood up, the rear cars extend
ing on and over the new just south of the
station. =.
Before the taking on of wood was
completed, the mixed train, made up Of
a caboose, a number of freight ears and a
passenger coach, drawn by the locomo-
tive "Otter Creek" Martin Ross, eugiu-
neer, with Josiah Boutelle as conductor,
came from the east, as an eye witness ex-
presses it, sat a pretty good rate of
speed" and ran into the rear end of the
freight train.
( 1t would seem that the engineer only
became aware Of his danger in time to
reverse his engine and give one signal for
brakes, when the collision occurred. The
fireman, whose name we have not ascer-
tained, jumped from the engine just as the
whistle sounded, but the engineer, Mar
tin Ross, nobly and hcroically stood at
his post and remained with his locomo.
tive and with it after and as the result
OF the collision went over and to the bot.
tom OF the embankment, a distance OIL
some fifteen or twenty feet.
The eaboose was demolished and sey.
cral cars thrown from the track. Sever.
al persons were slightly injured.
Delegates to Bellows Falls.
ST. JoHNsBURY-E G Reddipgton, F
A Walker and Asa I. French, as dele
gates.
Observation-Disclosures, Geo, W
Grandey, j. Fl. Lucia. Substitutes, Geo
r. Chapman, j. W. Ross.
FERRIsBuRoH-N. j. Allen and Johl
Bell, delegates. o. f. Stone and d. o
Noonan, substitutes.
BuRLINGToN-Lawrence Barnes, G
F. Ward, G. W. Woodhouse, Edward A
I.uott ~ q Do,od;ot n IT D;uol.u