Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-04

brake the Ice and git things rollln, an
i tell yu, guess nj onto awl creashun
came to fokuss. why, had no idee
thar was SO many foax this side ov the
big mud puddle! tina cum in from one
end ov the propozed rout to the luther, &
tina calm on biznis too. how the docs
tina got here IL morn no. for it was
colder'n greenland paek't in saw dust, &
the wind blu like all git out. now
kant tell nj awl that was dun at this
meetin, but spoze the secretary viii fur
nish yu with an onabriged edishun ov
the hole thing. There were sevral deck
limashuns maid by distinguish indi-
vidooals from awl along the line-mr. E.
P. Walton, gen. Pitkin, and rev. mr..
Lord of montpelier; a man from woos-
ter hooze name have forgot, but he IL
saw mill man, and m. Judy Vine oy
hardwick, and boast of others. This
saWmiller from wooster contends, if
misunderstood him wright, that the more
timbur yu kut off m piece ov land the
more thare'll be left this ma be troo,
but anyway it seems to me like a parid-
OK. A good eel was sed in reckomend-
ashun ov the narrer gage rodes. The
rev. DIR. Lord stated that he had ben
enjineer on narrer gage rode for %
year, doorin which time thar had ben
no axsidents on his rode, while broad
gage rode runin along side ov hisn had
ben a continooal sene ov disasters
P'raps the most important thing tina did
was neer the close of the entertainment.
thave ben gone and pinted commity
from eech ov the towns along the pur-
posed line & on eech side ov the line
for upwards of 40 miles back, hooz dooty
it IL to secoor competent core of sur
vayers to maik a preliminary surva, to
raze muny to pa for said surva, g. to git
a charter at the next settin ov the legis-
latur. | think the rode IL bound to cum
throo hear without no mistaik The
montpeelyer foax air jest bilin over for
it, & tell yu tha've got lots ov brains
down thare, and that aim awl tha've got
lots ov notes agin uncle Sam. Them S
what counts, WI no; and then thar's iras-
| burgh, chats the shear town ov orleans
county, she's jest Dustin for the rode,
& thar's tremendous site ov enthewsi-
asm awl along the rout. albini goes in
for it sled-length. 7, as an individooal,
am poorer'n Jobs turky, and haint got
jo-fred cent to contribit, but mi hart
IL in the enterprise, and I've maid the
follerin resolushun, to wit: will de-
prive myself of penuts for the next six
months & appropriate the amt. thus saiv-
ed to the enterprise. [ anu dissolved to
be patryotic if it duz cost an effort. But
can afford to maik sackrifise rathuI
than to hav this affair slump thru. ]
hav motive. yu Sc am lookin ahed
rezide in l ov the prinslpul citis thru
which this rode has tn pass, and rite
acros the way is desirted manshu1
which i expect will be remodled and kon
virted into depo. this can be accom-
plisht at trifin expenc moo chimbly
and fu props will set it awl rite II
is now ockipied by family ov cyclopit
bedbugs, but tina haint got scroll ov q
title and tina can be condoosed to tail
up their residence elswhar. In that CASE
tina will hav to cum rite squar thru m
wood she'd mean the cars, not the bed
bugs. Now yu think i'll be down OF
the rale rode for that, do yu, like mig
ger on dimicrat? No, stree; that
jest what i want. yu see i'm goin t.
mock out the 2 middle posts & let'm kit,
rite straite thru; then if can manag t,
borry little capital I'm goin to set VI
in the penut bizniz; it will be so hand7
loadin & onloadin rite here under tn
shed. Won't git mi mummy back then
& penuts to, Ell Now mister Webster
| if yu've no objecshuns, i'll maik yu
propisishun: If yu'lI devote 1-2 ov yur
paper tn BLOWN for this ralerode enter
prize unil it is found to be shure GO
! then when it is kompleated i'll emplo,
, yu to do awl my penut advertizing;
more'n that, if yu'll cum & see me "
shall hav awl the penuts yu can eat
a return ticket hum
yurs enthusiastically.
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