Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

The Bennington Banner IN its last issue
has the following highly complimentary no
tice of the FREEMAN:
The following squib. We copy from the
Montpelier Freeman:
| A Bennington teacher tried to stop the big boy;
from writing l0page billet-douX to the girls during
| scnOOl. He thinks the sight of both eyes VIII be
good when the swelling goes down. but there Is nc
hope that his nose will ever stand alone any more
The committee are looking for teacher who un
| derstands the ' manly art"
The above is a condensed extract from the
Troy Press burlesque, which was reproduced
by the Rutland Herald. The nose part oil
the witticism is original with the FREEMAN
the Troy story wasn't hardly mean enough to
suit their religious columns. How lameEta-
bly, true it is that those editors and papers
who make the longest prayers and pharisal'
cally 4" put On " the most religious scollops
can and do tell the biggest possible lies il
the least possible space. In the eight lines
above quoted there are four outright false
hoods, three of which are original with the
Freeman. Who wonders that Congressman
Willard has withdrawn from that paper ane
published card that he will only be respon
sible for such articles as are plainly signed
| Oy MS lnltialS
The Banner in another article says:
viii the Rutland Herald, the Montpelier
Freeman, the Burlington Free Press, the ST
Johnsbury Cdledonian, and such other Of on
State papers as have given circulation to thu
false report and disreputable burlesque whici
was originated by editor Parmenter of tn
Troy Press, to the injury of our Grade'
Cab II 10 I'd Goo Of,
Principal, Enos Gould, Esq, please notic
has denial, every word of which can b.
proved by score or more OF disinteresteC
witnesses, and can be disputed by no perso;
who has respectful regard for truth OF 70
personal integrity.
There was no getting spoony' by the boy
and girls in MIR. ,uld's department of GU
Graded School. One boy persisted in throw
ing written billets about the school room
and was stopped by the teacher; the boy re
sisted and Co, Id have been easily and sound
ly thrashed by the teacher: (that S the goo'
old way they did things when we went t
school.) The trustees thought expulsion tn
better remedy, and the Principal obeyed or
ders. There was no row; no striking, N
eyes blackened; no ten ptge blllet-doux; NJ
teacher is in trouble; nobodys nose was in
IJuteds no Ueldy Ol Tue eCilOC eAeTCisSSj LII
committee looking for ishting teacher; NJ
breaking up Of the school no nothing abou
the whole affair except the sens itlonal sill
ness of a Troy repor er, who, unfortunately
as it now happens for our educational inter
ests, and for the good name and reputation
among Vermont papers, of the Principal o
our Graded School, finds it pleasanter TO re
side in Bennington than in Troy. That i
surely and truly all the foundation there i
Tor the just squibs and statements that ar
now going the rounds in the papers OF GU
State, relating to our Graded School.
The squib which ofsnds the Banner Wa
taken from an exclange, AMI We cannot
therefore, take to ourselves the compl;men
for condensed expression. We hadn't the
noticed that the New York Tribune and Tro
Press were trying to ruin the BenningtO
Graded School, for we had not read the las
Banner. We have nothing but the grea ties
veneration for the educational abilities {
Enos Gould, Esq, AMI hope that the Ne1
York Tribune, Troy Press, Springfield Reput
lican, the Herald, Free Press, CaIedonian an
ourselves will cease to conspi7e against him
But we do wish that defender of the faith
the electrical eel of the Banner, woul
once in awhile confne himself ID the Z" leas
possible space when ne wants a correction
made.