Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-04-07
$40. He thinks the way of the trans
gressor is hard.

SlCooOl 10 uuiU.
The sugar makers commenced their
hard though sweet labors, last Monday.
Sap run quite fast Tuesday Albert
Webster is the first to show the fruit of
his labors in some excellent cake sugar
exposed for sale in this place.
There is project afoot to bring
supply of water on to the Common. 1t
is thought that it can be done for $1,000.
Every man who ownes buildings there
ought to lend helping hand to this
movement
G. w. & E. G. Wheeler came near
having a fire in their store sometime
since, caused by the burning out of the
stove pipe and chimney. Wouldn't our
fire department, with not even squirt
gatn, and no aUdter, have done some eff
fcient service, had the fire proved seri-
Gus?
The Irasburgh House has not been so
| free, for years, from loafers and that
sprawling, dirty, smoking, splitting,
drinking, swearing class Of humanity,
that is a standing nuisance to any hotel,
driving away decent customers, as it has
been, since the recent rum prosecutions.
The Rail Road Meeting at the Court
House, April l, met agreeably to APP
pointment. The meeting was called to
order by +. P; Cotton of Irasburgh.-
Hiram Chafee of Albany was elected
President of the meeting and DIR. G. W.
Davis of Craftsbury, Secretary. The
following Resolution was introduced by
J. G. Dow of Albany:
WHEREAS, at recent meeting held at
Albany on the 9th day of Feb, A. D.
1872. resolution was passed appoint
ing committee to procure a survey and
charter for Rail Road from Montpel-
Ter, through Black River Valley to some
point in Newport or Troy on the most
feasible and practicable route, and
WHEREAS, such survey has been made
by the way of Wolcott and also by the
way of Hardwick, and
WHEREAS, the route by the way of
Hardwick is shown by such survey to
be the most feasible and practicable
route. therefore,
ResoIced by this convention that the
route by the way of Hardwick be adopt
ed
r The following amendment was pro-
posed by E. P. Cotton, viz +: To strike
E out all of the words of the resolution af
ter the word resolved and insert the
: words, ''That this convention prefers the
f route by the way of Hardwick.
i. After discussion by Messrs. Cotton
a Dow, Hayden and others, the amend
ment was withdrawn and the origina
resolution was adopted by the conven
y tion. Although the roads were yer,
bad, there was a good attendance from
all parts of the Valley interested in tn
" building of the road 1t is believed tina
y the road will be built.
# RAILROAD MEETING AT IRAsBURGH.-
At mass meeting of those interested i
O the building of a railroad from Montpe
! lier to North Troy, vta Black River Va
# ley, held at Irasburgh, March 2Otf
D. Hon. i. P. COTTON, of Irasburgh wa
a elected chairman, and B. F. PAINE,
II Lowell, chosen Secretary.
| Mr.. Cotton opened the meeting wit
,e a brief speech, showing the importane
sr of this enterprise to the people of Notl
ern and Central Vermont, and advocate
s prompt and generous action in the ma
h. ter, which was all that was needed to il
" sure to them the early consumation
of this enterprise. Gen. Thomas, fro
Id Montpelier, being called upon, allude
to the projected lines from Montepelie
:, and showed to the meeting the impo
J lance of this central link, via Blat
II River Valley. forming almost an air lii
from Quebec to New York. His +
marks were listened to with close atte
ton, and gave evident satisfacto
Others along the line followed with e
.c thusiastic speeches, and pledged the hea
GO ty cooperation to their people in aid
-, the proposed road.
70 A resolution was offered by j. A. d.
h of Albany, as follows:
:, Resolued, that when this contemplat
railroad shall be built, it shall be
'S' other than the standard gauge, that
he north of the Portland & Ogdensbur
Railroad.
A. Considerable discussion followed, a
he it seemed to be the purpose of the Hal
wick and Craftsbury delegations to fol
this resolution to vote, before any
ON vestigation or discussion could be had.
". Mr.. Thompson of Irasburgh, made
ITO square and manly speech in favor of |;
ing the resolution upon the table, in /
opinion, the resolution was premat,
y and uncalled for at that time, as t
people were not informed fully as to
:. respective merits of the two systems, a
" in as much as Montpelier was not r,
resented by any of its capitalists in |
lhg meeting, it was not fair or just to tn
Fch and others along the line to press t
~ matter without further reflection.
to The resolution was, however, adop