The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-29
Franklin County.

chased the stock, fixtures and good will
of Mr. +. A. Morton's job printing office,
and secured the services of Mr.. James
Myers, the competent foreman of the Office,
to accompany it. 1t is stated on good att
thority that Mr. Lucius Bigelow formerly
of the Burlington Times will act rs editor
in-chief
Ii is rumorcd, though on how good q
foundation we cannot say, that the law
firm of Bailey, Davis X Adams, from
which MIR. Bailey retired a few years since
is to be re-organizcd in Chicago at an early
day. Messrs. Park, Davis & Henry c.
Adams, the present partners are both able
lawyers and highly esteemed citizens whom
the town would regret to lose. Mr..
Bailcys business keeps him in the west n
good share of the time now. Should this
reconstruction and removal be effected we
shall at least have reason to he proud of
sending such representatives to the great
city of the west.
The literary editor of the messenger hay
ing mashed up your correspondents letter
on the Franklin County Fair in a brilliant
saiirical article published Sept. "a, since
the appearance of which your unfortunate
/ correspondent has been driven by mortif-
cation and chagrin to making four inef-
iiciual attempts on his own life, is now en-
gagged on a searching and exhaustive re.
view of Life in Danblry," which will be-
yond all doubt throw the entire edition of
that book on the waste paper market He
holds THE Danbury Nacs man so-called"
up in contrast with Lord Macauly so
completely stripped of his flimsy DISCUSSES
and so overwhelmingly convicted of pla-
giarsms from Shakespeare and other well
/ known standard writer's of loosencss of
| style, and worse than all, of glaring his
/ toricaI inaccuracies gravity stated physical
/ impossibililcs and wicked cxaggeratons
that the public will fairly chatter its teeth
with rage nj the way il has been humbug-
gcd into buying his works
Perhaps one of the most striking allu-
sions is to that. q grcvc TO say.) well
known story wherein Is said that little
boy OF Danbury. laden with mirrors.
clocks, crockcry and glassware, having
fallen down stairs onto carman who was
going up after more merchandise of like
nature. the carman suggested to the boy
mother that he he ''drivcn into the earth
with malct.' Of this the reviewer says
"the ahsurlity and willful falschood of this
statement are apparent upon its face. To
begin with, il would he physically mpos-
sihle TO driyc boy. or indeed strong and
firmly built man into the earth with NAL
let or even with Il pile driver. And why :
Simply for the reason patent to every in
tclligcnt reader that an individual sub
lcctcd to any number of blows from NAL
let or pile driver, no matter upon which
extremity. instead of being ''driven into
the earth would beyond all doubt be, to q
certain extent at least. crashed and con.
tinuancc of the blows, so far from produc-
ng the aimed at would only disseminate
the individual more widely upon the sur
face of the ground or extreme outer crust
Of the earth. The author of this ndicu
lous and contemplate idea seeks to cloak
its absurdity by putting it in the mouth OF
a CarIriaIi. Iuiotlc attempt. Iarnlcn as /;
class, we need scarcely remind your readers.
are cmncntly practical and common SENSE
citizens. From long, though perhaps I'M
scientific acquaintance in Their labor witt
the primary laws of gravitaton, mechanics
&c, they would be least likely to make
absurd and impractical suggestions of sucl
class as the one quoted.
When we have said that this same view
runs through the entire book. we have said
enough TO warn our readers against work
so utterly unreliable and pernicious The
great American public, so completely rep
resented as it is by us, protests against be
ing mis-represented by such loose and nm
worthy upstart historians,
We understand that Mr. Bailey, warned
of the impending crisis, is engaged upon 6
long article attempting to show that this
like other statements made in his book
was intended for a joke, and that the non
appearance of foot notes explaining then
was occasioned by an oversight on the par,
of the printer We don't anticipate that
his attempts to explain will amount to any
thing, and we recommend him ere il bt
too late, to seek refuge in the poor house OF
his native county where the critics CEASE
from troubling and authors are at rest.
The session of the county court is draw
ing to close. The last panel of the jury
was discharged Tuesday morning, ant
court and chanccry business will probably
just fill out the week. Nine bills of in
dictment were found by the grand jury
We are informed that the number of new
cases is larger than usual, numbering about
115. \ tangle of work to be straightenet
ont in the new court house. NiDEX.