Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-18

gradually his right to life became recog-
nized, and to-day society guarantees it.
Our forefathers, generations back, had
to struggle for the right of personal lib
erty, which is now granted almost uni
versally. Parallel with these must be
placed the right to enjoy the
profits of ones own labor. The idea
underlying this latter right has not yet
been developed. 1t is long time from
from the inception of the notion lying
at the bottom of principle till its re-
cognition, but it can be accomplished
finally. This principle can be estab-
lished by the machinery of political
power in the hands of the people
Now the New England mechanic sits
down ia the evening of hard days
work and wonders how he will make
both ends meet, with corn at so cts. a
bushel, and -four at $40 per Dbl. The
Iowa farmer sits down beside corn
fire, and by a light made of something
dipped in hogs grease, reads In the
Ae,o England FARMER that his corn,
which he sold for Is cts; sells in Boston
for so cts. Where has gone the differ.
ence? The balance has been consumed
somewhere. 1t surely did not cost that
to carry it. We are assured on good atl-
thority that corr can be carried from
Iowa to Boston for 10 cts. 1t is sucked up
by monied corporations of go-betweens,
living in idleness. For all this we have
a remedy if we chose to use tin the
ballot-box. Every one of as must put
the principle of participation in profits
of personal labor and production in.
practice. ...<,s ~. 2.
] had almost said that the American.
Republic is thing of history not of to-
day. We do not make our rulers.
They make themselves and permit Us
to vote for them. But your duty as
farmers and mechanics is to work
together to prevent this. You are
too isolated, not working IN associations
with organization. Therefore, band to-
gether in associations for mutual benefit
and mental improvement, and you will
know better how to work for the com
mon cause. Then You can go to the
ballot box and vote: inte}ligently for the
interests you have at stake. aAd elect the
men to office who will best represent
you and them, and not steal from your
pocket with one hand while they hold
up the other in mOckery, swearing that
the action is legitimate.
l he misfortunes of the present can
not always last. The past eau never
come again. 1t is TO the future We
should look and when we have aecenrpe
lished our work in its fullness there will
be none of these evils to complain If.
The doctor closed with a glowing
apostrophe to our country as she will
appear Fegeneratcd and improved when
existing evils are cleared away, and
wrong made right.
Dir. French next said that it would br
impossible 10 dispense with few words
from EX-Gov Fletcher, although that
gentleman wished to bc excused He
was not excused. however and address
ed the crowd, with whom, in the declin"
of years. he has lost none of his popular
ity, ia a few well-choscn words.
The president now introduced Colonel
Daniels, editor of the Richmond State
Journal, a gentleman who spoke accept
ably for few moments of the adVant-
sges of his adopted State, Virginia,
which were not only great. but free and
open to all settlers from the north
The next exercises were the taecs,
first of which was for the four year old
purse of S60-$30 to first horse, $1S to
second, S12 to third The following were
the entries:
J. Wooley's Sailor Boy
F. f.. Holden's Colonel
Martin Bailey's Factory Boy.
Sailor Boy won in three straight heats
Colonel second, Factory Boy third.
Between the trots was foot race for
$5-$3 to first, So to second.
The successful runners were, Prescott
Warren, Proctorsville, first Richard
Nichols, Rutland, second.
The second trot was for a purse of
$15O-$75 to first, $50 to second, $25 to
third, for all horses that have never trot-
ted better than 2:55. There were three
entries:
H. A. Towards Gipsey Girl.
A. McCoy's Dirigo Chief
Lorenzo Stearns' Fanny.
Gipsey Girl won in three straight
heats, with Dirigo Chief second and
Fanny third.
Time-2:56t, 1853, 2:54l.
Among the amusements engaged by
the young folks, was a game of base
ball, between the Athletics of Black
River Academy anda club from Bellows
Falls, the latter being vanquished in six
innings, by a score of thirty-seyen to
seventeen.
The officers of the union seem to be
fine men and to understand how to make
the fair success. They are:
Hon. Calvin French, Proctorsvlle,
president.
W. A. Felt, Andover, g. Fl. Cole,
Chester, presidents.
j. r. Spafford, Ludlow, secretary.
X. Taylor, Proctorsville, treasurer.
Marshal Taylor, Proctorsville, secretary
and treasurer's clerk.
Jehial Simonds, Ludlow, marshal.
w. J. Sperry, Cavendish, E. II.
Howe, Ludlow, assistant marshals
The following is the list of
Premiums Awarded.
HORSES,
w Robinson, best pair matched
horses, first premium G P Spaulding,
second premium. A D Fletcher, gents
single driving horses, first premium; J
H Putnam, second premium F L Piper,
third premium. Geo H Cole, best fam
lily horse, first premium s Atherton,
second premium w Ii Sawyer, third
premium. Miss Aggie Sawyer, best
tandem team, first premium. A & w
A Felt, best pair draft horses, first pre-
MUM. Whitcomb s. Anterior best sin
gle draft horse, first premium.
CATTLE.
BLOODED.
l.. G. Fullam, year old Jersey bull,
LIST premium; G. F. Davis, yearling AL
derney bull, 1st premium VIM. Smith,
Cd premium; Amasa Adams, Jersey
COW, LIST premium; G. f. Davis, Alder