Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-10-12
EARLE---GRoUT.

more or less. 70 TRADE against W w
Grout Of Barton, and in = late issue there
vas a column and half. in which ap-
peared that which We give below:
And some Of cur Vermont towns.
when thew wish to Do the State some
service. send their seoundrels 70 State
pusou. Barton sends hers TO the legs
iature to mouth his inspired h2tulence
through the frightening hours
We have many times within the past
eighteen months, alluded 70 Gen. Circuit.
and sometimes in terms not over eonpll-
mentArv. At this these Of our readers
who have never been made aware Of the
circumstances that called them forth, /
have greatly wondered. no doubt This
article, then. VII explain 1t all The 1
raus We have given may not have been /
Of suecial interest 10 them. but ws have I
done 20 because we deemed 1t to De .
duty We owed the public We love to
unmask villains and apply the lash 80
their bleeding backs. Than this nothing
gives Us greater delight We kzaotr Gen
Ciruut 70 Be sordid and soulless wretch
one whose energy. egOtism and money
has placed in ) position for which Ne
has no fitness. So knowing him and sui
fsring from his perfdy IS We have, We
shall never cease exposing him till 9th
ers understand him As thoroughly Is ne
do" etc
Nov, these eruptiogs Of the Morris
vile volcano, create little alarm or co1-
ment where Mr.. Earle Is known; fOT all
know, who have rad his papers for the
last twenty years. that he fills UP with
snoke,earthquAkes and lava about 50 Oft
en-. and must vent his fury On somebody.
But there may be those among our re2d-
ers and his readers. that do not know
Mr.. Earle Is We, in this vicinity. know
him,and among thea,SUeh articles Is the
one quoted. may Be supposed to DC R0re
truthful than they are Il viii Dc seen
by the above. that Mr.. Earle has had
trouble with Gen Circuit. and that h
intends to have revenge upon him froU
tine to tine, By publishing such article.
Is the above Mr.. Earle nay, OF u1I
not have had cause for which he became
Gen Circuits e1euy-Ee Do not know
but It Is not 8 bold OF noble ".
to fight IN enemy, to Use ones Own pres
to do It With, and to scatter slznds
among his readers, when the ether part
must, Of necessity, Be unhezN in his Dc
fence If the story Of Mr.. Earle
trouble With Gen Grout should &c toli-v
believe frum personal kno#ledse an
other evidence. 1t would Be about IS 70
lsEs: A. A. Earle desired to move frOl
Irasburgh to Barton. bringing the StaEa
0-I With him Gen Groat. With Othf
parties. gave him = sum Cf money i
50 doing. Earle fell in love With CRU
worshipped him, followed At his kse
as puppy follows At the besls q L
master. Earle hated whom Gr0ut d
liked. and used the columns Of his pap
in abusing two Of Grout's enemies The
parties. or one Of them. sued Earle I
libel. and Earle paid Up the eost q b
sides. ate the dirty words he had Use
asked the pardon Of the I've Rea lie I:
maligned. and ignoniniOusly surre1de
ed. After while. Earle got uneasy,
condition that he takes On easily, =
wished to buy = paper at S. JOhnsb1l
He says be employed Gre1s 70 act
agent for him in the purchase GrC
says be vas neither his agent q his
torney IN the matter. Ar9ther pzr
bought the paper. and Earle fnz
bought 1t Of this party. paying to IA
sand dollars too much for IL He !
the paper awhile, and found ous he =
badly cheated. and blamed himself
his foolishness. and sold the paper
the end at sacrifice He made I'D
mind that Circuit betrayed him and '
really one Of the purchasers when
paper was sold away fr0a him i
Then he sued GrOus to gez back. II !
sible, the two Thousand dollars that
the difference between the first price
the price paid The case vent thru
several terms Of court. and Was. u
one disagreement Of tie jury. desidst
favor Of Earle. with an award Ct s.
We believe But Circuit put the case
to the Supreme curt and then z
allowed bis counsel to settle the mz
I'D with the eounsel Of his oepoueat.
1t was decided that each party pay
Own eosts- This vas very costly
tory for Mr.. Earle. and vent 70 :
that he did not wish to pursue tie !
ter longer GrO1t. in the meantime,
sued Earle fur libel. and il vas AZ
IN the settlement that this suit 81
be Withdrawn. als0- We have not,
need Dot, give details. for Mr.. Earle
given the details in his papers, and
ed alnOst everybody in Northern
noOt with the Story Of his wroags-
since Mr. Earle takes occasion to =
the town IN which Gen Gruut rs
and the zen who elected hin - n
sentative 70 the legislasars. ne take
space to defend this eiti1en and
selves Gen GrOut has been : pa
ing attorney IN this town and CO
for twelve or fifteen years. aud Mr..
Is the only nm thzs ever aocased
Of being false to his clients, 50 fzr
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