Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-12-14


Two weeks ago the Farmer alluded
to certain mistakes that had crept into
that paper, among the local items that
had been ''stolen" from the MONITOR.
The MONITOR replied, admitting that
frequent mistakes occurred in its own
columns, and suggested that it was un-
wise for those living in glass houses to
throw stones, and referred to a serious
mistake of type, or of brains, that ap-
peared in the same issue of the farmer
that criticised the MONITOR. Now the
Farmer rallies again, and lays the blame
on the person who furnished the item
in which the error occurred Read be-
low:
In the first place the FARMER never
said that l15,265,OOO, or any other
number, of feet Of lumber was used in
the building, nor that the building
weighed 1928 tons, nor any other
number of tons. We said "br. Gale
said" thus and so, and the figures we're
copied from Mr.. Gales books, he being
the man through whose hands all the
material passed. There acre three In
nocent little O's accidentally added tc
the number of feet of lumber, but the
wei ght of the lumber was correctly stat
ed, and if Bro. Blake had been lumber
dealer. or had any experience in the
lumber business, he could have seen al
a glance, from the weight given, tha
those three characters were out of place
and deserved all the blame for that dis
crepancy.
When the Bartonian editor has seel
more of the world perhaps a buildin
weighing 1929 tons won't seem t
him SO much of an imposslbility as
does now in his guileless innocence.
Since the Farmer chooses to make it
own correspondents, and other newspa
pers responsible for class Of errors tina
appear in its columns let US see if he wi
father the mistakes in the above quote
criticism and for the instruction of th
Bartonian editor, will the editor of til
Farmer answer the following question
If the Farmer never said that ll5
265,000 feet of lumber were used in tt
construction of the Odd Fellows Hal
what paper did say so? We saw thu
statement in Caledonia county pape
Will the editor of the Farmer enlighte
: us and his readers, by showing how
number can be increased by addta
"three innocent ciphers to it 2" The e
itor Of the Farmer says sthe weight
: the lumber was correctly stated" No
e will he tell what kind of lumber weigl
: 5000 pounds to the square foot, as tn
Is, when figured out. his statement
u Who should bear the blame because t
d three innocent oiphers'' we're out
place, the correspondent, the type-settt
u the proof reader, the editor, the Farm,
y or the innocent ciphers 2" The edit
: accuses the ciphers. We cannot S
L their fault. They protested to know
81 while the other parties claimed to KIN
E. something, and the result shows tn
D. mistake.
t. The editor of the MONITOR has !
al seen much of the world, it is true
y, he looks forward with most pleasing ;
e. ticlpations to the time, during the co
be ing season. when he may be permit
III to visit Johnsb'ry, and look upon |
Is immense structure, which weighs IL
ne 253 tons according to the estimate pv
I'd lished in the Farmer and lifts It's 10
n head more than two thousand feet,
" that estimate is true Overwhelm
he as may be the sight Of this pillar of
TO sky, upon our '.guileless innocence,
er, expect the effect to be as nothing CO
5es pared to the emotions we shall expt
,ir encc, when we are permitted to beh
nd the invaluable prodigy, whose pen il
MT dates the columns of the newspaper t
or oozes out fFop the basement of that
Ter mendous building.
Let your promises be sincere
OK within the compass of your ability.