The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06
Letter from T.. u. stone
THE VERMONT STATE rEMPERAScE SOCIETY
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Editor RUtlaad GlOJe.
The editor of the Witness, Mr. Atwater,
and some Others have represented and in
situated, in various ways and places, that
have presented myself and come before
audiences, during the past year in such
way as to induce the belief that | was thu
General Agent Of the Vermont State Ten
perance Society for 1878, as ! was the two
previous years, and, of course, that | inten-
tionally deceived.
| have uniformly and positively denied
it, and do still. At Waterbury, at the last
annual meeting, by Mr.. Granger it was
said that, Barton, Waterbury, and other
places, had been thus deceived. | was
called upon to explain, and did so, fully
and frankly, but of course, could not offer
corroberating or rebutting evidence, IS |
had no knowledge of the proceedings to bc
had, and, as it appeared to move more than
one, that it had been previously planned,
said several gentlemen, the matter should be
dropped. Impressions and differences are
not proof.
Since the meeting the following tesli-
monals have come to my hand, and justice
to myself and others make it reasonable
that they be given to the public,
BARTON.
We, the undersigned, would say that Rev
l. II Stone did say, THAT he was not the
agent of the V S II 5 for 1879 that he
lectured on his own account and we paid
HIM for his own benefit;
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Barnard, d w Robinson, q Narnum.
Mr.. Granger, at the annual meeting, said
he was informed of my proceedings by Rev
McDuffee, the Congregational minister
Mr. McDulfce was notin Barton mt the time,
and his absence was the especial reason of
my being there that Sabbath.
NoRwIcH.- Sir. You told me and
my family that Rev = n Granger was the
agent for the V S T S for 1878, and in the
church you repeated the remark and said
Gle will doubtless visit Norwich, please
give him n c9rdial reception, and H5erdl
contribution"
Signed j. G. SrlMPsoY.
CABOT.
You announced in the Methodist church
Sabbath evening, previous to your lecture,
that you did not appear as agent, as for
merly, but as an independent lecturer, and
that Rev N Granger, of Peacham, was
general agent, &c, all of which was well
known. CORNELIUS SMITH.
WATERBURY.
Rev. j Copeland, Of Waterbury, says :
"When gave notice of your lecture last
winter, | stated distinctly, from the pulpit,
that you were not the agent, and it was not,
| think, till some correspondence, by some
one, was had with Atwater that anything
was said here to your disadvantage. / have
heard but very little said from the first, but
have seen something's in the papers, which
all emlnated, / presume, from the same
| source, j. COPELAND.
PRESIDENT KITCHELL.
MIDDLEBuRY, Aug. 8, 1878.
REV. b. +. PERKINS:
DEAR SIRi-I only returned from Jour
ney yesterday, and find yours on my table.
Rev. Mr.. Stone, is, in my view worthy of
confidence have known all the attempts
to bring him into blame, and see clearly in
them the working of personal dislike
lie lectures, now purely ON his own re.
sponslbility, as no agent, and making that
distinctly understood. ! see no reproacl
in it. Very truly yours,
III. ID. KITonEL.
Rev. b. f. Perkins is the Congregational
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