Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1874-09-03

I fences. and with the sidewalk properly
kept over against them. 1t needs only
that a good beginning be. made, and the
wilderness Con Main street for instancel,
and the solitary place, Cone or two OF
\ them on Center street,, shall be glad for
them, and the desert, Opposite the Jail,
saw. shall rejoice and blossom as the
! rose. s. s n. 1855 :;,s
Is REGARD to matters in Rutland and
Rutland county, we feel q good deal as
the parrot did after its. memorable aft
fair with the monkey, as if we had had
something Of a: time. The result was
owing to.a combination of causes, no
one of which by itself alone is sufficient
to account for it, The simple. fact is,
we were outnumbered from the start.
The Democrats had votes enough to
have made choice by the first ballot If
they had been united. The Republicans
were weakened by a division of opinion
respecting the temperance question, and
either failed TO vote or voted on the
other side. -.<.sE '...."..s :-.-.. @:
In so far as it was contest with the
liquor interest, it may teach us some
useful lessons. We see. the power
with which we have to contend.
1t is not to be despised because
| it is in the wrong. Personal feelings
and preiudices must be kept subordinate
| to main issues. In this war there is no
discharge. So long as the evil exists 1t
must he combated. We cannot afford
to make mistakes. And we are moisture
but that work has been done by the sue
cessful party which will react upon
themselves. .--... -
But when we take the whole matter.
into consideration, we must say that we
are unable to see what cause any citizen
of Rutland, whatever his political OPT
Mons may be, can find in the result for
rejoicing. Rutland should have had a
man of influence and. experience 20 at
tend to the interest of this community.
In Gov. Page, no one can deny that we
might have had such a representative.
| As it has turned out man with no per-
sonal influence. or. experience in public
| affairs, and with no party behind him of
power in the State, has received cleo
ton. If any Republican or man OF. re-
HeCtlon and conslaers.Sie-,s, Coz hisAeolf or
respect for his town, is pleased with this
result, he would be, we think, an inter
esting subject, phrenologically speaking.
We should like, as the saying is, to feel
! of his bumps
IT WAS the bright remark of the ct
trick Shepherd that there is no such
thing in nature as bad weather We
lay no claim to such healthy optimism
as that, but we do believe in treating
the weather fairly, and giving it all the
credit it deserves. This summer of 1874,
which is just taking leave of us, ought
to have at least a passing notice It has
I been one of unusual comfort. The TEN.
perature has been agreeable, with. just
about the right proportion of wet and
! dry days. August IS reported as the
coolest August in 50 years with the ex-
ception of that of 1886, with a mean
temperature of three degrees below the
average for the last half century, 1t has
been a healthy summer. free from cpl
demic diseases, and while it is still not
too late for yellow fever in the southern
States, there are no present indications
of he disastrous results from the mum
dations of last spring, which many anti
| cipated. The last rose of summer, one
of. our exchanges says, might have been
seen sometime about five o'clock two or
! three mornings ago. We do not often
assist at the ceremony to which the allu-
sion is made, but take it for granted that
our exchange is correct.