The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-26
Letter from the Clerk of the ViIIng,
of Port Henry.

of Port Henry.
We give place to the following letter
us we know nothing of the facts, and if in
jury has been done Il gentleman he has a
ii!ht to a hearing over his own signature
PoRT HENRY, n V, March %. 1874
Editor Rutltnd Giobe 1t is not in my
line to enter into controversy with any
one But when see such mlsstatcmcnts
concerning the affairs of our beautiful and
prosperous village, as is contained in an
article printed in your paper of date March
Goth, 1874, signed by 90 then | will no
longer remain quiet.
Did say misstdtcmcnts 80, excise
me, Mr. Editor. meant lies. Yes. lies.
Pure and unadulterated, with not even
sprinking of truth in them.
TO commence with, our vote at The last
annual election was 2)) insteal of Of 2l0
as stated by 80"
In the year 1872, at the annul) election.
there were polled in all PIP votes In
1873. 300 votes In 1874 there were pollcd
4s9, and in 1871 there were polled II votes.
Now, Mr. Editor what does this show ::
Fraud, corruption Or does it show that
the people are waking up to their own in
terests; Did we have only A. votes in 1871
with over = 1000 people: We now!numhcr
5000 without any doubt and is the proper
ton large l TO s. and even then ii is un-
fair to use the common average. for the
reason that in this village there is large
floating population .mcn who are con
stantly moving from one place to another.
Now | don't know whether there was any
illegal voting at the last election or not.
But do know that every prccaution that
the law gave us was used faithfully to pre-
vent it. And in saying this am supported
by those who stood beside me a greater
part of the day, and laborcd diligently to
secure an honest election.
But the part of the communication from
your correspondent go, that most attracts
my attention is the assertion ''that quite an
excitement by the action of the town
board at recent meeting, when the report
was refused.
Now, Mr.. Editor. tins is faschood.
simple. and pure. myself presented the
report to the board and it was read by me
for over an hour, during the election, and
said when ! had read myself hoarse, that
if there was any gentleman present who
wished to examine it, they then had the OPP
portunity. This | can prove by one of the
most prominent and respectable men in the
village who stood by and heard me read it.
and the report was then filed and is now in
my Office, subject to the examination of any
one who wishes to see it. In the matter of
the presentation of this report the law was
fully complied with as any good lawyer
Will at once say.
Another assertion made by your cores
pondent is that little matter of $1,000 is
to be accounted for, and your correspondent
asks further: ''Hayc we addition, substrac-
ton, division in silence amongst our
Burghers.
Now will say and can prove that there
is not 100, nor $21. nor 81 cents, no, nor
even one cent that cannot be accounted tor,
satisfactorily This assertion is n base and
foul lie, and can prove it, The only men
who have handled any money for the vii
lage for two years are J. ID. Atwell, cashier
of the First National Bank of this place,
and myself, and just there do want the
responsibility to rest.
If Mr.. 80" will 90 at work at once and
work with will, ] will give him 50 per
day while he is at it. if he will succeed in
tracing dollar of the village funds that
cannot be accounted for. Is not this fair !:
Once upon "A time there was man who
dwclt ia the good and peaccablc State of
New Hampshire. Every morning Just be-
fore breakfast he would go into his little
grocery store, and calling his son, would
say, John, my son, come here After
John had obcycd him he would say John,
have you sandec the sugar? Yes, father.
Have you walercd the rum: Yes, father.
Then let us pray, were then the words from
the father.
Can the reader see any resemblance be-
tween the correspondent so and the old
man just spoken of, part of the time in
iuring his neighbor and the balance of the
time going around with his countenance
longer than mans arm, tending prayer
meetings one day, and striving to njure
his neighbours character the next No one
but person of that kind could have had
the audacity to make such an
assertion, and now call upon
him for the proof. He dare not
put the article over his own name ms / do,
but instead goes down TO the tail end of the
alphabet and fastens his clutches upon poor
unoffendng SO" and pushes it up for a
shield, to hide himself from the contempt
which he so richly deserves. lie dare not
not make the assertion in the paper printed
and published in his own village, over his
own signature. May not the poor lunatc
be soliloquising knows take the
article which have tried to answer, as a
personal drive at me- hence my earnestness.
Come up now, Mr.. so" and toe the mark,
or go into your shell and lie there until
Gabriel sounds his trump to call you to an
account for your dongs
Yours earnestly,
WIN. II. CARR,