Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-18
Ex.Treasurer Page.

republican and referred to the present
Treasurer for notification of the Statement.
Ex-Gov. Page put the case in the hands
of counsel, who wrote to Mr.. Atkins. He
replied that John Cain wrote" the article.
and that Mr. Cain must be taken Us re-
sponsible and not the argus. Also, that |
Cain claimed that he based it on '.informa-
ton derived from Poland ofthe Tdtchman,
and Rev. Dr. Lord" In other letters the |
publisher of the argus charged that DR..
Lord had talked it freely and also that
J. NJ. Poland told Rutland man that DR..
Lord was writing an article about it which
he would soon publish; also that John A.
Page, the present treasurer, has talked
quite freely about that interest matter"
Gov. Page then wrote to Treasurer Page,
to the article and asking him to
examine the books and give his testimony
in relation to the truth or ftlsity of the
charge He also took occasion to say, in
regard to the discharge of men for political
reasons, as follows:
wo"ld say that have now and for years have had
appointment discharge, the political prefer
of the person concerned were never considered
have any control has always been at liberty to act in
fear or favor and far as have any ino%ee mo
was ever discharged for exercising his inaenabe
Treasurer Page replied rs follows.
MosrrEL1ER July eth. 1875.
Hos. JOIN b. PAGE, SIR; Yours of the 9TH received.
lhad readlthe' Farhaven letter and noticed the
.tt,,u in Va hi my ar al n rod raA
take M ~ sayT tna5 IN al Fl my UNA
to by you'll have never discovered any errors or
omissions Of entries iny9yins failure to account full
to the of cent. Any rumor that had mad
IS ahS d net sTer u IT,
tered by ne VERY r9q!4 ss'iff such n'nuA'ion'
Your Obt Servant.
john A. PAGE.
conclusive. but that there should be no
misunderstanding, Gov. Page again wrote
the Treasurer, calling his attention to the
business of the Office during the war and
especially to the accounts with the banks
To this the Treasurer made the following
reply;
Co., MoSTrEIlEr, July 81 50
lade an a a aSeoants y
term and take pleasure ill saying that lind i'll all
be @ id anw m Oh cot the
interest we're duly rendered, and the amount
the circumstance that the auditor of
crs and dspefsments on account Of arest IN
ssd Of and Raid on III
the exact facts, without varying the results So far
'''''V@ Respectfully your obt sery't.
This vindcatcd Gov. Page from the
charge, and also Treasurer Page from
making it. DR.. Lord was then written to,
and he replied rs follows:
MONTPELIER. I'd ADJUST, 1s75.
attention to certain statements of Nj Atkins respect
mnt Of the State Treas,ty has BEEN &c wee
gSi NTH 17 MT Or Ss all
gft have neT sd heard hear BY me s4ne wb aI al
the knowledge of the matter which had | never
others Where are accessible from records an
os IN ' dar a' had the s @ Ra
opinions prejudice you in the minds of your fellow
Ours as know nothing ab',ut,
aa6n IF yda arS5n ls,S wh n ar he
nothing whatever To- warrant a shadow Of belief that
intesry Ills assnFanSs q y2nr hidsLity
sponsible trust you held while Treasurer would utter
been made 20 the contrary ,
In an editorial in the HIdtchnu1 of the
4th inst, the Messrs. Poland also vindi-
cate Gov. Page as follows:
D. pom thnr",f ana careful II IA on OF o0h -
interest property credited t. the State in
for Interest on balances are properly accounted for
say this much, aud We say 1t with great pleasure
We presume that the matter will be fol-
lowed up in the courts and that whoever
is responsible for the Fairhavcn charges
will be made to answer there. The re.
suit should be lesson teaching that 4 man
is not to be accused Of official misconduct
and damaged in his reputation among hi:
fellow citizens without proof of his mis-
conduct.
ExPELLED.-A dispatch from Concord
n. H., to the Boston Jourunl says tina
several months ago charges were preferred
against Geo Storrs Blanchard, an attorne
: of Concord, for illegal and u>urious prac
tees. A Commissioner was appointed t.
hear the matter, and acting on his report
the Superior Court, Friday afternoon
expelled Mr.. Blanchard from the Merr
mack county bar.
This same Blanchard will be remem
bered very we'll by those who were i
. Dartmouth college in 1862. He was
great mathematician and revised and in
! proved many of the commonly accepte
n definitions. At his freshman examination
n Tutor Duncan vcntured on asking hin
what point was, b. stood by the blach
board and bringing the chalk against
# and standing back to get better view
, his illustration, he proceeded to define Is
point is a dot" The tutor encouraged
proceeded to ask what line was.
y rose to Il conception of the abstract an
d remarked that a line is that which h:
Il length and breadth. " Has line breadth
e asked the tutor, surprised. 1t has," sa
e Blanchard, giving his beloved chalk
n deliberate sweep over the blackboard, "
re YOU bear on hard enough
d The courts and lawyers of Merrimac
Il county are evidently like the Dartmout
lie Faculty "agm' any modcrnlzing of Il
p things that have been. They don't Apr
e cate genius down in New Hampshire
4 After all it does seem as if Il court tn
in could admit such 4 man and bar tn
IL had ftllowshipped him might have Ike
ii him and made the best of it. One wi
lie could get such view of mathematic
truth us we have above noted cannot
cs expected TO be IN expert in morals.
er least the men who were instrumental
~ getting the great expelled' admitted
es the bar, ought to be kicked out after hi
IS Justice to the men he has had for clieI
e. and justice to him, ma of Unborn opaq,
or ness of mind and obliquity of vision, an,
al decent respect for an honorable professi
demand this.
When man does anything wrong
~ England and gets found out, they hav,