Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-08-25
Earle's Waitsfleld Race.


The last ct1cii give. Earlc's amusing version
Of his experience as "tro,t.t. at Wait.6eld
Hear him;
Though you bray fool in mortar Vet be
will not learn wisdom This from the Gospel d.
dircc, slap at u.s. And this other passage ,..,
in the Bible also refers to us. Experience Is n
dear school, but fools will learn ia no other Not
satisfied with our venture in the S. JoLn.i,,,,
Times matter, and the subsequent sad expersnro
which grew out Of il, we must last week. pokeon
to the woods Of WaitsGold TO superntcnd a ho..
trut for the edhcation Of the people in Mad
River Valley, Tour valley Of humiliation D and
the replenishng Of our collapsed wallet, said town
being forty-nine and half miles from any mil.
road. For genuine idiocy and pighoadedue..
this transaction beats any Of our former scheme.
out Of sight But then, it proves the truth OF tle
homcly provorb. The older the fool the bigger
the fool. and we guess II we progress in the f,ol
business ~ fast n the next fifty years as We have
in the past ten, we shall De entitled by that uncto
an idiouc asylum all 70 ourselves Wen. weha,e
had boss trot Il WIS all opIs. too. It wa.
advertised big, and it WIS big. tas a aHl The
horsemen were sold, some Of ihom.j the people
were sold, Cai Of them aud IL We hadn't len for
ll.
after gum, our clay cold corse would have been
sold TO the doctors for dissection, to help defa,
the expenses Of thetwo days entertainment E.-
cept In the matter Of rum and rows it was q total
failure In these it was magnificent success
The row we did not see Tor 10 al appearances II
seemed that the day Of Judgment was ton in
conveniently near at hand Tor our comfort. There
fore, deeming discretion the better ant ~ valor.
and feeling that 10 Was not good for us To be
there, We broke for the deep roce.sos Of the
Wild Wild woods. We did, We thought Il was
better 20 be a live coward IN Worthwhile than
dead corpse in Waitsdeld, with our classic coun-
ienance an pounded up by the upsy descendants
Of those who so nobly cudgelcl each other at
Donuy brook Fair Just then the ht struck Us
To go berryng to save burying A-dwe went.
Our gait WAS not slow. and -oleui like the meas
ured, mournfu tread OF a funeral procession. bat
like tie speed Of locomotive or the scuptural
war-horse, that snuifcth the battle from afar
We jumped mighty fences. We loared picci-
pices and yawnng chasins Wodashcd hy roaring
cataacts We showed bottom that beat Fanny
most enduring work, and a speed that la. never
been eScelled thus proving that muscle is some
times yoked with mind We we're afraid Yea
'''''' wv WY "'"'' inc l''t WHO
s's"'' .rors i.ige I'm ..,,.. vas, ,,l,.r,,..
some loandles. eouusuily Of shade
We found it, August l2th, at three r. NJ 10 sum
it all up briefly, these were not mere than half
enough receipts tn pay expenses. This being tie
case. we could NOT nav the pur.c. r,o b,r.o-
men wonld NOT work their lor.e. ,,itbopt ,,,
This it was that excited the ,,.,,,ie rbe,.ail,
WA. a s,,iudle and demanded tb,i, o,,.nc,.l..,t
or the trot to proeeed n. ,dyc,tjsed MI go
conid not do The re.nlt ,,a. f.. M, ro,,--, CON
eral stampede for the cate. and a demand a.,
money At the ticket office rbi.l,s, ,hcy d,d No,
Get This was the roo,cot tI,, ,,r ,la,l, l,',r.
nisbed IA, Mr.. Cler , ,o,o.,n, and .e,,, -. t,,,.
inc timber for orr n.,,l,,.. ,y.,t.,,t,.,,h.
couplet too.
ne who nsiis and rum. away.
shan 20 nsht another day
Only We didn't aqit Our enemy could not find
Us We own un We surrender Ne Gonna