St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-04
Citizen Makes His Last Bow.
speak OF me as am; nothing extenuate
Nor -et down aught i'll malice. Then must YOU speak
of one that loved not wisely but too we'll

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They always told us that they knew
what they were about that eminent
counsel ASSURED them that their action
WAS authorized, according to law, and
that the village was bound 10y all that
they lis officers had done. We under
stood that they did not need to conform
to any instructions, but could rely up
on time aud the mighty pump t" >indi-
cate their wisdom. Every one know :
how gallantlN | came to their defence,
and how certain | was that they were
right. Nothing but their own actions
could have conN inced me that | WAS
mistaken.
But We all feel very cheap now. +"
think that when they stood 50 we'll and
| MAS ready to defend them. that then
they should call their friends together
in Il grand rally, and tell us that they
were afraid their expenditure was not
authorized, and ask us by er post .tdcto
acceptance and adoption OF their ac-
ti"n to lrgaliz- that action and make
the village responsible for it. That
cIu>hc~ me. cry with Hamlet,
% that this too, to" solid flesh would melt
Tlaw and resolve itself into dew
Tn int" spray thrown from the Flanders pump
Still there is one comfort. That Yer
%cnneS contract holds. and 50 far a>
appears our Flanders friends aIr uuim-
prIchrd We shall not need To send
any more gentlemen to Ncrgrnnr> at
the expense of the village to enquire
about this pump. for every one cal
soon gain information here. | cannot
doubt that. if We furnish power /" drlN,
it, the largest pump will throw. a> they
IN the contract promise, >iN "mc-incl
streams one hundred feet high from tn,
pump. 1t will ii" this if it RAISES til,
watcI in the pipes to the level of Main
street. or one hundred and fnItN feet
above the river. And To throw the >iN
streams one hundred feet from the lrNr
II Main street when the pump l. MAX
img twenty eight strokes and deliver
iuu two huudlcd and >iNtN cubic feet
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quest Ion acceptance nhtll The pump
and all the piping that ANY one would
object Ia We're IN place
+ Di couI~,. the. inhabitants OF the Other
pats al lac village. if they must pay
t"i :" much. would choose /" have TIA,
rest at the pipe go III. 81 ~ I" Ir;iCl
them ~ well. liN thl> means the sweet
est harmony obtained. We need Ia"
have taken pains la IallN ON forces I,
that meeting. ton II" "pp">iti"m appeal
ed. and When the officer who assume,
tl, chain. WliNIn" the usual t"Imalit,
"t :,~kin" if rhrrr wrIr remarks 1" IL
made "I il We we've ready tnI the qur>
tl"n. had ohIaiurd ON aNr> and callr,
t"r noes. not Il sound WAS heard. pr"
funniest silence gave consent. +"
once the action OF the village l. unani
NOUS The spell OF the pump WAS ("
that meeting. Those win" observe,
cl">ciN the movement nt hose attempt
imu to speak saw that each one
SEEMED washing his hands with invisible soap.
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