The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-01-11
Rampageous Railroaders

Rampageous Railroaders,
The Montpelier Argus gives the fol-.
lowing description Of a small part of the
proceedings at the annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad, which took place last
Tuesday, Inc point in dispute being which
of two parties should have control Of the
road:
Gen. Pitkin concluded some remarks
by addressing the meeting and moving
that tho vice president of the railroad
corporation, who is Mr.. Heath, take the
chair Gen, Pitkin put the motion him.
self, and said, ut is vote" Before
these words were fairly out Of his mouth
Mr.. Heath, then standing near the west
side Of the platform, sprang upon it,
President Hall, rising, said to Joel Foster
the clerk, keep your place But in
the twinkling of a bed post the portly form
Of Heath was upon him. knocking him to
the rear Of the stage. Some one then
shouted, Seize tho books" Directly
Heath fell upon Foster. There was a
desperate struggle, and by this time both
were obscured by crowd Jumping upon
the platform, over the reporters table.
Our reporter barely had time TO seize his
notes and rush for the ante room, assist.
ing on his way there o. II. Smith, Esq,
to secure his cane, which had been
knocked from bis hand, while he was
nearly thrown out Of his seat Soon the
stage was covered with the bclligerent
combatants, desperately struggling for the
books, and swaying from one side to the
other in most promiscuous confusion.
Hair was pulled, coats torn, and it bid
fair to become regular Donnybrook
fight We saw no blows struck Mr.
Foster managed to get down towards the
front entrance Of the hail with The books
but was pursued. He ran round through
the seats as sprightly as cal, got back
on the platform, and the last our reporter
saw Of him was when James G., French
was struggling with him to take from him
sha h %f6 some e. ds5hbggr ahd J Esff
all but one, We learn. This he said be
did not care for The door leading from
the ante.room down through Bishops
hotel had been locked, aud the key taken
away, but It was afterwards smashed
open. The president. in the meantime
had put a motion to adjourn, and dc
clared it carried. Finally the stage ix
lures and scenery Of the G 4. r. were
torn down, cnveloping the mob, like th'
elephants, lions, tigers, rhinoceroses an(
the hippopotami, when circus tent il
blown over. Tho futures aud scenery
we're thrown into tho hall, aud badly
smashed up, as we're many Of The seats
and some wiodnms. during the gran,
"panjandrum." 1t was tho liveliest sor
Of "high old time
That reads something like Most mel
are oppressed with the Odor Of gooduee
and sanctity which permeates and ex
tends about the persons Of railroad Of
fcials like halo Of glory Nothing los
or wicked is expected from them The
are never thought Of as se6shly seekin
to get the better OF each other and c
other men. The unsophisticated seekc
after investments can put his money int
their po Skets with as much confidence c
getting it back as If he had lent it to
backing angel OF first class reputation
In the popular imagination the railroa
man is the meek and unresislug viciil
Of the knayery and dark ways Of oihC
men. He gives away FREQ passes
everybody, carries local ireights for noil
- ing, pensions of of his own free will an
with the very prodigaliiy of generosit
all the widows and orphans OF those wi
depart this life under the auspices
q his cars, as well as makes millionaires
y those who arc so fortunate as to
d manned little thereby /; pays every del
"a he contracts with the farmer for voc
d and other supplies with prcmptness til
h brings unaccustomed tears TO the bucol
It eye and even gives away his road in
the keeping Of courts, for fear he nigh
G 10 Rt of absent. mindedpess, transgrc
It equity and the rights of others by bair
y breadth. Now the wicked people of th
world can't stand such virtue now AT
Is better than they could in the days
!. Aristides. We are epviOus Of good mt
!. -haio them rouudly, in fact, Hen
g the delight with which people receive Il
10 above mOrsel from the Argus. The