Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-04-17
EARLE,s ANSWER.

bone into the Citi-eE's sanctum, label 1
led W. W. g.. and the music common
ees- Two weeks ago. the MONITOR en-
quired of Earle why he backed down
and paid his own costs in suit which
be had with W. ". GrOut After nine
days effort. the answer came. and was
embraced in only fSco hundred and t'coirs
hines Of the Citi-ca.
As the parties are well known to our
readers, We condense Earle's article. add
ing few facts which were doubtless
accidently omitted in his brief answer:
l. A. A. Earle, once published a pa
per in Barton. having been paid several
hundred dollars for moving my paper
from Irasburgh to that town. Gen W.
". Grout paid literally toward procur-
ing the removal of the paper to B. L
Eorshipped Grout never tick or
louise stuck more annoyingly close to its
victim, than l did to my victim. | made
his Office my resort. l blowed for him. l
hated his enemies and so abused certain
citizens of Barton. that got a libel suit
on to nv hands, which l subsequently
settled, eating all the dirt that | had
made. Everything went happily for a
time. 1 prospered, but my inveterate
disease, jealousy and discomfort,
seized my vitals, and | sought new
schemes and new fOemen. The St.
Johnsbury Times was for sale. Iwant-
ed it, but DR.. Bullard got the start Of
me before the trade was clinched. got
mad and crazy. and was determined to
have the paper. l bought it, paying
$1,000 more than anybody called 1t
worth. launched out big with my new
paper, but soon got mad again. l sued
Hovey for something, it don't matter
what, and got licked. The paper did
not pay. l had terribly cheated myself.
l wanted new fight, so sued ". W
Grout because he did not buy the Times
! $1,000 cheaper for me than paid for it
myself. published column after col
: umn, trying to abuse Grout. l boohooed
all over four counties, trying to work
up public sympathy in my behalf before
the first court trial. / hated myself and
found generous assistance in this bust.
: ness. | wanted to get out Of st. Johns.
> bury-the people of that town assented
q cheerfully to my wishes. | went to Nor
a.. risville, started another paper and re
ceived another bonus.
7 The Jury in the first trial disagreed
S | published more scandal. | boo hoocC
d louder and longer. l searched for new
n evidence. l grew madden every day.
! swore, and was more vulgar IN my pape
I, and out Of it. The second trial came Of
L | was the vanquished victor; the jur
n gave me 1912 for the thousands | ha
:. claimed, with the understanding that
E. was to keep out of Caledonia Co. eOur
forever. circuit appealed; the Suprem
court sustained the appeal, sending th
re case back into county court again, o
O. the grounds that had put in evidenc
Re that was not admissible, and that th
NJ defence had been ruled out on evidenc
which it had right to submit ! bega
y to grow sick-one thousand dollars OF
T. already-it began to look dark; but
We want ''scat. am brave. / once can
IT. near hiring a substitute to 90 to the a
ne my for me.
About this time my counsel advise
y me to withdraw my suit, as CIRCUITS coul
de sci said that GrOut would pay his co
lis if l would pay mine. l want sea
o. Charge. Chester. charge r ''On, Sta
Il ley. on p But paid my costs and ]
the thing drop. / was intensely hap
'n- for FIVE minutes. But l logan TO Q
eW mad again. The world began te laug
me at me Where was my Dragging. L
md tears, my money, my wounded honor
ne All gone Ingloriously surrendered.
my great buster and splurge, flushed Q
-ol- completely. was terribly chagrint
bat Was there sink hole deep enough to hi
old me, or dirty enough not to be disgrae
of by me? Bury me deep, oh sexton, a
H. be liberal with disenfectants
o, sweet Revenge. My paper SD
EN- wreak vengeance; it shall drip with |
ldi- filth of my venOmed pen its coluu
: of shall be deluged with the virus of
NV maddened brain. Grout shall be nv ,
dying theme.
! hated everybody. | ''skunked''
hgs subscribers, abused my neighbors, u
ndi- lected my paper. ran away from DO
City and undertook to forget my sorrows.
The list was on the wane; my condition '
desperate. What new scheme could
'iOH' invent? Glorious thought A be
one race A new field and new homo
two Fortune retrieved Sequel: stole
ties. gate an entrance fees, wheedled the !
~, pie, skedaddled from the field and csc
=. ed ANONYMOUSLY to my home. That
elli- fair would have ruined ordinary n
), be but my standing was such that it
are me no harm. l had touched bottom
: in far as moral degradation was concern
years ago, and no new perhdY could
W nish my bright name A brilliant a
men Gle in the Citizen would be suf6cien
.nds, put that right For several months
has ter that moral tragedy, l was in s
"a Is Of eonvaleseence but am now pre-
ed 70 seek notOriety In new directs
/ shall continue to devote my editc
iultl- talent to the abuse Of my old enemy,
Is 1t serving a right to call all persons.
irect. do not join in my insane rawlings, kn
and fools.
Ask me some more hard quest
anu 0 saactifed pimp of the Monitor
drew
'sVOn Is there no way Of concentrating
he of sound moral sentiment of the eountr
Is to as to control the action of political
ties ? These great National Convent