Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-03
RIVER ACCIDENTS.

The sunny afternoons tempt small craft
out on the river, and one of the worst
forms of town savagcry is the recklessness
with which larger vessels wreck those that
come in their way Hardly day passes
withoutan account of IL row-boat run down
and her crew sunk by y tug or lighter,
out OF pure wantonness. The river pilots
are utterly careless of human life, and
laugh at it rs fine sport to run down IL
pleasure boat with two or three boys and
girls aboard. Two weeks AFRO a party of
boys and girls in their teens, living in the
same tenement house, went out from the
foot OF Canal street about sunset for IL row,
and found small steamer bearing down
on them. They changed their course,
when the boat changed hers so rs to bring
them exactly in her path, ran them down,
and kept on her way, never paying at
tentlon to the screams of tine creatures
struggling in the water. A girl of sixteen
was drowned; one of the boys succeeded
in swimming ashore with the other, though
his own leg was broken in two places
and his shoulder crushed. The officers of
the flagship Minnesota have made COM
plaint to the pilot commissioner that one
Of their boats going ashore made signal
)t danger to tug coming its way, to
which no attention was paid, and an APP
prentice boy from the ship was drowned
n the collision. They said it was no un- |
common thing for the steam-tucs to de-
iberately run down small boats. PEOPLES
ives are literally in the hands of the
oarse and demoniac set who ill the posts
# cardrvers and river pilots.
TIE CLAIRMoNT BANK.
The Clairmont Savings Bank failed for
My 100000. but the history of its defal-
ations reads very much like the practice
t many similar Institutions outside the
ity, where rural virtue is supposed to
.ourish. How many country banks are
here which refuse to lend their funds TO
'iends of the officers, or which do not
ave little outside affairs in which the help
the bank comes handy? How many
residents there are who consider them
elves mere fgureheads. and they take the
ord of the people at the bank that every
ing is right, when they spare time from
leir other pressing business to look into
S doors. How many trustees there are
ho don't know much how things ARE t
Ding on in their bank, but take it for
ranted that all is right, just like the trus- !
es of the Clairmont Bank, one of whom
d not know his name was on the list /
lille another had Withdrawn months ago, a
ough his name had not been taken off. n
What hasty release of Hypothetical Sc t
rilles Is necessary sometimes to get n
erything clear for the inspection of trus- l.
es when they happen to grow curious,
ID how handy it comes, when friend is Y
cretary of bank, to borrow of him, on "
note of hand, to tide over low place. u
hen these things come to climax it is +.
lall comfort for the president to saw that Il
considered the concern only little one 81
rsc bank, anyhow, and he didn't see anv a
lse in making such fuss about it,-like h
} worthy Mr.. Broadhead of the Clair hi
mt Bank. The sense of honor among hi
my business men amounts to lust a
'ugh to make them meet their obiga. ~ -,
rs before banking hours close, to keep III
ir credit good,--and outside of this, ST
y are us reckless of others interests dt
Ifded to them as the bay pilots are of ~,
rowboats in their way th
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