St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-02

hearing.-I then retired from the room.
l soon learned on the street that said
HoIdridge had some other business to
attend to and could not conveniently
take said Foster to gaol, and told
Holdridge | would take charge of Mr..
Foster, and took the papers from him
and went and told Mr.. Foster l would
take charge of him. He asked when |
would be ready to start, and | told him
l was ready then. He then took his
valise and stepped into my wagon and
started with him to gaol at Irasburgh,
VT. After driving less than one half
mile in the direction of the gaol we
overlook Mr.. Raymond. He was walk
ing on the street. AS we passed him
Mr.. Foster said 'sGood bye, Mr.. Ray
mond ~ and Mr.. Raymond replied,
'sGood bye !" and as he did so raised
and waved his left hand and ARM"
In Mr.. Raymond's presence l remark
ed "it is for $27, you see what | got for
building railroads for the people at
Newport" Mr.. Raymond said that that
was about all anybody got for what he
did for the public. Mr.. Raymond is
quite correct when he states that | did
not ask him to assist me, neither did he
offer to do so, albeit it is beyond ques-
ton that he said to person, after l
had gone to gaol, that he did not know
but that he had done wrong, and felt
that he had made mistake in allowing
me to go to gaol. Any conversation
had with Mr.. Raymond in regard to any
Indebtedness on the line of the railroad
had regard to debts incurred entirely
for the construction of the MissisquOi
and Clyde Rivers Railroad in order to
secure a connection between Montreal
and Boston via the Passumpsic, which
connection prior to the construction of
the South Eastern was agreed to have
been built entirely by the Passumpsic.
If there are any debts for which / can
be privately holden in connection with
this road, Mr.. Robinson, a director of
the Passumpsic, is equally liable with
myself, being an equal partner with me
in the contract for its construction.
Mr.. Raymond is exceedingly sympa-
thetic with me in my misfortunes, but
the value of that sympathy is apparent
when one portion of his manifesto is
compared with another. In one SEN
tence he charges me with having, as it
were, procured my own arrest and in
generation with the intention of con-
vincing my creditors that such methods
of harrassing me were unavailing, while
in the next he again processes his SYM
pathy, and expresses his confidence in
my manliness, and does not believe that
l have instigated those reports which
have found their way into the columns
of the papers. If these were his honest
convictions, why should he presume to
charge me with such acts
In regard TO ''the lawless mob" as
Mr.. Raymond styles them, they were
composed of the Directors of the South
Eastern Railway, many of the leading
inhabitants on the line of the road, and
the laborers, who by resolution of the
Directors had been engaged to carry
out the much needed repairs. In so far
as the management of the road is con-
cerned, do not deny that the South
Eastern was managed by Messrs. Ray
mond & Lyon-for Mr.. Raymond him.
self says sO-but that there was trust
created, written or understood, to which
| was party, l unhesitatingly contra
dict, and, as proof, would refer to the
deed of leases, of date the 10th March
1875.
In conclusion, may remark, that had
it not been for the publication of Mr.
Raymond's letter, l should not have
ventured to obtrude this correspondence
upon your columns. Mr.. Raymond, has
| may add, expressed his willingness to
submit the matter to the decision of the
Canadian Courts, with which am well
content.
1 am, Sir, yours, &c,
A. B. EosTER,
Manager S. E. Railway.