The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-08

The hearing in the case of State Is.
Batchelder for forgery, after two post
ponements, came, on Wednesday, be-
fore Justice L. T.. Knapp, assisted by
Justice J. E. Stapleton. Hon. f. T..
! Woodbridge appeared for the state,
James M. Slade and +. r. Hard for the
respondent, Il. J. Ormsbec and j. w.
Stewart for Brandon bank, w. G..
Veazy for ID. G.. Bascom, late cashier of
the Brandon bank, and w. w. Rider
and II. ii. Mardin for parties who were
liable to be involved, names not an
nounced. There were three complaints
against Batchelder, as follows: Raising
one note OF $500 to Sl3, 800; raising one
note of $500 to $4,000, and raising four
notes Of 5000 to an aggregate amount
of $4,000. The $4,000 note has been
discounted, and Is still owned by the
bank. The first $4,000 note was dis
counted, and has been taken up at the
bank. The last four notes were pre-
sented at the bank, but not discounted.
These notes were joint notes, signed by
j. ii. Batchelder, Pelatiah Cove and
Daniel Cove. The respondent waived
examination and was held for trial and
at the suggestion of the attorney for the
state that the bail should be $4,000 or
81, 900 the amount was fixed at the
latter figure. Failing to get the requisite
bail the respondent was committed.
The number of people present to listen
to the trial was very large and embraced
persons from nearly every town in the
county. Lincoln was quite largely re-
presented. The aggregate of disap-
pointment In the court room when it be-
came known that no testimony was to
be taken was very great. There is
nothing new as to the civil suits.
We do not care to notice the false
hoods of our contemporary when they
only refer to ourselves, but we cannot
refrain from branding as false and m A.
licious the assertion that DR.. +. Bond,
OF Cornwall, the secretary of the Addi-
son County. Bee Keepers Association,
has, In any sense, been unfair OF acted
dishonorably with regard to reporting
the annual meeting of that association.
No journal has right to expect secre-
tarles OF meetings to make up for their
own inefficiency or want of enterprise |
in getting reports. If they offer facili- |
ties to the reporter for learning the |
facts it is all that can be expected of
them. We might just add that we have |
never presented q bill for "a or any
other sum at the annual or any other |
meeting, though it would have been
entirely proper to do so for all calls for
meetings and other legitimate advertis-
ing, and we have never charged or
received pay for any reports of meet
ings whatever. That the members of |
the Bee Keepers Association are no
dead beats or shirks, is evinced by their
voluntary payment of what was, and |
what they deemed to be, a just obliga-
ton to pay for what they had. 1t is
not the universal custom for journalists |
to publish notices free, though they do |
report the proceedings ofmeetings as
news. So far as they choose to do SO, it |
Is entirely right for newspapers to :
give notices gratutiously, and TO a |
greater or less extent it is done, especi-
ally for organizations which have no |
provisions for raising money, and for
religious and charitable objects, and for
any other organizations which ask such |
gratuities. But no publishers refuse
payment for work actually done when
1t is heartily and in a manly way offer
ed. The ease with which the complain
ing editor was "insulted" in this case.
suggests another case of alleged affront
because the Addison County Agricul-
tural Society had their work done
where they could be best served and did
not give II to that office. After freely
accepting the Society's courtesics of
free passes, ETC., the editor ofour con-
temporary proceeds to make ill-natured
remarks, including absolute falsehoods,
about the society and its annual meet
ing and President Dyer, and when
called to account for the falsehoods, as
signed the above action ofthe society as
his excuse. fit is thought this method
OF procedure will help them to get the
favor and business of the pc ople Of this
county, upon whom they are dependent
for support, let them follow it.