The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-04-16

well balanced intellect of Justice Sta
pleton was called to ponder and decide,
and before him tho courtly Upper for
the plaintiff and our ponderous states
attorney for the defendant split the
finest of hairs in most distracting
manner in the effort to demonstrate to
whom the fertilizer belonged. A slight
preponder of testimony inclined
the scale of even justice toward the side
of the plaintiff, and to him was awarded
damages to the amount of one dollar,
while the unfortunate defendant was
assessed the legal costs, amounting to
five dollars more. The plaintiff had to
pay the balance of the costs, so that
notwithstanding he had got his dollar,
lie was three dollars out of pocket, be-
sides his attorneys fees. To offset this
was the sublime satisfaction of winning
his suit. Thus do the little striIes of
mankind benefit the legal pocket, and
insure the fraternity in the possession of
their share, and considerably more, of
the worlds wealth.
The Journal concludes that making
positive statements in regard TO Judge
Knapp's connection with the Sessions
case does not pay so long rs they are so
easily proved false, and so they resort
TO series of questions. Now n great
deal of mean and cowardly insinuation
may be conveyed with perfect safety
by asking questions, ,since,lhc qut siioner
docs not thereby render himself rcspon-
siblc for anything as he would in max
ing positive assertions. TO show how
easily this can be done we will ask
fpuy hid fba ociopciJ,la oIifnr ,,f IA,
Journal, on the occasion of a certain
dirty scandal some two years ago, APP
proach one of the rcputcd parties TO it,
inm'tal TO Mr.. Knapp, and seckkto in-
ducc him to spread the report that Mr..
Knapp was mixed up in said scandal?
| { so for what purpose did the said os-
tensiblc editor thus seek to injurc Mr..
Knapp? Did the said editor recently
agree and bargain with certain other
party 10 publish his false report of Mr..
knapps connection with the Sessions
matter, and other things in keeping,
with the intent TO injurc the reputation
of Mr.. Knapp with the voters of the
district, aud thus destroy his chances
for an election to the same Office, and
make room Tor the certain other party;
the consideration for this service being
that the said other party, in case he was
elected, should transfer the probate adj
vertising from the Register to the
journal? Why did the said ostensible
editor submit oil his recent articles
against Mr.. Knapp to a certain lawyer
or lawyers, who openly proclaim their
hostility to Mr.. Knapp, before publish
ing them? Who suggested to the said
editor the questions with which his COL
umns were garnished last week? If
Mr.. Knapp's doings in the ID. p. Sturte-
want case were 'infamous," as the
Journal of last week stated, why does
it not publish all account of his Gin
famous" doings so that people may I'M
derstand the use of the word "infam-
ous"? 1t will be observed that we
here assert nothing regarding the lofty
moral grounds on which the journal is
attacking MIR. Knapp. We merely
make insinuations in the style of the
journal. If the Journal condesccnds
to notice these questions il will proba-
bly, pronounce them the malignant
emanations of false and malicious
representative of the powers of evil, or
words TO that effect. Whereupon we
shall not attempt TO rcassert them, for
that would be going beyond the Jour
nal style of insinuation.
In reference to one or two of the
Journals questions, we would say that
we have usually found ourself compe-
tent to write our own articles without
assistance, which is more than the edi-
tor of the Journal can truthfully assert.
Furthermore, Mr.. Knapp has been each
time entirely Ignorant that anything
would appear in this paper in his be-
half, and after the last article in the
Journal he requested us to notice the
attacks no further. We have spoken
in his behalf simply as we would for
any slandercd official. 1t will be MOTTO
ed, of course, that in its questions last
week the journal merely reasserted
things which we have already shown to
be untrue. With this we shall let the
matter drop, feeling confident that by
this time people fully understand the
animus of these attacks upon Mr..
Knapp.
EAST MIDDLEBURY.
Mr.. Elmer is better.
Frogs were heard TO sing on the
9Th.
In the midst of spring we arc in
winter.
N. Devcau has decided his place to
Mrs. Sawyer.
james Kirby has moved into Abel
Aliens house.
II. ID. Maynard is at home, and it
is said TO remain.
And still they come moving people
arc seen on the street.
The forge will be put in blast
about the first Of June.
Geo. Norton's parents from Addi-
son have come to live with him.
Some of our farmers have been
running The pillow for some days past.
III. Gill has moved into A. Piper's
house, Mr.. Perry on to IL. Selleck's
place, and Mr.. Robbins moves TO MIR.
Burdett's house.
II. Persons has the oversight Of the
repairs of the forge and will move into
the store building near by. Ills daugh-
ter, Mrs. DIR. j. -. Sumner, las been
residing with her parents.