The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-11


Orange county court, when the news come to
him that Ely was ablaze with the lurid light OF
civil war, and he Immediately started to the
rescue Of his beloved country. 1t was mo-
mentous occasion for him, chiefly because he
lost his head which, although, poor one was
all he had and deal better to him, at least,
than none at all. This young gentleman is a
melancholy instance of the application OF the
rule of rotation in office in this state. 1t is the
custom In Orange county for the deputy sherffs
to take the shrievalty in turn, and unluckily
for the state it became his turn in 1882 to be
nominated In ordinary times the chief duty
of q sheriff Is to shout Hear ye," "Hear ye"
at the beginning and end of court, and to sit
in a box against the side of the courtroom
and sleep the day through as best he can.
Sometimes, in the winter when the deputies
are out of the way, he stirs the fire. In old
times 1t was an office of dignity and the best
men in the county were proud to be sheriff,
and in some OF the counties that practice Is
still kept up. But in Orange county they take
them as they come, deputy by deputy, no mat
ter how incompetent they may be- Well, Par
ish and Mr. Cain, who was also at court,
started for Ely early Tuesday morning When
they got there they found a crowd of about
one hundred and fifty around the store, and
Cain, not knowing of Mr.. Ely's observations
OF the day before, thought he could pacify
them by making speech. A very brief trial
OF his eoquence convinced him that it was not
success and he desisted, and a storm OF
"winged words " of an uncomplimentary ma
ture, in which it was intimated that his alb
senc from town would be more crafty
ing than his presence. Parish then talked
to them a little; told them who he was
and said they must obey the law and
do no damage. They took it, Parish says
in good part, and made no signs OF re-
sistance. Nevertheless, the idea that there
was civil war perturbed his spirit and he went
back to Chelsea determined to do something
decisive and to do it at once. He swore in
posse of twenty men, got guns and ammuni-
ton for them from the Grand Army post at
Chelsea, put them all into team and started
again for Ely to put down the rebellion. Pres
emily they came to fork where the road for
Ely parts from the road for West Fairlee A
consultation was had, and it was unanimously
agreed that " strategy" demanded that they
should go by way of West Fairlee and not
proceed directly upon the seat of war. When
they got pretty near to West Fairlee, Parish
left his posse and the team with the arms in it,
which none of them had ventured to touch,
presumably for fear that they might go off be-
fore they were wanted to, in retired nook and
he went ahead to reconnoitre. This was early
Wednesday morning He found things quiet
and returned to tell his men that battle was
not imminent. But in vain was his search.
The posse was no longer in eSse. They had
folded their tents like the Arabs and silently
stolen away" What became of the arms
hasn't yet been discovered. 1t is to be hoped
that the Grand Army will get them again be-
fore next decoration dav.
THE DEPUTIES COME
Parish deserted by his posse, now summoned
his deputies to his aid, and most OF them came
Meanwhile, on this same Wednesday morning
occurred the "gutting of Goddard's house,
30 graphically described by Mr.. Forbes in the
Boston Journal Goddard's house is gaudy
structure right in the middle of the village,
friends of both sexes. Since his departure
from the state on the 18th of last November
the house has been occupied by his house
keeper, an authenticated lass, named Nettie
Rowell, and (part of the time) by her sister.
This young lady, hearing the remarks made on
Monday about the money which Goddard had
squandered and that very small portion of it
would keep them and their families from starv-
ing, became alarmed for her safety and pack
ing her trunks, got them herself over to DIR.
Simpsons house, close by. The miners got
wind OF it, and surmised that the trunks were
full OF the silver ware and precious jewels with
which they believed Goddard's home to be
filled. They accordingly made a clamor, and
DIR. Simpson having satisfied them that the
trunks contained nothing more than the usual
adornments OF female beauty, Charles McCarty
invited few of them into Goddard's house to
behold the magnifcence. They went, admired
the sideboard and gazed as well they might,
penHouthed astonishment, at our artist
Gilman's Gayon sketch of the room, with God
dard and friend playing billiards. and gor-
geous female, amazingly dressed, looking PEN
sively at the fire. They could hardly tear
themselves away from this, even to look at the
silver and china ware. Mr.. McCarty had re-
moved the wines and liquors to a safe place pre-
vionsly, and the men, satisfied that nothing
had been taken away, returned contented.
With their ideas Of rude justice, they had
adopted the theory that they had sort of pre-
scriptive right to have all the property of the
mine devoted to the payment of their wages,
and they didn't wish anything to be got out of
the way. All kinds of stories had been circu-
lated about the fabulous sums with which it
had been embellished, and they naturally felt
bitter, when they realized their present destitu-
tion, at the squandering of the money which
they had earned, and had the best right to of
any one.
THE MoBBING OF MIR CAIN.
The departure Of Mr.. Cain and his family-a
wife and four children-also took place on We'd
nesday. Mr.. Cain acted the part of brave
man and defended his rights in spirited man
ner. He loaded team with furniture and
took it to West Fairlee, where it was left He
guarded his family in the journey, rife in
hand, and If any attack had been made upon
the person Of himself or any of his family,
there would undoubtedly have been blood
shed. The attack on Mr.. Cain, which was the
only proceeding during the week, which could
fairly be called riot, was without doubt
prompted by Mr.. Ely's exceedingly injudcious
ITO say the least) speech to the committee on
Monday. Mr.. Cain believes that they were egged
have him leave town. He lays up nothing
against the miners, whom he considers to be
simply tools, and says that he will fly at higher
game. Most of his property was left in his
house and none of 1t was injured He and his
family are now at Chelsea.
INTERMEDIATE oUIEsCENCE
The two black sheep las the miners regarded
them), Mr.. Ely and Mr.. Cain, having left
town, the men kept pretty quiet, and waited
for their money, or as much OF it as they might
be able to get. Colonel Farnham came back
from Boston on Wednesday and came upon the
scene, and was presumably given highly COL
ored account of the disturbances. As far as
the representative of this paper could discover
ne made no personal investigation of the
real state OF affairs He is said to have made
an offer to the men of five cents on dollar
which they refused, and by this time Mr.. Sar-
gent had got back with the four thousand dol
lars, and by Saturday it was reported that
there were six thousand dollars ready with
which to pay the men. The excuse for not
doing it was that the men had declined to
take anything less than the whole. Interviews
with number of the men by our representa-
tive failed to find any who were unwilling to
take the money. On the other hand, they told
him that they would take whatever they could
get and be glad enough to do 80. There can
be no doubt that, if the $1,000 which Mr.. Sar-
gent got had been paid to the men as soon as it
came, 1t would have relieved good deal of desti-
tuition and would have restored the men to good
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