The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-02

men Of all the border towns OF the state, call
ing attention to the complete and extraordinary
powers given by sections 4015 and 4017 of the
Revised Laws to boards Of selectmen, to en-
able them to prevent the spread Of infectious
and contagious diseases among domestic ami
mails, and also to the duties therein imposed
upon such boards. The governor has requested
Dr. II. A. Cutting Of Lunenburgb, secretary Of
the state board Of agriculture, to be in readi-
ness to respond to any application for informa-
tion as to symptoms or treatment OF the dis
ease, and to give advice as to the best methods
OF dealing with it in order to prevent its
spread, in case 1t should make its appearance
in the state"
FISH WARDEN ]. L. TUrTLE OF Montpelier,
assisted by Sheriff Atherton OF Waterbury,
Lewis Wood of Montpelier, Sheriff Barton and
Officer Dumas of Burlington, made a raid on
the violators of the fishing laws at Hog island
last Thursday. Arriving at Swanton the party
took team and drove across the country to
Missisquoi Bay At point near the railroad
bridges half dozen fishing huts were discov-
cred. The news OF the arrival Of the officers
had reached the fishermen, and crowd num-
bering thirty-five or forty had gathered to wit
ness the sport. Fish-warden Tuttle read his
comm ission to the crowd and stated his errand
to get their nets and stop Illegal fishing-but
the fishermen laughed at him and said that
whoever took their nets would have to take
their dead bodies. After trying to reason with
the men for some time the officers found that
the only way was for them to 60 ahead and do
their duty and although greatly outnumbered
by the fishermen they arrested three men and
seized two large nets. When the fishermen
saw that the officers were in earnest, they scat
tered like sheep, but not until they had COM
PEELED the use OF clubs and revolvers to quell
the disturbance The prisoners secured were
two brothers named Nat and Joseph Sheets and
Joseph Couture The officers looked around
and discovered three or four barrels of fish of
excellent quality, caught that morning, which
the fishers were preparing to ship to New
York. The prisoners were taken to St.
Albans, where complaint was entered
against them for resisting the officers OF the
law, and in default OF bail in the sum of
$3.50 each, they were committed to jail in
that place. On Monday they were relea. ed,
Us
sponsble for their appearance at county court.
1t is found very difficult to enforce the fishing
| laws in that section, as local sympathy is
| strongly in favor OF the fishermen and no Of
ficer in Franklin county is anxious to take hold
| of the matter.
NEARLY a twelve.month after the disclosure,
| reprinting the reports THE WATCHMAN made at
the time, the Argus publishes the record Of
Judge Redfield's listing frailties. 1t had pos.
| itively declared that it was false" that any
| Judge OF the supreme court had made and
sworn to false inventory, and been doubled
therefor. Confession is good for the soul, u
but our neighbor returns to the subject Of Judge
| Redfield's taxes in no penitential mood. II
avows wicked purpose to show from THF
WATcHMAN's own columns that we have lied
"willfully, knowingly and maliciously" about
Judge Redield. Two counts in its general in
dictment are thus mildly stated:
"Its principal lies-o select from score or more-are
that Judge Redhed wickedly and ma'iclonsly left 9
large out of his inventory in 1882 and that in 1888;
was doubled by the listers and therefore covered with
| lasting ignominy."
Whatever of falsehood these selections -
may contain has been incorporated into them
by our contemporary. We reprint these "twc
lies " as they originally appeared in THT
| WATCHMAN. In our issue Of February 13 We
| charged:
" That Judge Redneld made inventory in the sprns
Of 1882 which the listers OF Montpelier found to be false
and added large sum thereto; that n 1888 this SAINT
Judge made inventory which the listers found to b.
false to which they added by assessment and then by
unanimous vote doubled the total, the law direct
them to do when, In their opinion, a x-payer ha
| made and sworn TO a false inventory"
The Argus further quotes The WArCHMAN's
reports of the hearings before the board of civi
authority last May, and it is inferred that il
the gap which it endeavored to create between
its forgery of two lies and those reports lies it
proof of its awful charge. As usual, the prco
exists only in its own unsupported and unc ed
tied declarations. Our prosecutor is badl,
muddled in its use of dates and facts. In it
argument it seems to be unable to preseiv
the due relation of time and events. In it
usual chivalric spirit we presume it will la.
the blame all at the door of some unlucky
compositor.