Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-02-06
CRANKY.
To Tie Editor oftie Herald

l saw In a recent issue Of your paper
an article signed &C. w. Schoff."
Whether he had assistance, or only
lent his name, or wrote the whole OF
it, l neither know nor care and as it
was aimed at me it does not matter
whether wrote the article referred to
or not. What ails you Chester? What
can the matter be? What for are you
trying to throw dirt this frozen wealth
er? HIremember Alright when we of
Essex county renominate1 you for
sheriff you did not growl; but on the
contrary you wore almost as much OF
a smiling face as this man you speak
of usually wears. You know the old
adage, It's only the wounded bird
that hutters." Well, if wrote the ar
ticle had no thought Of hitting any
one, and asked in the same spirit that
Judge Turner has answered, and his
answer shows a lanentable lack Of in
formation or forgettuineSs upon the
part of somebody. Is it you Chef? II
it is, and h is answer does not shame
you into silence, it is not to be sup
posed my poor pen can. 1t was not
my privilege to have an acquaintance
with the Judge, but l would go some
distance to take so much the specimen
of man by the hand. For one l am
glad that my poor tattered mantle has
fallen upon one so worthy to mend its
rents, and who l believe will honor
the county in her choice Of q man for
the position. mo disrespect to you
Judge Hartshorn, you wear Judge
Ramsay's.) could say many things
in reply to carpet accounts, but at
this time will only say that l am will
ing to show carpet charges, or any
other charges l have made, to anyone
interested, and would remind you,
Chester, OF that dictum of law, which,
though doubtless the assertion was
sincere upon your part, is nevertheless
of equal force in this case, False in
one thing, false in all" never knew
that any freight was prepaid on car
peting for the court house, or paid by
the seller in any manner, and l never
have charged cent to, or received Il
cent on freight from any source, us my
books will show.
On the jail barn business, or even
the fixing of the Jail, why should not
be Interested? The Jail repairs was a
matter that came before Judge Ram
say and myself, and as We could not
think alike We agreed to disagree, and
this the more readily, rs we had good
reasons to believe there were those
who desired such an end, and for one
we are always glad to crafty Others
if we can. As to the Jail barn, your
statement surprises me. You give the
public to understand that / ordered
or consented to repairs being made
and then forsooth, was not willing to
father it ! That is not my view. Do you
not knOp that neither myself nor Judge
Ramsay were consulte d in the matter,
or asked to do anything about it?
My attention was first officially called
to the matter by Judge Hartshorn,
Dec. !, 1884, in some olfhand manner,
and asked him then and there under
whose direction it was done, and he
answered 81 do not know" l after
ward asked Judge Ramsay if he order
ed it done, and he said "no." Now,
Chester, il you will really tell us an
der whose orders or directions you did
this, whereby you claim any compen-
sation from the county, will agree to
tell what said to Judge Ramsay
about it, and If said anything wrong
l will apologize besides l think it
would be a matter OF interest to many
readers of the HERALD. Now be good
and tell us all about it through the
columns Of the HERALD. In closing
we would most sincerely thank Judge
Turner for his statement in regard to
the Jail repairs, and to you, Chester,
would say that it happened to US as
with you at the county convention in
1882, we happened to have a little
business of our own to attend to, or
should have answered sooner. .sa
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A. II. BoYCR.
P. s. We noticed in the HERALD
the appointment of new road commits
sioners. We do not wish to offend
anyone, or be thought to be modelling
with what is none of our business,
but not quite understanding why
they should have been appointed be-
fore the March court. thought there
was no harm in inquiring. AR. b.
NO, sTJRATFORn, N, II.