Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19

"NPo''io"' S'auio"'
Eduor DdltB 'crmonter
nnn,nti n Hi th col e5e NV Nr ny 10 ,ne GN'
| The history of that report i,a far spccim II
~ ,nc U ,GiJs ~ r ,nI ','ngtUu IinF mr.
| nunihrr of farmers living in different II trts of
| the state, a bdl TO :hNcStipalc Ill" !nampr-
was n vn,,nW man. inCyprricnccd in ,r',.lati,y,.
matters aud instead ct giving public notice
pointin% n ,t,t" therefor when womb "dlrfi
| Di the appearance of part es 1t sirous # being
near, Tr u,,2wuI nitsu ~ ~ V'i,,i ",n" uN
tuok bodily possession of the committee dc
mHhdlhH AN lnmedlatc IhNcs' FNuon' without
th"e9 ,.bj mon" from Hurlinrton and The
alleged "nvcstlgaion" wa of course an ut-
Jns""nd + H. ~, um,,r hrt1rr tt,
!, owing or having any chance to know of us
r r9 Si,t'ng, WIN ""S oHiE mcr" Wa
though nominuly 10y ;hc chairman ot lie
committee beats abundant marks Of uein~
vtstigmttd, AID Who. j., tacl,c. 'ln,I,.1i..".
by those OF amy oiher "boodle gang in the
INTO n whItcwnsbinp. ~ =" I'll '''''e"''o"
FARMER.
We noticed, the other day, a batch of
malicious inventions concerning the Uni
| Verslty ana Agricultural college, con
trlbuted to the Rurdt FCr1nOntCr, by
some anonymous slanderer, writing over
a Signature which ought to he (but in
TINS case IS not synonym for honesty
ana truthfulness as well as honorable
industry Inc paragraph quoted above
IL from Farmer s. reJolnder, ana Is
the only portion OF IL whlch needs atten-
! tlon from us. In TINS, as IN his former
communications Farmer states what,
II he knows anything about the matter
he knows to be false Mr. Toby was II
/ prominent farmer, the secretary OF the
state grange, leading member and a
man OF altogether too much intelligence
ana independence to be bulldOHed or
DahOooAle! by any man or s,t OF
men, WIN nm was associated MT.
| Daha OF CORNWALL, HON. II. L.
walton OF Montpelier, ana other hohor-
aoie ana influential members OF the sen
| ale ana House. run hotlce OF the near
ing was gwen, with ample time Tor All
/ VINO ueaireu 10 DE heard' TO attend ne
/ nearing was Iuuy Attended, the room pc
/ Ing Hlled with members, almost All OF
lheih FARMERS Inc EahS from Bur
/ llh@'oh consistent we 'hlhk, OF the ptesl-
uenI ana etcrelary Oh uhe university, VINO
had peen summoned ny the committee TO
| lurhlSh information concerning the lhstl'
luton. Nelther they nor any one else on
the part OF the University, urged haste or
! by word or mint, directly or indirectly re-
| quested, advised or suggested immediate
action, or omission to give notice, or at
tempted in any way to influence the course
of the committee. This statement will be
confirmed by every living member of the
both public notice and delay. The hear
/ ing was adjourned, for number of days,
more than week we think, and a. the
men who had been most bitterly assailins
the management of the University,
though well informed of the time and
place of the hearing, had chosen to absent
themselves, individual notices were seut
to them IN order that they might appear
at the adjourned nearing, and make any
sta oments or put any question.
that they de- red to make or put.
some of them were in Moutpel-
il at both the first and second hearings
but they did not 20 near either hearing
The conclusion was very plain one, that
they did Aot dare to appear where theil
charges could be met, and their false
hoods challenged. They preferred, as
Farmer" does, to sneak behind anonym
Gus signatures, and utter libels where
they could not be called to account; and
the result of the investigation, which was
extended and thorough, was due no doubt
not only to the cheerful and candid man
ner in which the representatives of the
University and Agricultural college had
met the inquiry, and to the positive III