The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-27
CORRESPONDENCE.
A Mountain vision.
wantastiquet Signal Station, s, 81, s


SITTER 1alH;-rhe glorious splendor of the
Millennial morn, has at last dawned over this
cloud capped summit, flooding the beautiful
village at the mouth OF West river with its
mellow lights, The lion and the lamb at last
he down together, Last week, "Granma
Heanix' Gas her naughty "Deiamer Boy" de-
lights to call herr put ON her best cap, stepped
over to the office Of the "Deiamer BOY" Gas
she calls HIM ard whilst with one baud she
wiped the moisture of forgiying tears from her
specs, and with the other extended huge
"stck of tafly." Says; my very dear boy,
granma is very sorry she ever spanked you, and
she won't do so again, any more, at all, never,
if you will just tell your numerous readers,
(you know Granma is too modest to tell II
HERSELF how some naughty agent has actually
offered Granma inv dollars, "if she will sue
cessfully advocate, through the press, the
adoption of White Bronze for the Monument,
1t is true White Bronze took the Gold
Medal at the Worlds Fair at New Orleans,
and at the Industrial and Art Exhibition IN
New York. 1t is true the Superintendent of
Greenwood Cemetery says in his letter to the
chairman of our committee ON monuments,
MAY :, Il am satisfied that il the proper ma
terial is used. and the present mode of con-
struction is carried out, White Bronze must
make permanent and lasting monument
There is another thing in favor OF White
Bronze the monument can be made much more
artistic than when cut in granite This is all
true, but then it is new, and you know Gran
ma never favors anything new-except rccor-
ding angels, and they must be made OF copper
or snow to suit our educated taste for beauty
and durability. The old lady then sat down
in the Editors chair to rest, while the "Deiam-
err Boy" as she calls HIM took the taiiy and
says "thank you Granma. I'll do it, you Just
bet. I'll make the whole country ring with
your stern and virtuous refusal of the offer to
buy your fiery pen and il you won't call us
names any more, but will always speak of'our
enterprising neighbor of the Reformer,' when
referring to us, we will also suggest that
possibly You would not have got any cash af-
ter all, and we will keep the whole story in
our Brattleboro edition two weeks" Then
Granma embraced her Reformer boy and went
home Aota BeHs-IIe kept the whole story
in the Reformer two weeks just to please the
old lady, and earn his taffy. Now when the
| old lady returned to the Office last evening, te
see if her dear Reformer boy had kept his
promise, and given the whole story to his Brat
tleboro readers the second time, (Nota Bene,
he lust had the Editor had not yet got back
to the Office after supper; and the Devil look
ed up to her with sly twinkle in his sharp
eyes, and says: "Granma, what is your price?
What are your definite and substantial reasons
which you did not care to state in detail, but
thought if stated, would be held tC be sufficient
and convincing by all our citizens. Gut with
the whole truth dear Granma. What makes
you change front so often? You say "the &C
tual purpose Of the monument, its primary
thought, is to point to and record, for coming
generations, the brave deeds done by Bratlle-
boro soldiers in the war for the Union" Very
good, and very true, Granma Now what is 1t
makes you claim, that nothing but copper
angel, on a monument with no visable records,
is artistic enough for your educated taste?
You say 'every town has, or may have, its
monument with soldier at parade rest
Very true. They can have the enduring and
beautiful White Bronze statue which was on
exhibition at our town hail. and which is &C
| knowledged to be the hnesttypical statue OF an
American soldier in the world, by the highest
authorities in both art and military matters,
for S675. While only Brattleboro, can have a
copper Recording Angel specially wrought
for her from the hani of its own favorite son,
for the very modest sum Of S27oo Of which
only 500 or only SIS more than the beauti-
full soldier statute costs, at list price, is for max
ing the clay model involving months of skill
led and artistic work Granma, are you Just
little crazy? You said a few weeks ago 'the
advisory committee named is composed Of
thoroughly representative men, who will act
with prudence and discretion You then had
"full confidence" that when the monument
they should advise built, was ready for dedica-
ton next Fall mot after next March meeting)
ut will be such an expression Of the patriotic
| feeling, as we'll as the cultivation and good
taste of our people, as will make it a source of
pride to every CITIZEN What ails yon Gran
ma, now? Do you think that two or three
who refused to make any examination of the
different kinds of work, proposed, whilst some
of them frankly admitted that If buying FOR
themselves, they would first see all the differ
ent kinds offered--are more likely to have ar
rived at wise and Just results, then eight or
nine, equally good men, who improve every
means Of information within their reach?
Don't you know, Granma, that two thirds
vote carries the measure over the vote of the
Governor Of the State, or the President of the
United States? Why then do you CORDIALLY
approve" Of the action OF majority Of your
selectmen, in stubbornly refusing to do the least
act in accordance with the advice of commit
has recorded a vote of 6 to 3 to have the en-
tire monument, and a vote of S to / to have
the statue, medallions and the tablets for the
names of soldiers Of the very material which
you said at the start ought to receive
their careful investigation, and a unana-
nous vote, 8 being present, "requesting
the select men to pay a visit to the
Bridgeport Monumental Company's
works, and make an examination of
their finished work, at other placcsT'
Why do you boast, in the paper record
ing these votes, "Messrs. Herrick and
Boyden, of the board of sclectmen, in
formed the representatives of the
White Bronze Monumental company
yesterday morning, that they should on
no account contract for monument of
their MATERIAL" and then add after get
ting report of committee, "whether the
select men will be influenced by the