The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-07-18
Ha! Hal! Ha!!!
POst-Offlce Broker Waterman
Up Among the Hills.
He and Postmaster Chase visit Miss
Pike and try TO wiring from her somc-
thing that mig hit he twisted TO their
advantage, hut utterly fail.

dropped him off at the Jamaica sta
ton. On the next day Henry p.
Chase, postmaster at So. London
derry, had important business at Ja-
maica and took his departure therefor
at an early hour. The SITTER had a
strong presentiment that while jana
lea was the avowed objective the real
point of attack would be well up
towards the municipality of Stratton.
So strong was this impression that, at
the proper time, it threw over into
West Jamaica branch of its "grape-
vine," and soon gathered the follow
ing facts: Soon after Mr.. Chase's
arrival at the pleasant village of ia
maica he, accidentally, of course, fell
in with the Hon. Eleazar, p. b. (Which
means post-office broker), and the
two, by mutual consent, took carriage
and started up the brook drive that
leads through West Jamaica into the
suburbs of Stratton. AS they journ-
eyed it came out that they purposed
visiting Miss Oracle M. Pike, who,
as will be remembered, deposed on
oath that Mr.. Chase told her that
this office (the So. Londonderry Of
fice) did not issue money orders orpos-
tai notes, the object being to prevent
her from sending to Brattleboro for a
dress pattern so that he might make
the sale. This affidavit was publish
ed in full in the SITTER of July the
4th. Mr.. Chase hoped, with the aid
of this Brattleboro lawyer, with his
cold blooded manner and detective
like physiognomy, to frighten this
lady, who was young and inexperien-
ced in the ways of the world, and by
a lawyer-like rigid examination tangle
her up and obtain something that
might be twisted into shape to relieve
HIM of this damaging charge.
"Drowning men will catch at straws."
But, if our Grapevine" hasn't de-
ceived us, and we never knew it to, it
was an utter failure. Miss Pike, who,
as heretofore stated by us, is an in
telligent young lady, withstood the
post-office brokers' interogatories for
three-quarters of an hour and firmly
maintained the truth of her deposition.
She further told him that Mr.. Chase
fully understood the whole matter as
she asked him if there wasn't some
other way that she could send her
money besides by registered letter.
Did these worthless try to bring out
all the facts in this case? Did they
elicit the fact that Miss Pike keeps a
diary and that all these transactions,
with dates, are minuted down, and
that this diary was mislaid at the
time Of making affidavit, but is now
found? Did they bring out the fur
ther fact that after this transaction
she came to this town to teach school
and that while here she had a pack
age lay in the post-office three weeks,
Notwithstanding it was called for two
or three times a week? These are
very important matters and should
not have been passed by.
Good people, you who live up here
among these grand old mountains,
monuments of enduring stability, who
believe in truth and honesty and
would teach it to your children, what
think you? What think you of this
man, who five weeks ago was charged
in public print with buying the resig-
nation of postmaster Goddard, while
acting as his assistant; with falsely
declaring that the office was not
money order office, in order that he
might sell dress pattern and that
the entire management of the office
under him had been most outrageous,
yet, up to this date has not dared to
come out over his own signature and
deny them, but goes stealthily with
Brattleboro lawyer up into West Ja-
maica to see, as it turns out,
A BRAVE, HONEST GIRL,
but who, he hoped, owing to her age
and inexperience, would be easily
frightened! What think you of this
dignifed and stoical lawyer of the firm
of Waterman, Martin & Hit, of
Brattleboro, coming up here and en-
tering into scheme of this kind, try
ing to frighten or buldoze an innocent
young girl, to accommodate his friend
or retain him in a position that he
knows, or ought to know, he is unfit
to fill! Is this the way honorable
members of the legal fraternity act?
Shades of ''ye old time" Windham
County Bari Peace to your, now,
silent memories Heaven be praised
that your eyes were spared this