The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-08-26

of the union now have their military
forces in the field to preserve the
peace. These are Penn slyvania, New
York and Tennessee. This Is la
mentable and shows conclusively that
there is something wrong somewhere.
All are labor difficulties. In Tenn
essee miners are in revolution against
the employment of convict labor in
the mines. In New York the railway
switchmen at Buffalo are striking for
fewer hours of labor. In both cases,
as at Homestead, violence has been
resorted to, and the strikers have only
been restrained by the strong arm of
the military.
The following letters explain the
matter as to the change of railroad
time referred to last week, and make
it plain, as the SITTER predicted, that
the people of Brattleboro are not in
sympathy with the idea expressed by
the Phoenix:
Brattleboro, VT, Aug. 20, 1892.
A. E. CuDwoRTH, ESQ.
My Dear Sir In as much as l
had to do with the circulating of a
petition asking the Connecticut river
railroad to change the time of the
running of the $40 p. m. train so as
to arrive here earlier than by the pres
ent arrangement, l feel that l may
be permitted word of explanation in
view of the mistaken assumption that
Brattleboro people are opposed to the
change. In the first place l circulat-
ed the petition at the request of sew
eral business firms in Keene and with
the the conviction that it was in the
interest of Brattlebcro. l did not
consider individual interests believing
that it voiced the sentiment of the
majority of our business firms. Nor
was | mistaken in this for with but
two exceptions the paper was signed
by every business firm so far as we
went, and l have no doubt would
have received the signatures of very
large majority had time permitted.
However the petition as sent in bore
the names of at least one half of our
business firms as well as many others
and was an unusually strong one
from every stand point. Nearly every
body expressed their pleasure at the
prospect of a change in the arrival OF
this train and very willingly signed
the petition. In fact one of our lead.
ing business men finally circulated
the petition himself and obtained 8
number of names. l believed ther
and do now that this change is desir
ed by large majority Of our people
who find the present arrangement
inconvenient in many ways and otter
times exceedingly annoying.
While not authorized to speak fo
the people of Brattleboro l feel tina
in justice to the petitioners who in
clude the largest business firms il
town, this explanation should be made
If the towns on the line of the mar
row gauge do not succeed in securing
through petition, a change in thi.
train the responsibility for such fail
ure cannot justly be attributed tt
your co-petitioners here in Brattle
boro. Yours very truly,
F. W. Childs.
| Another Brattleboro correspondent
writing to this office, says:
eThe Phoenix article in no sens,
and in no degree, except possibl.
some hotel or restrument man, ex
presses the views of the people o
Brattleboro, who are practically
unit in favor of the change asked for
So you and Mr.. Cudworth should no
get angry with your friends who con
stitute at least nineteen-twentieths o.
our people, in order to hit your enc
mics. As you say, either Fulle
lphysic or some other madness ha
knocked the Phoenix off its base"