The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27

uidr ulsanectl0n.
,Ay, responded the former. wit
!, dubious shake of the head-"ay. bu
that is the very circumstance tha
puzzles me. Had "a portion of the as
sembl y been made up of our opponets
quietly mingling with the rest. AS
had rather hoped, | should have con
strued 1t into a token of submission
or mad committee been here t
present a petition, or "A remonstranc
or two. | should have been prepare,
for that, and could have managed. b
a little encouragement, and good dea
OF delay, to give every TROUBLESOME
thing the go-by. till the storm ha,
blown over. But this entire absenc
OF the disaifected looks little sus
picious, don't it,"
Why. no" answered the stiff apt
stolld Sabin ~ can see nothing suspic
ious about it. Indeed, it goes t,
show me that the rebellion is crushed
Tor, as | presume, the honest but vel
meaning part of the rebels ar,
ashamed, and their leaders afraid t,
show their faces here today. aftel
last nights lesson. "
hope it may be as you suppose
but | have my doubts in the matter. ;
returned Chandler. with another dis
senting shake of the head, as he
turned away to renew his observations
on the company before him.
On resuming his scrutiny. the I'M.
easy Judge soon perceived that the as.
sembly, during his conversation with
his colleague. had received an acces.
ton OF several individuals whom he re.
cognized as belonging to the part,
whose absence had awakened his sus
PIGEONS. But the presence of these
persons. after he had carefully noted
their appearance, instead of tending to
allay only went TO confirm. his appre-
tensions: for, as he closely scanned
the bearing and countenance of each.
and marked the assured and deter.
mined look and covert smile which
spoke of anticipated triumph. attend
ed with an occasional eypectant
glance through the windows, he there
read, with the instructive sagacity
seen IN men of his cast of
character, enough to convince him,
with what he had previously observed,
that a movement of dangerous mag
soon to be developed against the court
party. And he instantly resolved to
lose no time before trimming his sails
and preparing to meet the coming
storm. And the next moment. to the
of his colleague and the off
ters of the court, he was on his feet.
silence that he might adj
iress the assembly. He then proceed
I'd to remark on the unfortunate oc-
of the previous right. with
l show of much feeling and regret,
and concluded by expressing his disap-
probation of the course taken in the
affair by the sheriff and his abettors
n, manner that would have given
he highest offence to all implicated,
lad they not believed that the speech
vas secretly designed only as a game
N their opponents. whom he might
hink il expedient to quiet and delude
| little longer. They, therefore, winked
to each other, and re
NAMED silent; while the speaker sat
Town with the mental exclamation. -
There, let it come now That
peech will do TO be quoted. | can re.
er them 10 it as the public expression
# my views before | knew what was
oming.
Having thus placed himself in
POSITION. as he believed. where ne
ould easily turn himself to meet any
where. in case the APP
overthrow of the court party
ook place, he could easily and safely
cap the next hour TO favorable, if
ot high stand. among the new dis
ensers of place and power, or where,
hould the present authorities be able
0 sustain themselves. he could as
asily explain away his Objectionable
oings, and retain his standing among
hem. Having done this, he then
urned his attention to the official
uties of his place, and ordered the
rier to give the usual notice, that the |
curt was now open for business. This
eing formally done, the court docket
as called over and the causes there |
ntered variously disposed of for the
me being, by the judges, till they |
Inc to that Of WOODBURY. versus
eters. which was petition for new |
.ial for the recovery of the petitioner
LEGGED farm. that had been decided, /
t the preceding term, 70 be the prop |
rty of Peters, on the ground and in
lie manner mentioned IN former
napier. %
''Who answers for this WOODBURY.
aid Sabin, with contemptuous air.
ignificant glances were exchanged
nong the tory lawyers and officers
oout the bar at the question, and a
alicious smile stole over the features
hal f,,1pl u Z
lem.
Il move the court" said Stearns,
le attorney of Peters, for Judg-
ent in favor of my client for his
,sts. and also for writ of possession
his land. of which he has been SO
lstly kept out by this veXatious
,oceeding. And, as the petitioner has
IT entered his appearance according
rule. whereby he tacitly admits that
is cause cannot be sustained. | Will
1t permit myself to doubt that the
,urt will so order, even at this early
1ur-they certainly have the power to
, so. y
"They have also the power to post
me the hearing, even TO the last day
the term, before rendering Iudg-
emit" bluntly interposed Knights. a
rye. plain looking practitioner at the
.r. who had taken no active part
ther for or against the court party.
We all know how this young man Is
barred from appearing here to-day;
"a If seems to me manifestIy unjust
AT any power which deprives man
the opportunity of appearing. at
urt, should render judgment against
m in consequence of his non -appear- I
zee. | would. therefore, suggest
.lav in this cause. Perhaps, within
,ol As stated heretofore there was no muir
:. Icasa before this court and there could be
ne because il had no such jurisdiction. The
Ir+ reasembled the next morning after the ,