Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-02-14
AcH,PrER OF CHRONICLES.
Here BeElnaeth the 4ist Chapter Of IN
Book OF Chronicles.

A CHAPTER OF CHRONICLES.
Here BeElnaeth the Iist Chapter of the
Book OF Chronicles.
Now It came to pass in the second year
OF the reign Of Grover. the son OF Cleve-
land. that certain of his subjects dwelling
in remote corner OF his domains at a
place. called from an island in a pond
Island Pond,-being sore vexed at their
governors and rulers. issued a procla-
nation, and called the people together,
and said
40, and behold are we not tax rid
den! are we not governed by a ring
(ior such they called a circle of their fel-
low-subjects)2 now, let us unite and
oyerwhelm theml"
And there were present at the meeting
Asa, Gaul, or as we speak the language,
French; and John, the mighty man of
words, whose eloquence is measured by
the Gill, and there was also the warrior
who would kill Patrick or any other
man, and other men were at the meeting.
And they said: 1--WE will go into the
peoples meeting on the Ides of March,
and we will say-cease to Cypress us, for
our wrath is raised; 20 phar shalt thou
go. and no further; we will smte thee
hip and thigh. We have spoken"l
So they counselIed together and said =
1--WE will have new leaders for our peo-
pie. We will have Erving, for he hath
sat at the seat of tie Customs and he
knoweth how to reckon the moneys for
our good; and we will have Elias, for he
hath experience in planting and sowing,
and hath brought us fowl of his own
flock, and surely he knoweth how to
manage a town; and we will have
George, for, behold, he will do as Erving
saith, and peace shall reign IN their
midst"
So when the Ides of March had come,
the people gathered, and they considered
the doings of the council of Asa and John
and their confreres, and with one accord
they chose Erving to be their leader, and
they chose George, saying, "He is good
man, and just, and will act for us wise
ly"; bat as for Elias they rejected him,
saying, ELIAS is mighty man of bust
ness, and his works will suffer if we call
on him to act in our behalf" And other
men chose they to 90 forth and do the
things that the rulers of the State had
set down in the books of the law.
So appointed they William to mend
their ways, and Mortimer to gather the
taxes; Samuel chose they to see to the
learning of the youth, Edward and FL
hanan selected they also to assist him.
And the men whom Asa and his friends
had called ring" were sore at heart.
And now abideth the works of the
mighty men who rule the town, and the
time approached when the people shall
choose them or their successors.
And the people sit in judgment in the
places of traffic, and they say, What
have these men done?"
And the phantom called Echo answer
eth WHAT"
And again they say, Have they not
builded us bridges and set them on wood,
which corrupteth and maketh work for
the laborer?
Have they not set posts at the corner
of the streets so the wayfarer may know
where he is at:
"Have they not built up a place to sell
wine, which is 'mocker, as we'll as the
plan by which it is sold ?"
And the people rejoice in that if no
good, surely no harm hath been done, for
as they study the doings of Erving and
his co-laborers, and see how they carried
out in so forcible a manner the mighty
works above spoken of, they are glad
that the ring" has been broken-and
nothing else.
And the doings of the people at their
next day of election, and the acts of the
rulers they shall select, surely they will
be HERALDED forth in due season, in the
next Chapter of the Book of Chronicles.
SELAH!