The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-28

tuition or distressing the people. Anf
therefore move, sir, that this connni ii
fosoIVe 10 raise a full regiment of men
sahe such prompt and speedy measures
noi ,helr enlistment, that, within on,
week every glen in Vermont shall re
ration. - p''P"
"Chimerical"' said one, who, in
common with the rest of the council.
seemed 10 near, with much surprise. a
propositlon OF this magnitude so con.
'luehtiy offered, when the doubt an
peared to be whether even the com
paratlvely trifling one of Clark would
/ be adopted "'''''
Impossible, utterly impossible to
raise pay for half of them,' responded
several others. N''>'N'
Don let us say that till we are
compelled to do so,' said the patriotic
carpenter, IN an encouraging tone
Inns proposition Jumps SO well with
my wishes, that | could not see if
hastlly abandoned. For, although
confess ! do not pretend to see where
tiie requisite means are to come from.
fet some new light, in this respect, NAV
preah IN upon us by another dav.
ana could we but see our way clear IN
sustain 1!iss THIS proposition, we should feel
like men again. ~
Amen to all that" respondod
Clark, And as the hour for adjourn
hleht mas now arrived, | move that our
young colleague, who offered This
proposition with so much confidence
IN the discovery of way to c,,r, :.
INTO execution, and who is said ~ ~ -,
very fertile in expedients, be appoint
ed a committee to devise the WAYS and
means of paying the bounties and
wages OF the regiment he proposes to
raise; and that he make his report TO
the council by sunrise tomorrow
morning.
Second that motion, Mr. President. :"
cried Lyon, in his usual full. deter
mined tone of voice and strong Irish
accent. II go for the whole of Mr..
Allen proposition, means or no
means. But the means can, must. and
shall be found, sir. We will put the
gentleman's brains under the screws
tonight, he continued, joccoselv
turning to Allen land if he appears
here IN the morning empty handed
he ought to be expelled from the co,Iu
ell Ay,and I'll move it, too, hy the
two bulls that redeemed me ~ az
accept the terms, replied Allen.
bowlng pleasantly to the former
Give me a room by myself pen, ink.
paper and lamp, and [ will abide
the condition. -
- For your lamp, Mr., Allen, as your
task is to discover money where there
is none l advise you to borrow the |
wonderful lamp of Aladdin" gayly
added Rowley, as the question was
put. and carried; and the council, |
half serious half sportive mood. |
broke up, and separated for the night. |
At sunrise, the next morning. AS
had been proposed. the council pune.
tually assembled to receive the prom |
ised report of their committee. Most |
Of them, from having lodged in the |
same house, were aware that Allen |
had spent the whole of the intervening |
time on the business which had been |
committed to his charge; for. hour
after hour, during that important
night, they had heard the sound of |
MS footsteps, as he continued to walk !
his solitary chamber intensely revolv-
ing in his teeming mind the vcxed
question, upon the decision of which he !
felt the last chance of making sue
cessful stand against the invaders Of
the state could probably depend. And
this and the expectation, which had
been generally raised, that he
could present some feasible plan for
out his proposals, the charac
ter of which no one could conjecture,
caused his appearance TO be awaited
With no little curiosity and solcltude.
They were not left long in suspense;
for scarcely had the president called
the council to or Ter, before Allen came
in, holding in his hand an open sheet
Of paper, to which, as the yet undried
ink showed, he had just committed
The result of his nights labor.
is the committee, appointed at
adjournment last evening prepared to
make his report?" asked the presi
lent.
Fully your honor promptly re
ponded Allen, who depIorngly then
rose and said,-
My report, Mr.. President, consists {
II two parts. The first comprises the
nomination of list of officers, from
colonel TO subaltern, for regiment, to {
,e styled The Rangers. The second {
,art involves the subject more par {
lcularly committed to me, and pro- Z
loses the means of raising and sup
'orting them. AS the first will be {
Useless the second is adopted.
viii submit it without present read Z
ne, and to proceed at once with the |
econd and more important PROPOSE. '