Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-07
Gloversville Gass Exploded.

nightp Did you hear its newsP "Tht
Telegram is sliding backward, he says
because it has discontinued the Associat
ed Press. This Gloversville hooking
bird at once concludes that he has stuff
icient second sight to see our final issue
Now we have too much valuable news
to waste space on such an cratic cipher
as the waste basket boy who sticks type
and spills ink for the whipped dog paper
around the corner. The only argu-
ment advanced by this tramp printer
from the uncertainties Of Gloversville
to the effect that we were sliding back.
ward is because We have, he says dis
continued the Associated Press service.
Does he cali this sliding backward and
a sign of final suspension What did
he say about the poor service of the
Associated Pres when we first announc-
ed that We had secured contract for it
Is it a sign Of sliding down the grade to
drop something which this self appointed
successor to Horace Greedy calls Of an
inferior quality? Does he know why
we have dropped it If not, it might
be good plan for him to mind his own
business and be careful how he repre-
sents our standing or he might have an
other taste of the same kind of legal
food that he received At Gloversville, N.
Y. Do you want some more OF that
How much Of failure did you mako at
that place. and Why Do you know
anything about the financial condition
of this papcr9 If not, then just keep
such rot out of your columns. The peo-
pie Of Barre are better judges of wheth-
er we are sliding back or not than are
you who are so wrapped up in your own
imaginary intelligence that you can sec
only one newspaper 10 Barre. You like
to have other people in fashion, and,
having made failure of the, business
at Hyde Park and Gloversville, you as
sumo that it is impossible for anyone to
succeed since you with forked tongue
and doubtful ability hsve often walked
the uncertain road of defeat. The ASS
ociated Press service has been discon-
tinued for the present owing to lis late
arrival in this city, and we desire to
give the people of Barre the best local
news before distorted report of it has
appeared in this alleged "Only One"
that last night printed our obituary.
But speaking Of the d continuing Of
the telegraphic service, where is the
Union News service that he talked SO
loud about? Since the war closed
none of it has appeared in his columns.
Surely this cannot possibly be an indi-
cation that this "Only One" is sliding
back p He had that cheap service dur
ing the war and We had the Associated.
We now propose to give the citizens OF
Barre more space for local news. From
the day we commenced publication we
have given the public more genuine To-
cal news in one day than that frcaky
sheet has in three. We will leave the
matter to who publishes the best paper
to any unprejudiced person in Barre.
We are willing to let the future judge
that fact, but just word as to Barrels
not wanting anything that does not 60
forward, 1t is true that this city is en-
inently progressive and wants only
those things that will assist its onward
movement Will that freaky Jumping
jack name anything he ever did for the
city of Barre that is worthy of repeti-
ton? viii that personification of fail
ure point to a single act that warrants
his asking the public TO longer support
his flyspeck? 1t is impossible, so do
not attempt to do SO. One thing is
sure. The TELEGRAM is not dead, but
very much alive, and will be here when
his insignificant sheet is buried in obliv-
ion. We have more than once found
where alleged men, connected with a
rival sheet, have represented to local
merchants that We were shout to sus-
pend publication. This was long ago,
and those same merchants, discerning
tho falsehood Of his statements, have
given us their advertising patronage.
fact; when We leave Barre
which will not DO this year or next,
there will be no sheriff to stop us at
the station, no unpaid bills to be sent
to some attorney where we may next
locate. We shall not leave at night,
we shall not have to leave through the
back doors of a Jail. We shall not
slide back, but shall continue to grow,
and at any time that we do use tele.
graphic matter it will be the best.