The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-09-05
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The lsv seems TO be pretty clear on The
subj sct. whso the ,tsts grants rsli
road . charter and . toun sfauis II the
right OF wsy. the rsilrosd c,n tske sl =
fair spprsised vslue sny property lying 10
the lipe OF II. survey, provided tbs owner
refuses TO sell IT 40 ssreed price. Thai,
covers the facts 10 this case. You refuse
to sell the company . strip on the south
eide Of yonr orchsri The state ssys to
The compspy, We give ycu the right TO
sppiopriste ihst land al our srpris.I. lfs
20 use for the owner 10 protest The
lsw can do nothing for him. II th,re
vss ghost Of s'chsnce TO 6sht. Cyrus,
III DO elsd 10 10 shat amid Tor von
Bat = lawyer osD't DO anything when the
law amt on bis ,ide.
Colonel B5wker iippei his chair back
md threw one leg ever the corner Of bis
Uttered table. 40 old man, trembling
With impo.ent rage sat 10 fiekety arm
chair on the other side OF the table. His
cain quivered and his thin lips kept
opening and shutting as the senior wi
iste lawyer spoke
Then IL the Law csut do snythius for
me III do il for myself, cried the old man
bringing his withered fat down on the
char. III see II man can be robbed
OF whst,s ben his'n for Gity year and
be q in the family for more'n . hundred.
l hope you won't do ANYTHING rash,
Cyrs, Q i'd the colonel bisndly, It's q
case where the welfare Of The many over
ride, the welfsre OF the individual. you
see. The law provides no recourse for
the individual in sucb q case.
| got done with the Law. / tell yel
shouted the old mao hsrcely. I'm depen
din on myself nov. | said il the Law
coulin't help me I'd help myself. Pll
see II they cal run their oonssrnei trains
through my orchard without my permis
sion, A mans proput'ys his own. The
sint no Law that kin knock that fscI
ont O. the Ten Commandments.
Colonel Bo.ktr accompanied his iratt
ellen. TO the door, Better be cautious,
Cyrus, be spid as the old man plunged
down the ct 3. Don't DO anything in .
hurry. T.k, time to think IL over. And
remem Der tb.t am always ready to Cd
wise you On suy pint that may CONT
up.
Cyrus Stackpole drove home in blind
rage, He was one OF those old men who
are set ss the everlasting hills, and the fac
that everything seemed TO be array et
his will 10 this instance only served II
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bound and determined that the new raj
road should not pts through bis orchsrt
There was no particular reason why !
should be denied this right Of wsy el
cept that Cyrus had taken q notion not Il
allow II, The trees 10 the orchard hst
been set ont by his tsther's father, ant
their knotted aud wrinkled trunks ant
limbs had long since passed the age o
iruit bearing. They only eerved TO Gun
Der the ground, but Cyrus would not Gu
them down and plant new ones; The
we're 9 part OF the old order OF things
and Cyrus was Q conservative Of conse
vsiives' A peck OF bitter, worm estel
windfalls from the old trees was more &
MS liking stbsn . bushel oi sound toot
some fruit from younger and more vigo
ous stock. That the pert modern rel
road should desecrate his venerable 0
chard was Dot to be endured. II wen
% aiust the old mans grain, and that graf
was exceedingly tough.
Az it happened. however. Cyrus Stac
pole fell into the clutches OF severe
tack OF 10 an mstory rheumatism soon .
ter bis visit to Colonel Bowkst's lew oaic
and about the time when the railroad me
came to grade aud prepare the rosdbe
across bis orchard. The work was q
done while the old msn was grosning 90
tuning 10 bej, and by the time be &c
about again the ties end rails we're lsi
through bis orchard. Then the first trsi
came along. roaring triumphsptly 40
vomiting blsck smoke over what rename
OF the sncient apple trees.
| Upon this Cyrus bestirred bimsel
though physical eIertion still sent excr
cisting pains through bis ioints. III
regular passenger train schedule had bee
10 operation jast day when be began
|, do for himself what the Law could not {
would not do Tor him. At 3 O'Clock on
Tuesday afternoon bis vile having drive
to the villsge, Cyrus bitcbed mp ses
Of oxen and began to drag stumps fro
the stump fence on the north side OF Il
orchards 10 the railroad bed. He cho
! the largest and soundest and toughe
D stumps be could 6ud and by o'clock b'
, formidable fspce built across the ~
! road on the eIset boundry Of bis orcbsr
, The roots OF the stamps brls,lsd 10 the
. rection from which the peIs train vou
spprosch the train from Wilmington d.
D TO pass .. 8 O'Clock 10 the .venin
Q Should . locomo otivs strike these form
> able roots The bnlt Of the stumps WOO
j tniy be driven finer into the sronn
/. Something would have TO stop or tmss
Il and Cyrus felt con6ielt thst II won
, not be the stumps.
. 1, Sss several uicutps past when =
D horn blew for supper Cyrus ws gl
!, Of tue extra iins sud glad that bis DE
!. Of operations vss liiden from tbs boo
q by . rise Of land. When be came slox
, up from the orcbsfd With The tired oxs
ii bis wife u,t tin ct The bsek door.
Here. letter Tor ye, she ssid. SupT