Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-10

~ The burlington Sentinel Of last week
under the head of "OUB PUrF-ERY !' among
other things, notices the Officers drill recent.
ly held in Burlington, as follows:
"Fhc Officers drir which occupied two DAYS Of last
week, was highly crcditabe TO the fine array of fin,
looking fellows that participated in IT, II we mas
be permitted 90 speak of any officers iu particular
without any dspamgcmcnt ~ others, certainly shall
compliment Can't Bogue Of the Ransom Guarfig (St
Ahans) aud bis corps uf officers fas we'll as those nr
uenen frum the same place who upon the staff fi
Their soldcry graceful and gentlcmany demcanur thci
thorough discipline and prompt obedience, and their
most tasty uniform We observed our old friends Col
Staunard. Maj Chandler aud - Gilman among the on.
Gers, and arc proud Of the reputation they giving
our native county for pre- commence in military dours
why on Earth the powers that be- appointed the annual
auihnna muster 10 he held At Montpelier fNt)-jusi
,A'"~ Of Il once lis more than discnigmaize.
However suppusc shall sect Where they can find
hat or dry land enough TO accommodate the soldcry up
htre VA mat nggy' muddy, mountainous hole, is indeed
apu1fc, unless they make land hy filling n as the Rail
roads do Mo military company at Montpelier no band
81 music no accommodations no nothing and No-vcm.
bcr all The umcl IL perfect shame, this appoint
men Island what is more almost al tho Companie,
and officers arc "mad" and Dissatisfied with IT,"
The first part Of the above is undoubtedly
well deserved compliment; but only think
Of the magnitude of an institution that can
run such 'pufIery"--a regular Jloat-cry, on
a grandiloquent scale And then such a
stride from the sublime to the ridiculous -
Just think of it once o. How on earth he
could do it sis more than we can disenigna-
tze ~ (swallowed dictionary, tool But
then the Sentinel man has Just been to Mont
polier to attend Douglas Convention (what
an unmerciful set of fellows that Committee
must have been to have summoned the simon
pure Douglasites way up in such a "foggy.
muddy, mountainous" anti-Dougas "hole !"
Just think Of It once !'') and must have
gone home with flea in his ear or a brick in
his hat, and such a brick-"ust hjnk of it
once !" And then such a figure as he must
have cut tumbling round among the rookeries
and nookeries, the fog-holes and the bog
holes of such town as Montpelier 80.
tempores, moresf Is it any wonder he
asks 'where they can find fiat or dry land
enough to accommodate the soldiery up there"
where they viii have to male land by filling
in as the railroads do" Just think of it
once !" No interminable sand-banks to cut
through, no monster lakes to fill up, no cars
SiattciiHB tHloubn the streets, no winds, no
dust, "no nothing" but one great, extended,
"foggy, muddy, mountainous hole :" 0, her
rors "Why on earth did "the powers that
be- appoint "tho annual autumnal muster to
be held in such place Then, again, they
have mo military company at Montpelier, 80
and it is disgrace to a military man to set
foot on such "foggy, muddy hole" and
they have "no hand of music" O. horrible (!
have to send to New York to get one to play
for the annual COM closing exercises Of
their school! mo accommodations :" four
or five large hotels plastered out in the mud
but they won't accommodate fellow for love
nor money "Just think of it once I" at is
perfect shame, this appointment s-and
what is more the Burlington Sentinel is
mad and dissatisfied about it e. What a
whale of a fish that Junior" is why. if a
Montpelier editor had run such a train of
"puff-ory' into Burlington, they would have
called him drunk or crosy-perhaps both .-
But we 'shant do no such think :" it is a lit
tie Small(ey)er business than we care to med
die with.