Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-09-29
Correspondence of the Free Press and Times.
From Boston.
The Political CampGign-Ruiier as a Circus
PeUormsr-Ths Parious Cdndidates-
.nusical-Litera1y.


probably not yet the novel and extraordinary
struggle going On for the Republican nomins-
ton must have stirred even the waters Of Lake
Champlain. | suppose the performance is re-
garded somewhat as a circus used to be in the
good old days when institutions Of that kind
were vigorously kept out Of the Green Mountain
State. The circus managers were in the habit
Of pitching their tents on all sides Of the State,
in the border towns and the result would be
that esch exhibition would nearly depopulsIe
the adjacent part Of your puritanic soil. The
comparison is apt, in another respect, when
you come to anslyze the Butler movement, it
is nothing but a perambulGting circus, for
which Collector Russell does the deep intriguing,
Wendell Phillips The sonorous calls at
the door, and Rev. Dr. Marvin, the highly
moral endorsement. Butler himself is the per-
former. or rather all Of them, in Al unique and
irrepressible combination. When be attempts
Z to vault over the heads Of the Republican party,
and the many better men who share its con-
flence, he i the acrobat Of the show In the
[ person Of the advocate Of labor reform, woman
suffrage, or other schemes, good, bad or in
| different, he is Monsieur -, the wonderful
| rider of se7en bareback horses, going in differ
/ ent directions. When he slaniers joe Hawley
and blackgusrls the press. lie is the traditional
bully whom policeman kicks out of the ring
I Bu5 it is as clown that the Essex statesman
stands out in bis true proportion. Were it not
for the essential vugsri;y ani ugliness Of
the man. his exhibitions would he At
least amusing. B0, his very hrst
appearance. when he went into the patent meii-
cine business. showed that ladies could never
witness his con;ortons Or hear his jokes snd
from that moment b Is fate was sealed. Massa-
chuset;s may no, yet be ready for woman suf-
frsgc. but you may be sure that no nan whoze
speecAes offend public decoacy c4n become her
governor, even ii ne be supported by the woman
suffrage relormsrs themselves.
Dr.. Loring is behaving very w=ll in this can
ylss Up 10 this time he hss been rather quiet.
bnt nov that the melancholy dsys Of the agri-
cultural fairs have come his voice Wall be often
heard ia the lsnl Between L5riug aad But
Ter most people, who prefer aul4sity TO coxarl-
ice. au outsp3kea rascal. even tainted WIKI
demagoz.sm, 90 d plastic aud s5copAantie H.
bcs.le, will choose the Latter. Butler may Be
fes-eI aai hatel but he i- a little Toe dangerous
f.r contempt. Nov D-. Llriag is thoroughly
c,ntempuble he ans the mes. humili.ting re-
corl # any man in Massachusetts s,ill Il he is
good enough O. be- chairman OF the Republican
State Committee. be is good enough 10 be Repgu-
hcln ci0iila;e Tor governor. Il VAS b.unier
90 take Butler himself when be- became au spo.-
tate, but % receive this agricultural Urish
Heep was aa outrsge oa AL h.gh-sp.ri,ei Re
pub.icans.
The remaining stsels entered FOR the Worces-
ter race are Mr.. Washhnrn, Mr. Rice ami illr-
veg Jewell, speaker Of the Sta.e House Of Rep
resenistiyes Oi these Mr. Jewell Is the lu-t
thorough pOitci8n-A c1I-hearici. - lsl, an
hitious man. lie counts on the support of the
Boston Journal, and OF many p1iiu5a. clubs ia
Boston Ais. Rice has 90 enemies, nor has De-
many particular friends iu the interior
o.. the Sat. lie 90 good representative
OF the mercAsut princes q the c.iy--a
mau 10 whose character no one has discovered
q tlemish. who has seen several years service 10
Congress, aat would worthi.y grace the exeeu-
tive chair. All things considered, howeye-.
am inclined 20 think Mr.. Nashburn Is the be-,
candidate ior The whole State. / knoE h.u per
toua.ly 90 be conscientious Republican, ga1l
citizen, sni an houelt man. lie is Identified
with no custom house rings or political cliques
ani be viii go into the convention as the rerre-
tentative 0f the Intelligent voters cf the hsl-t #
the commonwealth. II j. 20 be confessed, how
ever, that bis prospects are not as good IS they
appeared a few weeks ago.
The concert season IN Boston opeas on the
-l-h instant with the rc-aupearauoe Of Nslame
Parepl-Rosa. She viii give two evening cJu-
certs and one matinee and will then prepare fo-
he- forthcoming season OF English opera. begin
ming, ] believe. az New York. Mr. PEEK. man
aver OF the Music Hall put o.shes prosrectus
o.! a series u promising concerts stretching a'oug
from the last 0i September to the middle OF Octo-
Der The special attractions will be Ole Bull.
Miss kellogg, and Adelaide Phillips sand
wiclei Boo among these Is M'iic Nilsson iu Italau
Opera. The combination Of which she IS The
star. aut which Max otrsS0sch formed this
summer. comprises the familiar names O.. Miss
Annie Cary, BrguJi., Rauto.phi snl the fol-
losing who appear flr the irst time 10 Amer
ics Nile. Msrie Duyal, Soprano, and Victor
Csp0u'. tenor. from London. Mr. Lyal. tenor.
AMI AIessrs. Armand Barre. baritone sud Jaruait .
bssso from the Grand Opera, Pars. Tea nights .
AL two uisiiaee' sill be given, opening Oct. @.
with Councils Faust Tonight sni Tomorrow
We are % have concerts by Fisk's Ninth regiment
baad with Leyy's marvellous coyuct As a specisl
attraction.
James x Oss1ol 3 Co, sre slowly clearing
oat ;heir fall lis, If new books Nj Brysnt's .
lliai has already appeared in = cheaper form,
corresponding % the popular edition Of Long
Fellow psntc, ss well as the first volume Of .
the Odyssey 10 the suuptCus style Of lis pre-
decess0rs. The second volume Will be publish
ed this winter, sni the public taste will then de
IN ani, J suppose, popular edition Of the Oiy-
ssey as well. The arrivals Of to-day include
Eiwsri Hale's " How TO DO It," and vii
liam Winters volume Of poems " My Witness"
The OCTOBER ',st mcluies - Child Life - sci
lection Of poetry Tor the young, bv Whittier a
new aud cheaper edition Of Longfcllow's Ds-te
HAEjhorne's '' Italian Journals" in two VOL
umes several collections Of articles heretofore
published or TO be published in the Atlantic.
and the other periodicals Of the house, such as
clarence Kings Sierra Nevada sketches; Mrs
Helen Hunts travelling narratives MIS- Whit
ney's " Real Folks" &c 4 special aul pecu-
liar attraction is a series Of Words Of Eminent
Men, selected snd arranged by James Parton.
Tie trsi volume (Nashington) will be published
in October. The November announcement
contains some very attractive features. Mr.
Fields " Whispering Gallery " with some sidi-
tons, Will be published, as -" Yesterdays with
Authors - The works Of Dickens will be
rounded of with " Dickens Dciionary,' hy
Gilbert A. Pierce. The title explains the book.
which will be Published uniform with each
edition Of Dickens, issued by J. 4. Ossood * Co.
For a holiday volume, We are promised series
Of illustrated studies Of Elwin Booth. the
drawings by lleDnessy aud the rest by William
Winter OF the Tribune. In December. will
be published the first three volumes. TO be fol-
lowed soon b. the fourth, OF Lodges Translation
OF Winckelmsun's . History Of Art" OF this
important work, l may say more at smother
time 1t vii! be richly illustrated, bound in
octave size, and will be sold at five dollars per
volume
Iurd and Iioughion's bulletin contains for
September, as a speciality, new edition Of Sam
Slick. Ii Will be illustrated by barley and
bound IN style uniform with the Riverside Clas-
sizes. The poems Of the late William H. Bur-
leigh will be published in appropriate style late
this month, as well as the % Life Of the Rev.
John McVicker, ID D., of New York by his
brother, Rev. ". \. McVicker Mrs. Therese
\ elverton, who has been Studying the Yosemite
region, will publish novel having that country
as the scene That particular friend Of the la
dies, George W. Julian of Indiana. has collected
some Of his best speeches on various Questions.
and they Will be published by HuTd & Hough-
ton In . Mary Queen of Scots" Mr. James
r. Meline reviews Froude sharply, and
perhaps successfully, in regard to his treat
ment OF that unfortunate sovereign "Speci
mems OF Maesronic Verse;" is the title Of
an amusing but Improbable work which James
a. Morgan has compiled Some of the speci-
mems are inexpressibly droll ard funny, some
very silly, and some very dull, but they may
serve to pass away weary hour occasionally
NoTUs
Az ANEcDOTE OF Mas. SDDoxs-A CORES
pendent Of the London Times says;
g Mrs. Siddons was ledy's maid, | believe, to |
the Duchess of Ancaster, a relation of the Great