The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-05-14
The "Liberal'' Nominees.

Horace Greeley is Of Scotch-Irish
parentage. He was born at Amherst, N.
H., February 3, 1911. His father was
a farmer in humble circumstances. Some
what frail in health, Horace early took to
books. and when mere boy was ap-
prenticed to the printers trade, in
country newspaper Office in Vermont, to
which State his father had removed He
worked for while at his trade in Erie,
Pennsylvania, and went to New York
City in August, 1881, where he found
employment as a journeyman printer.
He first assumed degree Of prominence
as editor of the Netc Yorker, weekly
paper started March %, 1884. 1t was
not pecuniary success. Being always
an ardent partisan Wing, while that party
lasted, he published campaign paper in
1910, called the Lo Cabin, advocating
the election of Harrison and Tyler. The
Daily Tribune was started on April 10,
lo4l, just after the death Of President
Harrison. In those days, before the
Electric Telegraph was invented, and
when American journalism was widely
different from what it is at present, it re.
quired but little capital to start a daily
paper, and the Tribune, destined in time
to become 50 famous, had humble be.
ginning, attaining no marked success for
years. We need not recite the subse-
quent career Of its founder, so familiar
to the present generation. Mr.. Greeley
served for one session-flling an unex.
pired term-in Congress, 1889.
Benjamin Gratz Brown, the Liberal
nominee for Vice. President, was born al
Lexington, KY, May %, 1926, and grad
uated at Yale College-atter pursuing
part Of his collegiate course at Trausyl
vania University-in 1917. His father
was the late Judge Mason Brown, O
Kentucky. After graduation, he studied
law in Louisville, and settled in St. Louis
He Was Democratic member of tn,
Missouri Legislature form 1852 to 1858
He assisted in founding the Missouri
Democrat-now the leading Republican
paper of that State-and edited tina
journal from 1854 to 1859, in which ca
, pacity he exhibited marked ability. III
was one of the leaders of the Anti-S!a
very movement in that State, and CO
operated with the Republican part,
through the war He served as Unite
: States Senator from Missouri from 1856
to 1867. Ia 1870 he was nominated 70
3 Governor by boiling Republicans, receiv
a ed the support of the Democracy, VIII
e had bitterly opposed the war and tn
S measures Of reconstruction, and was elect
= ed by decided majority. He still hold
that office.
0 The English are experimenting wit
: their heavy guns on their own ships, an
e bid fair to astonish the world with ii
j results of their long Investigations. The
i are going very extensively into heay
: ornaments, and have made an additio
+. of twenty-five ton guns to the defences
y brakes Island, and eighteen ton guns
y the other forts in Plymouth Scum
l. These tremendous engines Of war hay
d all received severe trial and been a
% credited as fit for their position. Th
d pounding which the Devastation has gi
e en- one of the new ironclad ships is co
IT sidered sufficient proof that such hui
lie vessels are useful. A very extensi'
ii armament has been scattered all along Il
N coast OF Great Britain recently, and b
lie little Is said about il in the papers.
looks as if the English meant to be pr
Of pared to repel any invasion which t
continental tr0ublesmay thrust upon the