Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-01
state Political Notes.

"A call mas appeared LOT lAiDtIbl
Republican County Convention, in Ben
nington county, to assemble at North
Bennington, on Monday, August 9Th, at
10 o'clock a. IN. The Democratic COun-
ty Convention has been called at the
same time and place.
Tie Bennington Banner is rcspOn-
sible fsr the following, under the head
ing of "Greeley on the Fence:
''Just for the fun of the thing" some
of the young men in theyillagc of South
SALISBURY fixed up an ctfigy or bur
lesque representation OF Uncle Horace,
and set it on the fence in one of the
streets in the village, few nights since.
On the same night the sons OF Erin had
q large ball or dance, as house-waTm-
ING in that town. At early dawn some
of the dancers, returning home, saw the
representative COnciliatOr and very &C
curately took his measure. So much 50
that one of them; going to the door Of a
citizen in North Bennington, ratified him
up, and inquired, 'Nr' Wright, do You
know the man Graaley ?" 'Oh, yes, [
know Horace by sight" said Bark
''Why?" BE jabers they have him in
South SALISBURY, jist - ooh, no;
Greeley isn't in South SALISBURY, man;
if he was | should have heard something
about it; I'm for him, you know"
"Wun. be COB, lie is, now :" Where 2"
asked 3. "On the tince, f0rnenst the
hotel, and little beyant, dye mind be
tune the residences of two iintlemcn,
sure!" said the excited discovcrer.
,.IJ,r,- loo, l., 1,Zl- ir1,,iroJ rit-l,4
'Quite an publish look he has, with q
smooth an aisy face, an a white slouchcd
hat that's a tippin; he has spictacles on
his nose, and rading of the New York
Tribune, and is a man Of about the size
of 400 pounds" GLOW do you know it
is Greeley" asked w. "Bekase he has
a ticket ontil his hat sayin' Horace
Graalev, from the Baltimore Convin-
ton. =" ''What else ?" An a string
of dried apples for plantin', labelled
Vat | knows of farmin' " An, an, Mis-
Their Bark, vat other publick man would
be dttjH' on tile fence nowadays, or he
sowin' a crop of dried apples, ercjpt gre
d-zn GraaLy?' Bark gave up the con-
undrum, and after remarkiDg, you
know him we'll enough to have made
him, and set him on the fence shut
the door, while the outsider left with
the emphatic assertion 'niver a bit have
I till do with the New York I1Tbu11e, or
the double-daaling ould boss Of it, at all
at all Nicer !"
The Democrats and Liberals of
Windsor county hold joint convention
at White River Junction, August 9th,
for the nomination of county officers.
An enthusiastic meeting was held at
Vergennes on Thursday evening, which
was addressed by ex-Lieut. Governor
Burnham Martin, of Chelsea, and Gen.
Grandey, in stirring speeches. A Grant
and Wilson Club was formed, and Off
GERS elected as follows:
Capt. Charles E. Parker, President.
Calvin H. Smith, francis NJ. Strong,
Vice Presidents.
julius s. Hickok, Recording Secretary
and Treasurer.
George r. Chapman, Corresponding
Secretary,
With the following gentlemen as eX-
ecutive committee: James Crane, John
E. Young, Howard II. Burge, r. NJ.
Clapp and J. G. Hindes.
A correspondent of the Free Press
says:
Vergennes will give the straight Re
publican ticke$a large majority at the
September and November elections
Greeley stock is at large discount here,
notwithstanding the item in the Bristol
correspondence of the Montpelier ArguS
The same correspondent thus speaks
of Addison county politics:
In regard to our county politics, the
article copied from the Register in thi,
mornings Free Press may be true, SO
far as Middlebury is concerned, but in
the northern portion Of Addison county
the election of George F. Skiff to the
Office of sheriff is considered q fOrcgone
conclusion, and we Go not speak unad-
visedly when we say so.
The Pittsburg, Pa, Gazette thus
speaks of Hon. Julius Converse:
Mr.. Converse, the Republican candi-
date for Governor in Vermont, is in his
74th year, and he was in public life
forty years ago, when Andrew Jackson
was President Probably he stands
alone as candidate, American nomina-
tions running mostly to younger men.
He is one Of those old men who have
come to the front of late, and who have
kept their places