The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06
Number of females committed to the
workhouse, Dlackwell's Island, six times
and upwards for intoXication, from Janu-
ary /. 1870, to January |, 1874:
From the Burlington Free Press and Times.l
STATE POLITICS.
The MiddIebury Meeting.
MIDDLEBURY, Jan. %.

MlDDLEBCRf, Jan. ~.
At the political conyocation here to-day,
there were about twenty-five or thirty per-
sons present from various town in Addison
and Rutland counties. During the fore
noon they stood around in small groups in
different parts Of the Addison House, some
of them taking an occasional smile in room
No 1, and all anXiously inquiring what the
gathering meant, lut no one could explain.
About three p. m the company were
gathered in the sittingroom and were called
to order by Col Tracy of Middlebury, who
said something, but what I was unable to
understand. Hon. John NJ. Dyer of Sails
bury was then chosen chairman, and James
NJ. Slade, jr, of Middebury, and |. j.
Vail, of Brandon, secretaries.
The objects of the meeting were SC forth
by Mr.. Slade, jr, which amounted to just
as near nothing as could be.
Remarks were also made by Col. II. III.
Merritt. of Brandon. Can emplOye of Col.
Sprague); Judge Walker, Col. Knapp, of
the Register, and others.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Slade,
| ir., which set forth that the interest of the
| two counties are identical, and that as cit
liens they should unite in securing the
nomination of representative man on the
republican state ticket.
| No name was mentioned for Governor,
but it was plain that you hit the right spot
this morning, and your article was matter
| of considerable remark among those assem-
bled.
The following are the names of those
present as far as | could ascertain
RUTLAND COUNTY.
FIR Button, C ID Pitts, L II Griswold, l
j Vail, Horace Ellis, Col Merritt, Bran
don; Il L Lille, Dandy; Abijah Ellis,
Ira Ezra Edison, Mendon; Major J II
lIazletine, Rutland; Franklin Post, Wall
ingford
ADDISON COUNTY.
Col A A Fletcher, II n Solacc, Bridport
Capt Frank Moore, L Farnham, Shore
ham Howard Clark, d IL Sargent, Lin
coin; Il S Dana, Cornwall; Ira S Wright,
Weybridge; Gen 5 f Atwood, Monkton ;
VIM Partch, New Haven.
After the arrival of the F'r6e Press d
Times this morning, Spragues right and
left bowers (E ii Griswold and c ID Pitts
of Brandon) took the express train for
home, probably to stop the large number of
citizens who were to come ON the after
noon train. The affair is the laughing
stock of almost every one here, outside the
cOnclave. KENO.
LITTER FROM col. TRAcY--HE CRISES TO Xxx
PLAIS.n
MIDDLEBURY, Jan. %.
Editor Free Press and Times
In your paper of this date under the head q
"The Sprague Conclaye" you publish what you
are pleased TO call ''secret circular issued by
| Col. sprague's managers Az an accidental
meeting or half dozen friends one evening,
| the names of several gentlemen were mention
| cd In connection with the gubernatOral ques-
ton. Among those named as prominent candl-
dates were Park, NeaZey, Sprague, TAFT, Bar
| ttude OF candidates named, IL was suggested
| to write TO gentlemen In the dlnerent towns
| inviting them to Middlebury, not TO nominate
| Mr. Sprague or any other man as Governor OF
Vermont, but 10 obtain the opinion OF the Varl-
Gus gentlemen invited and through them the
| minds OF the people In the different towns In
which they lived. These letters were sent TO
various gentlemen throughout the county with
| out knowing and without asking whether they
were In favor OF Sprague, Barlow Park or TAFT,
or any other OF the multitude or candidates
| named but u ascertain the Views OF the Two
counties throus h private individuals not with
view OF controlling any convention or noml-
| mating a candidate for Governor as your COM
ments would seem TO imply.
Very respectfully,
EDITORIAL COMMENTS OF THE FREE PRESS.
According to the despatch of our cores
pondent " Keno" the political consultation
at Middlebury, yesterday, was an inglorious
fizzle so much so, that two of the prime
movers in the affair "vamoosed the ranch. u
And such, we take 1t, will be the fate of all
such puerile attempts to forestall public