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ally prevent Mr.. Tiiton'S last state
the excitement of the public mind ON
the subject. But now readers hang
over it lis over Il wild romance, or Il
stage tragedy, full of striking ">itua-
tionS, of passion and SORROW. rcmoI>c
and despair. We must say that II Is
powerfully written. and cannot fail Il"
produce il strong Impression. 1t Ger
tainlN demonstrates the necessity of the
impending legal proceedings. i'll order
t" Il satisfactory clucIdalinn of the
truth. only when the authors of all
these settlements are put upon the
stand and made to testify >nlrmmly he
fore the law and before God. can We
know the absolute truth.
From the Christian Leader
Mr.. Tiltun has brought ont another
''>tatemcmt" which produces evidence
and demands reply. There Is nothing
conclusive i'll it. but its p"sti"u> will
hold good till ovcrtlrrnwm 10y counter
evidence.
From the Chicns" Advance.
Omr editorial rcticrmcr upon the
BccrhrI-liltun matter. this week. H.
attrn before. is in keeping with Il de
llhcIatc purpose not to dahhlc with
this moiSomc stun more than seems all
>"lutrlN necessary III nur position of an
impartial christian Journal. The last
statement of Iilt"m leads the New
York Tribune. which has all along
been friendly To Mr.. Brrchrr. To con
cludc an editorial with these words
''Ihr church committee failed To get at
the bottom facts. Lei us see il the
courts will hc allowed Ia dn it," The
Springfield Republican,, also kindly dis
posed to Mr.. BrcchcI. SAYS: ''Without
being H. Yet satisfied of Mr.. bcrchrr'~
guilt. we do say. and we shall have in
this opinion the Endorsement of al fair
minded men. that neither his state
mcnt nor the report of his committee,
affords at this moment ANY tnlrIlhlr /
shelter for his reputation. mach less
any defence against the charges impuI
ed To him" We still adhere tu uur
stand of last week. and from the begin
ming. that Mr.. Bccchcr i To hr held in
n"ccnt until proved guilty and that
II" tribunal except the civil courts is
adequate properly /" Try the ease.
From Tia, Liberal Christian
Nh. Tiltnm and Mr.. MouItun have
published the hlarkr>t chaI res against
the honor of Mr.. liccrhcr. and they
support thc>,. charges bN Il remarkable
uIil of documents and circumstances
and cited Witu'>>c>. The accu>cr> are
not insignificant men. one of them
was tol YEATS the chosen companion.
counselor and fellow worker with Nj.
Brrchcl. the other "ul , Il few weeks
non Nh lt,,,.b.I ,I,,.l.,I.l T., la.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
Further Opinions.

The secular and political press hay
ing had its say on the defeat of JUDGE
Poland. the religions papers have. now
taken up his ease. D"rtorS. even of
Divinity. do not ALWAYS agree. and
there does not seem To hr perfect agree
m"nt III this case on all its points.
Thus the Christian Union SlN>: '.Omc
cannot he III favor of Judge Pnland>
action III regard to the Back Paw bus
mess. nor his alleged part in the Credit
M"hilicr report" while the y. Y. In
dependent declares quite is positively
and more correctly that the charge
against him of being Credit Mnhilicr
mtrWaSh"r. 81 lIr from being true.
Is r"ntradictrd 10y his report ON the,
subject, which WAS rs brave and lien
chant Il dealing with Il delicate subject
a> ever appeared in American puIitic>."
Us To the gag law the Union and Indie
pendent agree. The latter SAYS: The
charge of being Il press gag"cr'' i.
either IL wiltul lie or based ON u total
mI>lpprchcnSl"n of the law referred tu
The charge of being il .'SaIar\- mrahh,,"
may or may not he true aS to TN, f,,.t
which IT ailiIm> Vet il true il does moi
necessarily prove dishonesty. Judr,.
P"land'> record as member ni Con
greNS has been cmncmtly rrr,litahlc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02

y IlNNp>"NE NEWSPAPER 49, The Yer
mom Ii'0fchmdn and state .Jon,nm is
tn" full title of Il newspaper printed at
Montpelier 10y j. X J. VI. Poland. which
~" always have and probably always
shall call th" Waterman, for >hoIt This
paper lately appeared III IL new dress.
and looks remarkably we'll The pub
fishers. in a somewhat lengthy article.
rive history of the paper from its
start I" Tia" present time The paper
WAS commenced at Peacham. in Feb.
lI9-, and published 10y Farley X GoSS.
for Il period ut nine Years. under the
title ot Green Mountain Patriot. In
March, l-u1, the late Samuel GosS pur-
rhascd the paper. and established it at
Montpelier which bad then become the
pei mancmr capital Of the State. In I-I6
the paper passed into the hands OF the
late Gen. +. =. Walton. who, with his
S"n>. +. Z. Walton. ,Jr.. and Joseph :.
Walton. (hnth now liN img.) continued
its publication one OF both of them
tor b .lcar> II"n. T.. T. Walton be
came sole proprietor in I-53, and con
tinucd such until March. lists. uhcr he
sold ont +" the present proprictor>.
Without disi!aIagcmcnt To the rest of
the state papers in general or the Mont
p"licr press III particular, we consider
thai the Waterman rNrcls in three
points III Typographical beauty, gen
cIIl selections. and ability and candor
in leading articles. And 10y the way.
its proprirt"r> publish Daily during
the session, - irh will bc valuable to
all ON readers VIM Wish 10 keep posted
in regard /" he work of QUE Legislature
from day to day. Particulars in adS-r-
Using columns.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
Destructive Fire at Lennoxville.

4 most destructive fire visited Len
knoxville Monday. 1t caught i'll the
dwelling house of Charles Brooks de
StroN ing that. the store next. then
Bucks hotel and swept without re>iS-
tance north nearly or quite the entire
length of the street. 1t is said that L.
ii, uses and shops beside out buildings
were DESTROYED. The loss must he i'm
men>c and the village. a> it were virtu-
ally DESTROYED. The steam engine from
>hcrhrookr came up and did good SER
vice. but buildings were 81 dry that fire
was communicated 10y fly ing cindcrs for
Il long distance.
The following is the despatch to the
city press Fire broke ont Monday
forenoon in hay loft of BrookS'S stable
BrookS'S store. dwelling and outhuild-
imgS. Bnck'S hotel and Cleveland Bros
store are destroyed. Fire engines from
Sherhrookc have arrived and are doing
good service. but there is no water
nrarr than the river. y later dispatch
SAYS: The entire business portion of
the place has been destroyed. with the
exception of CaSwclr> Hotel. Buck y
Learned. and Clou"h. Robinson \ Coz
stores. and the post office. Over thirty
private residences are destroyed. Loss
estimated ut >lOO.OOO.
Private adviccs report that the fire
boys playing with matches. Mr.. Brooks
and family were away from home ut
the time. and Il clerk in his store went
with two fire cXtinguiShcrS and thought
he had the fire under control. hut while
he went for another ,NtinguiShcr the
fire revived. and soon WAS beyond CON
troll. Mr. Brooks is brother of DR.
Brooks of this place and father of Rev.
c. II. Brooks. the Young missionary
VIII" preached at this place in August
Mr.. Charles Brooks had Just been Gu
larging his store to double lis former
capacity. and had nearly completed ar
engagements t" protect his property
against fire 10y force pumps. etc. His
residence. outbuildiug> and store were
burned, together with most their con
tents. The village WIS about onc-half
the size of 81. JolnShuIN. and oven for
ty buildings We're burned. and this in
the business part of the town. Scarce
~ business building was left. The
loss is S:9O0.oOo. with insurance of about
>15.WW. Rev. &. II. Brooks WAS to
sail for Turkey the 10Th of this month.
and the family had left home to attend
his wedding the day the fire occurred.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
The Issue in the Second District.
THE to\LIrIp\ SHOWN Ir. ANoTIIEI:
CONVENTION CALLED ron:


From the. I:rartl,hnrn Record
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convention. uu,u tI,. ,,,rn,,u,.,.u,,.,,,
that ,Ju,I",. pnI.ud had ,J e, u,.,-
inIit, of 1h, voice. :,t ,u,,. vithJ,,v
immrdi,t,l, rc:ss,uhI,.d and urur,,.J
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the ru>Iiiu" tu, wears and uu,,,i,,.,t,.J
-. &. D,ui>,u ~ their ,-,ruiJ.,t, r,,
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commenced LA tL,. ,,,,st lih,.,.,I ,t,,.,s
ON TN, p;llt of hi> friends fn, D.uo,,-,ti,.
Suppnrt. Ihc,\i,lcuc,. i abundant and
conclusive to show that in D,.,I,",. ,nur,
1\ in uultiruIo, = h.,r,,ii ,,t tLiS char,
nrt,r WAS made. th,. D,uisnu E,,uI,Ii
cans v,r,. tn ,,t,. fan, tL. D,.r,,,.,.,,;,
candidate, for IN. I."isl,tu,, and tI,,.
b,.mo,.r.,ts in ,,turn wen. f., ,,,,. t,,
p,ui,nu for ,',un,,ss Win vL,, ,iJ,J
il, his .,,,-,u,,,.,,,,ut ,,.,. ,.,,,;,.J an,
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cr;,t, and ci"ht H,uuIJi,..,,. D,.,I,,I,...
the election of Democrat, in tI,. other
ruuntic, in this district. l,>ult,d from
the same cause. II i stated th,t Nh
IDrni>on declined tIi, nomination, Inn
in ~ hat u:,I,,., in tL. di>t,i,., v.,S III
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now received tI,, hos, ,t ali n,,,,i,,.,-
ti.us =, r,,,i,,.,;,, ,Iir,.,I, t.,,,,, ,I,..
,,npI,. NilIti,ns, " bnr,.,Il, ;n.i.t u,,n,
t;,iS tell u> b,,,. miami, tI,,,,.,,J b..',,
o,rots u,,tirin,t,J in and ,i,I..J i,
b,iu"iu" ,hnut This u,u,iu.,t;,n5 rL.
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tl, I'uiuu R,pubIi,.,u Pant, il, ,bis Ii-
t,i,.t iti,,ut :, ,..,,,,I,J,t., ,I,..I.,;,,,
i'm No>,uhcr Wh.t uu,I,, .,I ,L, ,.i,-
rum~t;tncrS is the duty ur th,. marry
Ia our Judgment. there. i II, oitcrn,-
tive: We, confidently believe. th,. only
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02

There has been no little discussion
over the question whether {. y. Dav-
export. of Brattleboro. whom the dem
oclats tried To run for Congress. voted
fol Judge Peek, the republican nomi-
nee for governor, and ii has been set
tied that he did, and also that he ad-
Vi>rd others to do 50. Some of the
democrats are considerably piqued at
Mr.. Davenport's independence
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02

state, will he escorted To the, ,c,.....,
by the Manchester fire drrI,t
George Il. Loring and Col. Nr.Lr,'' ''
MaS>arhI>ett>. and Col. >prayu. ~,
Rhode Island are expected to liz, r,,.,.,'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
Beecher's Opinion of Storrs.

Some things have been stated in th,
papers since the Bccclcr scandal came.
up. rejecting upon the conduct of DR..
Storr> l> Mr. Bccchcr'> friend and
brother III the ministry. We have never
Thought there WIS ground for these re
Elections. but in M"ulton'> published
statement. among other correspondence.
he purpnrtS to give Il letter the au-
rhcnticitN of which We have not seen
denied written hN Nj. Bcrrhcr. dated
March -. Isl the NcIN date OF Dr.
>turl> address to the council IN " hirh
he tRrcrhcrl critici>,.> said address. and
closes with these words No one can
tell under first impressions what the ci
feet of such Il speech will he. II omyhf
Ia dnnn .Sto,yS." Without saving ANY
thing about the sly L. of language used
in the above or the fact that il Wa>
written To Frank MuuIlun I'm irrrli-
gioI> man. OF ''hrnthcu." H. he called
himself We wish to call the attention
vi Inv l''l'tl ~ " lIsll ~ s~l'Il = 'l'l >iN
in the address referred to. merely Re
marking that il Wl> considered al the
time hN those " lIo heard il Ia h, :: most
tender and cl"qucnt 1lihutr /" MI
Brcchrr. While arraigniug Pllm"uth
church ion lis Ian discipline, In. St"lI>
Used these wnld>:
4
est "tii'u>c~ against the pastor. Beech
cI against the church, goes uut of that
church. " host. reputation hc i alleged
I" have injured. whose trmdcIr>t feel
ing> to have outraged. ''Nith"ut rctlrc-
ton upon him. We, VIII" have never
uttered IN isIuuati"u against that pas
tor. l5ecchcr wl"~c lips would have
been hli>tcrrd if it had passed them.
>tandiu" IiIrrW iId l." maintain pIinci-
piles which /" II> are vital. have .'Irtlrc
tioIi>" raining upon Us thick ~ SNOW
flakes ANA singing ~ Indian ARROWS.
think of him Bcrchcr
Whom | loved 81 long. Who buried my
child. whose children | have helped to
bury. ot all the inud love and :ldmr;i-
ti"n of the vanished Years, and VOW
within my >'lt, with vow that shall not
he broken. that if mN hand shall ever
add. Intentionally and ut malice. ANY
>nII"w to that Whitening head rs il
journeys toward the gave. that hand
may withcI at my side.
Fam. ,,,,.,h. L.f,r.. fiji. Va, -
'"'' "
'' &" ~ '''''''"
"'''' '' ''''0 '''''-
yuagr:
,h,t h.,. .,,,,.,..,i ~. '' ILL.,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02

VERMONT DAIRIMEN's ASSOCIATION.
The SiAth Annual Meeting of this
Association for the election of officers
and the transaction of business, will he
held in Montpelier, on "Wednesday
October DIST. IS14. at % o'clock p. VI.
President Buckham of the University
of Vermont and State Agricultural
College. will deliver the annual ad-
dress at $50 L. NJ
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02

appointed by Judge Poland in the same
way and his high standing there has
fully verified the wisdom of this mode
of selection.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
Fair Notes.
ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS.

ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS.
Best tllrrShmg machine. Is. F.
Rollins. ) OO
Lot Devon ycalIngS. f y
BatchcIdcr. 3 %
Printed last week. J. Dow.
Box bees honey. Mrs. e. b. Cum
miugS. 30
Printed Mason. last week.
The big Squash exhibited ut the Fair
10y &. ;. Dana. weighed 100 pounds.
II WAS the "Mammoth" variety. IL kind
good for nothing but just to show how
large Il squash can grow.
The rustic chairs which stood on the
platform where Mr.. Bcrchcr gave the
address. were made 10y Harvey Smith
of this village. They were made of
Who'll" cedar. and were ingenious lis
we'll aS quite ornamental.
The following is the statement that
WAS submitted to the committee hv J.
y. Could of l'a~>ump>ic. respecting his
COW. II shows Il remarkable animal ::
Age. four Years: breed. tlIcr-tn urthS
Jersey. one fourth native and AyrShilc:
came i'll April 10: feed. hay and grass
and tW" quarts shorts and one pint
corn meal per day. Amount of butter
made from April I:I to September I3
five months 2U5! lbs. MILK sold. 10
quarts. and milk used for Il family of
nv" pcI>"n>. Amount of butter ma,,
tn" second week III June, l24 lbs. and
twelve quarts milk sold same week.
Butter made HE first week in Srptrm-
her. ten lbs. and three amt nnc-half
quarts milk sold. Amount of milk
given that week. - quarts. Amount
of milk required for Il pound of butter.
eight and three tnurtli> quarts. 1t Will
he noticed that the COW made two
pounds at butter Il day in June. and
that her trc, WIS rather light through
nut the season.
II. JOIIN~I;I Ky COENET EAND.
Below We give the names of the
mcmlmI> of the Band H. at pres nj OF
gained. At the FAN last week they
had the Valuable n>>iStanrr of Mr. \. f..
II,yt,rl, az | ..l.,,,,n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02

The lir>t train over the Gran" .. .
railroad since the rhln-r iI"" "
broad To the narrow gauge d'''''
Portland on Mnnday. and va, '".-
with "I,.ur demonstrations. The ''
work. of narrowing the gang '"
without I'm accident. %" '"'"
now Thirty engines adapted &" ''' =, -,
width. .\m order t"l ia" "a ''i '; ..''..
furniture to br shipped T." l""' "'."
change. wa> received on M"n"'.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
The Legislature.

The Vermont Legislature meets the
tir>r Wedncsdal IN Oct"hrr We have
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02

The directors of the STAT" .A-'' .,..
raj Society hold THEN annual ~ ,r.
nt Fellows Fails. "Wednesday
Der 18th.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02

1t Is remarkable what Il scent
some newspapers have for scandal.
The day after Mr. Bcrchcr'> address in
this place the SprinlGcH Hcp"bEcoH
had Il report of it undcl Il head in biz
type 1.-The Scandal"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
Work for the Legislature.

The ST. IIbdns Messenger. whose edi-
tor is member elect of the next State
Senate, thus summarizes il part of the
work which the Legislature is expected
to do the coming session. 1t will be
remembered that this body meets next
Wednesday,:
There is IL movement ON foot to paSs
II bill submitting the question of Il Ii
censc or IL prohibitory liquor law to the
people. and IN attempt will he made to
establish state constahulary. \
proposition To appoint state police has
been twice defeated. once by the tenn
perancc people and once 10y the other
party. The movement for the taxation
of church and other property, now eX-
cmpt. will also make itself felt in the
Legislature. An attempt is To he made
to regulate railroad tariffs. the slate
producers being particularly interested:
the road giving the greatest otfcmSe is
the Rensselaer, and Saratoga. which. it
Is said, faVorS producers living west
ward of Vermont. at the expense of
the Green Mountain state. Some
thing will he done. OF ut least said
about tire" passes on railroads. The of
lice of railroad commissioner will per
hapS he abolished. or its functions 50
changed as to make the incumbent indie
pendent of the roads his salary. Some
of the SolnnS-elcct want the board of
agriculture. manufactures and mining
and the board of cducation abolished.
hut there will he Il fight over the matter.
Rev. DIR. Lord of Montpelier has been cir
,.I f,,,.
mentS III the state prison. anon" them
the appointment of IL matron for the
female department. and the subject "f
prison reform is likely to receive con
siderable attention.. The election of
Judge Peck to the govcrnor>hip leaves
a Vacancy on the supreme bench. but
there Is some talk of letting the place
remain vacant. as many people think
That there are to" many Judges and To"
little pay.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
Personal Items.

,;.,,r. II r;,,.J,,, I,,. -, e.. g..
p, h.. ia,,',,,,, wv, ',',' ~ ' .'',I .
Em,Iinn,nn n,iI," s.,, Gi,,,, "
,.I =, - ny Ut ~,
w. H. - 'l"l'N'''> "' N"''l !" .'
-, h,'I '"',,,I, ,',;' '''',' iI',''' &c..
un,nium Will. E.h,.,r.i,.. !. ,I..,
uith liz Cham, II .i,,,,i,.,I I,,,-..., ..
n>S of his rinbt hand and ON lL.I.
n.>,,L tn III, r;oL, I,.,,.,,J ,,f,,I,...
Iii, face Il littIr. lie i able ro h, o..
upon the street. and iI,, rar.lI, -i>ulU,
II" progress. which i a iNnl.tnl, ua
cation.
Daniel r,I.,,. ~ r,,I;,,.,,.,. A fl
pnvri, of Minis, ill.,. .'nJ I,l. +
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02

: We had supposed it WAS all talk.
hut reports from the west side OF the
state confirm the rnnIur that there i
really IN effort on foot To Dust Senator
Edmund>. 1t is Il good year t" leave
statesmen ut home and substitute men
OF straw.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02


BEECIIEE, AND DIR. FAIRFIELp'> PAPER.
Some members of Plymouth church.
who are strong friends of Mr.. Bc,chcr.
drew up an address expressing the con
lidtnce of the SiwncrS in Mr.. Becrhrr'S
purity and innocence. and intended To
obtain the signatures of all the Con
g,cgItionIl ministers in Brookllm, and
present il to him ON next Saturday. 50
that it might hr Il gratifying assurance
that he had not lost the confidence of
his fellow clergy men. Some of the
persons to whom it WAS presented re
fused to sign it, rcmarkimg that the Sc
lloII> charges against Mr.. Bccrlcr had
not been satisfactorily met. and that in
their opinion he should refrain from
preaching until the subject had been
Iudicially decided. 1t VAS then sug-
"r>tcd that it might he Il long time he
fore tn" suit of Nh. Tilton could he
brought Ia trial, that il would Ice I'M
Just to let MIR. Bcccher rest under the
charges mtrird during the interval.
and that the proper course to pursue
was to make formal charges before IL
council and have the matter settled hy
the high court OF the Congregational
church. 1t was urged. further. that if
it should happen that, while Mr. Beech
er WAS continuing to preach. Il jury of
his tellow-mcn should declare him
guilty of the crime charged by Mr.. Til
ton, it would place the Congregational
church in IL very humiliating position
the position of reticcnce and inartion
III regard to Il man whom Il jury had
convicted before the church had even
inquired into the matter. Preliminary
steps had been taken to hold Il council.
but the gentleman said that what had
been done he could not state. but he
had reason to believe that the council
would he held. He could say nothing
further upon the subject. which thus far
had been kept very quiet.
He said that an impression had hecn
created 10y pamphlet written by the
Rev. DR.. Fairfield. il congregational
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-11-14

A WoRD TO THE TAXPAYERS. The
taxpayers of Thurston county are re-
minded of the period prescribed by law,
during which they may pay their poll,
county, school, and Territorial taxes,
without mourning additional expense.
These taxes become delinquent after
the 31st of December each year. If
not paid prior to that date, ten per
cent. is added to the amount. The
County Treasurer may be found at the
Drug store of G. G.. Turner, on Main
Street, next door to the Bank, ready to
receive and receipt for taxes. We sug-
gest the propriety Of not deferring
payment until the last few days of
the allotted time, and thus avoid incon-
venience to the Treasurer, and delay to
the taxpayer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-11-14

DEFINES HIS Position Round
tree, of Lewis county, it appears, has
been placed in false position by the
action of the Independents. 1t is n
penalty which men of prominence and in
fuence have to suffer to he missrepre-
sented, but we are glad the doctor does
not propose to allow the Independents
to make bob of him to fly their poll
teal kite. Here is the doctors letter:
BoIsFoRr, Nov. 9Th, 1874.
=. Ed. STANDARD: Last evening l no.
ticed in the issue of October 31st of
your paper, in the publication of the
proceedings of the Lewis county indie
pendent Convention, that my name APP
pears as one of the Central Committee
of said party for the next two years.
wish to say, as I am Chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee of Lewis
county, w. T., that I desire most re-
specially to decline to take any part in
the movement known as the {: In
dependent party
JAMES H. RouNDrREE.