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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06
The County Fair.

season, he furnished two cold and wet days they
providing the public with ample opportunity foi
catching cold. aud with other Inconvenience mot
at an desirable
Tho seventh annual fair oi the Washington
| County Agricultural Society was held at Easl
| Motpcor on Thursday and Friday last, SclItcm
| bcr both and October lst Every preparation had
| been made % render this the most successful
county fair ever yet held, and had tie weather
| been at all favorable this would have been Oh,
result In every particular AZ It was-desmt'
the wcather-thc entries In an departments cN.
cccded those Of other years, and except as The
weather prevented fuller attendance the faii
was a successful one
The first thing on the morning 81 Thursday
the first day, was q heavy shower, which did not
tend very much to elevate the spirits Of those who
had Intended to visit the fair on that day Upon
reaching the ground in the forenoon, We found
that quite number Of people had ,entured out
probably with the hope that 10 would clear away
by noon. The entries were coming in slowly bui
surely, and busy hands were making preparation.
for the expected business Of the fair Two oi
three boarding tents were already erected. and
Others we're under way About eleven O'Clock n
heavy shower came up, aud put Quetus upon all
ont-dnor mo,emepts for the re.t Of tbo f,,re,,,,,
The Montpelicr Cornet Rand was ou tbo ,rop,,,
early and did its host io epli,e, fine limo le,,,o,,
the shower. bv appro,,riata music
Noon came and went and still no signs of clean
weather As the rain had put the track in yer,
bad condition, the trotting was postponed aud mo-
particular effort was made towards carrying out
any other part NJ the day programme Tho at
tendance Increased somewhat in fine aftern,o,
and the remainder of the ala, ,.u,.s,l l, ,,,.,
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

Az American traveller who recently was pres
ent in court in Liverpool where Mr. IIershell,
NJ, p appeared on one side, and Judah +. Ben
jamin on the other, writes I'VE remembered
the dignihcd air Of conscious superiority with
which he bore himself Ia the United States Sen.
ate sixteen years ago, and contasted 1t painfully
with his attitude here endeavoring To put the
best face on an Insignificant, but desperate case
and We had feeling Of compassion for him when
we remembered what these intervening years had
brought with them
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

IHE remaining members Of the once pow
eriul tribe of Narragansett Indians are liy-
ing on small spot Of ground in the neigh
borhood OF Westerley, Rhode island. They
stick to agriculture, are emnently religious,
and never NEEDLE in stocks or taste rum.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

THIRTY Chinese students under the edu.
cational commission of Mr. Yung Wing,
are expected from Shanghai this week, and
will be assigned to various educational in
stituions in different parts of the Union.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

WARS all this talk about the currency and
the Ryetwinties and the siyin-thirtes that heard
about, Mike?' "why, bliss your sowl, don't sc
know, Fat? 1t names that the Government wants
to make the laborin min work from fiye-twinty in
the mornin' ill siyin-thirty in the evening"
:" och, the slapeens May the divl choke thin %
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

InE Boston Five Cent Savings Bank has
reduced its rate Of interest TO five per cent,
because II is foand impraeticable TO invest
the funds OF the bank at rate Of interest
which will ensure sufficient net earnings to
pay six per cent. This does not look like a
scarcity of money.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

A. G.. Smith enters b. Cnm smith
" Joslyn enters Dr. Norihhcd Boy
jos Palmer enters Dr. tn....,.......... Mountain Maid
At this point the weather was so uniavorable,
and the track in so bad n condition, that it was
agreed to decide this race on the following score
Doctor Ben ................ !
Northdcd BOY .............. 2
Clara smith o
Mountain Maid. Observation-Disclosures. ......,..,
Time. $50, $780,
~ the conclusion Of the races the rain came
down In torrents, aud the crowd took the hint
and left as rapidly as possible, satisfied with
everything save the excessive muchness and
dampne.s Of the weather Aside from the rain
the day was entirely successful, and we never
saw a crowd 30 determined to see the day out, q.
were the people on the ground ON Wednesday
Not until the programme had been fully enacted
did they quit the place
GENERNirI&.
Too much cannot be said in pri,eo Of the display
in Floral Hall which was under the supervision
of Mr. j. II circuit Upon entering the hall, We
were struc, by the number and quality Of the AT
uclcs on exhibition, and our first thought was
that we were looking upon the contributions OF
those who took pride in doing their best and
sought 90 make display worthy The attention oil
visitors All departments were well represented
and the articles were arranged i'm good order
throughout the hall. The hall has been enlarged
during the unst wear lint all the space was util.
lied. and from the appearanceof things. we Judge
that a still further addition will not he out Oh
Mace especially in rainy weather The hail wa
continnsiiy 6ued with Interested spectators. anc
many were the expressions Of admiration oyoi
the General di.nlav peopie who attended IN,
late state foir and fully rompotcnt To indigo wcr,
ready with fine opinion that the exhibition in th,
hall SURPASSED That OF the state fair After max
ine protty thoronrh examination of the Article
shown. we ,i,o fine following brief notes.
Go,d spcrir,ops OF white broad were shawn d,
Miss trc, Averii Miss Churchill Mrs e. NJ
Adam. and two or three others Miss Mar,
Dole e,bibitel two .oeeimens Of cake. which wen
ma IN tho .tapd,rl Mrs Ilpptl,v .bo,,o,
.',r. ,ii,.,,, canned fr,tt ,,ii,t t,J tocr ,u
,,,, ,,,,,,n, .,,cc,,r, and amor Gam, ,.o,,, a.,
i'm good state of preservation. Mn. T. 4. An
drc,ys Mr.. p,po ana Mn. rl.,s n,ic ,i., ba,
soma Good canned fruit Wn II rooui. b,.
.,,,n, manic .r,,r am e,bu,iti,, vli.l, ,,r,
noupcod 10 be Of extra onality
The display OF pictures and frames was ,cr,
large, and many fine specimens were shown "
r Cushnau showed two splendid Oh painting.
lately procured as ana addition TO hi. stock
goods Photographer Mcintosh made q fine cy
hibit Of views. picture frames. etc. Mr.. pcn
pcayy showed some fine specimens Of pcncilline
and Jennie Mention good specimens of like work.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

The interesting contest IN Massachusetts
has ended with the nomination Of Hon. Alex
ander H. Rice. Of Boston. for Governor.
Mr. Rice is an uuexccptionoblc candidate.
lie has been Mayor Of Boston, and has served
eight years in Congress. where he was chair
mau of the committee ON naval affairs, and
evinced large public capacity. Ills admin
istrative ability is of high order; his char
acter unmpeached his record unquestoned,
and his fitness for the Office of Governor
fully conceded, even by his opponents.
The nomination OF Mr. Charles Francis
Adams was pressed in many quarters The
impulse Of that movement was cminently
creditabe It was based upon the signif-
canoe Of great name. It recognized Mr.
Adams as a conspicuous embodiment Of the
highest ideal Of refined politics and elevated
craftsmanship. But there were elements Of
weakness as well as strength in the sugges-
ton While the lofty character and ability
of Mr.. Adams are everywhere recognized.
he is not in close contact with the people,
aud, greatly honored a. he is, he lacks some
thing of the personal magnetism which Kim
dies warm enthusiasm The Republicans
Of Massachusetts, like those of the whole
country, are devoted to the ideas which Mr.
Adams nomination would have sirnifed 4:
but they believed that ~ q candidate for
Governor, Mr.. Adams had no advantage over
Mr.. Rice, except that Of a great name, while
Mr.. Rice, as the Boston Idreris.r well exc
pressed it, on the morning before hi, uomi-
nation. better represent. the political intag.
rty and working strength OF the Republic
can party" lie will be elected by a hand
SOME majority, and Massachusetts viii be
restored to her proper place in the Rcpubli.
can column.
The platform is an earnest, dignfed and
vigorous statement Of the principles and pur
poses Of the party It POINTS to the pio-
fessed acceptance by The democracy Of the
great results effected by the Republican
party, as a signal yindication of Republican
ism. It enforces the determination Of Re
publcans to secure the highest purity and
integrity in the administration of public af-
fairs It pronomccs for policy Of recon
ciliation aud liberality between the sections.
In word, it furnishes fresh evidence that
the Republican party is under the influence
of its best sentiment, and is rising to the
high demands Of the present, as it did to
those Of the past.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

Prnu, by long course of dishonest treat
ment of her foreign creditors, about on a
par with the reputation of the Mississippi
bonds, has destroyed her credit, and is ut
terly unable to borrow money abroad Now
money is urgently needed, and the President
of the Republic has issued call for nine
million soes. The banks offer to raise one
million soles, but the President declines this
compromise, and threatens if they do not
make up the entire amount, he will issue
paper money sufficient 10 make it mp As
in Peru they will adhere to the old way Of
bolstering public credit, by shooting those
who refuse TO take its money at par, the
prospect is very embarrassing for the mer-
chants and bankers generally
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

Mr.. A. 7. Stewart, feeling the need Of en-.
larging his business, has secured a site in
Chicago, and will at once erect am immense
building and establish branch of his dry
goods establishment in that city. 1t is said
that Potter Palmer, of the Palmer House,
will bl associated with him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

Tnr society for the prevention of cruelty
10 children in New York is causing the ar
rest OF organ grinders and others, who en-
ploy children TO travel through the streets,
and thus keep them from school. It is also
causing the arrest of parents who let out the
children, getting from fifty cents to dollar
a week, besides the board of the juveniles
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

TnF failure to discover gold in paying
quantities, up to this time, in the Black Hills
country, has induced the commissioners to
propose to lease, rather than purchase that
territory Their proposition is to have the
lease run for long time, with the privilege
OF terminating it at any time 10y giving two
years notice. How this will please the In
dians. remains 10 be soon.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

me rams In August damaged the cotton efopin
the mississippi Valley and the Eastern Belt
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

40 the conclusion Of the races the rain came
down In torrents, aud the crowd took the hint
and left rs rapidly as possible, satisfied with
everything save the excessive muchness and
dampue.s Of the weather Aside from the rain
the day was entirely successful, and we never
saw a crowd 30 determined to see the day out, a.
were the people on the ground ON Wednesday
Not until the programme had been fully enacted
did they quit the place.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

NEDlsrEu. AT
NAit NnLr iriTfrs
fIF-.
ii.uf CrNts To ASH Pam Or rus
IAirrn STATES.
GrFAr BHIrArN.
GFnMANN.
fNC trNrs lo HnirisH Provinces
AAp nuNiyloN OF CANNpA
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

There is no reason why women may not be
good lawyers as well as good clergymen, ply
sicans, teachers and editors. In all these
professions women have achieved success
Troy Times.
These kind words refer to eX-Congressman
B. F. Butler, and are from the Indianapolis
Journal: "He is charitable, chaste, and
temperate. He does not boast of generous
acts, but often does them. He never gam
bles, rarely takes glass of wine, and only
sWears on considerable provocation. lie Is
not a saint, but, compared with some OF his
defamers, he is Hyperion to satyr."
We may thank God that so close after the
war of the rebellion come the centennial an
niversaries of the war of the revolution. The
rebellion was horrible intrusion into our
history. We must forget it. The colored
people cannot but remember it so long as
they remember that they are race but we
must forget the differences of race. We must
remember only that we are one people, with
one origin, with one history, with one future.
God forbid that we of the North should boast
over the errors or misfortunes of the South.
God help our brethren of the South to mag
nifty the interests which they have in COM
mon with their brethren of the North.-In-
dependent.
Had the centennial era opened fifteen years
ago, it is quite likely that the civil war would
not have taken place, or would have been
postponed, on account of the exaltation of
the patriotic sentiment. Perhaps it was bet
ter the war should come then and be got
over with; but from the revival of the spirit
of nationality and patriotic enthusiasm in
the centennial season now upon us, we may
confidently expect benefcent and powerful
influence in reuniting North and South in
devotion to d common country. Springfield
Union.
1t was remarkable pretense of some of
the speakers-we refer particularly to Mr..
Adams-that it is possible for a third party to
be organized under the title of "independ-
ent," that shall alternately favor one or the
other of the two great parties which always
contend for the supremacy. The assulnp-
ton that third party can long exist in such
a relation to the other is contrary to all
political experience. 1t must inevitably yield
TO bad control or modify one Of the two so
as to merge in it, or else dwindle into in-
significance. In any event its mission and
career are bound to be temporary. Inde
pen dence of partisan control on the part of
the individual voter is one thing but the per-
manent organization of body of voters to
be bid for like goods at an auction sale is
something very differently. Y. Post.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

IT is only the Southerner among Ameri-
cans who can say real pretty things to women.
Mr.. A. C. Harness of West Virginia has
written book about the millennium, called
"The Herdsman's Horn,,' and it has this
nice dedication: "To woman-whose love
kindles in the bosom of man deathless as
pirations for freedom and glory; whose
beauty charms his raptured eyes with visions
of his lost Eden; whose angry pride sends
him where the bagpipe whistles the Nc
Gregor, where the bugle blows the Marsel-
laise (sic) where the rude horn wakes the
Alpine hills with the cowboys song. that
charms the eagle in his snow-roofed home,
or grander than all, where martial strains
roll those mingled streams of freedoms
glory in the flood tide of Hail Colum , the
last refuge of liberty, and yet to be her bat.
tie ground, her victory, and her home for
ever, to woman, the patient drudge of slaves,
the pride and glory of freemen, this little
work is heartily dedicated.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

For years there has been no event in poll
tics which has so troubled the mind of the
Maine Democratic editor as the unanimity
with which the name of Gen. Connor is re,
celved by the Republicans of the state. He
makes no assault upon the man. That
wouldn't do. He only insinuates that Gen.
Connor is the ''ring candidate"-t by
some means, if Gen. Connor is elected Gov.
ernor of Maine he will proclaim Mr.. Blaine
United States Senator or President. This
editor does not explain the means by which
Gen. Connor will accomplish this, but we in
fer that he will call out the entire militia Of
the state for the purpose. Now that the
Bridgton News, the Waterville Mail, Gardin-
er Journal and North Star have declared
warmly for Gen. Connor, this bug-a-boo Of
''ring canddate'' has lost its power. What
next, gentlemen?
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01
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The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

AND now some one has heard that the
Maine delegation at a meeting unanimously
voted that Gen. Connor should be nominated
for Governor. As story, it does very well,
except that it is without the slightest founda'
ton. That is, one Congressman so informs
us; while another declared to us his prefer
ence for Gov. Dingley few days before he
publicly declined the honor of third nomi-
nation, since which time the Maine delega-
ton has not been together. 1t had as well
be known now as any time that the Republi-
cans of Maine who favored the nomination
of Gen. Connor only awaited the time when
Gov. Dingley had had the three nominations
accorded by custom, to bring forward the
man of their choice, and they would have
done this had the entire Maine delegation in
Congress opposed him.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01
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The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

ing with Max "How 1 Got My overcoat,'
&c, will welcome them as gathered in the at
tractive shape of the Sauntering Series. In
addition to the papers reprinted from the At7
lantis, are Others quite as entertaining, relating
to fox hunting in England, and horseback
riding in Central Park.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1875,

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway. steamboat and hote
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal, as we have information that several 'bum-
mers'' are seeking courtesies in the name of the
PRESS, and we have no disposition to be, even pas
sively, party to such frauds.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

CONSIDERABLY interest is created in Eng
land by the fact that some leases OF land IN
the island, running for nine hundred and
ninety-nine years, are about to expire. At
the time the leases were given Alfred was
king and London was a city OF less than
forty thousand inhabitants.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

AT a meeting of the stockholders of the
Vermont and Canada railroad held in Bel
lows Falls Thursday it was voted to sell the
road to the Central Vermont Company.
Lively opposition to the sale was shown by
many of the stockholders, and after the
meeting an injunction was served on the di-
rectors to prevent the execution of that part
of the papers ratified which relates to the
placing of the stock in trust.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

Judge Kelley, who returned Thursday from
prolonged trip to the South, during which he
visited Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, Co.
lumbia, Atlanta and Augusta, says that he
found society in much more settled condition
than he expected, and that he regrets his vote
for the force bill more than any vote he has
given during his entire congressional service
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nicatiOns that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01

THE PETRoLEUsE has turned up in Boliv-
ia, and amused herself during the recent re-
volt in La Paz by throwing over buildings
burning sheets dipped in kerosene. She was
killed. Really the old alarm in regard to the
spread of French principles stands a
chance of ''reyival."
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-01
COPARTNERSHIP.
COpartnersllip.

yEyHE undersigned have formed a partnership I'M
Il der the style of LYNCH q SOULE, and have
taken the store, No. 134 Spring St. recently oc-
cupied by the late Artemus Putnam, where they
propose to keep full and choice stock ofTeas, Cof
fee, Flour and all articles usually kept in first
class Family Grocery Store. Come and see.
THOS. LYNCH,
A. II. SOULE.
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