Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-01

Where the Political Hitch is Made.
ii ne>tnS saw with JOY the notice of an
! approaching primary mce.ing and when
tit evening arrived he FASTENED to the hall |
with the pleasing consciousness that h,.
WAS dlSc!rlrgin@ Il great public duty H..
reached the hall. and was heartily wclron |
=" ~ NE "h>rrFant managers. whom. if
ne had had Tlthottom'> spcctaclcs ut hand.
+ Il" would have seen to be fnxcs-at lcaS,
hey We're very glad. indeed. to see Hon ,
"stus and such men rs him cnrarinr in mol !
l'lr>. They in the fact th,. aupury Of
better day. Il was 4 peculiar pleasure
l." cooperate with him. AMI they trusted
nat this was bat the beginning of :, GOOD
itp't upon hl> part. lIonr,llS could not
Hrip thinking how easy ii WAS To cx-trrer-
; "c' an suppose men To he 4 great deal
! worse Than they are. and wondered ti,t h,.
lrtd never before taken the trouble-nr
! rather. fulfilled the ,u.v-of a,ien linz ,he
primary meeting
he proceedings bcg'm. and he wn,cx
cerdlngly interested. Officer, were. M
pointed. and il WAS evident from then
speeches that nothing hut honesty and
economy WAS to be sought, and only men
nt the most >'otir>> character Nominated
bnt 1t was necessary to have L committee,
upon Nominations; and 10 his surprise AMI
-ratltlcailon llon' s'uS heard his own name
mentioned :t> one of the committee. :nl al
most bill>hed as he Was appointed its chair
m1n. Inc committee was requested /"
Withdraw and to report the names of can
I 'lditt> ;l> soon as possible. IIone-tiI> ana
his colleagues therefore retired To Il dim
po>sage-Wav where, aS he sub>eudrntiy
remarked, he should have been rather
I tt, III l,.,.
AMI :tlumc-.tnd business e~an. Nuiou>
ntncs We're mentioned. of which, unfortu-
nalcly. llon">iu- had never heard one:
tnd a; length one of the most positive of
the committee said, emplltic;tllv. that. up-
on the whole. Jones WAS the very man for
the ptcc. There WAS a general murmur
Of assent an satisfaction. Ilon.>tli heard
on every side that it was u-t the thing:
that Jones WAS "nn \ box" and thai H.
WAS '-:tlw,ys there" he WAS al"
square. and "r;gh; up 10 tn. line" an
hv common consent Jones seemed To be the
llravcn-apronted candidate.
Rather disturbed at his total Ignorance. of
this con>p.cuou, pIbic character. Homes
tu~ turned To- his ncighbor AMI -:,id, guard /
edlv, vi II the air Of a man who WI, mus
ing upon Jones qualific cations, "Oh, Jones .
jones'
lt>, StI,i MS Ncl-ilDOr, - Jones
"Ccrtainly." replied HoncStus: ..cer
tainiy. ut-who-is-Jonrs?
Iii, ncirhbor looked at linn for :, mo-
ment and repeated the question in a ton,.
Of incredullv-'. Who is Jones? "a. if
he lIld said. Who is Georre WASHINGTON ,
"Ics: don't think tLtt 7 knox him =
Don't know ,Ionc.3-'
"Eo.'
well, ii vou ,lil know him. Won 4 know
that he's ms, lhi. man we want h1n,r u,,.
u,t, for i
/ "Oh. i he"
AVON bnt-A1'
"Well" said the ,nnnl,.r y,h., h,I ,ir>,
announced that Jones WIS ,h, very man
for the place. II ,uuuosn they'll b,. w.,i.-
inr nomfna,e Homes as ,h,. ,.,n.Iil,,c
The chairman said ye. bnt that. unfor-
tuua,,.Iy for himself l,,. iii not knoyv Mr.
Homes
.U.u van, ,Ic,., l-,o,, o,,,..,,;,,,, .,.,.i,,..
him. do vnn2.
:. Cnrt,in1v mot
We'll We AN know him. and he j ,ae
very man We ouUht to hurry
Iionr,tuS u,t the question and .Jones
was unanimously named as the candidate
to b., rrnorted TO the meeting by the ch,,ir-
nun. The meet NJ WI, already ,ttmuinr
.
eroeti, mover of Jones said that if WAS
necessary to 90 in fright away" The
committee made for The hall. and llr eI:,ir-
man followed. He knew nothing OF Jones.
nor Of the people who had named him. and
he knew nobody else whom he could pro
pose for the place Ilone>;us felt very
much ~ 4 leaf might feel upon the Falls
chairman of the meeting was asking him
if the committee We're ready t. report.
The chairman of the committee bowed.
The chairman f the meeting sad that the
report would now be made llonc>tI~
stated that he was Instructed Ia report the
name Of Jones. The meeting r"areI-
There WAS some humping by the char
man. AMI lionc>tus heard only the name OF
Jones. and by ac llmation. and =
whlrlwlnl of calls upon Jones
" Jones Speech Speech " lii"
next moment Jones. with a large diamond
pin. was upon the platform. thinking and
promising, and the meeting was >t"lmily
,.l,n,riuu nj llinurninCr sim. 1j. Homes