The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-19

their eyes, and not unfrequently the odor
of whisky on the lips (these last are Col.
Rockers SINNERS" of course), the most
surprising spontaneous uprising of the en-
tire people in behalf of true goodness that
was ever witnessed. And what is true of
Brattleboro and Windham county, they
cay, is equally true of other parts of the
state. Everybody, with Insignificant ex-
ceptions, is enthusiastically, nay affection
ately, for the great and good deacon.
In the third place, the contents of GER
tain newspapers indicate that the good
deacon must have in his service, devoted to
his fortunes, score, or SO, Of expert pro-
fessional scribblers, who furnish the vera
cious and highly entertaining correspond
ence that ornaments, from time to time, his
special line of musical Instruments, to wit,
his organs, which are supposed to differ
from the common organ in this, that they
receive instead of giving notes. The pen
and ink portraits of the good old deacon,
drawn by the scrlbblers aforesaid, are such
marvellous masterpieces of high art as to be
a perfect surprise to his nearest neighbors,
and even his own family, it IS said, tail to
recognize him in his new war paint and
feathers.
Now, all this must be paid for by some
body, even to the whisky and champagne
which aids so materially in fixing the
Sinners" An army of travelling mission.
aries, even political ones, who are general
ly 80 very disinterested, can't subsist en-
tirely on mere gushing love for the good
deacon nor can penny-a-liners eat Their
own words and grow tat nor can high
toned organs thrive on such vain and
empty sounds as they give forth 10 others
1t is the crisp notes they receive, and moi
the fraudulent and mercensry ones they
utter that constitute their chosen music
These things cost money, and somebody
must pay the piper, and roundly too o
course the good deacon don't do it, for tina
, wouldn't be proper, but somebody does, be
, yond doubt Money is said to be yer,
plentiful among the faithful But wha
} puzzles me Ia, if the good deacon is o.
spontaneously popular as his runners CLAIM
E and everybody ia spelling for u chance l.
: vote for him, why they are making sue
s unheard of efforts and resorting to such IN
usual and questionable meals to bring hr
d into prominence as a candidate. and why
further, his adherants should think it nee
| npd tn hpli,f1a nd hoe moi. 4
u every other man who happens to have bee
: mentioned as possible candidate?
b Having in mind the great popularity 6
;, boldly claimed for Estey, especially {
home, / made il special point, during
Il recent trip, to confer generally with a
classes of people in Brattleboro and
n several other places in Windham county
! lawyers, politicians, merchants, laboieri
u mechanics, doctors and farmers-a0out III
l. governor question" The result in III
n aggregate, was surprising, even, TO me
q tor, though no Estey man, as you have di
covered, Ct knew him of old, before he pi
: on the lions skin) had almost uconscou
!, ly given a certain amount of credence
&c the sweeping claims so confidently p,
10 forth, and SO constantly reiterated, by ii
electioneeripg phsapx. Estey has no sue
q strength at home as is claimed for him {
IT the contrary, it is uphill work forcing hi
: on the public. 1t is my firm belief that
the election could come off to day, /
" would be very badly beaten both in Bra
lie tleboro and in the county, and it is elaine
u apparently with reason, that he is now col
IA stantly losing, rather than gainir
" ground. The common expression /:
Z swell, I've nothing against DeacC
,e Estey he's all right in his place bl
Is he's no more fit TO be governor than az
apd can't support him" Two men 9
it or something like it. The fact is the pc
Is pie of Windham county know Jacob Est
20 and understand better than we do his nit
inability, by himself, to discharge the d
'e ties of governor. Their reluctance to su
n port him, which neither importantly n
ie threats nor money will be likely to Owe
10 come, grows out of no personal i'll will
him, but is simply the manifestation OF
10 proper sense of the fitness of things.
er No other candidate, SO far as can lear
lie has sent out any runners through the sta
70 to solicit support for himself, or to black
the character Of his opponents and
j. other has expended, or proposes to expen
Il, a single dollar to secure the nomination.
be end as began. with the question, "W
i. money buy it?" ADDISON.