St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-07
Current Note and Opinion.

Remarks the Independent: at would
be problem worthy of il great 'arith
metic man to calculate how many poll
ticiamS have been quietly grinding party
axes during the last few weeks under
the pretcnSe of zeal for public morlli-
tv.r There are lots of 'em. certainly.
Each heart names Il different post office
or revenue place. while all sing ''re
form"
On the whole. "Wednesday was Blainc'S
day. Pennsylvania instructed her del
egates for Hartrantt, and Ohio for
HAYES. but the real bent in each dele
CATION j. believed to he for Blaine: and
since neither I1artrantt nor Hayes has
any chance. the Maine candidate is left
to gather up the chestnutS after the
others have shaken the tree. Vermont
sends an umpledgcd delegation. but its
inrlinations are believed to he strongly
toward Blaine.-N. \. Tjbunr
The Worcester disaster is another of
those irresistible arguments for intclli-
gent engineering that events force upon
us from time to time. and will continu
ally he furnishing lis until we do our
work thoroughly and right. Sham i'll
some things is only fooli>hmeSS. but in
others it is wickedncSS. and it is wolSc
in almost nothing else than in those
means we Use for 'curbing nature.
Sham dams. sham architecture. sham
boilers. sham bridges. all these are full
of peril for us and will he until ON best
engineering is brought to the front and
allowed to undertake the responsible
work that it alone is fit tor. Hdrtord
fOHrdHt.
The first two states to he admitted
into the Union were Kentucky aud Yer
mont and this centennial wear. what
better ticket could Ice nominated and
elected than benjamin II. BriStow and
Luke +. Poland. Kentucky and Yer
mont united as they were in 1871 and
all through the days of Henry Clay ,
RutIdnd GLObe.
The New York correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune SAYS: "By common
consent. James G.. Blaine is regarded
10y Republican editors. politicians and
representatives i'll this State. a> the
most Formidable candidate against the
field. Hence all the talk against Blaine
l. inspired bN Il fear he will hc unmi-
mated. This opposition is manifested
in political clubs at Albany. in news
paper offices and elsewhere bN Il
direct assault upon Mr.. Blaine "l his
record. hut 10y Il covert attack upon the
idea that any New England man can
carry New York." This writer SAYS en-
Governor John \. Din j. for Blaine.
and that Geo. VIM. Curtis will Ultimate
~ go t"I him. although his first choice
l. Secretary Fish. believing that he j.
>ulcr than any one else To carry New
York
One consideration before all others
ought I" impress itself on the minds of
those who have Ia make the nomination
AT Cincinnati. This is that the candi-
date must he Il tried statesman and at
the same time one VI n l. wholly above
every manner of rcproach. He who is
to receive this nomination must hc Il
statesman who has kept himself free
from all the miSchicNous combinations
OF every sort with which the country
has been cursed since the cln>,, of the
war. lie must he one who has never
lent the slightest countcnaucc to ANY
KIND OF J"hherN. OF To making ANY
blanch or agency of the government
tributary i'll the slightest degree To any
private interest .- ProriIcncc .JouruuI.
Jimmie Blanchard of Milford. the
Charlie Ross of st. Adams. VI. started
oil on another excursion last week. and
had got aS far as Nashua W hen he WIS
arrested and returned to his mother.
One of the first fugitive slaves that
came to Oherlin. O.. Il woman. said To
he the veritablc Eliza of .Umcle Toms
Cabin. who crossed the Ohio ON float
I,..4 al in