Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-30

"Hioh WAS Teau ana accepted: we adj
journ our celebration one hundred years.
and request that those who live after and
Personate us may celebrate in this same
pleasant grove in 1876. Let us dedicate
our encampment Splding's Centennial
Grove, and thanking Mr. Billings Spall
ing for it's present use, hope and trust it
may be spared from fire. tempest and the
woodlands AK, and grow and flourish
amid the decay of ages F.
RANDoLrII.-Joln q. A. Bass broke
one arm Il few days ago by falling from i
load of hay.
The Randolph republicans unanimously
nominated VIM. II. Dubois of West Ran
dolph for rcsentative, Saturday. The |
nomination is an excellent one. and Mr.. |
member of the next House. Randolph
ought to cast 1T least 500 republican votes
next Tuesday,
SHARoN.-Fred Laid, :, son of Chandler
Ladd, was driving Il team when he came
in contact with another team with such
force rs to badly demoralize his buggy,
and he was himself badly injured.
HAYES AND WHEELER RATIFICATION
MEETING AT WAITsFIELD.-Thec citizens of
Watsfield met Saturday, Aug. &c, in front
of the Brick Church and were called to or
der by Capt. 0. G. Wilder, President Of
the Hayes and Wheeler Club of Mad River
Valley. After music by the Waitstield
Cornet Band, the President introduced
Edwin +. Palmer Of Waterbury-a former
resident Of WaitSfield who gave an adj
dress describing the nondescript party that
has labelled itself the party of reform. Mr..
Palmer is an excellent historian, and he
gave y history Of the conservative demo-
cratic party-which has always chung to
the old lard MAJ ks-which never has
learned anything and never forgotten any
its course in relation to the question of
Slavery fugitive slave law, bleeding Kan
sas; its opposition to every step taken in
favor of reconstruction Of the constitution
thousand blacks in the South since the
) war burning school houses in the South
because to learn to read would make
: southern citizens Republicans; its oppo-
sition TO every step taken toward progress
from slavery. intcmpcrance, ignorance and
wrong After drawing an excellent pie
,ure of the acts of the party for twenty
wears. he then labelled it with the motto
it has taken, = The Reform Party" The
effect was inCrscribable and the picture SO
, perfect that the democrats present could
f not deny the truth and aptnes> Of the Illus
l tratjons He contra>tel the acts of the
' Democrats and Republican parties and q
/ their nominees for the Presidency, anc
! showed the prob! .ble results Of the election
4 Of either c;,ndii,t".
{ The speech WAS Wei received and cheer
ed repeatedly. After music by the ban,
: and after giving thvce hearty cheers tol
0 HAYES and Wheeler, the crowd dispersed
/ \ larger number Of citizens. both ladie
n and gentlemen, assembled to hear tn,
n speech than have come together for an,
It similar purpose for many years in any par
of Mad River Valley.
/ Rev. Henry Ward Beechcr will deliver
/. the address ut thew hite RiverNallev + .,r
At Bethel, sept. |.
4 1t i a curious incident connected Will
Blue Jeans William canvas, as Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Indian
: that the Republican papers publish hi
( speeches in full while the Democratic or
Sans fight shy of them.
,e In the Bradford arson case. Mrs Ste,
ems. arrested on suspicion Of trying Il
- burn the Foster House, has been ii":i,l
l. released on bail, and public opinion is d,
E. velopiny in her favor. Bail was fixed =;
lie $1,000.
e General Is. II. Bri>tow Of Kentucky. Ak
l. companicd bv Lieutenant Governor l..
IL tIluchltv Of Vermont, arrived here iroi
the latter state Saturday night 10y \ spcci
g ear from Rutland. They are at the Cnre
Mt States Hotel .-!Stratoytdl tug. 2sth.
Judged hv its record and political tracl
te inrS the chief end Of the democratic part
III while il held power WAS. not only To rr'
;, serve and pcrnttuate slavery where II G.
l>tcd bat 10 give it opportunity for t,
p,n>ion. following the extension OF our II.
T. tIonal domain. As Il party organization
" should have died when slavery perished.
10 Il. H. Bri>tow.
lc \ four horse team left Manchester ,
,e, Friday frciyhtcd with ~ guess o: II
m Equinox House. After proceeding abo1
Ok ten miles the wagon was overturned viii
cv making :, sharp turn in the road, throN
he iny out the occupants of the vehicle. IL
j., persons sustained fractured limbs. III
others were severely injured
J.. If Tilden really is a refor;ucr. rs his :,
= mirrrS claim, why has he winked
rwetd'> escape and allowed the sher
,ht who committed it To remain in office u
Eat rtbuked9 Is this reform? And why h
ne, he taken no action against the Brook,
: riny-a gang of robbers only second
49, The Tweed gang, who openly boast tn
ne the governor knows TOO much TO lnterte
TO with them? Is this the sort of stuff
\ which reformels are made?-Hrvo
~ C0uru1N
,as When hundreds of thousands Of our f
:, low-citizens are suffering the vlcl>sl:ut
~ and confrontin. he dangers OF open. fl
cr- "rant war, and all are bearing heavy bl
we ,lens of taxation. and earnestly pravi
MS for the success Of the cause which involv
the very existence of the government
party which meets in convention aud p
claims that the effort is idle and that
ere whole movement is y failure Is Guiity OF
nv great polite Il crime, and shows itself /,
.t worthy to be trusted with power 1
leaders Of the party who promote or p
M NIT sucn declarations are NOT the men
Vet W holn presidents are made.-B. III. BrI>tO
Yep 1t nominatcs for the presidency ci,iz
and IF New York, who by his letter of acc'
t, lance, announces himself strons ly in IA,
Of early resumption, and in the same dos
-. nent Substantially advises the same rep