Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-07-05
Hon. Horace Fairbanks screnaded.

at Cincinnati Again We were surprised by the
turn Of affairs 90 the Montpelier Convention ~
the latter event. as In the former we were most
apreeably SURPRISED We have been interested IN
YOU AS we have observed your untring efforts To
build up great industry here in our town, when
brings to ms life aud prosperity We have been
interested In you boy your connection with vast
railroad enterprise which connects the eastern
coast with tire vast West by direct line passing
through our state We have been still more In
terc.ted in you and very grateful for the valuable
eift which you have bestowed upon our town
consisting Of q fine building with a library and
ant gallery By this generous provision YOU have
done incalculablo service for the elevation and
culture Of your fcllow-town-mcn. We rejoice
that the people of the state have found you ont i'll
spitc Of your efforts To avoid publicity and have
presented you for the Centennial Governor oi che /
state Let isc Introduce YOU gentlemen, 20 our /
Centennial Governor
Mr. Fairbanks responded a., follows
FjH,rcH.os You have quite Touched my /.
heart. but the Convention cannot transform lam /
not ,peoch-maker thank you for thi. expires |
sion of interest As surprise. have been spoken |.
Of will say that was as much surprised ts any
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ON INV way home. a. tool, the ear. At Morri.,ile
the next morning, was astoni.hod by man put
ting his head through the door and shouting
ie.s mere Ine centennial Governor OF YER
Convention at Montpelier had risen then iu-
qurod for the telegraph office To- ascertain The re-
suit of the Convention. but wa. informed that
there were mo- wires for me, and that q" lou are
TO be the next Governor of Vermont in spite ot
yourself supposed ''"' ''e u"l. Oh u''''n-
|''v ','' "'''u NV, '''' ''y' -,
ron,.c,n,ste u,i.o,c,,'n, ,i,o,., incline. ',oe
to rejoice ina the nomination Whether accept
or not thank you for this greeting, and now a.l.
You, one and all, to walk into my house
IMPORTANT CArl'HI of N"ONlffl t'I-
lH7'-- ne capture OF 'ouhtefi''teIs lh
brooklyn fHdaS Is peheled To oe tue most
important ever made IN inns country Tom
'onguoh' ons oil tl'o'e captured is called
win one exception the most expert counter
i''ter IN the United states When arrested
he had heiore MN large p'le oil ne" eo"n.
Of New York upon which he was printing
the red seal ON the face. In an adjoining
room were spread note, representing between
/ s75.OO0 and sIOo.OOO. I'm process, of driving.
A portion Of those bills were ON the Castle.
ton Bank. aud on the remainder the titles
were in blank. to Doe filled i'm. Another man
was busy at press printing i'm the TITLES.
/ Undera movable door sill fine officers found
/ "a dozen plates from piece. of the g skeleton"
plates from which the New Bedford North
hamilton and Hampton bins were printed.
the Gfty cent fSctiounl curreuc, plnte mart
/ of plate for , new counterfeit or tl,a tLirl
National Bank of Providence. and fibre
plate. From cline, obtained from Con-dou'.
memorandum book. the detectives went ia
Camden. vhero they found another rl,te IN
the house of Geo. White and caphired both
the plate and White. Under the ,i.,orou.
action of l.. :. District. Attorney 'rcnnv tl,a,
were AN indicted. brought before .Iudr,
Benedict. pleaded guilty and were remandc,
for sentence
The Chicago directory for the current yoai
has just been issued. Its appearance was, o.
course, awaited with intense anxiety bl
every true Chicagoan, as likely to contribute
by an increase in the array of names, to th'
civic pride, which Is so marked q character
istic OF the West And certainly, of course
the increase was forthcoming NO Chicago
publisher would dare to issue director
that failed tominister tothe 'elf-complaceuc.
of the citizens in this respect. The increas
this year Is seven thousand ONE hundred au'
ninety-two, the total number of names giysl
being one hundred aud iiftythree thou,an'
that this represents "a population of five hun
drcd and thiry-six thousand six hundro,
and spyenty-three, the increase from h,
year being twenty-five thousand one hundre,
and seyenty.two. The chronic Jealous
between Chicago and st. Louis crops out il
a lengthy argument by the publisher will
a view Of showing that st. Louis IS losiuD
ground proportiouately.
Ricn LEGACN.-Ihe late Presiden
Steams left his baccalaureate sermon il
manuscript and it was read sunday Of las
This impressive voice from the grave eH
horted the young men to remember e.
pecially that no cause can Justify lying
The frauds at the ballot box and the bride
with which every great election stand
charged are tritles compared with the swarm
of lies which infest the whole community
Honesty in dealing with opponents, the SCI
mon says, is a rare virtue but it pays, Will
lying dehases the man and degrades the stat,
M SCANDAL CoMMlsSIoN.-Judge Ma
Perkins of Indiana. Jonathan f. Sar,ar
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"auNee' nave consented To act as the con
mission authorized by the recent advisor
council at BROOKLYN TO hear and receive n
! the CHARGES ogainst Mr. Reecher and b,,.