St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-11-24

D the second floor, while large hall
: furnished i'll the upper story. The hott
5 is an ornament and a credit to the vii
lage, and we hespeak for it IA generOu
patronage.
In your paper of the 10th inst,
notice an article, evidently written b,
IL sOrehead and coward in Hardwick
| ask for space to reply. have Away
voted with the Republican party unit
this fall, unless voting for H. Creole,
would he called an exception. Whel
Mr.. Bridgeman and | went to Burling
ton, we were both enthusiastic BristOv
men, and came home from that Con
ventiOn firm in the faith that Mr. Bris
tow WAS the coming man for our mex
President, as he had il record as re-
former that was apparent to every one
After the nomination Of Mr.. Hayes anC
Mr.. Tilden, | read eagerly all that wa.
said about both, and deliberately came
to the conclusion that Gov. Tilden was
the best man for the place, and that we
needed il change of administration.
cannot, i'll brief, tell few reasons fol
going for Tilden in any better way than
by quoting from the Boston Herald OF
Nov. Is:
In brief, we believe that the issues
which divided the two parties are set
tied. The Republican party has be-
come corrupt by long continuance in
power. We should have been glad to
see it show Il disposition to reform itself
1t had an opportunity to show such Il
disposition, by nominating BristOw ut
Cincinnati, who had made himself the
representative of the idea of reform at
Washington. Had BriStow been nomi-
mated We should have supported him.
>" would all independent Republicans
and many Democrats. But BriStow was
The one man snccred ut by majority
of the Cincinnati Convention. The
Democrats did better. They nominated
the man who of all men in his party
best represented the idea of reform
Samuel ). Tildcn. Tildem is a leader,
and Hayes is Il follower. This was
ahundantly proved in the campaign.
nder these circumstances we believed
that the reform work would he more
likely to he aided by the election of
Iildrn than 10y the election of Hayes.
That WIS why we went for Tilden.
All the stories that Tilden is '.seces-
S"niSt." "promouncing the war ii fail
IRE. being i'll favor of paying the rebel
debt and rebel war claims, and that he
committed perjury about his income
tax. and THAT the South will rule us
and 1--WE shall have another war if Til
den Is clectcd,' is nothing but political
clap Trap. The New York Tribune of Il
Irrcmt date says the attempt to blackcn
GOV. Tilden's private character has ut
trrly failed. The Tribune is a HAYES
paper. In conclusion would say, if
fluid have been deceived Us to what is
lor the best good of all. | will own up
that | WAS wrong, without consulting
Mis- Grundl OF the IIaldwick coward
| believe the frecman'S oath means
something. II. o. STONE.
lIardwick. Nov. y, 1876.
Lyndon.
TL,J,uJ,r In.ti,ut.. ,.I,..s il. fan
term with = puhlic examination ON
Er,J.,, ,f tIi. v.,L ,p,s. .x..rc;s..s i,
the evening. Winter term begins Dec.
9Th.
The Reform Climb have opep,d = read
inc loom over NcGotfrv's Store and
hon. to make if = Mace for men to
spend their evenings. who have hereto
fore frcuueutcd saloons. An oyster
sumner and entertainment will h, given
in ChaSr'S hall. Friday evening of this
week. for the bcurtit of th. Climb If
:, -
McIndoe's.
On Thursday of last week, the re