Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-08-25
PoliticaI NOTES.


Somebody suggests that as Tilden and
Hendricks cannot honestly vote together,
on account of opposing sentiments, they
ought TO pair off on election day.
The indianapolis Journal has heard a
friend OF Gov. Tilden's say: "Mr. Tilden
will spend half million dollars as soon as
a quarter Of a million to carry Indiana,
and will spend whatever sum he thinks
necessary TO the end"
1t is now discovered that rilden is a
pagiarls. 1t was Artemus Ward who first
promulgated the great principle, stolen by
Tilden: Live within your means if you
have 10 borrow money from your friends to
do it,"
correspondent of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, at Bowling Green, NO., states that
the parties who ran up and nauntod the
Confederate flag in that town on the Fourth
of July were offered a genuine United
States flag 10 use on that occasion, but per-
emptorily declined it. ....-
The Secretary of the Republican State
Committee of California says that Senator
Booth the able "Independent," has been
most cordially invited by the committee 10
take part in the campaign in that s ate, that
it is settled that he will speak in Indiana,
and that he has made known 10 Gen. Love
that he has espoused the cause Of Hayes
and Wheeler.
Michigan promises TO give at least 3O,-
900 majority for Hayes and Wheeler. Wis
consin is sci down for at least lO, 600 for the
same. lowa's estimate is $4,000. In IL
lrois it viii. be all the way from $4,000 10
10000.
Mark Twain is an out and out Hayes
man. The letter of acceptance, he says,
"corraled his vote" at once. Recently
Tilden club asked him 10 assist at their flag
raising, and "give counsel" He wrote and
gave them counsel "in the kiudest manner
not 10 raise their flag" ...
Ex-Gov. Noyes of Ohio, in his speech at
Rochester, had this TO say OF the bloody
shirt: "Well, gentlemen, it was no dis
grace 10 Rutherford Il. Hayes 10 wear the
bloody shirt when the rebel bullets went
crushing through his blood and bone, and
a broken arm hung by his side, as he led
his brave boys on
The Democrats held possession Of the
town Of Windsor, Me-, for fourteen years.
At The last election the Republicans car
ried it, after hard fight, and found the
town accounts in mixed and ugly shape.
Investigation shows that the Democratic
officials stole s13,4 ,4i3, tiveper cent OF The
entire valuation of the town. Pretty re-
formers they.
The Rochester Democrat remarks:
"When Thomas A. Hendricks gives a note
for ninety days he never dates ii. He
doesn't believe in dates. lie thinks it bet
ter to slide gradually along toward pay
ment. raising no false hopes in the breast
of his creditor. And it is pleasant 10 re-
feet that the ninety days are always yet to
come"
1t appears from official report, that there
are but sixty-two thousand one hundred
and seventy-two persons in the civil SER
vice OF the government, Instead of ninety
four thousand one hundred and nineteen,
as claimed by the democracy. A slight
mistake of only thirty-two thousand; but,
then, that is not much of mistake for
them TO make.
The Southern Democracy have never got
over General Dix's patriotic order in re-
gard 10 pulling down the American flag.
The Richmond Whig calls his recent circu-
lar b. ne "Boys in Blue" "the emanation
of lie, treacherous, knavish heart, that
woul,l barter the peace, honor and prosper
ity Of The country without moments hes
italion, to crafty its base, hellish passons,"
and heads its article "A Traitors Appeal