Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-11-26

found almost any day at his office on Pemberton
Square, busy with the law. As to what political
move he will next make, 1t is doubtful II any Of
his friends, or even he himself, could at present
speak with any certainty. Il is rumored, how
ever, that the Essex statesman purposes making
his home in Boston, ms there is every indication
that ne could be sent to congress again were he
resident Of this city.
A. the election day approached that was to def
nately settle who should rule over this gieat COM
monw'lth during the coming year. very large
and N Asually enthusiastic meetings were nightly
held In almost every city and town In the state
Most notably perhaps among the Republican
gatherings In this city was the one at Music Hail.
on the saturday evening preceding the election,
where an immense audience assembled to hear
Attorney-General Deyens, Senator Blaine, Collec-
TOR Beard and other distinguished speakers.
Senator Blaine came late and entered the hall
while General Devens was speaking He was re-
ceived with great and continued applause, but no
sign Of recognition passed between him and the
attorney-genersd.- Doubtless but few Of the au-
dience were aware that these two leaders are on
about the same friendly terms as are Senators
Blaine and Conkling. The arrangement is said
to have taken place at the time Blaine made his
assault upon the state Of Massachusetts, when the
King statue presented to the senate. General
Devens soon after cancelled dinner engagement
at Baine's who seemed to take this as a slight.
and Is said to have tried TO snub the distinguished
Encouragement which has only resulted la each
letting the other severely alone.
THE rev. HENRY MORGAN,
Sensational preacher, has of late attracted con-
siderable attention by his free use Of the names
OF prominent citizens at his Sunday evening lee
lures Music Hail having been refused him. the
CONDEMNED lecture" on Boston Inside OUT
was given in Morgan chapel-subject Midnight
Mysteries, Quack Doctors and Church Gambling"
The Trdnscrip, thinks 1t will hardly pay to make
a martyr Of him, and that II is the better way to
let him talk.
The most amusing thing of last week was the
letter Of
WENDELL PHILLIPS
OF Boston statues which came out in the Friday
evening papers. He treated the subject with
characteristic vigor and severity, though con-
fessedly with much truth when he said that the
statue OF Mayor Quincy In front OF City Hall Is
" a dancing master clogged with horse blankets -
And that " the poise Of the clumsy mass " Is such
that ANY one sensitive to balance nervously
longs to prop up that right side, fearful of his
tumbng backward or over on his comical COM
panion franklin, tipsy old gentleman, some
what weak on his spindle shanks swaying feebly
to and fro on a jaunty cane as with villanous
leer he ogles the ladies'" He refers TO the statue
OF Webster as "that mass of ugly iron at the
State Housed which cheers us as we climb those
endless steps, robbing the effort OF half its weari-
ness by resting us with laugh" Governor An
drew Is Sir John Fastaff smothered in another
| Of Balls horse blankets" Sumner IL made OF
slaves and rises out of barrel heavy moulded
prize fighter the marvellous achievement of that
| wise committee which rejected Miss Whitneys
| matchless model" The letter should be read
entire to be fully appreciated. Not the least
comical result has been the sudden interest awak-
ened in the City Hall statues, as shown by nearly
| every one who passes the Parker House on School
street taking critical look at what stands for
Quincy and Franklin.
1t is hardly to be supposed that when our genial
friend wrote OF Thomas Ball, ITO save us from
deluge of fearful statues may he go to heaven
very soon" he thought his victim would leave
for Europe on the following day Ball left, how
ever, on Saturday last, but 1t would be unkind
perhaps to attribute his departure to the letter of
Wendell Phillips Ac.J