Daily Republican., 1879-07-28
DUTOHEB IN MAINE.

DUIOhk 81 IN MAANAs
The BeIfsst Progressive Age"
ss0oss FER Him "-Mss. Watson
Along with Min.
The Progr essive Age, ''of July 24th,
published at Belfast, Maine, has the
following in relation to Mr. butcher and
Mrs. Watson, under the caption Of .
Head Flaw" ...
The temperance cause is good one,
and honest, rational workers In that
field should bs welcome everywhere,
but those who set themselves up as
teachers Of temperance ought to be
above suspicion Of drinking, or doing
any naughty thing. Mr.. George M.
butcher and lady giving her name
az Mrs. Col. Watson, arrived in this
town lately, and on their representa-
tions they were at once taken up by
the temperance advocates here, but
we're rather set down again, for 1t was
soon suspected from certain newspaper
reports that the wisdom Of Little But
tsrcup applied to the ease:
"Things are seldom what they seem,
sKim-iliih masquerades % cream,
High-.l0ws pass as Pa tent feathers,
Tackdraws strut In peacocks' feathers.
Very true, 50 they do"
The lady lsctured at the Baptist
Vestry Sunday afternoon. The man
lsctursd on Monday evening at Hay
ford Hall, the subject announced being
Temperance, but the lecture was in
reality devoted to self-putfery, denun-
citation of the Philadelphia "Times,"
and misrepresentation regarding the
people OF Wilmington, Del.
It was evident from the start that
something was wrong. The bills had
announced that the Mayor would pre-.
side, but that official failed to appear;
cabinet organ stood on the stage, and
the help of choir was evidently ex.
pected, but neither organist nor singers
presented themselves. A long line Of
chairs stood on the platform, intended
for the magnstes of the city, and the
temperance advocates, but the chairs
were pathetically empty all the even
ing. A kind-hearted gentleman, who
evidently "did not sense the precise
thing" at last introduced the orator,
and butcher launched out into full
some eulogy Of Geo. M. butcher. Like
Walt Whitman, in his "Leaves Of
Grass" he ought to have said,
81 celebrate myself"
He told his name and genealogy, and
claimed to be on intimate terms
with the abest Statesmen Of this coun-
try. He was we'll acquainted with the
ministers of the gospel from Halifax to
San Francisco, and from the St. Law
renee river to the Rio Grande. The late
Vice President Henry Wilson was one
of his best friends; he said he knew
President Hayes pretty we'll, and he
continued, "Mr. Hayes thinks more OF
me- than he does of a good many other
people," The worthy butcher then
launched into TRADE against the Phil
adelphia 'Times," which he said had
slandered him. He denounced the
"Timss" as "vils copperhead Sheet"
when every body knows that it is one Of
the most Independent papers in the
Union. He warned the "Times" to look
out for him, Caesar had his Brutus"h
said and sit would be we'll for the Phil
adelphia Times to remember 1t. :" He
uttered the fearful threa that he would
BIZ the "Times' Brutus!
OF course that paper will shut up
shop as soon as it hears OF this. The
orator attempted to awake preujice
against Wilmington people he said
there were $4,000 men in that place
who hate Maine people because the lat
ter stood up for their rights and fought
rum. "Ifyou were to walk their streets
they would say, "there goes damned
Yankee, they hate you because you
stood up for your country and for tenn
perence." But all this swash did not
wash with the audience. No applause
was evoked; people sat in amused 81
lence, and the speaker lashed himself
into foam, all in vain. Finally he
stopped and a collection was taken up,
but he was not much the richer for it.
Why the whole evening should have
been thus taken up with this TRADE
appears from an article in the Phila.
delphia Record a copy of which had
been circulated about town.
Here follows the article from the
" Record " reviewing the whole Dutch.
er-Watson affair, together with the de.
cision of the investig committee
which found Mr.. butcher guilty of the
charges made against him. After this
the cage" says in giving
THE OTHER SIDE
Since the above was put in type we
have received call from Mr.. George M.
butcher, and he claims to be victim
of cabal in both Philadelphia and
Wilmington. As there are two sides to
every story, and no one should bs con-
demned unheard, We accede to Mr..
Dutch4r's request to print the follow
ing letter from his wife, which covers
the charges made against him:
LETTER FROM MRS. BUTCHER.
BUTCHER HOME, WILMINGTON. DEL,
May Goth, 1879.
Kind Eiitor Daily Republican Il wish to
say, through tho columns OF your valuable
paper that am now in receipt of overwhelm-
ing proof to show that 1t was q deep, dark
plot laid by those villains IN Phladelpnia
who claimed such friendship for INC to ruin
my husband and drag Mrs. Watson from the
platform, dcst oy her usefulness and get her
again back to Philadelphia for a vile and un
Vodly purpose. l feel that nv husband has
proven him self u hero, and God will bless
him ior protecting poor, redeemed woman
against one of the most powerful persecutlsns
ever known in this county. am determined
to encourage Mrs. Watson to tell OF GODS
goodness to her soul. that others may be re-
deemed through her instrumentality.
[Siv edI MARY L. BUTCHER.
He Sold His Shoes.
A young man who said he was from
the country was given hearing at the