Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-22
They wanted Change" and they got it in
Indiana.
Democratic Assets .329.

Coppcrheads and Political Bummers to the
Rear March
Those Local Issues didn't Work Worth a
Cent.
How do you like the Changer
Indiana Foreclosed on English
Lee aud jackson Have got EN- Again.
Barnum's Mules Don't Work just Right.
picture representing two mules Ohio 90
600 and Indiana 1000 pursuing the flee
ing Democratic chairman
The Superb Rooster is Sick Drawing rep
resenting rooster, with Hancocks head,
in sling.)
The Bellows Falls men also carried some
fine transparencies among them these:
25,0OO Majority in Ohio solves the .329
Puzzle
We Wont Pay Rebel Claims. We Don't Rob
our Grandmothers.
Hancock Routed by Western Tornado.
The Champion Sick Man Of America, w. Ii.
English.
The Esteyville club carried a device which
caused no end of amusement, this consisting
of placard mounted on staff and bearing
the syllable "HAN-," with n dead and d.
lapidated looking rooster hanging underneath
TO complete the word
The number of men in line at the start was
not less than GOO. The horsemen were 50 in
number When fully formed the procession
reached in solid ranks from the new bank
block corner TO the Walnut street corner, and
after the march began the line covered more
than twice this distance. The illumination
of dwellings and grounds on the whole line
OF march was almost universal, and in very
many cases very elaborate and brilliant effects
were produced. On Main street the resi-
dences of David Miller, G. +. Thompson and
DIR. Holton were brilliant with candles and
lanterns, AS WAS also that of Henry Burnham
opposite. Mrs. kirkland's residence present
ed fine appearance as the procession turned
the Walnut street corner, and throughout
nearly the whole length of Walnut street the
Examinations were very brilliant. As the
column rounded up the ascent on to the Ter
racs Judge Tyler's grounds were gay with
lanterns on the one hand, while on the opposite
corner sky rockets and Roman candles from
| the grounds of Mr.. n. f. Cabot called forth
hearty cheers, which were repeated rs hearth
| ly when the 'octagon house" at the other
| end of the street was reached. Proceeding
around the Common and across to Chase
street, profusion of red lights welcomed the
| company from the grounds of Miss Dalton.
Entering Oak street w. L. Haywood's house
was gay with lanterns while over the portico
| "h7 "a Ahl hAAh biilALlhb lhCh-ldultIu WHICH u
| crowd of boys informed the processionists
was picture of Hancock" When the pop
| ulous part of Oak street, at the top of the
| hill, was reached, it was n brilliant scene
which met the eye. On each side of the
street q line of Chinese lanterns extended
nearly to High street, and every house was
handsomely Illuminated At the residences
of Edward Clark and j. Henry Pratt were
unique features of the display in the shape OF
a Goddess of Liberty standing in the window,
the goddess" in each case being little
daughter of the household. On High street,
at the corner of Oak aud High, T. j. b. Cud
worth md Il. c. Greasy had a very brilliant
and effective arrangement of lanterns and
from this point up High street there were
numerous Ene displays. l. N. Thorn s resi-.
dence, with its Illuminated observatory, was
n specially notable feature Hannibal Had.
ley's house was abaze with light, and the
residences upon the opposite side of the
street were gay and fine. Turning down
| Green street the same brilliant scenes were
| repeated. At Col. Sawyer's, at b. N. Cham
berlain's, at G. A. Trips, at C. II. Mansur's
| at nearly or quite every house, in fact
there were bright displays, and the house
and grounds of j. w. Frost were especially
gay with lanterns. AS the procession passed
down School street and reached the Elliot street
corner the residences of d. f. Tasker, presi-
dent Of the Young Mems Republican club,
and A. j. Gleason, shone with dazzling bril-
liancy and others in the immediate neighbor
hood were only less fine. d. Leonard al
the corner of Elliot and Elm streets, had IA
unique display-at one window a sturdy
rooster growing over Cor UNDER the good
news of Indiana heard FROM" at another a
horseshoe enclosing the good luck figure,
800, and at third neat transparency speak
ing for Garfield and Arthur. No feature OF
the display attracted more attention than did
| Mrs. Avery's show window in the new bank
block. The arrangement of the window was
very fine and the central feature was a God
dess of Liberty Miss Florence Clark which
| Cor who troubled the crowd exceedingly tC
tell whether ''it' was really a waxen counter
felt, or only flesh and blood
Passing on down Main street the house Ol
the Messrs. Van Doom, father and son, with
their tenants, John Drown and Mrs Simonds
was very bright, and when the column had
fairly entered Canal street another scene OF
brilliancy met the gaze which, if it were pos
sible outshone all other efforts. l.. II. Bar
rett's house and grounds were profusely dec
GRATED, J. A. Taylor's opposite were very fine
and between the two, as at several othel
points on the street, was an arch of lanterns
A. f. Rogers in the 'cobble-stone" house
had one of the prettiest displays seen during
the evening, the principal feature being q
double line of lanterns running to an apex al
an upper window, where were displayed fine
ly illuminated portraits of Garfield and Ar
thur. Maj Wales's house and grounds were
fairly buried in lanterns, g. A. Hines hadl a
fine display, with an illuminated portrait OF
Washington as centre piece, Geo. E.
Greene's place opposite was brilliantly light
cd, II. G.. Hardie's shone bright for Garfield
aud Arthur, and the whole street was like al
avenue in fairy land. On Prospect street
there were also fine displays, including those
of Messrs Earle, Thomas, Taylor and the
brothers Edwards. On South Main street,
again, nearly every house gave welcome in
some shape to the procession which still held
out with full ranks, the veteran "Silyel
Grays" still holding their place with firm step
at the head of the column.
In these notes of the Nominations we have
by no means sought to make individual men
ton of all decorations worthy of note. Oyei
the whole route of the procession there were
dozens of illuminations no less fine and taste
full than those which we are now able to re-
call and our only object has been to show
how generally our people entered into the
spirit of the occasion. Strangers in town
wondered where the Democrats lived, and ne
wonder they wondered!
The most conspicuous transparency of the
evening, as it was also the most suggestive
was that which hung high up in air across
Main street. between the drug stores of Messrs
Thorn q Son and Greene, bearing the leg
end on either side, Gen. Meade died in th'
belief that he was the hero of Gettysburg
The route of the procession ended with the
march up through Main street to the town
hall. This point reached the Garfield ant
Arthur club and the horsomen opened rank
to permit the Bellows Falls guests to counter
march to the Brattleboro House, under es
cort of the Young Mems club. At the Brat
tleboro House ranks were broken and thu
Bellows Falls men were invited to ''fall to-
and partake of the hot coffee and sandwiches
literally provided for their entertainment