Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-18

WATERBURY-Hon. Henry Ballard addressed
large meeting, at Waterbury Center, on We'd
nesday night. The Waterbury band was In at
tendance. The Republicans of the remoter parts
of the town keenly appreciated Mr. Billiards. ex-
haustive exposition Of the political issues Of the
day. Frequent applause greeted his sharp thursts
at the enemy, and few fiuttering Greenback birds
showed that his shot hit the game his gun was
loaded for. Waterbury Is wide awake and its
voters will be at the polls on election day. There
is more politics to the square inch In this village
than In any other community In the state A tri-
angular debate goes on at the various rendezvous
at the depot and "on the hill.' Greenbackers,
Democrats and Republicans have their champions.
skillful 10 debate as Goldsmith's village school,
master, who "een though vanquished could ar
uestill. The Democratic camp Wed aesday morn
ing was like hornets nest, and the naughty Re-
publican boys were teasing the hornets with an
air that showed they rather enjoyed the titills-
ting stroke Of the business end " OF the insects
" Haggerty was all they had to say to stir the
Democratic roll, and the glittering fragments of
the third commandment, II Is feared, were on many
Democratic thresholds ltappears that by some
misunderstanding ~ the Democratic state COM
mttee had advertised one Major James Haggerty
OF New York "a greater orator than General
Woodford" to speak before the Hancock and Eng
lish club Tuesday evening, and goodly number
OF all political beliefs assembled to hear the silver
tongned orator with the musical name Instead
OF political speech 1t turned out that the orators
theme was " Haggerty," and what those who re-
manned till the close didn't learn of Haggerty
from MS birth TO the hour when he blew his
orazen norm Tor Hancock and English was simply
not worth hearing. He was unkindly accused u
being drunk, an enissary OF the wicked Republi.
cans, and many other vile accusations were laid
upon the poor man by the irate Democracy of
the village. When night came and the WATCH
MAN made It's appearance, the efforts OF your cor
respondent, TO illustrate the devotion OF the local
Democracy to the invioability" of the ifteenth
amendment, were msconstrued as an attempt to
exhibt them as making a bufoon OF the negro
who, In Bishops clothes bore their banner on to
Richmond. IL was useless 10 try to appease them
AND the democracy went to bed very unhappy
Captain Start revived their spirits and courage
saturday night He falsely assumed that the Re
publicans are animated by spirit of hate and sec
tionalis, and, having built this man Of straw fan
cied he had torn down the Republican party when
he kicked his straw image 10 pieces. The Credit
Mobilier and DE Golyer driyel, which Democrats of
character pronounce q shameless libel, he proved
BY partial and garbled extracts from the records,
His style OF argument Is to use much OF testi-
pony AS suits his purpose, misstate and amend
his quotations from authorities and draw conclu.
sons In harmony with his predetermined pur-
pose. Some remarks by Colonel Bailey, Of the
current Democratic type closed successful
rally. Rev. o. g. Wheeler very acceptably
supplied the desk OF his son at the Congregational
church last Sabbath. -. The remainder Of the
old steam mill. formerly used by the reform
school, has been sold. taken down and removed
70 Burlington, 10 be re-erected for a box shop -.
Miss Nellie Reed OF Montpelier is spending u few
days In town.