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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The Rochester Democrat and Chronl-
Gle is disguised with the "rich men in
politics" ''In vain," it says, the press
denounces the constantly increasing in
fluence of money in political affairs. In
vain good citizens deplore it. In vain
the history of the fallen commonwealth
of the world is quoted as warning
against it. Still it asserts its power-in
great corporations controlling legislatures
and manipulating ballot-boxes, in mil
lionaire stock jobbers, with retainers for
lawyers and brides for chief magistrates
sometimes happily unavailing-hench-
men for conventions, and in candidates
for high place, who are trying to buy
them and not to achieve them by merit.
What is the end to be? Shall true men
become pessimists and let the republic
go on its downward way, while they sim
ply note the degeneracy of the times as
the herald of universal corruption and
chaos, or shall they become reformers
and resolutely labor for better order?
We deplore the rule OF a.mob. Is it any
worse than the tyranny of the money
king, toward which we seem to be has
tening."
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The fact has been officially published by
the managers of the Republican party that
unless the clerks, scrubwomen and post
Office cats hustle along their little two per
cent. the grand old party will be COM
PEELED, like Poland-not the Credit Mobil-
Ter man, but the Poland of Campbell's po-
em-to
ITO drop from its nerveless hand lite shattered
spear,
Cloee it's bright eye and curb Its high career"
We are well aware, from long and atten-
tive perusal of the Republican platforms,
that the grand old party is now what it ev-
er was, (and, conversely, ever was as it now
is), and that among its achievements were
the putting down of the greatest rebellion
the world has ever seen, the emancipation
of twenty hundred thousand million slaves
and the preservation of the national credit
by the payment of the debt Our memory
of political history since 1860, however, is
so manifestly at fault that we cannot for
the life of us see how all this was due to
the assessment of the scrubwomen, the
clerks and the cats The national debt was
not paid of from the proceeds of any as
sessment that we can remember the slave
owners were not paid for their human chat
tells from any such fund, nor was it likely
that the Hubbells of the time had to bride
President Lincoln to sign the emancipation
proclamation. As for the defeat Of the
Confederate armies. we are at a loss TO un
ders,and how it could have been brought
about by the employment Of any such
agency Is is now declared to be indispensa-
bio TO the eoutinusd friunphs OF the party
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29
LATEST.

An ammunition train, supposed to hav,
been lighted by spontaneous combustion
exploded near the Cairo station yesterday
and made great havoc among the Arab
and Europeans who stood around. Thirty
persons were killed by the flying shells aud
bullets and others were injured. Loss of
property estimated at fl00,000
There have been several riots in towns
in upper Egypt, owing to the efforts of Off
cials to inforce demonstrations of loyalty to
the khedive. Flags and devices have been
torn down by mobs and Christians have
been insulted and maltreated.
1t is said that the emperor and empress
of Russia were secretly crowned during
their recent visit TO Moscow.
Four men were killed and ~ seriously
wounded 10 fight between negroes aud
white men at political meeting at Lam
caster, S. c., Wednesday night.
An outbreak is reported at Arabia prob
ably connected with the deposition of the
grand shereef of Mecca.
J. Hickey has been brutally murdered
near Templemore, in tue county iipperary,
Ireland. Two brothers of family lately
evicted have been arrested on suspicion OF
having committed the murder.
Twelve thousand dollars worth of dia-
monds aud jewelry were stolen at the Gin
cinnati exposition building, shortly after
the doors were opened yesterday morning,
from the exhibit Of c. Oskamp.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

Our consul at Zurich, in letter to thu
state department, gives some interesting
facts as to the dairy interests in Swilzer-
land. Three causes, he says, impress
him as furnishing the foundation Of
Swiss dairy success. First, good sweet
grass second, pure running water third,
systematic economy. The consul puts
this question. "If the Swiss can do well
selling milk at $40 cents a quart from
cows costing $50 piece, fed from grass
at $500 to 400 an acre, what ought west
ern AM ricans be able to do, selling milk
at the same price, buying cows at $50
apiece, aud grazing land at $50 an acre ?'
The consul bel ewes that there are thr e
reasons why milk producing is not enor-
mously remnneratlve in the United
st ,tes, especially in the west, as follows
First, he NEGLECT of properly fertIlizing
draining AID watering the meade as,
second, dear labor, which could be who'll
ly counterbalanced by proper use of the
m nure heaps: third, our enormously
expensive fences.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

GREAT DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE NEW ENGLAN
STATES

! GREAT DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE NEW ENGLANI
STATES.
! The line storm this year will be a memorable
one on account Of The heavy rainfall and The great
damage done by the d iOds. w Shouts We're nu.
III ;rOus al through New Englanl. bridges and
culverts beng CARED away and cellars hlode I.
Ine water in the Connecticut river rose at Hul-
OSe at the rae of three inches an hour for SIX
hours, reaching Its maximum height at III dnight
sunday q II. since then 1t mas btcn falling SOW
ly. The Udtod street bridge, near the Spriugd ale
paper NIL at Westfleld was carried off The
estm lied damage done 10y the flo IDS in Frank n
county IS S6,0JU. On the Boston Albany rail-
road, 40 f ioL washout was male Saturday near
Beckett, winch detained trains some seven hours.
The Plimpton Envelope works at Hartford are
SAID TO b. damaged to The amount of s 90. At
Waterbury, Ct, the Naugltuck RIVER overlooked
It's banks and swept away the supports of Il costly
bridge III process of construction TO the loss Of
s5,U01. 1he storm along the Hudson, was the
severest known fJr years aud The roads IN that
section were badly damaged. AT Cornwall, n. y,
the damage done 20 bri lges was estimated at
$4,000 Friday and Saturday the rainfall in New
Jersey Was one OF the heaviest ever known and
the damage done there was immense. Houses
aud stores were con-, lcte delug ii at Jersey
ctiy and lloboken and the new tame of the New
YORK, Outi, 10 A Western rdllr lad was dam ged TO
the extent OF between $780, 90 aud 10000. AT
lrt ntUI Inc ASST penk creek owe, d WED Its
banks aud flooded the city up to the WINDOWS OF
the cars whlci stood IN the uepot. William CHRIS
tupher, aged II. was drowned while IN Il row boat.
Great damage was also done at Bouu brook 10y
the flood ny of the stoi eS and wOolen mllls. Tue
Lehlgh Valley and the New Jersey Contra
railroad tracks We're badly washed away. The
food was the highest ever known at tuls p ace,
being feet aud 4 inches gner than the great
nJOu Of July l6, 1865. The Oldham Creek, just
above Patterson, burst through the dam at Old
ham, sweeping all before II. one man was
drowned anu the Lincoln bridge, Valued at $780,
900 was destroyed. AT HObokeI, Zabrlskles mills
went down with crash, involving loss of s5,-
zoo. AZ Phlladepha and vicinity cellars wee
Hooded, nils stopped, goods damaged and thou
Sands OF dollars were lost.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The Illinois liquor dealers, after look
ing over the ground, decide to keep GU
of party politics, but to do what they cal
towards ''abolishing the abuses incident
to the liquor traffic" This is good deal
better t. an organizing to elect Butler OF
any other candidate.
Mr. Blaine is in favor of civil service
reform, provided that it can be effected
without reforming the civil SERVICE
N. Y. fines.
Yestt rday we challenged the Repubi.
cans 10 bring az inst Butltr two b..
They did 1t One is Bishop and the otl-
er a BARI DO ton Globe.
John +. Smvth, the corrupt ex-insur-
ance commits Toner, was made chairman
of the New York Republican state com
mittee Wednesday. This kind Of men
are rising under The present dis pensauon
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The prohibitory war in Rutland pro-
ceeds with liberal slaughter. Several
dealers have been hauled before the
county court and placed under $1,000 or
$500 bonds. Tuesday one man was
convicted in justice court of 100 first
offences, and mulcted $1,000 and costs
another for the second offences got the
same fine and month in Il House of
Correction. Two citizens, one of them
very wealthy have been indicted for
knowingly leasing buildings in which
liquor was to be sold. These prosecu
tons are being sayagely pushed, and the
big fines every week, are yielding fat
thing in the % per cent. commission
for the men WHO are doing it.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

One of the persons who appeared be-
fore the tariff commission at Des Moines,
Ia, gave that body some western facts
which account for the beginning of a
growth of free trade sentiments in that
section. He said: "Most Of the goods
that western people bought were much
dearer here than in other countries,
while most of what they had 10 sell was
worth much more abroad than at home
They had to pay s24 for carpet that
should sell for SIC, sl7 for a lady's dress
instead of $40, and 50 for pair of blank
cts worth only 81, and they got but 10
pounds of sugar for 81 instead of 10
pounds; a wagon-load of wheat that was
worth $50 in Iowa was worth s45 in Liv-
erpool, while suit OF clothes that was
worth SIS in Iowa was only worth $40 in
Liverpool. In other words, 10 bushels
of Iowa wheat would buy in many kinds
of goois in Liverpool as much as IS bush
els would buy in Iowa" The injustice
of legislation that tended 10 produce such
results the witness though must be ap-
parent
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

Judge Folgers nomination in New Yorl
is now shown to have been largely accom-
plished by forgeries. When the state com
mittee met it was unexpectedly found that it
was in favor of Folger, standing is to IA, SO
that the stalwart faction was enabled to
control the organization, seat their contest.
ants, color the proceedings, and in fact to
overturn things. But two of the commit
teemen who effected this result, acted on
proxies from Collector Robertson and Judge
Smith of Cortland, and both these gentle
men assert unqualifedly that the letters and
kilograms of authority on which they acted
were nothing but forgeries Gould, the
administration, machine, fraud, forgery
it is singularly unfortunate backing for
any candidacy.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

Judge Veazy has effected much good for
the state by his plan-dealing charges to
grand juries about the honest enforcement
of the tax and prohlbitory laws, and we
are glad to see that he has now turned his
attention to our growingly wretched high
ways under the preposterous Judevne law.
He said last week in his charge to the
Rutland grand jury:
"You may be called upon to indct towns
for not keeping their highways in repair.
If you are, trust that your acts will show
that there is still remedy or the gross
negligence which the condition of many
highways makes painfully plain to the
traveller. Unfortunately you cannot indct
town unless notice has been given to the
selectmen by some resident of the State at
least fifteen days previous to the term. |
should be glad to re this requirement of
the law repealed, but while it stands it
cannot be disregarded."
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

Attorney General Brewster in an ad-
dress before the New York bar associa-
ton the other day, stated that it was the
conviction of those who have the bes;
means of knowing that the government
has been robbed of more than four nil
lion dollars by the star route thieves.
This is greatly in exce-s of the sum OF
the swag usually tribute to these
skilful leaders of the Republican party.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29
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floor ~ p b. FRANCIS.
WANyED-Immediately, a housekeeper for Q
fsmily OF four. Permanent situation of sAtlsfacf
DRY. L. +. BOWKER.
Before canning your fruit buy one OF lose
earthen cooking kettles at Van Doorn's
II you wish TO save money, buy the '',ilyer
Mould White Wire Rope manufactured by the
Girard Wire Mills of Philadelphia. Pa, expressly
for clothes lines. guarantee perpetusl' 10
every purchaser. that IL will never rust or coroe
II exposed to all kinds of weather. Being SOLD
will absorb no moisture. consequently the clothes
will not stick or ffeeze TO 10 In winter. Ii costs
only tiro cents foot, snd will last life time. IL
would be a saving at five or ten times that price.
Address or call upon o. NJ THOMAS, Household
once, Brsttleboro, Vt, sole agent tor windhsm
county.
Ranges Thompson have just received a new
style spectacle Case which hold the specfscles
very securely SO that they cannot be LOST by slip
ping from the case, so often occurs. They
have constantly on hand iull line of the celebrs
ted Diamond 4 Arundel speciacles.
SPECIAL SALE Of Plnmes and Feathers. The
ladies Of braitleboro and vicinity are invited 70
call and examine a choice lot Of the latest siyles
OF rlumes and feathers. Rooms with Mrs. C. W
Stewart. over o. J. Prau's store, No. Granite
Block, up one flight, hrst door to the right
Van Doom h sons Glassware Counter is full Of
bargains.
-Four tenemenis 10 rent On washington street
October list. H. J. DAVENPORT-
Picture Frames are cheap at Cheney SisppS
OYSTERS, fresh every day at d. Gum Cos
Elliot Street.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The Boston Herald observes that ut
happens that at the time the Republic
cans have made their worst errors the
Democrats have escaped their custom
airy pitfalls" 1t does look that way in
New York, Pennsylvania and some other
states. The Democrats, solely because
they have acted with more than their
usual sense, have bright prospects If
they carry these states this fall, and give
clean and worthy administrations, the
next presidency may be said to be with
in their grasp. 1t only remains to be
seen whether they tip their dish over
with characteristic laundering.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The indications are that Egypt will be
reduced subs antially to a British prov
ince. England never was known to pay
any attention to the rights of other ma
tions when she had them in her power,
and the state of European politics is APP
parently now such that sae can act her
p easure with her conquered enemy.
Germany does not object, and France
will acouiesce rather than make fuss
alb ,ut it, and Turkey clnnot help Der
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The Rutland Herald, taking its text
from the defeat of Judson, the tax dodg-
er for senator in Bennington county, re-
marks "No man ought to be made a
shepherd of the people who has aidre y
sheared his neighbors' sheep or stolen
the entire pelt. No man who has defied
the tax law has any right in logic or
morals to ask the people 10 elect him to
legislative or judicial trust" Also look.
ing square in the eye of Chief Justice
Royce, another tax-dodger, it says, I'VE
would rather have the supreme court
composed entirely Of incorruptible, hon
estDemocratic lawyers than have sin
gle rotten Republ can sit up nit" These
words have the true ring and the Her
aid is entitled to credit for the manly
way it has fought Office seekers of this
kind all over Vermont.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

While the Democrats of Pennsylvania,
New York, Massachusetts and Ohio are
fighting manly, vigorous and, probably, vic
torious campaigns upon platforms of honest
and equal taxation of real, personal and
corporate property, and against the huge
monopolies that have too long robbed the
people it remains for the Democrats of Yer
mont to look back at their wasted opportuni-
ty. They refused tofight on such a platform
and the result is an increased Republican
majority
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

Honors continue to be showered upon
the distinguished Republican chieftain, s.
W. Dorsey. Not only does he continue to
be the secretary of the Republican national
committee, but the Republicans of Arkan-
sas Lave on smaller scale proved their de-
votion to the ''great moral ideas" of the
organization by choosing him for chairman
of their state committee.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29
Among ACKNOWLEDGEMENT documents

Among recently discovered documents is
a series of resolutions secretly adopted by
the Texas secession convention Of February
4, 1861, proposing a southwestern confed-
eracy to include Texas, Mississippi, Arkan-
sas, New Mexico and Arizona. t. nego-
tate for the formation CT such confeder-
acy three commissioners were appointed,
whose credentials were signed by the presi-
dent of the convention, o NJ Roberts, the
present governor of Texas. The commits
sioners were also empowered to negotiate
for an alliance with the Ch,ciaw, Chica-
saw, Cherokee, Greek and Seminole In
dams
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

1t Is reported from Washington that
President Arthur will speedily order an in
vestigation into certain features of John
Sherman's management of the treasury de-
partment But there is mighty slim
chance of his catching his man. Whether
Sherman was entirely honest, or whether
he used his position to feather his own
nest, as is so widely believed among pub
lie men, it is pretty certain that he has
left no evidence OF wrong behind him.
Cumming old John is not that kind OF a
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

~ 10 hiSkcu p'ap WV tNh''"'
influence is working for Mr.. Martins
candidacy for reelection to the speaker
ship of the lower House of the legisla-
ture. Very likely this is true !;
Governor Smith and his cohorts have
been hackers of Martin politically for
the past few years; but in this respect
we see no great difference between him
and Munson. The latter was president
pro tenn of the Senate while Martin was
speaker, and there is no more occasion
for charging one more than the other
with favoring the Central folks. We are
sorry that two such fine men are not
both free from any affiliations with the
ring. Both are fully as independent as
the average of Vermont politicians, but
neither can fairly claim TO be more 50
than the other. BY the way we think
the Montpelier Argus is mistaken in sup
posing that DR.. l. c Butler will be the
Democratic candidate for speaker. He
is worthy and keen man, but he has
hardly the parliamentary qualifications
of A P Childs, who, so far as we learn
will have the support of members from
this section
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

Five of Burlington's aldermen have beer
indicted by the grand jury of the county
court for refusing to open the city lquol
agency. The county commissioner haC
appoi tied an agent all right, but the alder.
men professed to regard him as unsatisfac.
tory, and have declined to provide place
or stock of liquors for him. A good dose
of law will make them more tractable.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

d, De Lesseps calls for another $5,00O,-
900, for the Panama canal, and it is
promptly subscribed in France to follow
the $50 100000 which has already been
eaten up in the undertaking. 1t is now
reported that the original plan for can
al at level and without locks, has been
abandoned, and that the necessity of
locks is now admitted. If this is so
the great claim of superiority for the
Panama route vanshes, and the Nicara-
qua route becomes by all odds the most
feasible, besides being the shortest.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The Toronto Mail suggests that Maj
Phipps, who literally stole the roof of
the Philadelphia almshouse, will proba-
bly, run for Congress. If the Republic
cans should happen to be in majority,
he could take a proud position among
them. Perhaps he would even dispute
the leader ship with Robson.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29
Dcnth by SlranrIing.

A very sad acciden happened at Hal
flax on Thursday afternoon, the 2l>t
Le-lie, 10 months old son OF Horace E.
Lear ed, was playing on the floor with
iis little brother, when he accidentally
got bean into lis windpipe and died
within IN hour. Dis. johnson and Whit
ing were present and did all in i,ieir
power to relieve the little sufferer. but
their efforts were in vain.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The Newport Express delivers itself OF
third of column against the reelection
of ] L. Martin to the speakership, on the
ground that he is law breaker. His Of
Tense was taking part in the prize draw
ing at the fair of the Capitol Guards at
Montpelier two years ago.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29
countries.

The straight-ou Republicans In Virginia
are making congressional nominations In
all the districts and hoping to re-elect Jor-
gensen and Dezendorf at least. Despite
his shameful and INSCRIPTIONS use of the
federal governments patronage, Mahone's
party is pretty evidently going to wreck.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29
The Manchester, N. H., Union is unkin

enough to put it this way:
After six years of service, yes, crue
training with lasso, and bride, and curb
and whip, and spur, Ben Butler has that
rampant animal known as the Massachu.
sets Democracy under complete subsection.
1t goes and comes, carries and fetches at
his call. 1t stands on its hind legs, crawls
on its belly, wallows in the dirt, chews to.
bacco and drinks whisky at his command,
and yet it was very ugly beast when he
began with it. 1t considered him a traitor,
a butcher, a demagogue and coward. and
when be first attempted to mount 1t, it
kicked and reared and terrified everybody
by its vicious demonstrations of hate. But
il knows its master now.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

The Sultan of Turkey has backed down
entirely from his controversy with Greece
This week he ordered the surrender to the
latter government Of all the territory IL
claimed on the boundary between the two
Countries
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

Col. Albert Clarke, formerly OF the St.
Adams Messenger and one of the most ac-
complished journalists Vermont ever had.
has purchased the famous old Yankee Blade
50 long published in Boston. The Blade
which is advertised in another column will
be no less keen under his management than
in years past, while in some respects he
will be sure 10 improve H.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29
The legislature of Vermont convenes next
Wednesday.

The state of unrest, politically, in the
Netherlands has forced the government
into the appointment of commission TO
examine the proposal for liberal revision
of the constitution.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

DR.. G. B. Loring, U. S. commissioner
of agriculture, exhibited his devotion to the
idea of civil service reform by taking the
stump for the Republicans in Maine. 1t
was his way of paying that per cent. as
sessment. Meanwhile the d uties Of his
office at Washington were permitted to
houu
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

News comes from Panama that ex-Dicta.
tor Pierola of Peru is on his way to New
York to perfect arrangements, with the
help of Barrios of Guatemala, for return
to Peru, where, under a conspiracy with
the Chilians, he is to DO returned to power,
and to submit to a partition of his .coun-
try's territory.