Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-20

w washington is wafer NeVeSOlu, ldu ID
years of age, of Bristol, Pa, who has
patented important improvements in
rolling mill machinery.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat wants to
know how would this do for a republican
ticket in 1884: For presdent-George +.
Edmunds of Vermont For vice. president
Robert T. Lincoln of Illinois.
Joe Howard who knows thing or two
about the New York papers, under
stands" that the Herald clears S850,000 |
this year, that the Sun has paid ten per
cent each month on its capital of $3.50, 900 |
and that The Times nets 100000. Others,
he says, have done well, and some others
haven't.
Arab Bey who was at his trial condemn
ed to death as rebel and whose sentence
was then committed to Punishment from
Egypt writes letter to the English
people which in substance says he was no
rebel but working for the good of his
countrymen but that he has been well
treated and has no complaint to make. He
hopes that English influence will benefit
the Egyptians and that in years to come
he can 60 back and see his countrymen in
better condition because of that influence.
Sunday John G. Whittier was Is years
old and many friends visited him at his
rooms in the Hotel Winthrop. Boston.
Mr.. Whittier says folks should not write
much after they ale 70 though he makes
an exception in the case of DR.. Holmes
ard says the doctor ought to write until he
is 100; DR.. Holmes is writing just now
things for the Atlantic and does not pro-
pose to let his sou Oliver Wcndall Holmes,
Jr., Just made judge Of the Massachusetts
supreme court, resent the Holmes fam
lily alone In the pr sent day and generation.
Good for the doctor.
Gen. Godlove S Orth, representative
from Indiana, died Sunday night. He had
been forty years in political life and
served many terms in congress. He did
some service Il the rebellion and was at
one time mir 5tor to Austria coming home
in 1876 torln for governor on the repub
lican ticket. Certain things charged
again Tim in regard to his action in
rela io to Venezuelan claims broke down
his conJjalcy. He was &c years of age
and hot 4 great man at all being rather OF
the bass drum order; still he WAS quite
popular in his party in Indiana an(
received many honors from it.
Senator Joseph Brown has been freeing
his mind in the senate about civil service
reform. He says the Pendlcton bill ant
all like it are republican lodges to kecr
control of a good share of ofiices now tina
the democrats are coming into power, ant
that the democrats are fools to allow th
nonsense to 90 on. Senator George, 0
> Mississippi, thinks the democrats will no
get back into power unless they do go 70
civil service reform, because that is VIDA
the people want Congress is going t
adjourn the 22d for the HOLIDAYS an,
Senators Brown and George ought to b
able meantime TO reckon it up in thei
l southern democratic heads which is right
Lieut. DeLong and the weather man
:, Collins of the Jeanette exhibition had
petty quarrel the details of which ar
g printed and read very small in view {
If the sad fate Of the two men. DeLon;
4 like many other good men was too niue
worried about things that he fancie
y touched his dignity. But though th
. ! officers of the exposition had their Eett
q and foolish fallngs out the evidence take
q in Washington shows that all of them di
their duty pretty well and that they wer
u b tier men than they gave each othe
credit for being when the friction of thei
~ dangerous condition was upon them.
n Mrs. Langtry, the Jersey Lily" VIII
}. turned from an English society lady mi
d an actress and WHO has been playing
Of New York and Boston does not get {
/. much praise for her acting as for he
y famous beauty. The Boston audlenc,
il especially, if the newspt pers are correc
lie did not take to her acting, IIet frion'
n Mrs. Labouchere, who came over to Ne
Id York to be a sort of guide to proprety, ft
II the actress has stled for England in a hu
because Mrs. Langtry received attention
d from some wealthy New Yorker All
he somebody stole $500 worth of bonnie
he from Mrs. Lab)uchere when she was {
id her way to tn, setmer thtt was to be:
% her from this shore. The deserted actre
I'd goes on with he, paying, is sorry 81
re accepted attentions from the youthful n
as improper swell OF Gotham and is likely
re be m IRE circumspcct in future Bat trI
lg it is that, though Me is greatly admired
IN The Prince of Wales and Oscar Wilde, 81
l. has not had that ;dlI run of New Yol
is society which NIGH, could or would has
is been expecte Both the lady and Il
of SO ;iely howevet arc likely to get on We
I'd we'll without e"ch other
W Hon. John F. Potter, member
congress from the LIST Wisconsin di,ri
from March l-h, 1857. to March 18th, 1856
is sick ut his home in East Troy, Wi,
~ and not expected to live. His seco
~ wife, very o,tim lbIe lady, died not lot
~ since and her decnnse was Il great blow
~ Mr.. Potn". Some Of the newsplp rs ha,
=. ~, hid it thtt he was dying In an almshou
~ but there ia nothing to thai. He has be-
living quietly on his f.rm for years.
y. 1860 he wa, challenged by Roger y. Pry
of Virginia, Keith of South Carolina, carr
ing he message. Potter accepted Il
% challenge, exercised'his right of choice
weapons and named bowie knives. r.
;" contest to take place in room. Kei
" held that this was barbarous and took t
>" responsibility of deciding for his princip
IL that the fight should not come off. Tho