Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-07-25

The New Hampshire senatorial contest
runs along without change.
Gen. E. o. c. Ord died of yellow fever
at Havana last Sunday. He was born in
Cumberland, Md, in 1918.
1t is understood that Burlington will
make a bid for the removal Of the business
of the Vermont Shade Roller company
from Vergcnnes, where their buildings
were recently destroyed by fire, to that
city. A stockholders meeting tomorrow
is expected 10 decide about rebuilding.
Indications multiply at Rutland that the
coming meeting of the stockholders of the
Rutland railroad company will be any
thing but a season of refreshing grace.
The Clements claim to control a majority
of the stock but Governor Page the presi-
dent of the company, is working even
more diligently for a "vindication" and
his official head than he ever did for a
city charter and it seems he has at last got
Gov. Proctor to take off his coat in his
behalf.
1t seems that President Arthur was in
danger of his life the other day. Mr..
Phil. Thompson of Kentucky, the triple,
or quadruple, or quintuple murderer
whichever it may be-vsited the White
House in company with an oilice-seekine
friend, one Logan Mckee. The president
received them with anything but pleasure
and remarked, on being introduced by
" Little Phil to Mr.. Mckee, 81 have
been introduced to Mr.. Mckee fifty or
sixty times, and his face is as familiar &c
me rs the walls of the White Fouse.'
This brought the interview to u summary
close and Mr.. Thompson departed with his
friend in high dudgeon. He confided to q
friend in the course of the day that he had
been $50 cavalierly treated by the presi
dent that il l had not had the self-control
to leave the room l should have fell
compelled to resent the conduct Of the
president" Now in the Kentucky dialect
crescent" means to draw your pistol, ge,
the drop on your companion and shoot
him in cold blood. So the president may
congratulate himself that on that particu
lar occasion Mr.. Thompson happened tt
control" himself.
The incident suggest The exceeding
propriety Of keeping this reckless rullian II
Kentucky, where his peculiar talents are
better appreciated than in less " chival
rous communities. If he must bt
permitted to come to Washington, hi.
visits should be confined to the office O
the commissioner of internal revenue
where another Kentuckian flourishes il
his peculiar way
In certain town in Vermont tn,
energetic and persuasive pastor Of tn,
Methodist Episcopal church has engage,
in canvassing for subscriptions to rebuild
the church edtice. Among those whom
he interviewed upon the subject of way
and MEANS there was found a man whc
heretofore has never been known to Civ
material aid to any enterprise of thi
character or to the support of the gospel
but who under the persuasive influence o
the efficient committee of one. eventual,
gave his pledge for twenty-five dollars TO
the building fund of the church.
About this time the town was agitatet
by some daring burglaries, and in thu
mandatory where the donor above men
toned is employed, the burglares hac
been the topic of conversation, when b,
change of subject, the men began t.
rally him upon his pledge of twenty.tiv,
dollars given the Methodist minister.
"Wel," said he, "let me tell you some
thing. II that Methodist minister breaks
into your house in the night don't speak to
him if you happen to see him, for if you
begin to talk with him he will get more
out of you than he will if you keep still
and let him have all he can find"