The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
Personal.

John p. Howard of Burlington Is
spending the winter months in the south
of France.
The latest from Mr.. Guy G.. Noble Of
st. Albans is that his condition Is very
favorable. The probability of saving
the arm increases daily.
w. II. Bryant. formerly connected
with the passenger department of the
Rutland and Burlington railroad died at
Rutland recently.
Brigadier-General l.. G.. Kingsley. of
the First Vermont brigade, has appointed
and commissioned John +. Merrill. son of
Hon. George A. Merrill of Rutland. as
sistant acknowledgement on his staff. with
rank of major.
A committee, of which f. j. Phelps
of Burlington is chai rman. is raising
funds to erect n monument to the men,
ory of the late Chief Justice Pierpoint.
The latest subscription, that of the Frank
| lin county bar, amounted to S9l.
Advices from Bishop Peck indicate
that he will be unable to preside at the
! Vermont Methodist conference, appoint
ed to take place at st. Adams. April Is.
and that another bishop will be assign
ed. The presiding elders have united in
a request to change the appointment to
April 25.
Joseph Cook, the lecturer, fell between
| train of cars and the station platform
at Poultney, the other day. Walter ).
Eaton. son of Rev. A. Eaton, who was
there to conduct him to his hotel, grasp
ed him by the hand. and pulling with all
his might, brought him on his feet again,
good deal scared, but little hurt.
1t is announced that Will Allen, a for
mer landlord of the Franklin House of
Vergennes. but for the past six or seven
year proprietor of the "GIen House."
East Middlebury, is to give up the busi-
ness permanently the 1st of April. He
is to be succeeded by his brother-in-law,
Frank A. Farr, who has purchased the
property.
The Kingston On. " Freeman has the
following: Although not much noise has
been made concerning the canvass OF 1881.
there is easily observable strong under
current in favor of Senator Edmunds as
the next candidate of the Republican
party for the Presidency. The idea is
growing more and more prevalent daily
that he is the one man in the country up
on whom the whole party can cordially
unite. He is n Republican of the old
school, n firm adherent of the same .prin-
ciples that the party once regarded as
worthy of fighting for. He has kept his
State steadfast in the Republican faith
He has been neither a stalwart nor a
half-breed; indeed. so impartial has been
his position during the recent party diff
ficuties. that neither faction can claim
him as against the other. Besides. he
represents some principles that are gain
ing in vitality and must soon be brought
to final issue. The "Edmunds" bill
shows his opinion of the Mormon abomi-
nation, and the energy with which he
would deal with it if he were in the eN-
ecutive chair. He stood up manfully
against the river and harbor bill and the
anti-C Chinese infamy, and on all ques-
tions concerning the rights and interests
of humanity he is for the broadest and
most liberal construction. Another fact
which would help Mr.. Edmunds' popu-
larity and bring him thousands of votes
in every State, is that he is man of the
people. He has achieved recogni-
tion as the ablest and purest statesman
in New England, and the foremost con-
stitutional lawyer in the country. AS
digniiied as it becomes Senator of the
United States to be. he is yet as approach
able as Abraham Lincoln. A peoples
rally and an uprising of the masses
could be secured under the leadership
of Mr. Edmunds. and when elected he
would be found rs wise as he is genial.
Amidst all the alleged corruptions that
have crept into governmental affairs at
Washington since the war, no scandal
has ever attached to his name. There is
no doubt that the popular mind is slow
ly but surely settling on Mr.. Edmunds
as the next candidate of the Republican
party.