The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27
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William hODe1ts, Jonn B. ATWOOD, george |
Goodrich; Corinth, R. c. Jennie, G. c. Has
tings, Lyman Porter, R. Merrill, s. j. Locke,
Daniel Rowland, Josiah Virgins; Fairlee,
Frank Porter, Royal Morris, Milo Jenkins;
Newbury, II. w. Keyes, John Smith, j. B.
Hall, L. G. Graves, D. S. Fulton; Orange, AL
mon Curtis, James Huntoon, N s. Cutler, A.
s. Martin, Charles Mills Randolph, II P. San
ford, N. Davenport, II. E. Soper; STAFFORD, II.
G. HazeltoD, NJ. L. Brown, Charles Bacon, II.
c. Gilkey, NJ. F. Preston; Thetford, w. II.
Messer, George Fifield, E. E. Smith, j. w.
Bartlett, Frank Bond, ]. p. Waterman, Carlos
Slater; Topsham, b. F. Ordway, G. f. New
ton, A. K. Reade, Henry Palmer r. II. For
syth; Tunbridge, A. b. Stiles, j. s. Gay, Hugh
Dickerman; Vershire, Frank Eaton, Charles
Orr, George Fits, Byron Titus, John Robinson,
L. Diamond Alphonzo Cross; West Fairlee,
II. NJ. Miller, Thomas E. Bond F. w. Farnbam,
G. w. Comstock, John c. Colby; Washington,
NJ. w. Chamberlin, c. f. Emery, A. T. New
man; Williamstown, N. r. Fsrnham, L. D.
Gale.
UNDER the heading :" In the Woods " the
New York San makes the following contribu-
tion to campaign poetry:
They polish and oil the brand new machine
Till 1t seems to make mag agnifcent show,
And all is so fresh and so bright and so clean,
That they wonder why 1t refuses to go.
They do not perceive that 1t lacks here and there
cog, or q joint or a bolt, or a bar,
And its failure TO almost makes them despair,
With Grover away in the woods 30 far
It worked like charm at Chicago, doubt,
And nothing its cruel career could oppose;
The minoritys rights 1t crushed savagey out,
And Its furnace fed with the of its foes;
But here 1t stands still, with its mischief all done
With nothing TO make now, and nothing to mar,
And plainly and fatty refuses to run,
With Grover away in the woods so far.
1t ruthlessly run over many man
Whom years of good service have proved to be true,
And stubbornly stuck to Its bullheaded plan
OF giving something decidedly new.
The blood of the bravest and wisest and best
Is cogging the wheels Of ts Juggernaut car,
And no wonder 1t halts and insists upon rest,
With Grover away In the woods so far.
Too new and too crude was the product 1t wrought
Not weighed, nor assayed. yet tested for dross,
And when TO the proof OF the FIRE it was brought
1t suddenly showed such serious loss
The nominees mouth has already been shut,
And his value already appraised below par
And the brand new machine is stuck fast in rut,
With Grover away In the woods so far.
THERE have been ten regular companies of
the First Regiment of State Militia and one
separate company in camp at Brattleboro.
On Sunday large numbers of people from
Brattleboro and adjoining towns visited the
camp. The forenoon was given to the in
spection Of equipments and quarters. At two
o'clock a memorial service to the late General
Peck Of Montpelier was held. The regiment
formed in hollow square on the parade
ground and brief addresses were made by
Chaplain Hill, General L. G. Kingsley and Col
onel Hooker. The service was an impressive
one and closed with the singing Of the dox-
ology by the soldiers and citizens There was
dress parade at half-past five Monday morn
ing. Generals Peck and Kingsley inspected
their regiment. The first separate company of
Newport was marked ninety-one out of pos
sible one hundred by the inspecting officers.
The regular routine of duty was dispensed
with Monday afternoon and the regiment, un-
der the command OF Colonel Greenleaf and
Major Kinsman, marched to the hills near
Algiers in Guilford, where sham battle
was fought in full view of the camp. The en-
gagement was at times decidedly interesting,
especially to the spectators, who took lively
interest in the different mar coverings on the
hillsides. Governor Barstow arrived in camp
and witnessed part OF the engagement. The
weather was exceedingly cold Sunday night,
the thermometer dropping to forty-eight de-
grees, between noon and midnight. Yesterday
was Governors day. The regiment breaks
camp to day.
CORRESPONDENT in Bratteboro writes
as follows to the Boston Journal Senator
Justin S. Morrill, was in town recently on his
return home from Boston. The senator is in
excellent health. He bears a strong resem-
blance to the late Senator Sumner. Senator
Morrill, has been in public life some thirty
years and the legislature this fall will do a very
creditable thing in extending bis senatorial
term six years. With the prospect of tariff
agitation In the next congress, the presence of
Senator Morrill, on the floor Of the senate will
be of great service to the party. Senator Nor
rill is sanguine Of republican success in the
coming elec ion. He believes the record of the
democratic party on the tariff question will
surely defeat them. The senator has known
Mr.. Blaine intimately for twenty years and in
1867 he accompanied Mr. Blaine on his Euro
pean trip. In conversing with the Journal cor
respondent relative to the republican candidate
for president, Senator Morrill, expressed him
self as fully satisfied OF the personal integrity,
as well rs the honesty in public and private
life OF Mr. Blaine. He scouts the idea that Mr..
Blaine has used his official position for his per-
sonal gain, and cited the following instance,
showing one Of the investments made by Mr..
Blaine twenty years ago to illustrate how a
part of his reputed wealth was made. 1t was
during the trip abroad that Mr. Blaine told
Senator Morrill, that he had purchased lot OF
coal lands in West Virginia for the sum OF
$40, 600, paying part of the amount down and
the balance shortly afterward from the profits
of the mines. These mines, Mr.. Blaine said,
had paid him the equivalent of the interest on
$500, 600 annually, which income would equal
the amount Of the original investment in less
than four years. This investment alone, with
the natural appreciation in coal lands and the
| accumulated income therefrom, would make
| Mr.. Blaine worth at least half million dollars
| at the PREF ent time"
THE WINDSOR COUNTY VETERANS AssocIA.
TIoN held their foui til annual reunion last week
| Wednesday at South Royalton. 1t was the
largest the association has ever held There
were nearly five hundred veterans and about
| two thousand people In attendance. The day