The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-12-11
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Deinocratic Banquet = Early once
N1 asrs OF the Catholic Fair-Locni
II Regular Correspondent

News Iemp. '''o''oi "ir-Aoca'
From our Regular Correspondent
RUTLAND, Dec 8, ,S4.
Rutland has neyer,seen rathered to,e,hsr 1
larger number Of representative Democrats
uan mat which assembled at the Bates house
wednesday evening Dec 3, to t'eat drink and
"ahc merry" over the election OF Cleveland
ana Hendricks. Prominent members of tho
parry 70 the number of 200 from every town in
'nis county and from all sections OF the state
were present. At Top IN the company com.
menced feasting upon "salt river oysters Ia
niai''e' the first dish Of menu that did ever
las'ing credit to Messrs Bave and yaouette.
'he hosts. The post-prandial exercises were
oesun at midnight, when Hon l. w Redingtop
the toast master, called for order, and in n bref
put witty address, appealed to the patriot,sn,
OF ali present and expressed the hone that
none illgnt latter when the voice of his conn.
try called him 10 her service in some fat of,ina
lie introduced Hiram Atkins of Montnal iou'
VINO spoke at length upon the past and fntnre,
OF .ne TWO great parties, as did also Hon Goo
| r Eaton OF Troy. Lucus Bigelow of tho
Herald IN responding to the toast sthe mnr-
s T,nmps mage the speech Of the evening an
-eloquent and manly defense OF his own con-
duet p boiling the nomination Of Blaine. His His
ADDRESS was full Of sound sense and healthy
sentiment, was straight to the point and en-
pressed In the very choicest of the "Kino's
English His auditors showed their apprec.
alton OF 1t by round after round of hearty
applause. In the course of bis remarks
the speaker narrated a little incident
showing, the position and feelings of Senator
Edmunds during the late campaign, which.
thlnk, has never as yet got into print. "Dnr-
ing u the summer" said Mr. Bigelow, ~ wrote
Senator Edmunds, saying, 1T was You who
nfst MADE me an anti Blaine man and yet
am told you will vote for Blaine How is this )
Have you changed your opinion of the man.
ana II SO, for what reason' His answer was,
'Iuu VIII find my opinion of MIR Blaine in NV
speech delivered at Burlington this evening" I
looked through the full text of the speech as
printed, said the speaker, "and found not
fusion to him. Mr. Edmunds had passed him
by In silent contempt and this, / take it, ex- |
pressed his opinion OF jams G Blaine"
Mr. Bgelow was followed by p M Meldon of |
rutland, who delivered an eloquent address on |
the subject of "Rum, Romanism and Rebel. |
lion." P II Dolan made some well chosen re-
marks In responding to the toast "The feast of !
Belshazzar. Responsesswere also made by e |
ID Reardon, r + Powers and Jas J Fay. The
exercises lasted until the small hours of the
Throughout the whole affair. the
best OF good feeling seemed to prevail While
the ylctors reJoiced, nothing was said or done
that could insult the yanquished. All were
Deht upon revealing over the success of Democ-
racy, yet nobody manifested desire to dance
upon the corpse of Republicanism.
Tie prospective change in the national adj
has bought out an immense mum.
Der OF asprants to federal offices in this Sec
Iloh; some few OF them with expectations that
seem pretty sure to be realized, others whose
chances would be heavily discounted. OF
course, at this season, place seekers, without
valid claims for service rendered are decidedly
previous, and their efforts are interesting ONLY
nasmuch as they illustrate the various de-
5rees OF cOnceit of which men are capable, Half
dozen candidates for the post-ofice have al
'eady entered the list One gentleman, who
las aspirations in that direction, has always sat
lstrlde the political fence, heretofore, and has
lttle 10 recommend him except the fact that he
las been good Democrat since the election of
jieYeland. Another, who is modest enough to
)e contented with the same position and who
SAID TO be slyly circulating his petition, was
lever known to make the slightest exertion or
ontfioute penny in political campaign as
lis "Jacksonian" qualities, and confidently as
ureS bis friends that mis- merits are sure to win
I'm, at least, first-class clerkship in Wash
ngton, secretly bewails his negligence in not
aklng the trouble to come to the polls and cast
is vote last September. OF this class are many 8
~ 'tshS oASab PAINS W dir tHclr clalmS ana cX-
ectatlon They will probably feel aggreved a
nd injured, by and by, when the men who !
ave always stood the brunt of the fights will
g preferred over them, buta disinterested public
Ill only laugh at their discontinue.
The fair for the benefit of ST Peters church. q
osed Monday evening. 1t was a complete sue
'ss, financially and otherwise, netting sum
lfilcient to pay off the last installment of in 2
eDtedness remaining upon the church proper
z. Seventy articles were drawn as prizes on v
re last evening, of which the following are a I
wv OF the principal ones with the names of the 2
lnners: Extension table, M Meldon mir P
Dr., W Brisln, marble top table, M LLOYD; p
'sy chair, Father Gatfney; buffao-robe. Sis u
rs st Joseph center-table,Ja Jas Council ;horse,
i'm O,Leary pair vases, Father Boylan watch, a
lice Canty oil painting, w A d Davis; easy fl
lair, Kelley; lounge, w Chaplin; barrel o
flour, Jas McGinnis camp chair, Jennie g
ARIEL; carriage-robe, Gov Proctor. J
Gov Pingree has appointed Hon w Red e
gton ont OF three commissioners to locate the a
lire town of Orleans county. The commits ST
on will sit in Newport early next week. a
Prof Taylor, the illusionst, and Co have D
en attracting large audiences at the opera o
'use for the past few evenings. I,
Monday morning a heavy cornioe of plaster c c1
I'd mortar fell from the ceiling of the county n
urt room, striking the place where the Judge 81
ually sits. Had court been in session at the
me- the results might have been very serious
the fragments weighed from 20 to 80 pounds
d fell from distance of % feet.
The Kingsley guards announce that they will N
Id fair in the town hall early in February.
the enterprise is successful, the company eX-
ct to commence the erection of new armory
On after.