The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-10

1--WE tarlH ana prOtectlOn 10 AMERICAN ciuzens
abroad. Warren Gibbs, chairman republican
state committee
THE skeleton of man was found in a ravine
in the woods, two miles north of White River
Junction, last Sunday by some men who were
hunting. Some money and jewelry were
found in vest pocket The coat and hat were
found about fifty yards distant up the bank,
down which the man probably rolled before
death occurred. In removing the body for
burial wallet was revealed in which were
clothing and shoe bills and recepted by mer-
chants of Woodstock in favor of William
Wentworth. Further inquiry of Woodstock
people corroborated the fact that Wentworth
disappeared from Woodstock in the summer
of 1888; that he was partially insane, etc. He
was last seen alive at the house Of Julius Har-
ridan, Hartford, where he asked for the loan
Of gun, saying he wanted to revenge his
father but did not say why. On being denied,
he asked Mr.. Harridan to shoot him. Shortly
after he left the house and walked up and
down the road near by, gesticulating wildly
and talking exctedly to himself. His father
and mother live at Woodstock, to which place
his remains have been moved
SOME interesting and valuable documents
have recently come into possession of Dart
mouth College library, viz, the original
briefs Of the three great lawyers, Daniel Web
ster, jeremiah Mason and Judge Hopkinson,
as prepared and used by them in the Dart
mouth College case. Those of Mr.. Webster
and Judge Hopkinson have long been owned
hv profaccnr N xuh civ
them to the college. That of Mr.. Mason is a
donation from his son. Mr.. Websters is very
full, parts of it being written out in entire sem
tences, and paragraphs carefully constructed,
in very clear and legibe hand, and covering,
with erasures, nearly two hundred pages of
letter size. Mr.. Mason's great and elaborate
accuracy Is shown in the preparation of a
second brief, or enlarged and corrected copy Of
the first, one covering fourteen pages, the
other twenty. The copy is written with great
neatness, many Of the pages showing neither
erasures nor interlineations Judge Hopkin-
sons brief is written on gilt-edged paper. in
a small, almost feminine, handwriting, with q
margin of two inches or more, and with pages
still clearer Of corrections than either of the
others
THE army and Navy Journal, whose editor
and publisher, Captain Church, was present at
the encampment of the National Guard OF ver-
mont at Brattleboro, says of the muster: 1.-THE
display OF force was not great, a single regi-
ment with a separate company and battery
of artillery added. But the quality was good,
which Is much, and what is still more encourag-
ing the encampment gave excellent proof that
| good judgment controls the administration of
| military affairs in Vermont. This is important,
| for the smaller the force the more essential it
is that the best traditions should be preserved.
An appreciation Of the ri hit methods. as dis
played In their application to a small force,
may serve at the critical moment as the leaven
which is to leaven the whole lump. The adiu-
tantgeneral Of Vermont, General T. s. Peck,
Is. man of sound sense, and though he re-
ceives small encouragement from the legsla-
ture, he is not less earnest to do what lies in
his power to maintain the nucleus of military
force and to apply to it, so far as he can proper
principles of administl alton and instruction.
1t is greatly to be regretted that the annual
encampment should cover 30 short a period OF
instruction. But this is a common failing in
military encampments"
THE Argus and Patriot goes into spasms be.
cause many individuals wanted to make Mr.
Dillingham; speaker and The WArcHMAN pub
lished friendly and complimentary mention
of the matter. This it stupidity construes as
nomination" by THE WAToHMAN and an
effort to "push hin" for the speakership
though we intimated, as indeed we replied tc
all the suggestions we received, that we
thought the gentleman would prefer to serve
in the ranks. Considering the fact that We
especially stated that Mr.. Dillingham; had moi
been consulted, our acute contemporary de.
serves chrome for its discovery that THT
WATcHMAN spoke without knowledge or con
sent" We feel at liberty to record compIi
ment to our esteemed fellow-ctizen at any time
without seeking his consent" In this con
nection, we venture to affirm that our frantic
neighbor's declaration that Mr.. Dillingham;
would support Mr. Batchelder was entirely
without authority and without the former:
knowledge or consent" Even a tsct under
standing that our esteemed contemporary il
his prophet, the promulgator of his intentions
would be fatal to our friend. The Argus witt
more than its usual maladroitness has "pu
its foot in it," In determining his choice fol-
speaker, 1t is safe to say that the gentleman
from Waterbury will be guided as he always
is, by his views OF the public policy and welfare
BURLINGTON FREE PRESS; "We have JUS
seen in the hands Of John p. Howard. Esq
who is now visiting Burlington, a copy of the
Rochester Daily Advertiser, issued on the 24tf
of October, 1926. Among the many interest
ing items contained in this venerable sheet
yellow with age, is the following remarkable
story, which will be recalled by some of ouI
older citizens, and Is we'll remembered by Mr.
Howard: : A Curious Fact.-Bya lady from
Lake Champlain we learn the following singu-
lar incident, which took place in consequence
OF the terrible conclusion of the steamboats,
Congress and Phgnix, off the harbor of Por
Kent, on the evening of the 4th instant. Or
board the Congress were three beautiful sisters
Jewesses, from Montreal, ON their way south,
attended by their father. 1t has already beer
stated that the baggage room, with all its con
tents, mail and baggage, were crushed int
atoms and dropped into the lake in two hun
dred feet of water These sisters ON maxim,
Mr.. Howard's hotel, in the village OF Port Kent
were inconsoable. not 80 much for the loss o
their trunks as for casket one of them ha,
in her trunk, containing jewels to grea
amount, aveD this lOaa thav did not saam M ra