The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30

cuse to those who know Mr.. Dillingham; and |
can see that the picture was taken two or |
three years ago.
THE annual muster OF the National Guard Of |
Vermont will be held at Brattleboro next |
month, and the militia will be encamped six
days, including one Sunday, beginning on the
22d. The grounds on which the muster is 10
be held were used during the rebellion for the
mastering in of Vermont regiments, and are
admirably adapted for camping and drilling
purposes. The location, which is one OF the
most delightful in New England, is on a large
pleateau, overlooking the Connecticut river
valley, and affords charming scenic view.
THE annual Institute of the woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union Of Washington County
will be held at Mortified, August 9th and 9th.
Mrs. J. L. Perkins, secretary of the Vermont
Womans Christian Temperance Union, and
Mrs. J. K. Barney, national superintendent Of
prison and jail work, are expected to be present,
and to assist in the exercises. Each Woman's
Christian Temperance Union OF the county is
entitled to five delegates. Churches and tenn
perance societies in towns where no such Or
ganiEations exist are invited to send two rep
resentatives each. Such delegates and repre-
sentatives are requested to send their names,
as early as possible to Miss Lizzie NJ. Knapp,
Mortified, and to wear the white ribbon
badge. All are cordially invited to be present,
and clergymen are especially urged to give the
encouragement Of their presence.
THE committee of the State Temperance
Camp-meeting Association have, in addition to
the list of speakers already announced, secured
the services of Francis Murphy, the great
apostle of temperance. The programme of
their meeting at Morrisvile, August 49, 20
and q, is as follows: Tuesday, at two p. M,
address, Francis Murphy; 7:15 p. M, address,
L. Edwin Dudley. Wednesday, at $50 A. M,
temperance love-feast; 1030 A. M, address,
Rev. II. F. Austin, grand worthy patriarch of
the Sons Of Temperance, and Frank Plumley,
Esq, grand worthy chief templar Of the Inde-
pendent Order Of Good Templars 2 p. NJ,
address, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, Melrose,
Mass. 4 p. NJ, annual business meeting; p.
NJ, address, a. W. Bolton, D. D., Boston, Mass.
Thursday, at $3.50 A. M, temperance prayer
meeting 1890 A. NJ, address, Rev. c. D. Hills,
Boston, Mass; 2 P. NJ, address, Hon. Neal
Dow, Portland, Maine.
THE poet of the Chicago Ne,os presents the
following on I" Ben Butler as Maud Muller:
Ben Butler on a summers day,
Stood In a convention making hay;
The hay sweet and the hay was dry,
But it wasn't as cooked as old Bens eye,
For old Ben say, on gelding gay
Judge Nomination ride that way.
When the Judge saw Ben in the hay at work
He stopped his horse with sudden Jerk
And he rolled his eyes on the winsome face
And the buxom form and the airy grace
And the wealth of cheek and the mesh Of hair
OF sweet Ben Butler working there.
"oh," sighed the judge, that the fate were mine
To wed with creature 80 divine
With Ben for mate my life would seem
Like poetic song artists dream;
But when they heard of my marital pick
How like a steer my folks would kick"
So, fearful of what his folks might say,
Judge Nomination rode away,
And left Ben Butler standing there
With her wealth Of cheek and her mesh of hair;
And of all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these" He wouldn't have Ben"
"MR j. +. WHITE, a well-known m ech anic
and inventor of this town, assisted by his
brother, Mr. 7. P. White, an experienced
! stenographer, now of Sioux Falls, Dakota,
has," says the Brsttleboro Ph0nir, "been
engaged for the past year or two in perfecting
form of a rapid typewriter capable of the
| speed necessary for reporting speeches., etc.
| The type-writers now in use, as is we'll known.
| are incapable, in the hands Of the most expert
operator, of attaining a speed exceeding sixty
words per minute, or about half that requisite
for reporting rapid speaker With Mr..
| Whita'a ma china Uhinh ha tn q
| the Logograph, or word-writer, a speed of
two hundred to two hundred and fifty words
per minute is claimed to be attainable in the
hands of an experienced operator. The ma
chine, which we have had the pleasure Of see-
ing in operation, Is smaller and more simple
in construction than the ordinary typewriter
weighing only three or four pounds, and ap-
pears capable of doing long service. The type
used is the same as in the ordinary machine
but an ingenious, yet easily interpreted system
Of abbreviaton and arrangement of letters is
adopted, which is the unique invention of Mr.
K. p. White, and constitutes an essential fea.
ture of the instrument as by its use an entire
syllable (or word, II short) is printed at a
single stroke ON the keyboard, and the number
of keys employed is reduced to twenty-one
On an average, only one hundred and twenty.
five strokes are necessary to produce one
hundred words. The paper employed is in the
form Of a narrow coil, not unlike that used il
receiving telegraph dispatches, and is rewound
as fast rs it passes through the writer. Thil
coil of paper, after the writing has undergone
some slight correction at the hands of the re
porter can be placed directly in the hands o.
the compositor for newspaper use. Should thii
invention prove in practice to be all that 1t nov
promises, it will mark an important advance
ment in the reporters art
OUR esteemed contemporary, the Newpor
Express, the great Orleans county Pecksniff
in its last issue fairly outdoes its eminent pro
totype. One effusive political paragraph hal
the following: "The Wdtchman has been par
ticularly strong on the point that Washington
county would fuse into solid mass at the mer,
mention of his [Dillingham'sl name. Genera
Grout has at least eight delegates, and perhaps
more, in Washington-one town, we understand
having sixty-fve at the caucus, gave him
unanimous Uote." This statement is probabl,
nearer the truth than the Express often gets
Three towns in this county, having eight dele
gates, were reported to have been carried TO
General Grout, and from what we have Learned
of the agencies employed to effect this result
though the preference Of voters is undeniabl!