The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12

state of New York will exceed the 1872 900
majority he received as candidate for gov
ernor."- r."-Independen Deming to Herald re-
porter, October "a, 1884.
met an Independent youth,
He was truly good, he said
He wore angelic wings, in truth
And halos round his head.
He had a pensive, chastened air,
In sackcloth he clad;
He CRASHED his teeth. he tore his hair,
His anguish made me sad.
Comrades and heelers, gentle youth
How many may you be?''
How many? Seven in ALL" he said,
And blushing looked at me.
And who they? Pray, tell me true"
He answered Seven are we;
Curtis is one and Schurz is two
And Freeman Clarke is three.
"Godkn is four and Bowker five,
The sixth is Hgginson,
And six plus me the seven make,
And so my task is done"
Hold. hold" I said, "reyise your count.
viii not your figures higher mount?"
He answered.. We are seven.
Two of us in Gotham dwell
Two are in Brooklyn found;
The lives of two In Boston fell,
And Schurz-he boards around"
eyes. yes; my son, your words are true,
You swore the woods were fun of you
Not many years ago.
"You swore that over all New York
The Independent sheaves
Were thick, such your daily talk,
As Vallambrosa's leaves.
Z" How many are you then? say |;
Like countless stars of heaven?'
The sweet gazelle he did reply,
Nay, neighbor, we are seven"
"But you re a host, a mighty host,
The mightiest meath heaven =
Had heard the news and knew the truth,
He answered, We are seven"
Mrs. GOVERNOR PINGREE held reception
at the executive chambers at the state house
Wednesday evening. Mrs L. H. Powell of
Richford, Mrs. William III. Dubois of West
Randolph and Mrs. w. p. Dillingham; of
Waterbury assisted and introduced the la
dies present to Mrs. Governor Pingree, Mrs
Ex-Governor j. Gregory Smith of st. AL
bans, Mrs. Ex-Governor Dillingham; of
Waterbury, Mrs. Ex-Governor Roswell Farm
ham of Bradford and Mrs. Lieutenant-gov-
ernor Ormsbee of Brandon. After the cere-
mony of introduction was performed, Mrs
William III. Dubois introduced Mrs j
Gregory Smith, who spoke to the ladies
present of the novelty of the gathering and
its interesting features; also of an object in
which she was taking a great personal in
terest, the New Orleans exposition, and
asked the ladies present to take an interest
with her and help her to have the tai
ents and intelligence of the ladies of Ver-
mont well represented at that exhibition.
The remarks were rewarded with hearty
applause. The balance of the evening was
passed very pleasantly in social way.
The following is as nearly complete list
of the ladies present as could be obtained:
Mrs. Paul Dillingham; of Waterbury; Mrs.
j. X. Batchelder of Arlington; Mrs. Judge
Homer K. Royce, Mrs. f. s. Stranahan and
Miss Helen l.. Smith of st. Albans; Mrs
w. G.. Veazey and Mrs. lockwood Barrett
of Rutland Mrs. Rollin Amsden and Mrs
M. o. Perkins of Windsor; Mrs. DIR. George
Nichols of Northfeld; Mrs. II. X. Ide, Mrs.
II. c. Ide, Mrs. L. Soper, Miss Mary Soper
and Mrs. ID. NJ Bacon of st. Johnsbury;
Mrs. James L. Martin, Mrs. DIR. III. ID. Hol-
ton and Miss Edith Holton of Bratteboro;
Miss Carrie Hubbard of Saxtons River;
Mrs. John B. Mead, Mrs. William p. Wall
| and Mrs. N. l.. Boyden of West Randolph
Mrs. G p. Hogan of Sheldon; Mrs. C.
W. Brownell of Burlington; Mrs. Charles
Thatcher of Bennington; Mrs. s. Stanhope
of Bakersfield; Mrs. ID. w. Clark of Orwell
Mrs. b. f. Van Vliet of Shelburn; Mrs. III.
G. McDuffee of Bradford; Mrs. C. l.. Marsh
of Enosburgh Mrs. d. Moren of East
Bakersfield; Miss p. A. Perkins of Pomfret;
Mrs. Nelson w. Fiske of Isle La Motto;
Mrs. l.. II. Tompson of Irasburgh; Mrs.
Josiah Grout of Derby; Mrs. S. c. Bingham,
Mrs. III. A. Field and Miss Kate Griswold
of Cornwall; Mrs. w. G. Fairbank of Ver-
gennes; Miss l.. A. Calef of Washington;
Miss A. M. Flint and Mrs. George Crane of
Willamstown; Mrs, DIR. Johnson of Con-
| cord Mrs. j. n. Mcintosh of Bethel; Mrs.
j. A. Vinton of Granville; Miss D. Il. Kent
Of Dorset; Mrs. W. III. III. Kenfield of
Hyde Park; Miss May Mutt of Boston
Mrs. b. f. Fiheld, Miss Fannie Fifield, Mrs
j. w Brock, Mrs. L.. b. Cross, Mrs. George
g. Shepard, Miss Florence Bailey, Mrs. +.
f. Smith, Mrs. Charles Dewey, Miss Ger
trude NJ. Dewey, Mrs. j. Y. Dewey, Mrs.
Henry Fifeld, Mrs. T. G. Phinney, Mrs.
Joseph Poland, Mrs. w. w. Prescott, Mrs.
w. A. Briggs Mrs. G. j. Gleason Mrs.
George N. Dale, Miss M. Il. Mutt Mrs. e.
| q. Deter, Mrs. Luther Newcomb, Mrs. II. .
r. Bixby, Mrs. Frank Adams, Mrs. Arthur
Farwell, Mrs. j. q. Farwell, Miss Florence
Wing Miss Lizzie Wing, Mrs III. s. Loomis,
Mrs Mahlon Kinson, Miss Annette Upham,
| Mrs. A. l.. Carlton, Mrs. B. II. Brown, Mrs.
S. C. Shurtleff, Mrs. c. r. Somers, Mrs. j
III. Burpee, Mrs. Merrill Russell, Miss l..
| Il. Eaton, Mrs. L. Bunnell and Miss E. V.
| Guernsey of Montpelier. The ladies in
charge wish to extend their thanks TO Mr..
X. D. Coffey for his courtesy as usher.