Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-13
VERMONT, JULY 13, 1888.

The Democrats are great at imitation,
If not particularly original. As soon as
the Republican clubs come into promi-
nence the Democrats adopted the idea.
At the national meeting of their clubs in
Baltimore, last week, Hon. Chauncey F.
Black was chosen president and these
vice-presidents were elected for Vermont:
Hon. L. w. Redington and DR.. Hanrahan
OF Rutland, Il. II. Chubb of Post Mills,
E. NJ. Sutton of Burlington and j. H.
Senter of Montpelier.
1t is not an uncommon thing for young
sters to feel immeasurable worse on Sum
day mornings than on other days of
the week; but the wrath of a North
Adams (Mass.) boy of Is years, when
his parents insisted upon his attending
church last Sunday, puts previous records
clear in the shade. He first took an old
gun from the house into the field, built a
large bonfire, loaded the gun to the muz-
zle and placed it in the fire to explode.
Failing in this the boy took hold of the
gun to turn it over, when it exploded,
blowing of his arm at the elbow. The
arm was amputated at the shoulder, but
it is feared the boy will not survive the
shock.
The poet Whittier approves of the
Chicago nominations, writing in private
letter. II think the selection of Harri-
son and Morton by the national Repub-
lican convention at Chicago (under the
circumstances) the very best that could
have been made. They will, if elected,
sustain the great principle of protection
to American industry and labor against
the encroachments and competition of
European nations. They will carry out
the principles of the Republican platform,
the advancement, the elevation and pros
perity, the equality of all men, black or
white, rich or poor, under the constitu-
ton. see no reason why they will not
be elected"
Nonquitt, Mass, where Gen. Sheridan
has been taken, is thus described: Ap-
preaching from the bay, Nonquitt shows
plainly what itis-just so or 60 very COM
mon-looking summer cottages struggling
in crazy, irregular fashion over great
meadow shaded with red top. 1t doesn't
look like village even, for there's only
one road, and that sweeps up from the
wharf to the hotel on the outskirts Of the
cottages. A long two-story hotel in the
background is controlled and owned by
the syndicate of men who first started
NonqIitt and who still retain manage
ment of all affairs. The hotel is very
summery affair, gaunt and bare, except
where it has been decorated in japanese
Christmas fashion with fans and ropes of
evergreen.
Although Prohibitionists are numerous
among the members of the Methodist
church, lions Herald, an able journal OF
that denomination, is for the Republican
ticket 1t says of Gen. Harrison: "The
microscope does not reveal any qualities
in the man, or facts in his life, which put
the party upon the apologetlc. He is a
man for whom there will exist in the
church a natural affiliation and fellow
ship. His Christian life is not an after.
thought nor a technic for convenient use
He is not man of negative qualities, but
of strong and courageous convictions
He will be right on questions of moral
reform because he has been right. He is
a typical American, self-made, and there
fore in close sympathy with the great
mass of the people. On the matter OF
temperance reform he is aggressive and
outspoken. The significant facts on this
line are the principles and character OF
the nominees more than the declarations
of the platform"