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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31
Rrownheld.

Thur,dsy II showed and bloved. Fri
dsy 4, blowsd AZ the rate Of co niles an
hour. Saturday II bowed harder, and
higher than that II was fearful days
,he STOW piled up In huge drifl., so The
road. were almost impossible. Sunday
mo-ulpR. 80 > below Isro 10 some local.
ties. $50 10 the village.
Mrs. Tst:su couunaes very siek.
Mr.. Il. II. Bean has lost valuable cow
Arthur Warren, OF bsst fryeourr, has
again been IN town tuning pianos, slihous q
being totally blind. lie does bis WORK
well. Those having soch work TO be done
would d. well % employ him.
Mrs. daley has len the hotel, where she
h., been working Tor number OF months.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31
Rrvanta Pond.

Lea, C.LF Howe vii lecture sttoNn
hall. saturtty. Jan. 2,th. TIE sahleci OF
tsl. lecture vii he Maine To The War.
TIE Cnc.rs % Christopher Lake Com
m.nfsfv hr ths present term afe
Augustus MounUort, y {.
Flea r. B1sktr. Y C.
: Littsns'i. 4 y G.
Grace Glosrt. Sec.
G Brooke. r. &.
Al Rove. Tfsas
wuixm n Co'e, W. IL
RI Cole. W T.
Hams snail. q A whllmab. wAfden..
Arrivnis a. the Glen Mountain House
f,r thr week Rafas llAm1u, Bangor w
y Wyn.n. B1ston y. ID Parker Ne"
YORK. + ). Barnes, N. X Lewis, oscar
"A Hobart. Pofilsnd, A. J. Hal, Ne"
YORK. 4 Cover, Portland.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31
Summer.

We have bal galie = severe SHOW storm
here recently. accompanied by = high
wind
Carol Kicker. who L. teaching hls nrsi
term In The Morrill, district this winter, IL
iolng well.
Newell VArnty's hsalih l. Vefy poor.
Two OF his sons. Que from Sioux fall., ID.
T. and the other from Duluth, MINI, have
come home.
TIE singing school, which Il held Al
Morrill, school house. under The iusuuo-
ton % Keen Thompson % this place. 10
making great pfcgrc..
Pro. DuTENhURN.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Tae wuisr tern 90 school unier NE iu.
.trucfI1n % Waller Bate. fasr. A n, ~
wafrrr. Del. closet ltsi wednesday. NJ.
Var "a lAHorct earnestly flr tae advance
neat as hssi lutsrcst 90 thc school Ard
ttr rssalt % been one 10 tle most sue.
-assfa. tern. I'm q l1uE tine. ulf'ng Ne
.tsr la our c1mmunItr. Mr. Fsrr hr- male
rarv f-irufs wlo 81 wIsh BIN cm'ue1t
.a.csss On tar lfgsl profession. which De
has ca1s.u f0r h.s iuilrv occupation.
Tnu 1trsorsi aC.Ia.utancs, the Democrat
BELIEVES Mr D. D. he "a young mAn whose
t.sn IutaH rrf. close application io siufV
arf ger.s. mtnrcfs afc b1uni to VII thsir
~ % Success
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31
Runlford

Weather c1li aui dusty.
UnivCrAilsi Circle a. Fiorus II. Hart.
let's ca Wsirsstay eve.
The hAt toai, have sioppsj igmbeflag
operations.
We earn that De- SINAI. ~ Portland.
formerly ~ tals town. WAS presented .iih
nice giri baby last week
Nothing Coz news this week.
Mr.. Carter EIiott. man over eighty
years o't. was out hreakinE even tsy In
ths recent blow. ard only frcEs bis poe.
W. CsI Aim smafi f1r an Oh nan.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

NORWAY, Dec. 2Oih, lss1.
Daring the past fall, met with an sc,i-
dent, causing q terrible spr,ln In my aim
and Shoulder, from which suffered a..
tense pain and dlsirsss for over two week..
Ansr using many different remedies with.
oat bensni spilled "Browh's Instant Re
lief" rubbing 10 In well. The eject vas
wonderful IL relieved my suffering al
once. continued ia use sud The surfr-
Ing rapidly disappeared. Too much csn
not be said In IT, pr.lee.
W N. HITLER.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Aisbsma has ten dsIlIes and thirteen
weekly ?spers which favor proSc,iou
Among the dsllies are some Of the sirone.
est pspefs In the Stat, such a. the Mobile
Register, the Montgomery Dispatch ,u'i
the Birmingham Age. Sach little facts -
these are hornets that keep the Ways sni
Means Committee OF Congress 10 = y,fi
uneasy state OF mind.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31
Grnnnn

Arthur VI cas- has retained from West
Ralm0uih. where be h,s been teaching.
lie viii atteni ihe State College, a. ofano,
this spfirg
Thsrmome.sr stool I'll. morniug iihr
s3ihl te59 90 ifup1rl
JullAn stow. ux.ieamsier iof Hcnfy
Lombard. has been very IN, AMI ~, 90
verely 90 a. last reports
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31
THE BEAR BRIGADE.

1.-THE Democrats "BsAr Brigade" look.
lank this week, every Maine reader Of
the paper will Immediately krOv the
reason. The bears" have been snow
bound. They viii claw an exit through
'he drift, by nsHi week. and then yOa'll
hear them "grovl"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Neither 20 ths charchcs we're wafnoi
Slrfav. thcugh The m.listsrs were both
on Aari a. ne boar 90 service. Mss An
gsI must hsvs h,i rather = hafi drive
from Norway
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

oar arst mail. ar "WEDNESDAY nighL
r.stf.f ls arrut t.u o'clock saturday
Tarrar cane up on snosshoes, Win threc
mail nags % his back
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Css BtosBs Instant Relief
Try Brosns Iastsnt Relief
BroFn's Ius,ant Relief cures ehiloiains'
Brovn's Instant Relief cures coughs.
Calldrsu CRY Tor Browns Instant Relief
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Saerf Parker drove IRON Mlton o. Far.
s uiI in the hiirttri a. raursiAY fore
nooa rs -nth.ng short 20 suuisr
taat thc slcT.T got throlgh, at ihc re-
at va q very urci horse.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

TIE rlais are bring broken ani shovel
.,Hasf.,t ~ nrssi llc. sni 81 s11l b la
20 gori c'1i'ilpl A. thsY can he male.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Ga sccoaat ofths bal condition oi ne
roii, az tais tine. tue time OF hollln< ta.
Annas ses-Iou o. Otfort Counu Disule.
Lodge OF Good Tsmplar- has been chanseu
O. "Wednesday. Zen i5th. ISIS.
m y. BOtsrER, ID. Il
SoUm PAEts. Jan 3Oih. 1885.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Evr-Yr1jr slo Sts tortauAir enoash 20
o-ua par ofsnoW shoes hAs mtie use oi
thsn 90 pact sex
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

AZ Flrlrs. oftae - .u1crst, attended
thr aauutI nr-uag nf tlr Maine Pross A.
socat.1n. in r1rtAuf, AT week
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

" T.. tlvns, ~ hlckneit. male "a
sn1s ss1r tfip q, Paris SttariaY, reilru.
irs h.ne SurfsY.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

II in want Of any trimming
And who does not want for trimming
In this cold and stormy winter -
In tho warm and w.ndy spring.timo,
You will find them At the Prince store,
At the Prince store on the corner
They have hamburgs, white and colored
They have hlmburgs, wide anil narrow
Lices have they, blcachod and unbloaehcd
RuAlc- have they, trimmed and untrimmod
Tuckings have they, and all.oycrs
At the Prince Store, on the corner
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Nr al. = Be writes o. that "ih~ 80
.'.a .fr. ~ rnsfs. ~ pablo Co.'s IS
.... ur popular .n ur'rau- COMFY ~
s ..rr fl.y have roo1 tcsl oi uoaal.
ufh srls. arf he sends Tie apo.uiri
el-rrrt from . Iar So jIfrstury CALICO
nan
.Tta tow 20 IiarIs..k ~ ore of ne
fs-e. .r f.1- t1wrs lu thIs rnunify which
.susretIr r.e ttV.cr The town Atf
Zoo rollers. I1 '-st 'oug divided in tgo
.trfs. arifrnm r. Oh icst diameter. sega
~ from $3.50 to --On pounds each I'fsF
49, Irasn tY Hts or II or NOTE hlfses,
ar-nrsIrg O. t1s STATE 20 the roais 4 pr
-tssvs ufttr Town arc mtde iuto ntr
H.frlrt. rv EN-. sr.rcfwsu. snf aItsf ever
..ru.sf1ru ths roads are At g1r- over.
r.. .ft1tu tEIcr. msk'rE bard 'pi
ss.L Ntsu trlck from l4 o. I'D iert ~ ir
~ f.sff.rt. irr.lir At t1r prize -
f..kahys -ftfr tIsn. srd ths peop.e MO
lave tl -.ar.I thf-c roads src uncl pes
q sIta &c. rrsat Soss farmer lNing
frrre miles ffom pot Cf,r ard chaten
An gtt out after 8 si0ru Al soor "a ine
- sr rolls arlaut. while heretofore hf
night have ben I've "a. threc tays IN get
t.u.r @ tfr laEe. A. O. expense, lt coy
lIsrfw.ck a. slater khCut sl.-lo % oreAh
- rnafs In fhe 1ll waY 10 nay ne etf.f
t1 predict 'or mis- Yrsr. nlt May taihA ~
- u1t clst over ht.f that sun. While ile
value 20 t1- 40 systems IL wiiholi CON
ptf.sTr
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Prkit'. team resum "a regular uips -
thrsl.i factory Nouiay m1fuing
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31
SNOW ROADS
A Saowed-.n' Subscriber Makes
a Suggestion

TIE t.i1ving communication VS. in-
issisj fot ihs Democr.i of at week.
ts, reached tts CfEcc 600 la,s 90 that a.
.as. In ne light ~ certain svcris which
have developed since ;ha; time. however.
% nav rot BE- ca; u place Ia ibe present
-..lr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

For .eslds and burn. use "Ius,sn, Re-
lief"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31

Nov o'ganllss,n9--sAOs club.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31
Chs @xfors psnruerut.
ON The HILL. 81


"vs,,.Asus-.I-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-31


Asvoar rnrIrrr Or slcr ss1r of ulr
.st. .smrrtif Governor seems tn 't vel
r.....fsrI fl.ng s1 So 80 o. require
nae Attention ai tt.s early stage, ~. vol
r-rrtarf .ng.tr discuss I'm ir v11r rH..
unrs. ofthr .lrstIous hns O. mtrf e.
t.ehssv. Ir trr u.rtfr srasnr iu ths hfst
as r-.st economical uArusrf WtN are
t.afrsvs linz rnh'Ic rutr'r,i o. I'M 80 msi.
f.rf Wat afc the obligations Di me -
..ctn.a as tttlr aEruts l1 securing ilr
sarv suf c1mIft 10 persons aaV.ng u'e
f.rttr .Ehsavs Or rls.uvss 'r q.sasafe,
.trf We afc .s1 t1 49, suggestion ~
80. ans if.1Irr why, "a highway j. NAE
upass.1,s ari unsafe bv AsuoF storm,
t.--, fsr1t at A. much cause ~ cl'sl s
trr r1af. A. shsu a. bridge ur tav hiE1ntt
- .tserw sr flri,rri unsafe nv reason 't
rs.n storms
AsAn fi..raaer. Z fsf,r'1 C.,It ul.
I,.ss.rr.y Innass. AZ tai. Fr.i.es a1i
IA. .rsr rr 800 Ur tlrvc says To a.
f.. 7I.rt rftstIrg thr r'sf from iae rofia
hi. - ..trlct1r presents itss.f. sni th- un
saft traveller CHURCH -oef only lfafns
a. fttr -h.u h- reaches tas inpAss '.c
trrs. as .s. ur saoa1 hr, thsnk'a. 10 ae
IA tufu s11u' ~lta ulia.ug la ihe 49, oi
Hf frsa 90 bones fracture. Too may
fsrsri hi. fsslIrss uil hc slgh.Y ufri.
NIv.ssIa tls case 20 washed bridges of
"a. says iu sgmuef. 80 10 = uo' ne Nofs
auHmfut On rpsu snch piece ui foai
ts arrvr rrf-rrs.i O.. at she question o.
-. wrv slnlIf not the h'gawty Poi cos
..| Amurg tHe mtth1-fs 20 op. uing f1Ni'
.rsrastnrm lent Yoa a clipping frnm
no Nv Y.rt Trb1ur. tAteu irom &c -
I -rs.1rv ct.fi1rIan. W
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18

tions, but we are also of the opinion
that it would inure much more to the
advantage of the Dominion. There is
a pretty strong feeling on this side of
the line that the old reciprocity treaty
was detrimental to the interests of our
people, and we now find that the senti-
ment is growing in England that the
proposed commercial union "will
greatly promote the prosperity of the
Canadian people," The Boston Jour
nal has recently given few figures to
show the effect of the reciprocity treaty
of 1854, which is unfavorable to a re-
turn to that condition of affairs. Dur
ing the ten years of the treaty the
United States actually paid in duties to
Canada S16 1902 1862, while in the same
period Canada paid to the United States
only $780, During the ten years
dutiable products of the United States
entered Canada and the other provinces
now included in the Dominion to the
amount of 1874 ,347 ,O19, while in the
same period dutiable products of Canada
entered the United States to the
amount of S7,750,4S2. During this
same period free products of the United
States entered Canada and the other
provinces to the amount of S11S,-
S53 ,972, while free products of Canada
and the other provinces entered the
United States to the amount of Sl7S,-
500, 1S4. Canada sold on the free list
fifty per cent more goods to us than we
bought of her. 1t is very certain that
we do not want any more reciprocity y
with Canada upon the same basis.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18
Vermont MerinO Sheep Breeders.

At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep-breeders Association in Mid
dlebury these officers were elected: Presi-
dent, l.. w. Peet of Cornwall; vice.
presidents, II. S. Jackman of Waltham, f..
f. Stickney of Shoreham; secretary, Albert
Chapman of Middlebury; treasurer, V.
Rich Of Shoreham; directors, f. H. Earring
ton of Brandon, l.. f. Moore of Shoreham,
+. n Bissel of East Shoreham and II. E.
Sanford of West Cornwall. Reports were
presented showing that the association has
1000 members Resolutions were adopted
reatfirming sympathy with the National
Wool-growers' Association and with the
manufacturers, and mailing with satisfaction
signs that look to a uniting of the efforts of
the latter with those of the woo-gTowers to
advance their mutual interests; declaring
the presidents message not the production
of wise, ripe and patriotic American citi-
Gen. but the effuSion of one Just attaining
the sophomore degree in the Golden school
of British politics, and declaring the illogi-
cal reasoning in the message insulting to
every intelligent wool-grower and laborer
in the nation. 1t was declared that if his
recommendations were adopted they would
ruin the wool-growing industries of the
United States. In conclusion, the resou-
tons call the attention of congressman to
the decline of wool-growing under the
operation of the recent tariff laws as exc
cuted, and urge them to take such action as
will remedy the defects of these lawss
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18
Winter Studies for Farmers.


Following is the programme of the winter
course of lectures for farmers at the Uni
versity of Vermont from January 90 to
March 9: Friday, January 20-Opening
address, President NJ. ii. Buckham of the
University of Vermont; address, DIR. f.
Lewis Sturtevant, late director of New York
Experiment Station. Tuesday, January
"a" Laboratory Farming: is it Proftable?"
w. w. Cooke, professor Of agriculture in Uni
versty of Vermont. Friday, January 81
"The Philosophy of Farm improvement"
Hon. f. ID. Douglas of Whiting. Tuesday,
January 81" Fertilizers" G. II. Whtcher,
professor of agriculture in New Hampshire
Agricultural College. Friday, February
," The Dairy and Dairying," o. NJ. Tink-
ham, president Vermont Dairymen's Assoc
citation. Tuesday February =" Fertilizng
by Feeding" w. w. Cooke. Friday, Febru-
airy 10" Law of Plant Growth" G.. II.
Perkins, professor of natural history in
University of Vermont. Tuesday, February
ID" Matchmaking" j. w Votey, instructor
in civil engineering, University of Vermont.
Friday, February IL" The Eastern and
Western Farmer Compared" Professor w.
A. Deering, University of Vermont. Tues
day, February 21-" Contagious Diseases of
Animals" F. II. Miller, veterinary surgeon.
Friday, February %" The Differences in
Dairy Products" H. E. Alvord, professor
of agriculture in Massachusetts Agricultural
College. Tuesday, February 2S-" The Work
of the Agricultural Experiment Station"
w. w. Cooke. Friday, March 2-Lecture
by President NJ. II. Buckham; " Pot EX-
periments," W. w. Cooke.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18
Immigration.

Mr.. EditOr:-Some weeks ago there APP
peared in the Rural VermOnter brief edi-
torial on the subject of encouraging English
Immigration, in view of improving the agri-
cultural interests of Vermont, and to this
end suggested that the legislature appoint
commissioner of immigration, furnishing
him with means to prosecute the enterprise.
Several papers (near and remote) COM
mented on this original proposition, care
full reading of which left the reader in doubt
whether they contained more of irony or
sentiment. One editor thought inasmuch
as Vermont had so much land that it had to
be turned up edgewise to keep il out of the
way of Yankees that Englishmen would be
able to horizontalize these perpendicular
lands, build doube-deckers, and thereby
add much to the agricultural area of the
state. Another dwelt on the specific gravity
of the English blood which coursed the
veins OF our forefathers compared with the
diluted blood of their descendants in New
England. Another hailed the idea that was
to Anglicize New England agriculture and
seemed to be chagrined that we had been
fools so long. But as editors sometimes
slop over, az well as the rest of humanity,
the object OF a commissioner of immigration
should be decided on the score of merit
What class of Englshmen would our COM
missioner be able to bring over to our relief?
The wealthy and well-to-do farmer, with his
hunting grounds, his pack and who is fond
OF the chase, will not be induced to leave his
native land and come to Vermont where
he will find posted on every rod of fence
that farming don't pay" To bring rack
renters and laborers, with their families, to
domicile among us would be a tax rather
than help. There is one other class only
for our missionary to colonize, and that is a
class of English farmers having means
equal to the average Vermont farmer.
Should our commissioner succeed in num-
bers commensurate with such an under
taking it would seem to necessitate the mi
grafton of an equal number of our average
farmers and young men who intend to make
farming livelihood to give place to En-
glishmen. Why make the swap? Abra-
ham Lincoln advised "never TO swap horses
in the middle of a river" To swap Ver-
monters for Englishmen, with all their for
eign proclivities, which it would take two or
three generations to oblterate and two or
three more TO fully Americanize, would, to
ordinary minds, be as impolitic az eX-
changing hay-fever for Asiatic cholera. The
class of citizens we want are those in whose
veins runs pure American blood-men born,
bred, educated and identified with the finan-
cial, political and social interests of the
state; and this class we have now with MS,
and as general proposition 1t will be wise
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18
Frightful Railway Accident.

The Portland express train on the Boston
& Maine road, which left Boston at one
O'Clock p. NJ. January 10, met with dis
aster near the Haverhill bridge which spans
the Merrimac river between Bradford and
Haverhill. The train consisted of eight
cars in charge of Conductor Weymouth
This train does not stop at Bradford and
was going at great speed. AS soon as the
express rounded the curve two cars left the
rails and went crashing into the water-tank
house, demolishing 1t. In this house num-
Der of section-hands were eating dinner
Mr.. j. o Brien, retired merchant of Brad
ford, was talking with the section-hands
and was killed, together with Mr.. Taylor
one of the laborers. The car that crashed
into the tank house knocked the foundation
out, letting the heavy tank down upon it,
crushing through the roof and doing fear
full work within. The next car behind
telescoped the one ahead OF it, adding to the
horror The killed 'and wounded were
mostly in these two coaches. The follow
ing is a list of the dead: George b. Went
worth, Dover, n. H.; L. b. Adams, Newton,
Mass. II. A. Hart, Portland, Maine; G.. M.
Cole, wife and child, Lawrence, Mass.
Josephus Shaw, Boston; Clarence Halle
wood, Boston Highlands; A. S. Walker,
Harrison, Maine; William Taylor and John
O'Brien, Bradford, Mass; Mrs. Flora T..
Ward Brighton, Maine Dennis Shan
nahan. All the cars were equipped with
the Baker steam-heater and no portion of
them caught fire. The loss TO the road on
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18
Bennington Battle Monument.

The annual meeting of the Bennington
Battle Monument Association was held at
Bennington January H. and the following
named directors were chosen for the year
ensuing: Ex-Governor Horace Fairbanks
of Vermont, Messrs. H G. Root, A. B. Val
entine, j. G. Mccullough, John V. Hall and
NJ. G. Huling of Bennington, James X.
Batcheder of Arlington and j. T. Shurtleff
and c. f. Dewey of Bennington. Hon l..
r. Graves of Bennington was chosen treas
urer. Mr. Charles NJ. Bliss, who had been
secretary of the association from the begin
ming, declined a reelection, and Mr.. Olin
Scott was chosen in his place. The ASSOC
citation adopted a resolution complimentary
to the retiring secretary. AT a meeting of
the directors held Immediately afterward
the following named officers were chosen:
President, Hon. b. f. Prescott of New
Hampshire; vice-president, Hon. II. G.
Root of Bennington; secretary, j. T. Shurt-
left of Bennington; building committee, II.
G, Root, A b. Valentine, NJ. G. Huling, all
of Bennington; auditors, Olin Scott and l..
f. Abbott. The treasurer reported that
there is on hand and available for the monu-
ment the sum of $4,000. The monument
is now eighteen feet above the foundation,
and Contractor Ward is cutting four carloads
of stone each week, which will be ready for
laying in the spring.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18
The GOvernOrship.

montpelier Cor. New York Tribune.l
The gubernatorial question is looming up
in the political horizon and the conviction
is deepening in the minds of the republican
leaders that the party candidate for gov
ernor should be that man whose candidacy
would arouse the most enthusiasm and who
can poll the largest vote. In the opinion of
many republicans that man Is William =.
Dillingham; of Waterbury, at present state
commissioner of taxes. Mr.. Dillingham; is
the son of Ex-Governor Paul Dillingham; OF
Waterbury and one of the brightest young
lawyers in the state. He has great popu-
larity and is recognized as a staunch and
consistent temperance man. If nominated
he would poll nearly the full strength of the
prohibition party, which at the last election
cast 800 votes. Mr.. Dillingham; has had
extensive legislative experience and is adj
mirably fitted to perform the duties Of the
executive office. He does not seek the
Office of governor, but will accept the nom
ination II it is rendered him by the state
convention. There is a manifest disposition
among the republican voters this year TO
nominate a candidate for governor whose
ability and merits commend him for the
office. The candidacy of Mr. Dillingham;
has assumed more prominence since it be-
came publicly known that Frederick Bill
ings of Woodstock would not be candidate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-18
Notes and Opinions.

THE Chicago Journal, which ought to
know, says there is not free-trade
state in the West nor a free-trade
majority in any western locality.
SOME tables recently prepared by
Professor Levassour for the interna-
tional statistical institute estimate the
population of the world at | ,483 600, 600.
THE mugwump IL. Y. keeps up its
pop-gun fusillade on the WATcHMAN.
For the free advertising thus given we
return our sincere thanks and hope to
merit continuance of the favor.
THE Providence Journal thinks it
unfortunate that Senator Sherman
should insist on precipitating a tariff