Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21

member of Congress and said: mo
American soldier or sailor ever fought a
civilized foe under a yard of American
buntng;" because "none was made till
protection was given to the manufactur-
er."
The Judge delivers its opinion in this
wise "If there are any blockheads in the
Democratic party-and the court thinks
they are quite numerous-they will be
mashed in November to the consistency
of wood pulp; and heaven bless the man
who pulpetrates it."
Official returns make the majority for
Eagle, Democratic candidate for COVER
nor in Arkansas at the recent election,
14,9S1. In 1884 the Democratic majority
there was 2S,1S1. Thus do Democratic
"gains" materialize, even in Southern
State which has no manufactures.
The campaign is getting red-hot in
Indiana. The war extends from the
borders of Lake Michigan to the south
ern-most hamlet of Percy county, and it is
estimated that over 2000 speeches are
being delivered every night now through
out the State.
The profit-sharing plan is on trial at
Minneapolis, where c. A. Pillsbury Il
Co., the largest milling company in the
world, have just finished a division of
$4,000 among its employees. The men
got at least one months wages each and
one as much as S2500.
The Brattleboro Reformer sizes up
things pretty well when in speaking of the
late election in this State it credits
the Republicans with "magnificient
victory" 1t adds that "the Democrats
never made so shiftless and neryeless a
canvass, 50 complete funk
Chairman Page of the Republican State
committee thinks that the majority for
the Republican ticket would have been
above 10000 if the five days before cleo
ton hadn't been such as to spoil large
quantities of grain in the north part of
the State, and election day the first good
day to saye it.
A New Haven (Conn.) correspondent
of the New York Press writes: ~. B..
Sergeant, one of our hardware manu-
facturers, free trader, having just re-
turned from tour round the world. has
cut down the wages of his workmen 20
per cent. He has filed his factory full
of Italians and others at wages of 81 to
S4.50 per week"
Congress is getting interested in the
prevention of yellow fever Mr.. Barnes
of Georgia has introduced bill in the
House offering a reward of 100000 to
any person of any nationality who will
discover the true cause, or germ, of yell
low fever, with any certain means of eff
fecting its prevention, destruction or
modification, or who, without discover
ing the cause or germ, shall discover a
certain and practical mode of effecting its
prevention, destruction or material mod
ification.
Gen. Harrison wrote as follows the
other day to Gen. Mccullough of Ben
nington, who had telegraphed him the
result of VermOnt's election: please ac-
cept my thanks for your telegram of the
9TH inst, giving me the result of the re-
cent election in your State. Your large
ly increased majority is valuable con-
tribution to the campaign and will be
very ipspiriting in its effect in the doubt.
full States. The zeal and energy of the
Republicans of Vermont has added great
ly to the obligation the friendly action of
your delegates at Chicago placed me un.
der to your good State and people,"