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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
The Vermont Delegation.

The Vermont delegation, says
"Webb" in his correspondence to the
Boston Journal, went to Chicago unit
ed in the support of Gen. Harrison as
the candidate of the party for presi-
dent. The delegation voted as unit
for Harrison on the first ballot, and it
continued to support him without a
break until he was nominated. YER
mont is the only state that cast solid
vote for Harrison on every ballot, a
fact which the Indiana delegates fully
appreciated. At the close of the after
noon session of the convention Satur-
day the Vermont delegates were invit-
ed by the Indiana delegates to visit
their headquarters at the Grand Pacific.
The VermOnters were given a warm
reception by the Indianans and an in =
vitation was extended to them and
their friends to pay e visit to General
Harrison at his home in Indianapolis
on the return to the East. The invi-
tation was promptly accepted and the
delegation was given the following let
ter of introduction to Mr.. Harrison by
Hon. Richard Thompson, ex-secretary
of the navy:
Gen. BENZ. Harrison, indianapolis, Ind:
/ beg leave to introduce to you Gen.
j. G.. Mccullough and his colleagues of
the Vermont delegation. They have
voted solidly for you on every ballot,
and you owe your nomination to that
fact. RICHARD w. THOMPSON.
The Vermonters left Chicago for
indianapolis Tuesday morning in a
special car, arriving there at $50 p.
m. The party consists of the chair
man of the delegation, ex-Gov. Red
field Proctor, Gen. Mccullough, Col.
Esty, Frank Plumley, G. w. Reed,
Capt. Buel of Derby, John G. Stearns,
Geo. Hammond, R. c. Cristy, N. w.
Fisk, Gov. E. j. Ormsbee, G. Thacher,
M. S. Colburn and Secretary G. S.
Forbes of the Vermont republican
| league
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
State and District Conventions.

The state republican and I'd district
conventions were held at Montpelier
yesterday, 300 delegates being present
at the former. Not a ripple stirred the
placid surface of the convention, all
the nominations were made by accla-
nation without a dissenting voice.
Here is the result
Governor, w. p. Dillingham; of
Waterbury.
Lieut.. Governor, U. A. Woodbury. of
Burlington.
State Treasurer, w. III. Dubois of
West Randolph.
Auditor, E. III. Powell of Richford.
III. C.. Wilson of Troy and III. r.
Start of Bakersfield were chosen presi-
Dental electors at large.
At the second district convention
w. w. GrOut was nominated for con-
gress by reclamation, there being no
dissenting voice. deserved cOmpli-
ment. He. McDuffee of Bradford was
chosen presidential elector at large
from the district.
Col. Franklin Fairbanks of st. Johns
bury was elected member of the
state committee from Caledonia county.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

The republican party has completed
its work in convention. The nomi-
nees are before the people.
In General Benjamin Harrison of
Indiana as a candidate for the presi-
dency is presented a man of unim-
peachable integrity one who has prov
ed in his own state and in the halls of
congress his right to be termed states
manlike one who was a brave soldier,
who proved his valOr at the lannon's
mouth one whose private life is spot
less an upright, honorable, Christian
gentleman, worthy descendant and
representative of n noble family whose
history is identified with all that is of
the best in the nations past.
In Levi p. Morton is presented in
many respects the typical American a
man who, starting from the lowest
rank in life as regards this worlds
goods, has won for himself an honora-
BILE name in the business world who
has been more than once called to i'm
portant positions in public life and has
always acquitted himself creditably {;
who has made good use of the large
wealth which has resulted from his
own industry and sagacity.
Any voter who desires to see worthy
men at the head of the government,
men of character, of experience and of
Judgment, can find no sufficient per-
sOnal reasons for Withholding support
from Harrison and Morton.
There are some things about the
platform and many things about the
republican convention that are open to
criticism but believing that the NOM
inees are better than the mass of the
party managers, and believing that
they are better than the party itself, il
the reader will have it so, we give
them willing support.
We could not cOnscientiously sup
port the nomination in 1884 we can
not cOnscientiOusly oppose the nOmi-
nation in 1888. We have never for a
moment regretted our action in the
former case we hope never to regret
our action in the latter.
Finally, believing that the Caledo-
MAN has been far truer to republican
principles than many who have blind
ly followed the lead of party, right or
wrong, and believing too that events
have fully indicated its course, we
propose to maintain in the future the
same independence that has character
lied its utterances in the past.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Attached on writ and held on Execution in same
case in favor of Ira f. Batehelder VS.. BenjamiI
T. Smith, the following described Real Estate il
the town of Hardwick in Caledonia county and
state of Vermont. being the land that A. Y. Gray
and Lonodes Gray decided Benjamin F. Smith
April 90, 1880, said deed recorded in book 49, page
$50 of Hardwick land records, and which land in
said deed is described as follows:
Being the land and premises Susan r. Aiken and
Frances c. Aiken decided Charles A. Cook, March
"a. 1873 ever reserying out of the land the land
said Cook decided G. 4. MoCrillis being about six
acres, and conveying with premises herein decided
all rights to water connected with said premises
and belonging to the same including right to bring
water from a well on Warren Williams premises
as set forth in said Aiken deed. Said land in
amount sixty acres more or less. Said Aiken deed
to said Cook recorded in book I3 page 253 of Hard
wick land records. Said land here described is
mOrtgaged.
am directed by the creditor in execution above
named to extend and levey said execution said
land above described.
will sell at public auction, to the highest bid
der at the post office in Hardwick village, in the
town of Hardwick, en- the 18th day of July, A. D.
1888, at o'clock in the afternoon, the debtors
right in equity of redeeming the land above de-
scrbed being all the right and interest the debtor
has in said land for the purpose of satisfying the
execution above described and all costs on the
same.
Dated at Hardwick June &C. A d. 1888.
47-59 a. e. WAKEFIELD, Dept Sheriff.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28

four northern states which went demo-
cratic in 1884. To obtain these forty
eight, the electoral vote of New York
is an absolute necessity. The other
three states may be obtained, but all
three of them added together only
make thirty votes, and without the
thirty-six votes of New York they are
useless. They would fail by eighteen
votes of the requisite number. But
New York, though an absolute neces-
sity, will not of itself be sufficient.
Her thirty-six votes will fall short of
the required total. To New York
there must be added Indiana with her
fifteen votes, or both New Jersey and
Connecticut, with their combined fif-
teen. New York with New Jerseys
nine will not do, any more than New
York with Connecticut's six. There
must be forty eight votes assured over
and above the full vote of the presum-
ably assured solid south, and these
forty eight can be obtained only by
the carrying of New York and Indiana,
or New York, Connecticut and New
Jersey.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
PEACHAM.

Scribner Moody is on the sick list.
Mrs. Plynn Bolton is visiting at
West Burke.
Mrs. Jennie Hardy and family are at
DR.. Parker's.
There was a promenade concert at
the town hall Friday evening.
Mrs. Drusilla Livingstone is confined
to dark room with inflammation of the
eyes.
Prof. Bunker was absent last week,
attending the examinations at ST.
Johnsbury academy.
H. P. McClary of Windsor, is visit
ing at L. L. McClary's. Hermon Payne
of Baltimore, arrived at the same
place last Friday.
By the frequency of Deacon Kiner-
sons journeys to the Corner we judge
that the butter stamp business is flour
ishing as never before.
Gustavus E. Taft, prominent and
successful business man of Whitins-
vile, Mass, died Sunday. He was
born in Peacham in 1929.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
The Temperance Plank.

The shameful and disgraceful action
of the committee on resolutions in pre-
senting platform without any refer
ence to the subject of temperance is
now a matter of history. The party
managers quickly found that they had
made mistake, and the most exciting
scene of the convention Monday even
ing was the one that resulted in insert
ing this plank in the platform:
The first concern of all good govern
ment is the virtue and sobriety of the
people and the purity of the home.
The republican party cordially sympa-
thizes with all wise and well directed
efforts for the promotion of temperance
and morality.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28

These are the states that the demo
cratic ticket carried four years ago.
The result was 219 votes or eighteen
more than was necessary to elect.
The largest factor in this problem, the
southern vote, may be assumed to be
already disposed of. There is to all
intents and purposes, so far as the pre-
sentation of this case goes, as much of
a solid south as there was in 1884.
There are then presumably l53 electo-
raj votes assured to the democratic
ticket. Forty votes remain to
be secured out of the sixty-six in the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
BaIIoting for a Candidate.
The Republican Nominee for Presiden

The Republican Nominee for President
BENJAMIN HARRISON, son of John
Scott Harrison and grandson of Presi-
dent w. Fl. Harrison, was born at
North Bend, Ohio, August 90, 1888.
He received classical education, grad
uating at Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio, in 1852 studied law at Cincin-
natl, Ohio removed in March, 1854, to
Indianapolis, where he has since resid-
ed and has been engaged in the prac-
tice of the law was elected in October,
1860, by the people, Reporter of the de-
cisiOns of the Supreme court of the
state; was commissioned in July, 1862,
as second lieutenant of Indiana vOlun-
teers; raised company A of the 10th
Indiana volunteer infantry, was COM
missioned captain, and on the Organi-
cation of the regiment was commission
ed colonel in August went with the
regiment to Kentucky, and served IN
til mustered out in June, 1865; was
brevetted brigadier-general in Februa
~, 1865 !; in October, 1864, while in the
field, was reelected Reporter of the su-
preme court, which Office he had lost
by accepting his commission in the
army; after having been mustered out
he was Reporter for four years; in 1876
he was republican candidate for gov
ernor of Indiana, but was defeated he
was elected to U. S. Senate and took
his seat March 4, 1881.
Personally General Harrison is
somewhat under the average height;
but his straight, strong figure, soldier
ly bearing, and easy dignity of man
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
RYEGATE.

Miss Ida Holmes who has been at
school in Boston the last six months is
at home.
Mrs. Wright is some better than she
was last week. Her daughter Laura
(Mrs. Ferrin) from Concord, N. H., has
been with her the last week, and Mrs.
Esden from Ohio is expected today.
The w. G. t. U. hold a lawn party
at the house of p. l.. Sargent, Friday
evening. The Band of Hope is expect
ed to entertain the party with music
and declamations.
The Farmers club which met at the
house of N. H. Kicker last Friday even
ing was largely attended. The topic
for discussion was "hired help" and
the remarks generally were of a hu
mOrous character, and not calculated to
throw much light upon the subject and
relieve the sufferers.
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTRE.
Thomas Randall is up from Nashua
on business trip.
Mrs. Abel Wiley from Boston is
spending the summer with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. L. E. Brewer.
ed room in which to hold their meet
ings over Kelley's store.
F. M. Spaulding and family from
Tewksbury, Mass, are boarding with
A. A. Pierce for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos SanbOrn have
closed their house here and are engag-
ed for the summer at Kennebunkport,
Me.
George B. Wright, who has been at
tending school at Lowell, Mass, for
the last year, is expected home this
week.
Tuesday Charlie Brooks cut deep
cash just below the knee with hatch
ct, that will probably lay him by for
some time.
Miss Garlic Weeks returned home
last week. She spent the winter with
her sister, Mrs. Il. E. Stevens at Blair,
Neb., and stopped few weeks with
her brother, G. B. Weeks at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
Will Nichols met with serious ac-
cident near Boston few weeks ago.
He was braking on freight train, and
was jerked off the top of the car, and
| fell in such a manner as to break his
leg in three places. He was moved to
the Massachusetts general hospital and
at present writing is doing we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hosmer had a
narrow escape from a serious accident
last Saturday. In some unaccountable
way Mr.. Hosmer was thrown from his
carriage and the horse ran for some
distance with Mrs. HI. but was stopped
without doing damage. Mr.. H. was
cut about the face and mouth some but
is able to be about.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
Presentation of Account.

GTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT, IS
y In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. Johnsbury, in said District on the sd day OF
June, A. ID. 1883.
James c. Taylor, Executor of the last VIII and
Testament, of Emma L. Taylor, late of st. Johns
bury, deceased presents his administration account
for examination and allowance, and make applica-
ton for decree of distribution and partition of the
estate of sail deceased.
Whereupon it is ordered by said court that said
account and said application be referred to a
session thereof to be held at the Probate Office,
in said St. JOhnsbury, on the 14th day of July,
A D. 1888 for hearing and decision thereon; and il
is further ordered that notice hereof be given to all
persons interested, by publication Of the same
newspaper published at st. Johnsbury previous
to said time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, and show cause,
If any they may have, why said account should not
be allowed and such decree made
By the Court, Attest,
5T-59 WALTER z. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
Prese ntation of Account.
JOHN VARNUM'S ESTATE


GTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT, 81
y In Probate Court held at the Probate Office il
st. Johnsbury. in said district, the Goth day o.
June, A. ID. 1888
John Varnum Jr., Administ rator upon the Es
tate of John Varnum, late of Peacham, in
said district, deceased, presents his administra
ton account for examination and allowance, and
makes application for decree of distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court, that said
account and said application be referred to session
thereof, to be held at the Probate Office in said
ST. Johnsbury, on the 18th day of July, A ID.
1883, for hearing and decision thereon: and it is
further ordered that notice hereof be given to all
persons interested by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Caledonian, a
newspaper published at ST. JOhnsbury, previous
to said time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place. and show cause If
any they may have why said account should not
be allowed and such decree made.
By the Court, Attest,
57-59 WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
Ratified.

Vermont republicans met in conven =
ton yesterday not to nominate candi-
dates for governor or lieutenant-gover-
nor but merely to ratify the nomina-
tons already announced by those who
assume to speak for and lead the great
republican party of the state. The
ticket is good and clean one, to which
there is no possible objection except
the manner in which it was ready
made for the convention.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
LOWER WATERFORD.

Mr.. and Mrs. Rand left for Hardwick
Saturday.
About 200 rivermen passed through
here Monday.
Mrs. Wilbur has gone to Brookfield
to visit her old home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dow from Lit
Teton are in town for the week.
Miss GENEVA Goss goes soon to
Newport to spend the summer.
Mrs. Geo. Leith has gained very fast
since she came to her fathers, but is
not yet able to walk.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28

Miss Martha Kimball and sister have
gone to the mountains to work for the
summer.
Edward Drew from Yale and Mary
Drew from Wellesley colleges are at
home on vacation.
Mrs. Sophrona Paddleford has been
quite sick but is improving.-Henry
McCole is better.
Miss Laura Gleason returned from
Philadelphia where she has been
spending the last few months painting
Mrs. McClary and children from Ma
lone, N. Y, are spending few weeks
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ford.
For the 4th of July it is expected to
have fire works, and the ladies of the
place will have ice cream and cake fol
sale on the common.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28

The sale of the Howe scale works of
Rutland, which was advertised to take
place last week, has been postponed to
July IL, as no bids were made.
Rev. NJ. A. Wicker of Charlotte, a
superannuated pastor of the Methodist
church, committed suicide last week
by cutting his throat with razor. Mr..
Wicker fell and broke his leg last win
ter and since that time symptoms of
insanity have appeared. He leaves a
wife and son and daughter, both of
whom are married. Mr.. Wicker was
about 60 years of age.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
COMMENTS ON THE PLATFORM.
A Masterpiece.

A Masterpiece.
st. Adams Messenger, Rep.
The republican platform is a master
piece of political statement, clear, pos
tive and unequivOcal.
Grand and Inspiring.
Rutland Herald, Rep.
AS whole the platform is a grand
and inspiring declaration of principles
and practical measures of immediate
and vital consequence to the prosperity
tional dignity, honor and peace and to
the truths of history. II
Blaine Platform. -e -
Nsso York Tribune, Rep.
The convention has put Mr.. Blaine
into it's platform, whatever candidates
it may nominate. The principles for
which he stands, the ideas which make
him strong with the nation, make this
grand platform lasting memento of
his brave spirit and wise leadership.
A Streak of Good I'm 1t.
Ne,O York Times, Ind.
1t is distinctly and defiantly reac-
tiOnary on every important point in
vOlved in the present canvass except
civil service reform, and as to that,
while it takes an advanced position, it
falls short of the declarations of the
republican party IL years ago.
Good Timber, Well Put Together.
Boston Journal, Rep.
Protection, civil service reform, the
fisheries, the strengthening of the ma
tional defences, the rehabilitation of
our merchant marine, the freedom and
purity of the ballot and a just pension
policy are the principal planks in the
republican platform. This is good tim
Der, and it is well put together.
Missed the Temperance Plank.
Burlington Free Press, Rep.
We had hoped to see one plank
which we do not find in the platform,
as it comes to us. Believing that the
republican party of the nation ought
to declare war upon the liquor sa-
looms, which are the nurseries of de-
mocracy, as well as fountains of crime
and pauperism wherever they abound
we hoped that the platform would
make utterance on this point and we
still hope that the omission of an anti
saloon plank from the platform will be
supplied by the Introduction and adop-
ton by the convention, of bold and
square declaration on the subject.
Silent the Grave ON Temperance.
Chicago Neaos. Independent.
But the platform adopted yesterday
is as silent as the grave upon the tenn
perance question. In fact, it could not
be more uproariously dumb if there
were not distillery or saloon in the
United States of America. The ballot
is to be purified, but not from whisky
wool is not to be free, but rum is; the
Chinese must 60, but the bar-room
may stay territories are to be admit
ted, but crime mills may remain
schools must be free, and so must in
toxicating beverages the Monroe doc
trine scare-crow is worked again, but
the giant evil of intemperance fright
ems no republican and Newfoundland
Goldfish must be looked to, but saloons
are not worth a glance.
New Departure.
Springfield Republican, Ind.
The tariff plank of the republican
platform proposes to carry the protec-
tive system to pitch never before ia
vored by the republican or any other
party. Its tariff revision is to be in
an upward direction and its surplus re- !
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The Presidential ticket-Benjamin
and Lewis we'll calculated to win the
approval of the Jewish population.
Judge w. G.. Veazey will deliver the
commencement, University of Yer
mont, July Is.
At the rate at which immigrants are
arriving at Castle Garden, the total
immigration this year will exceed that
of last year by upwards of $4,000.
Senator Edmunds is preparing for
the Forum an article on "The Political
Situation"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28

Let's see, wasn't it Charles s. Forbes
who telegraphed to the Boston Jour
nal the next day after Blaine's second
letter was received that Vermont was
for Blaine until he declined, but now it
was for Depewf In view of the solid
vote of the Vermont delegation for
Harrison from the word go to the finish,
such a prediction as the above is val
liable. But then it is worth just as
much as any of Forbes Vermont poll
tics sent to the Boston Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
DEMOCRATIC

Total doubtful &c
The reliable republican states bring
the candidate of the republican party
within 10 electoral votes of the requir-
ed majority the solid democratic states
bring the democratic candidate within
4S electoral votes. The democrats
must carry New York or suffer defeat.
On the other hand, the republicans
can afford to lose New York if they
can carry Indiana and either of the
other two doubtful states.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28

ner make him a noticeable person
among men. His hair is very fair, and
his face is clothed with blond beard
in which there are no streaks of gray.
One term of service in the senate did
not encrust him with the veneering of
senatorial reserve. He was and is one
of the most approachable of men, ready
to talk upon all public subjects freely,
and having something to say on most
subjects that it is worth while to hear.
AS an orator he was one of the best OF
the senate, speaking clearly, without
fatigue, and with no merely perfume
tory zeal, and with a voice of silyery
resonance and great penetration.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
WHAT STATES THE REPUBLICANS MUST

WHAT STATES THE REPUBLICANS MUST
CARRY TO ELECT A PRESIDENT.
The democrats place their reliance
upon the solid south and New York,
the pivotal state. The republicans do
not despair of carrying New York
state. If the democrats carry New
York state, they will have to fight for
it. But the republicans will not, like
the democrats, stake their success
wholly on carrying New York state.
That they can win without it appears
from the following statement of the
political condition of the several states
in relation to the electoral vote: