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legislators, have by constitutional pro-
visions rendered the operation of these
hell holes of vice an imposslbility.
II this lottery business is an t'honor-
able business as you say it is, is it not
curious circumstance that after hav-
ing by actual experience ENJOYED the
supposed benefits aud blessings which
lotteries are alleged to have showered
upon the states you refer to, that those
self same states have made it crime
for this '.frlend in need" to show his
horns within their borders 1t this lot
terv wero an honorable business" as
you say it is, is it not a significant fact
that it is denied the use of the United
States mails? IF it is an honorable
business" as you say it is, is it not
significant fact that the legislatures OF
states representing population of over
sixty-fi We millions of free, intelligent
and enlightened people have made it
crime for the newspapers to advertise
lotteries /? IT the lottery is state bene
factor in times Of financial distress, Is
it not strange that it should be driven
from the debt ridden South ? IT lot
teries are such prolific sources OF re.
venue to the state, is 1t not a curious
fact that L,ul ,iana, rejecting thentfer
at 'ler Octopus" to pay che state debt
Of nearly eleven million dollars for
renewal of it's charter. has served notice
upon it to remove it's clOven feet from
her soil
Is it not singular fact that no hon
est man outside of North Dakota, no
member of the Cabinet. no United
States Senator or member Of Congress.
during the lottery excitement, opened
his mouth, except to denounce it as an
institution conceived in the minds of
thieves, aud having theft as it's only
object. Is it not strange that the mem
ton Of the Louisiana Lottery" at once
suggests to the mind boodleism, cor
rnption, petit larceny and alligator
swamps :? Is it not strange II this be an
honorable b l5iness.'' as you say it is,
that the more or less honorable n. g.
Ordway. who is justly or un]nstlv sup
posed to be the father of DOOdleism in
Dakota politics, should say: Il am
heartily glad that the scheme is de-
feated. 1t would have been fearful
blow to North Dakota had that gam
bling institution been brought there.
Islt not sheer impudence for for
eigner like yourself, who has not been
in this country long enough to wear the
foreign wheat off his teeth, to hold up
the rotten and beastlY mOnarchs Of sEu-
rope as shining ex lmples for civiliz ID
America to follow? Ia some OF tn.
s.original thirteen states,' and in nearly
every country in Europe, people have
been burned at the stalk . and persisted
upon the scaffoid for the supposed crime
ne wltchcrafC, and an application OF
your logic would make that sort OF bust
ness fashionable again The answer to
all this is that il the states and govern
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ments mentioned did as you say, then
they simply did wrong, which furnishes
no argument in favor of repeating the
offence. In certain countries of Eu-
rope the government licenses houses of
prostitution and accepts as revenue
part Of the wages of sin and shame
wrung from the victims of their part
ners in infamy, which, following out
your reasoning, makes it proper for
North Dakota to do likewise. and to be
consistent you would have to declare
this to be an honorable BUSINESS"
A short time ago read an account of
a boy killing, frying and eating his in
FAINT sister and when accused of the
crime he declared that he thought it
was an honorable business which is
just what you say about this lottery
swindle and the boy was indignant to
think that any person could entertain
different ideas.
Now it was morally wrong to kill. fry
and eat that infanCand the very thought
of the act chilled the blood of every
person who read Of it, in the same man
ner that the thought of the state going
into partnership with gam bling den
caused the blood in the veins of every
honest man to boil with Indignation.
The fact that the boy thought that he
was doing right did not make the brutal
act right any more than your thinking
the lottery steal honorable made it
so, but simply proved that the moral
nature of the boy was uudeyelopea--1
that the bow was moral idiot. See?
I am simply insisting that your con
duct in connection with this lottery
swindle shows beyond any question that
YOU are unfit for the position that you
have dishonored. Waving the poin:
that an unanimous public sentiment
has justly or upjnstly convicted every
uan who voted for that bill of the
crime of bribery, it is only necessary to
say that my contention Is justified by
the single statement 10 your letter: Il
voted for it because l believed 1t to be
an honorable business
The utterance Of that sentence ter
minated your political life and to all
intents and purposes you are political
corpse ready for burial.
Recently an ATTORNEY in California
was charged with professional miscon
duct and as defense said substantially
what you say: that he thought he was
doing right; that he did not know that
he was doing wrong and therefore was
guiltless Of any corrupt intent" The
California Supreme Court in deciding
the case said: The answer 70 these
statements Is that y man who does not.
know that such condu is dishonest
anu wrong is moral idiot and q moral
idiot is not entitled to practice law in,
California. The application Of this
language TO your case is SO obvious that.
Lneed not state it. 55s
u In spite of the press subsidized and
gagged ~ promises q 4 fat columns ~
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NV dear doctor, don't for al instant
understand rae to COMPLAIN Of the con-
tents of YOUR letter-my complaint IS
directed solely against the cowardly
manner in which you sought to Conceal
it's contents from me. h I've been Walt
ing for reply to nine of the 9th inst,
and yours of the 18th inst. fills the bill
exactly. NV purpose is to drive YOU out
of pubic life because Of YOUR dastardlv
conduct in connection with this imam
Gus lottery swindse, and your letter has
accomplished my puru ,se to perfection.
and makes further eff )rJ on nv part In
that d ERECTION purely gratuitous. 70 that
portion of your letter which deals ou'
personal abuse to me can only ans wer
that when descend so low in the scale
of dishonesty, immol atty and decency
as to make it proper for me to discuss
the Question of public character with a
political prostitute. YOU will b. duly ad
y,sed of the face. La view Of the fact
that every reputable, respectable aDd
decent man, woman and child in the
community which YOU have the temper
ary power to misrepresent. has de
nounced the l0tterary swindle as the
most infamous piece Of villainy that the
mind Of a thief ever conceived or a cor
rupt legislature ever sanctioned, that
Dart of your letter which denounces
them as party Of howlers, fanatics
bigots and Pharisees, makes very inter
esting reading. But that is a matter
which the people of Rim sey county will
discuss with you at short range IN the
immediate future.
You say you supposed ma ITO be a
man of reading" never made the
mistake of snpDosing you We're. You
charge me with gross ignorance on the
subject IF lotteries, gambling and kin
dr.. d vices, to which charge [ cheerfully
plead guilty, and in entering the plea
would suggest that it in the past you
had devoted more OF your tlme5to the
study Of medicine aud less Of itEin on
tanning practical experience az stud
poker tables YOU would not have found
it necessary to leave the popnious AMI
respectable province Of Oltarto, aud
later the disease breeding swamps of
Indiana to ply your vocation in = from
tier village containing less than hfty
people. You say that iorterlesare older
than governments, to which { reply
that the same NAV be said Of all forms
OF vice, immortality and crime, and that
this very fact made the formation OF
government an absolute necessity. You
also state that all states and govern
ments have resorted to lotteries in times
Of financial need as q means Of raising
revenue, and I reply by asking you II It
is not strange circumstance that al
most without exception the states OF
the American Union have driven lot
|teries from their borders. and have on.
acted penal statutes to prevent their re
turn, and in n INV instances. 10 guard
against the corrupt action O. Doodle
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Senator Twenty-6rst district.
Minneapolis, M,nn Feb. Is. 1890

Minneapolis, Mlnn Feb. Is. 1890
Senator W. E Swanton. Bismarck N D.:
Nv Dear Doctor-Last evening. by
mere chance, / learned that on the 12h
inst. Won answered my letter Of the 9Th
inst. through the columns Of the Bis
marck Daily Tribune in the form of an
open letter to me. l wrote you at once
asking if you had manhood enough left
to induce you to send me copy of your
letter or copy Of the Tribune contain
ing it. To-day I received a copy Of the
Tribune containing the letter, but do
not understand that you were ms ru
mental in sending it to me. 70 a tin
horn politician and c0tton.tail North
Dakota statesman 1t may seem honor :
able to address an open letter to another
person. bitterly attacking that person
and publish the same in local paper
500 miles distant f-om the place of resi-.
dence Of the obj ct ,f the attack with
out sending a copy Of the letter or Of
che paper. or5in some manner apprisitlx
the person against whom It was directed
OF the fact that ne has been assaulted;
but among honorable men the proprletY
Of giving notice Ia some way TO the as
sailed party is admitted. { had no right
to expect that you would make An hon
orabIe attack upon me. because it il the
most natural thing in the world for .
man who Ehas betrayed o sacred trust to
slip up.in the dark and stab = man "a
the back.
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Waverlv.


Special Correspondence to The irish Standard.
Mr.. I Fl, Hughes, of Litcharld, is
calling on his many friends in this SEQ
ton.
Mr.J F. Campbell, student at Curtiss
college, Minneapolis, was home for
few days visit last week with parents at
Watertown.
Mr.. Samuel ]. johnson. state agent OF
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visitor Monday and was shown through
our city by. Mayor g. H. Cullen.
The comm ttess in charge OF the st.
Pa'rick's day celebration are busi'y en-
gagged making all the necessary arrange
ments for the proper observance of the
great holiday.
The village council gave loan OF $500
for three years, and 20 interest to Mr..
Chadderdon who is to publish a Demo-
cratic paper in this CITY. The new paper
is to be called the Waverly Tribune and
will make its appearance about the first
of March.
Insurance agent ]. G. Hitz, Of Delano,
while il our city last week, spoke 10 O.
glowing manner OF the parochial school
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educational matters, and the exhibition
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that 9 thorough and systematic course
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-09
DA NVILLE.
The Late Charles Burnside.

Mr.. Burnside, whose death was re-
ferred to in the Caledonian of last week,
was born in New Hampshire. He came
to Danville in his early youth and at
tended the academy here, where he grad
uated. He learned the tanners trade,
working at it in Danville and in Hard
wick. About 20 years ago Mr.. Burnside
moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and there he
carried on the tannery business until his
health failed. He accumulated quite
fortune. Mr. Burnside was highly es-
tcemed by the people of Cleveland and
for many years he held important offices
in the city government-his advice and
good judgment being often solicited in
matters relating to municipal affairs.
He was Mason of high standing in the
order-the commandery to which he be-
longed showing him every mark of at
tention and honor. Mr.. Burnside died
Sept %, 1890. 1t was his wish to be
buried in Danville by the side of his par
ents, and this request was carried out by
his surviving relatives. The writer of
this brief sketch knew Mr.. Burnside well
in Cleveland and no man was more re-
spected for his good business qualities
He always had a kind word for those
whom he met, and he will be greatly
missed by a wide circle of warm friends
and relatives.
Mr.. Frank Stocker went to Boston on
Monday.
Mrs Laura Weeks is in her millinery
shop again.
Mrs. S. Bovee is passing the week at
St. Johns bury.
Mr.. William Palmer returned to Dan
vile on Monday.
7 Solomon has been i'm New York CITY
on a business trip.
Mrs. William Fuller of st. Johnsbury is
visiting at ]. c. Fuller's.
Rev Mr. Stuart held a missionary ser
vice last Sunday evening.
Mr.. Lewis Fisher of ST. Johnsbury was
in town the first of the week
Rev. John Morse and Rev Mr. Stuart
exchanged pulpits last Sunday.
Mrs. To1lman of Somerville, Mass,
visited friends here Il week ago.
Mrs. c. c. Burke of st. Johnsbury is
with her sister, Mrs. P. I. Walker
The Caledonia National bank declared
its usual per cent dividend on Oct. l.
DIR. n. c. B. Haviland and family have
spent several days with friends at Roches-
ter.
Rev. Mr. and Mrs Morse were with
friends at Hardwick on Monday and
Tuesday.
James Borland Jr. is in Morrisville
where he is employed in the office of the
| Citizen
Mr.. and Mrs. Nehemiah Page were ir
Acworth, n. H., last week on a visit to
Kew. and Mrs. Darling.
! John Sias is having his house painted
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-09
GRANNY

Loomis Wells, whose death was
chronicled in last weeks Caledonian,
was stricken with paralysis about three
weeks before his death. This accom-
panied by serious heart trouble occa-
stoned his death. He was living with
his third wife at the time of his death and
four children and his wife survive him.
Mr.. Wells parents moved from Con
necticut, when he was small boy, and
after short stop in Lunenburg, located
in Victory. This was then an morgan
lied township and when it was organ
lied in about 1910, Mr.. Wells was chosen
its first representative. He married for
his first wife, Miss Adaline Farr, of Little
ton, N. H. They moved into CRANKY
and he has been a resident here about all
the time since. He has represented the
town several times in the Legislature, i'll
which he took prominent part. In
town affairs he has ever been active and
always helped to manage them i'll an
economical and wise manner. He united
with the Congregational church in this
place in 1868 and was an active member.
The funeral was held in the church and
Rev. A. B. Hopkins preached from the
text, "He giveth his beloved sleep"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-09
THE COMING LECTURE COURSE.

The Y M c. A. lecture committee
have completed their arrangements
for the 23d annual course of lectures
and entertainments, and by glancing
at the list below it will be seen that
the committee have engaged the
highest literary and musical talent
for a course which is famous through
out all New England The auction
sale of tickets will be held next
Thursday evening, and the price for
the course ranges from 81 so to So
according to the location. This does
not include the admission to the
Stanley lecture which is 81 more
provided the ticket is bought with
the regular course ticket. There will
be no chance to have the dollar re-
funded after one has purchased his
ticket to the Stanley lecture. Fol
lowing are the dates and attractions
for the course:
Oct. "a, Boston Symphony Orches-
tral club of eight players.
Oct. 81, Prof. c. T. Winchester
of Middletown, Conn. Memories
of the English Lakes"
Nov. 8, William Blaikie of New
York. "How to Develope Our
Bodies"
Nov. 1S, Rev. Russell H. Conwell
ofPhiladelphia. "Acres sofDiamonds.
Nov. 25, Lotus Glee club of Bos-
ton; Miss Minnie Marshall reciter.
Dec 4, Frederick Villiers of the
London Graphic. "War on White
Sheet"
Jan. 6, Gen. o. o. Howard, Com
mander of the Atlantic division of
the U. S. army. "War Stories"
Jan. 13, Henry M. Stanley. RES
cue of Ernin.''
Jan. %, Readings by ]. r. Church
i'll of Andover. Mass.
Feb 6, President Merrill Edward
Gates of Amherst college. "The
Young Mans Fortune"
Feb. II, Rev. DIR. r. S. Macarthur
of New York. 1.-The Two Russian
Capitals"
March 5, Boston Rivals with d. M.
BabcOck, baSSO.
March -, Miss Mary Howe of
BrattleborO, soprano soloist, as
sisted by ]. c. Bartlett, tenor; V.
Rogers, harpist; G. B. Van SAINT
voord, flute; Miss Emile Grant,
pianist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-09
LYNDON CENTRE.

Profs. Ranger and Bunker took short
hunting excursion near Willoughby lake
last week.
c. NJ. Scott got his eye badly hurt
while playing ball last Saturday. Will
lard Bradley was also injured Tuesday.
The students at the institute met in
chapel hall for a social time last Thurs
day evening. Many old students were
there and very pleasant time was en-
joyed by all.
The Philadelphian debating society
holds its first meeting this Thursday
evening. The subject for debate will be
Ought the president to be elected by a
direct vote of the people?"
The Artemians and the st. Johnsbury
Academys played a close and exciting
game of ball here Saturday. The St.
Johnsburys won by a score of 10 to 6,
but the game was not decided until the
last man was out.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-09

William G. Bartlett of Harvey's Hollow
is doing the work.
Mr.. Charles Nye and Mrs. Nye o
Charlestown visited at Charles Dole's last
Wednesday and Thursday.
George Greenbanks of South Danville
has put new wheel into his saw mill
besides making general repairs.
The Ladies Foreign Missionary society
will hold its monthly meeting on Friday
at p. m. at the Congregational par
sonage.
Miss Shipman, Miss Currier and Miss
Mary Dole, students of Johnson normal
school, were at their homes on Saturday
and Sunday.
The West Danville ball nine and the
Aaron Smith" nine played at West Dan
vile on Saturday Score 81 to II for
the Aaron Smith" players.
There will be pound party" at the
Methodist parsonage on Wednesday,
Oct. IS. Special preparations are being
made for this gathering, and to it every
body is invited.
AT the annual meeting of the Ladies
Library association the following officers
were elected for the coming year: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Harvey Dole; vice pres, Mrs.
Lyman Dole; secretary, Mrs. s. W.-Pres-
ton; treasurer, Mrs. Mattocks; librarian,
Miss Mcdonald; assistant librarian,
Miss Durant
Six members of the Danville cornet
band have formed an orchestra, and it is
their intention to play for concerts,
promenades, etc, in Danville and the
neighboring towns. They have procured
lot of new music. The first promenade
under their management will be given at
the town hall Oct Is.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-09

into the order, Al passed, 416
raised, 90 admitted, 14O demitted
and us dead. The dues paid during
the year amounted to $2955. 40.
Grand Chancellor c. F. o. Tinker.
and Delegates E. D. Steele, T. c.
Fletcher and N. P. Bowman are at
Rutland attending the annual session
of the Grand Lodge of the Knights
OF Pythias. Mrs Tinker and Mrs
Bowman accompanied their hus-
bands on the trip.
Col. c. F. o. Tinker installed these
officers at the last meeting of the
Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias:
Captain, E. D. Steele.
First Lieut., c. E. Somerville.
Second Lieut., c. {. Locke
Guard, George H. Frost
Sentinel, A. ]. Corriveau.
A Ladies Aid society is being
organized in connection with the
camp of Sons of Veterans. These
socssties bear the same relation to
the Sons of Veterans that the Wom-
ans Relief Corps does to the G. A r.
The new society will start off with
20 charter members and will organ
ize as soon as their charter is received.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-09
KIRBY.
Gen. Grout'S Farm.

A correspondent of the New England
Farmer has this to say of Gen. Grout's
fancy farm:
Il read an article in the Farmer two or
three weeks ago in which the writer
advocated the idea land good one) of
people of means fixing up the old home
steads and keeping them in the family.
That is just what Gen. w. w. Grout, our
popular congressman has done. His
farm is located in the town of Kirby,
post office address East st. Johnsbury.
1t consists of $50 acres and is ably man
aged by his brother-in-law, Capt. G. o.
Ford. 1t is an excellent grass farm, cut
ting 160 or more tons of hay. The build
ings are modern, elaborate and very con-
venient. He has so COWS, Jerseys and
high grades, besides over 80 head of
young cattle. He has 26 horses and
colts among which are two very fine
stock horses, Henry S. and Roadster.
Henry S. is eleven years old and is a per-
feet beauty. He was sired by Auctioneer
he by Tattersal, he by Old Hambletonian.
His first dam Alexander's Abdallah,
second, Seeley's American Star. He is
getting some splendid stock. Roadster
is four years old. He was sired by Rex
Patchen, his dam by Geo. Wilkes Jr.
They have fine flock of grade sheep, so
in number. If Mr.. Grout improves his
place for the next ten years as much as
he has for the last ten, he will have the
finest place in northern Vermont"