Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-11-06
BOSTON LETTER.
The Campaign--Mrs. Cougar, the
Ohio Orator.
How a Church Got a Silver
ServiCe--Notes, Etc.

issue in the present contest, the fight
being entirely on the tariff In other
words it has been national instead of a
state election-fre trade or protection.
The Prohibiionlsts have been
bestirring themselves to an
unusual degree, initiating the other
parties in the number and importance
of orators from other states, chief
est among whom was Mrs. Cougar, a
recent development from the state of
Ohio. She is unqucstionahiy the ablcst
woman dcbatcr in this country or any
other, and those who have had an op-
portunlty of listening to her will heart
lily commend the good sense Rev. Hugh
Montgomery displayed in refusing to
meet her in Joint debate She is a
woman of rare good sense and excel
lent judgment, eloquent in her appeals
to the popular heart, but capable of the
most whitening sarcasm when occasion
demands. Should she be so I'M
fortunate as to have dissipatcd son or
sOn-in-Iaw in her household nv sym
pathies are with them, as Caudlc
lecture from such Il tongue cou d result in
nothing short OF anmhlatiun Most
women seem out of p ace on the rostrum,
but Mrs, Cougar is as much at ease as
any one could be, and she is a hard
hitter every time. Success to the in
creasing phalanx of "ur great women.
If they are not roper subjects to eXcr-
else the elective franchise, don't know
who is. Ii is an old saving that it takes
nine tallorS to make man. but il would
require the united Intelligence of nine
thousand average males to make one
Mrs. Cougar.
The recent death of Mr.. Anscl Car
pentcr at Pawtuckct, r. l., at the ad-
vanccd age of 81, will recall afrcsh to
the minds Of many the great cotton
manufacturing industry of New Eng-
! land, of which he was one of the
pioneers. He WAS contemporary of
Joseph Slater, who introduced cotton
weaving into this country over hun
drcd years ago, the centennial anniverSa-
ry of which was celebrated ut Pawtuck-
ct last year, the occasion being marked
by an exposition of cotton textiles which
lasted a week, during which time the
city was given up wholly to ioliication
and a general good time. Mr.. Carpcn-
ter had long retired from active busi-
ness, although he was II man of re-
markable vlgor. lie had served in the
legislature Of Rhode Island as both sen.
ator and representative and had also
been honorcd with many local positions
of trust and responsibility. In the latter
part of the thirtics Prcs'-
dent Andrew Jackson made a
tour of the Northern states, ac-
companied by suite which included a
portion of his cabinet. They visited
the town of Pnwtucket After they had
been conducted through the town and
shown It's manufacturing establishments
and business houses. fine residences,
etc, they visited the home of Mr..
Slater who was confined by an attack
of rheumatism, to pay their respects to
n man whose enterprise had produced
such great results. With the atlability
and complaisance so peculiar to Gcneral
Jackson, he addressed MIR. Slater as
the father of American manufactures,
rs tie man who had erected
the first valuable machinery, and who
spun yarn to make the first cotton cloth
in America; who bad, by his supcrin-
tendence and direction, as we'll rs by
intense labor erected the first cotton
mill in Rhode Island which was the
first in the land of the pilgrims. Cen
eral Jack on, WHO had been informed
Of the particulars referred to, en-
tered into Il familiar conversation o. the
subject. ~ understand" said the presi-
dent, "You taught us how to spin, SC
as to rival Great Britain in her manu-
factures; you set all these thousands OF
spindles at work, which have been de-
lighted IN viewing, and which have
made so many happy by a lucrative en-
p'oyment." "'Yes, SIR" said Mr.. Slater,
II suppose that | have got out the
psalm, and they have been singing to the
tune ever since" awe are glad to heal
also that YOU have realized something
for yourself and family" put in the
ce-presidcnt, $50 am | glad to hcal
t." said Mr.. Slater, "for | shC u'd no
like to be n paupcr in this country
where they are put up at auction to Tho
lowest bidder" In order to apprecntt
this remark ii may be ncces
sary to explain to some of ON
Younger readers that it was formerly
the custom here in New England, ~
was as other portions of the country
to annually put up the town poor a
auction, tho one bidding the loves
amount for their board and care getting
the job. If the pauper was able tt
work, he or she, as the case might be
was made a source of profit to thu
keeper; if they chanccd 10 be old an,
iecrepit, they were made miserable o
comfortable, according to the instinct
of those into whose hands the
chanced TO fall. This practice,
trust, is no longer in vogue.
| learn from the papers that the Oh
North Church at New Haven, Conn,
1 will shortly I'm lergo needed repairs
This old cdilce was repaired just betor
the Revolutionary war, and thereb,
hangs tale. The good deacons who ha'
} the matter in charge sent to thi
city for some nails. When the Ordo
was filed and returned, they found tha
one Of the kegs contained Spanish silvc
dollars. The deacons wrote to th
merchant that there was "an error /
shipping the ooods;" but hc answere,
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