The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08
A Few Reasons Why The slfter Does
Not support Levi Rller.

/ Fuller, and that it believeshim to b,
in every way an unfit man % be th'
governor of state, like Nermont
with proud and untarnishedrecord
However, there may be omeIvho de
not fully understand the reasons fo
the determined opposition, not alone
OF the SITTER but of hundreds whC
have had the opportunity to kpo'c hp
as he really is, therefore
of the many reasons tn,
briefly as possibly:
1st. The SITTER from its indep'
ton to the present day has stood a'
the organ of no man or set of mel
and has steadily opposed all rings
cliques and combinations whereby tn,
will and interests of the people wer,
sought to be set aside for the benefi
ofpolitical tricksters and caucus-pack
ers-the fellows who day in and da,
out, from month to month, and from
one years end to another are planning
and plotting to cheat the people by
placing themselves in the lead, anC
whose whole political creed can bt
expressed in the two monosylables.
self and pelf-workers for revenue
only. To this crowd belongs Levi X
Fuller. He is one of the hungry
gang of spoilsmen who make politics
a trade and stencil in the nostrils Of
decent men who scheme and combine
and tickle each other and deceive and
cheat the people. He is, as all know,
an everlasting beggar for office. Prob
ably not day has passed since he
finished putting down the ~ebellion( y
when he hasn't been buttonholipg.
and cringing, and fawning, and plot
ting for votes. He wants the earth
and all the offices it contains from
hogreeve to governor. He, and such
as he, have brought about the days
of little things and little men in Ver-
mont. He is the special pet of the
spollsmen, and just now he is their
seer and prophet (spell it p-r-o-f-i-t) ;
for he is rich, thanks to the long head
of good deacon Estey, and his Ievi's)
good luck in marrying the deacon's
daughter, and shells out his money
freely for promotion. Hence the huz-
Aas OF his henchmen. They eager. 4,
grab the swag and shout themselves
hoarse for Fuller. Brains, character,
honor and fitness 60 for nothing with
this crowd. MONEY is the word with
them, and for it they will perambu-
late the state from this time until the
caucuses are held settin'-' -'em-up for
Levi and plotting to defeat the will of
the people.
I'd. The SITTER objects to Levi
Fuller because of his posing as a
grand army man. For years he has
assiduously worked this racket. He
has made it APPOINT to attend all camp
fires and grand army meetings and
with the aid of his friend Hooker has
generally managed to get a chance to
air his eloquence(D and deal out his
tatfy by the bucketful. But few
years ago he attended meeting of
the Windsor county Veteran Associa
ton at Ludlow and there paraded him
self while wearing a sixteenth Yer
mont badge, and Ludlow Veteran
but few days ago told the writer
that he always supposed that Levi
Fuller was In the army until better
informed but short time ago. In
this, as in many other things, he is a
complete sham, for the simple truth
remains that Levi Fuller, though a
full grown lusty youth of nineteen
years when the war began and with
no family dependent upon him for
support, exhibited none of the mill
tary ardor and blood -thirstiness that
have developed in his patriotic bosom
since the war was Overland they could
safely be INDUCED in Z; and so he didn't
go to the front at all with the boys in
blue, as almost everybody supposes
from his present talk, but remained
quietly at home and out of harms
way, except for brief period when
he skulked off and hid away in the
woods of North Hinsdale, living on
woodchucks and charity
doughnuts, to avoid arrest by U. S.
Marshal Henry who had writ charg-
ing him with crooked work in refer
ence to patent.
Now all this playing soldier ard
opening the pores of his hide that his
patriotism might ooze out before grand
army men has been one of his schemes
to win votes, and to such an extent
has it been carried that now, when he
needs help, old veterans by hundreds,
having become nauseated and dis
gusted, are deselting him and this
plot, at least, is likely to fail him. So
it ought.
3. The SITTER objects to him on
account of his very mediocre ability
the smallness Of the man intellectual
ly. This is admitted even by his sup