News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-08-24
Srying out the Land.

A fine looking body of Vermont
farmers were introduced to the Trib-
une editor today by Mr.. D. ]. Wag-
goner, Dominion colonization agent,
who is conducting them on a tour of
investigation over the Northwest.
The party consists of J. j. Dashnar,
j. d. Clark, Louis A. Buron, G. D.
Silver, Lincoln Griswold and Louis
F. Mayo. They only reached the
city this morning. They are all far
mers from Vermont and have come
up to Manitoba and the Northwest
to investigate for themselves the
wonderful stories they have heard
about the productiveness of our
soil. Plotted by Mr.. Waggoner, who
is a fine looking, pleasant man, they
start out tomorrow to visit South
ern Manitoba. From there they will
go to Brandon, visiting the expert
mental farm. They then go on to
Indian Head, and will from there
proceed to Prince Albert, after which
they will drive through the Shell
River country. They may visit Ed
monitor also. If they find the coun-
try to be as represented, they will
take up land and prepare to receive
their friends and relatives who will
follow. Some of the delegates are
Frenchmen. So far they have form
ed a favorable impression. Mr.. Wag-
goner belongs to Wolcott, Vt, and
he says that owing to the closing
down of industries in the eastern
states, there are great many anX-
ious to strike for new pastures. The
Biddeford, Me-, Daily Journal, speak
| ing of Mr.. Waggoner's mission, says
that forty agents of the same class
have been sent out by the Canadian
Government to induce emigration
from the states which border on the
Canadian line, and from cities which
have a large population. 1t is claim
ed, says the paper, that in the last
year, 2,400 citizens of the United
States have been induced to leave
the States and take up farms in the
Canadian Northwest. Mr.. Wagon
er secured quite a number of emf
grants from Vermont.
CONIIANDER-IN-C HIEF.-Thec contest
for the position of COMMANDMENT
Chief OF the Grand Army this veal
appears to have narrowed down tC
two candidates, General E. BurC
Grub of New Jersey, and Genera
Hurst of Ohio, with the chances
largely in favor of the former. Since
the retirement of Comrade John Tay
lor, who was the choice of the depart
ment of Pennsylvania, it has nc
other candidate, and as Grub il
very popular there, and has large
business interests there, he would
naturally be their next choice O
the department of New Jersey he i!
certain and New York may also b,
counted for him. The west canno
consistently ask for another term
and the Pacific slope has no candi
date this year. General Grub served
in the famous Jersey brigade during
the war, and rose from Captain tt
Brevet Brigadier- General, being Otter
complimented in general orders 70.
gallantry. Since the war he ha,
commanded the famous City trooI
of Philadelphia, and also the Jersey
battalion that carried off the prizt
at the international drill contest al
Yorktown several years since. New
Jersey has never had a Commander
in-Chief. She was a gallant statt
during the war, and General Keerney
and his Jersey Blues will never b.
forgotten by any one who served il
the old third corps, or, indeed, by
the soldiers of any corps.