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t 1 J 1 i VOL. LI. BENNINGTON, VT., FRIDAY,, SBPTEMBER 4, 1891. NUMBERJ-33. Busincss IDtatori). C. H. MASON. Attorneyatxawj oa Adams' Block. Bennlncton, Vt. SJ C. H. DARLING. AXTORNEY ATLAW. m Bennington. Vt, DR. MARY PABTRIDGE. o FFICEAT KESIDENCE, COAL! COAL! COAL! LIME AKD CEMENT AT WIIOLESALE AND RETAIL. Depotst., J. H.LOKINU & CO., Bennington. O. A. PIEROE, r BOOESELLER, PIUNTEE, STATIONEU AND BLANK B00KMAKER, Banner Jiulldine,) North st., Bennington. JAMKS B. MEACHAM. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. 14 SHELDON & CUSIIMAN. Attorneya and Counsellorgat Law, aniiHolIcl tors in Chf.ncery. No. 307 Maln Street, Bennington. Vt. 19tr-82 W. B. Sheldon. U. T. Cushman. BATCHELDER & BATES. A1TORNKYS AND C0UNSELL0RS ATLAW and Sollcltars in Chancery. OffiCB over Flrst Nntlonal Bank, Bennington. 86tt J . K. BATCHKLDlil'., E. L. BATES. II. U. DAY, M. D. "VEFICE AT DRUG STORE, 1 No. 17, MalnStreet, Bennington, Vt. Speclal atteutlon glven to dlseascs of the heart nd lungs. ES. GOKAY, . Practieal Photographer Plctures from a Jllnette to Lile Slze. Also 8ou. venlrs of Bennington, Vt., 62 Tiews. onIy75c. 27 M aln Street, Bennington, Vt. 36yl DR. B. C. JENNEY, Dentist.- SUCCESSOR TO DR. J. N. SCRAOTONO Ib prepared to perform all operattons ln Dent ttry In a thorough and workmanllke manner. Per ect latlsfactlon guaranteed ln all cases ubmltted o his care, and at reasonable prlcei. Ga or Ether administered orextracting teith whon re- inlred. Offlce opposlte Congregational Chnrch. aln at., Bennington. WILLIAM E. MASON, LAWRENCE M. ENNI8. ROBT. I BATES. LAW OFFICES OF MASON, ENNIS & BATES. !-Rooms87, 38,39 4 40Unlty Bulldlng, 79 Dear fcorn Btreet, Cliicago. 111. Investraenls a speclalty. Loans of any amount pl&ced upon Chlcago real e3tate at 7 per cent: -gmall loans at S per cent per annum. A shareof your bushiess ln both departments sollclted. 10 A. Z. CUTLER, Dentist. Successor to t)r. S, B. Plke. Al operatlons pcrformed ln tho most thorough and careful manner. nnd at rcasonablo prices, My alm will lie o givc eatire satlsfactlon to all -cases submittcdto my care. Oas aiul Etber adininistered for extractlng teelh wlthout sain, when desired. Offlce Opposlte Free Library Hall, Bennington, 87tf Vermont. Hving so.d my dental practlce to Dr,A. Z.Cut er, a gentleioanof rapcrienco and ablllty, I be jpeak for liiin tho psnio llberal patronage that has been accorded ine the past cighteen ycars. DR. S. B. PIKE. BENNINGTON GO. 8AVINGS BANK. Tbc Bennington Connty SavlngsBank at the Bennington Coimty Natlonal Bank, ia open daily for tho transactlon of busincss from 10 o'clock a. m. to 4 o'clock p. m., Sundajs and Qolldays cx ocpted. intercst to depositont strlctly ln accordance with he laws of the Stalc of Vermont. Money de- Soslted anytimf! after the flrst dayof each rnonth raws intcrest from tho flrst day.of the next suc ceedlng month. Interest computcd January Ist and July 1st, and If not wltlidrawn willbe added to prlnclpal, and Intcrest thereafter will accrne ipon it. Loans sollclted npon real cstate and nndonbted personal sccuritles. A. B. VAIjENTINE, Presldent, W. E.HAWK8. Vice Presldent, J. T. SIIURH.EFF, Treasurer, G. W. nARMAN, Sccretary, Trustees A B. Valentino, Wm. E. Ilawks 0. W. Harman, Olln Scott, J. T. Shurtleff, I E Glbson, J. It. Judson. HOUSE, SIGN. AND 0ARE.IAG-E PAINTING. Palntlng, Glazing, Alabastlnlng, Kalaomlning, Tintlng, etc. Slgn and Carriage l'alnting by ChariegO. Philllps. CIIARLES II. BURNHAM. S40 Union Street, Bennington. Vt. CALL AND: Wo arc now cutting jirioes on all Light Weight Goods, and lively timcsprevailatthooldHtandof COLE & BURT. Tho Fall and Wintor Goods aro now arriving. Tho Summer Goods must go to mako room for them. Mr. Burt has bcen reconnoitering at Boston and othcr clothing ccntics, studying tlio sltuation, and wo aro fully prepared to coutinuo tho war on high prices through tho Fall and Winter campaign. Each scason our famo for buying and sclling at closo prices increascs, and with it our tnulo grows ycar by year. AN INCREASE means a dccrcaso In profits and closcr prlcos. Indccd, a very small nercenta"o on tho lariro amonntof frrioilR wn nn ui.ll for our labor. When you have goods. Prices amount to little on paper, bccauso you do not seo tho goods to comparo Uiem. Our Fall and Wintor goods aro now uuing piaixu m sujch, unu wo can iiuoto prices tnat will not only securc tous your tradc but will strrprlso you by tlieir choapness. Our goods aro plainly markod, and wo mako ono prloo to all. Como and scc us at tho sign of ' E & BUR 447 to 451 Main St THE BANNER. BENNINGTON: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1891. Enteredatthe BennlngtnnP.O.aeconddass matter by C. A. PIERCE, Publisher.J Tho Secrotary of thoTreasury issucd a warrant Sopt 1st, for 3170,408 in f avor of tho Governor of. Vermont in paymentof tho dlroot tax collootod from tho Stato. This action is in accordahco with tho opinion of tho attornoy-gencral. Tho sixth annual reunion of tho Third "Vermont Voluntcors, will bo held at St Johnsbury, on Wodnrsday, Septomber Oth. A fine programmo has boon ar rangcd as follows: "Busincss meeting at G. A. R. hall at 2 p. m. VisitinR and swappirig stories from 3 to 0 o'clock. Address' at G. A. R. hall, by Comrado John S. Tuppcr, at 7.30 In tho ovening. Recluccd rates may bo oxpected on rail roads within this Stato. A dispateh from Sioux Falls, S. D., re ports that 1000 squaro milos of rich farming lands in Faulk county aro black with smouldering ashes, and lnindrcds of thousands of bushels 0f grain and tons of hay havo gono up in smoko. Tho flro oconrred Friday ovening and was tho worst over known in Dakota. No loss of lifo is roportcd, but 1000 pcoplo aro said to bo homeless. A spark from a throsh iug machino at Faulkton ignitcd tho dry 'stubble. It.was learned Monday, says a Now York dcspatch, that a dotcrminod effort is to bo mado to brcak tho will by which Mrs. Edward F. Soarles bcquoathcd solely to hcr sooond husband tho thirty or moro millions loft her by her flrst hus band, Mark Hopkins. Twenty-ono rcla tives by blood of tho dead woman havo corabincd with her adopted son, Timo thy nopkins, of San Francisco, to con test her will, on tho ground that unduo influenccs wero excrtod upon her to make her husband her solo legatce. It will bo claimed bcsidcs that sho was not in sound mental condition whon sho ox ecutod tho will. Timothy HopkiiiB, it is said, has rofused an offor of $5,000,000 to withdraw his opposition to tho probato of his adopted mother's will, and will, Sept 17th, filo his clalms. Speaking of tho lato special session of our Legislaturo, tho ierad rccapitulatos tho busincss dono, and thcn adds: "All theso matters wero handlcd in throo days, and that with tho dolay of starting tho machino on tho flrst, a rccoption to tho prcsidcut on the second and adjourn mont at noon on tho third. For ono thing tho special session sliowed in a striking way tho advantago of lcgisla tive training. Tho samo body whcn it firat got togcthcr last fall could not havo dono tho samc busincss in tho samo timo if overy lifo in both liouscs had dcpendcd upon it." This is a striking arumont in favor of a roturn to annual ses.sions, wherc, under tho old ruld, at loast ono half tho Gonoral Asscmbly woro cx pericnccd mcn. Tho bi-ennial systom gives us now mcn overy timo and that causos wasto of effort to say nothing of crudo lcgislation. Tho system of annual sessions cos.t no moro than bi-ennial and savos many mistakes tho dear peoplc pay dearly for. Gen. Aloxander Ilamilton, U. S. V., was proscnt at our lato Centcnnial as tho special rcpresentative of Gon. John Pal mer, Commander-in-Chipf, G. A. R. IIo writcs an intcresting lcttor to the Sunny nide Press, a paper printcdatTarrytown, N. Y. Ho conveys an admirablo thought in conncction with his story of tho day's doings, which wo copy, as follows: "Tho monumcnt reachc'd, in viow of the British cntrcnchments whero General Stark and NcwEngland's sons fiom hills, :SEE US! II TRADE timo dron in and look ovnr our Bennington, Vermont. beyond, with nothing but' guns wlthout bayonots and not a singld cannon assail ing on orory sido tho works, tlio spirit of tho Lord with thcm,tookthom by storm, yanquishing their foo, taking many pris oncrs and their arms and'cannon. This was tlio Gettysburg of thatday. From that hour tho powor of England in this land bogan to wane: Tho drooping spirit of our countrymon rovivcd Tho vaunting' tempor of the foo Was weak on'ed Amid all our country's hardships, succcss followod succoss rtnd in God's good timo, our libertios wero sccured." ilonday's despatches from Washington stito that $481,850 of 4 per cent bonds wero continucd at 2 porcont, making a total to dato of $23,221,050. Thisleaves about $27,000,000 4 por conta ou'tstand ing. Secrotary Fostor boliovos that bo tweon twenty million and twenty-flvo mlllion 41 per conts will bo prcsontcd for rcdomption. This will bo ontirely satis factory to tho dopartment, tho Seorotary says, as it would forco that much monoy into circulation at a timo whon thoro is grcat need of it in moving tho crops. Tho disbursqmcnt of this sum of money will not cmbarrass tho Trcasury Dopart ment, as thero is $100,000,000 available, including disbursing officors' bala:ices and oxclusivo of tho ono hundrcd million gold rcserve. "A circular will bo Issuod September' 2d, extcnding tho timo for continuing tho bonds." This gives tho lie dircct to tho Domocralio aud Mug wump papers that havo bcen shricking themselvcs hoarse ovor an alleged defl ciency in the Treasury. . It appoars thathorcaftur weddings will Jbo as.distinctivo color functions as any entcrtainment on tho list, says tho Illus trated American. This popular decision has.bcen mado evident at a number of .han'dsome nuptial ceremonies of lato, ,and not inconsplcuous in tho list is tho :oft-describcd marriago of Jliss Forbes Leith ln London. Hor's was unmistak ably a yellow wcdding, with somo points of decorating worth noting. All tho doorways wero draped with ambor-tintod India'tissucs, tho mantcls and mirrors wero imbcddcd in goldcn daisies and feathery grasses, whtlo tho windows overywhero woro latticcd across with gar lands of yellow roses and buds woven with ropes of Hmilax. Hanglngs and or namentations of overy sort carried out this leading color, tho only thing white being tho brido, undor a hugo snowy and fragrant wcdding bcll. Strangely onough,this,with us,very ordinary floral piccc. is a coinplcto novolty on tho other side, and excitcd much comment and ap proval upon its, iutrodifction. "Secielary Proctor rotrpod to Wash ington Slonday, and was at tho War Dc pnrtmoat in tho morning, yith hjm was Governor Page of Vermont, Tho two called on Sccretary Fostor at tho Trcasury Dopartment,'' This dcspatch from tho capitol is furtlior explained: "Governor Pago of Vermont returnod here with Secrotary Proctor to look after somo Stato matters. Gov. Pago took oc casion to say that thoro is nothing, so far as ho knows, in tho roports that ho will bo tendered tho War Departmcnt portfo lio. IIo called upon Secrotary Foster upon diffcrcnt matters of intcrest to Ver mont. Amoug theso was tho appoint mont of tho Iuspectors of Sugar for tho State undor tho new'maplo sugar bounty clause of the Tariff act. Thcn thoy spoko of Vermont's dircct tax, which thoro is an offsot of noarly half a million dollars on account of some arms issucd to tlio Stato years ago but never account ed for. Tho Govorn'or handed Secretary Foster tho recent act of tho Stato Legis laturo accepting tho tcrms of tho Direct Tax act of Congress. Tho caso will now comb up for decision on tho part of tho Second Comptrollcr, who has bcfore him an opinion by tho Attornoy General to the offect that tho offsetr should not operate." Our exchangcs are rcpublishinga brief biography of Secrotary Proctor, now that ho is to succecd Scnator Edmunds, Wo gavo it at tho time he bccame Presldent of tho Sons of the American Rovolution, but our readors will liko to read it again. "Hon. Kedftcld Proctor, who will suc cecd Ilon. Goorgo F. Edmunds in tho United States Scnato, passed hisCOth birthday Juno lst. IIo is a nativo of Cavendish and a graduate of Dartmouth collcgo, class '51 and afterwards gradu ated from tho law dopartment of tlio Univcrsity of Albany, N. Y. To attompt anything liko a biographical sketch of this statoman would bo but to ropcat what is already familiar to almost overy Vormonter. IHs busincss carecr has bcen a romarkably successf ul ono as his cxtcndcd marblo busincss attests. IIIk public lifo has bcen ono of noto and for many ycars he has cnjoycd thoreputa tionof boing ono of tho best busincss ttion and shrowdcfst politicians tho Stato has over known.,, He sorvcd in tho war 'pf thofRobollion, ffrst as Quartormaster of tho 3d Kcgimcnt of Vermont volun tcors aud afterwards as Major of tho 6th Rcct and Colonel of tho 16th Rorrimonr. T.. . . O Vornont voluntccrs. IIo ropresontcd .nis town ln tlio iStato Jeglslaturo in 1807- jCjWxl;ho was a mombor of tho Stato senSfo fn 1874-70 and was elcctod presi dehfc))ro temporc. IIo was Lioutonant Governor in 1870-78 and Govornor in 1878-80. Callod to Presldent Ilarrisou's cabinot as Secrotary of War, ho has mado a mostablo oxccutivu ofllcor aud has gainod a wido roputation. He will enter tho Scnato with a national acquaintauco bucIi as is accordod to fcw mou who ns sumo tho rcsponsibilitlcs of such an honorcd offlce." CAUSE AND PBOGItESB OF THE cuiliAn WAlt. Tho strugglo to which the battlo of Val nhralso is likelv to mit an cnd broko out eirly in 1801, in conscquenco of a foellng- in tho Chilian congress that Presldent Balmaceda was gifilty of unconstitution ai acts. A junta was tliorefore organ izcd with hcadquarters at Iquiquo; and tothis provisional govcrnment sovoral of tho northern provlnces,, cmbracing about ono-third of tho aroa of Chili,gavo their adhcsion. Most of tho Chilian navy also supportcd tho Congressional party. Thoro wero fow armed conflicts. Tlieso woro mostly naval, and occun-ed irl or near Valparaiso harbor. Balmace da's torpedo boats attacked aud sunktho insnrgent cruiscr Blanco Encalada; and lator mado an unsucccssful nttompt to sink the cruiscr Slagdclanes in Chan aral bay. This lattcr vesscl thcn visited Valparaiso and after an inconclusivo en gagoment with tho torpedo boats with drew. Theso ovcnts occurred mostly in April. Tho incidcnt which moro than anything clso drow tho attontion of tho peoplo in tho United States to this war was tho Itata affair. An insurgent stcam trans port, tho Itata, was soizcd in San Diego harbor, on May 5th, by a United Statos government marshal. for violatlng tho neutrality laws of this country in pb taiuing warliko supplics. Tho United States government was still further do fied by tho escapo of tho Itata next day. Pursuit by United States naval vessols was imincdiatoly ordcred and beguu. Whon sho reachod Iquiquo, howovor, on Juno 4, tho vessel was quiotly surren dcrcd to tho naval rcprcsontativcs of tliis country in that port, and sent back to California for the law to tako its courso. ' Tho efforts of tho American ministcr to'Chili to mediato in this unhappy trbuble woro partially successful, but finallyfailed of rcsult. Cortain othcr overtures to tho Washington government were made by agcnts of tho Junta to tho American ministcr in Paris, who inform allylistencd theroto and rcported tho caso to Washington. ' Rcsort was thcn had to forco onco moro, and tho insurgents took tho ag gressivo. Their forccs mado a dosccnt on the coast of Quintero Bay, a fow mljcs north of Valparaiso, last wook, Thtirsday, and thoy advanced southward immediately, encountciing vigorous op position. Fighting lasted from Friday un'fjttTTOgday. ' ' Valparaiso itself is situated on a deep, fino bay, and constitutcs tho most im portant seaport on tho Paciflc coast of South America. It is tho capltal city of Cliili and has a populatiou oxcccding 100,000. Tho commcrclal part of tho city, of course, is near tho water's edgo, but fliio vilas adorn tlio steop slopes aud ovorlook tho harbor. Vina dcl Mar, a particularly bcautiful suburb of Valpa raiso, was the sccno of tho flnal battlo. Valparaiso was bombarded by a Spanish fleot in 1800. THE PRESIDENT IN VERMONT. Tho Prosident's visit to Bennington, and the two admirablo spccchcs ho mado hcrp on Aug. 10th, havo been laid hoforo our' readors in full. Last Saturday his triuraphal tour of tho Stato was con chided at Rutland, and ho roturned to Capo May on that day. In tho limitcd spaco at our disposal it is impossiblo to follbw him in his rcmarks mado at tho various stations as ho wont along. Counting theso addresses as beginning af tor he lef t Capo May until his roturn tho Presldent spoko thirty-soven times. Wo do not wondor that ho obscrved in his' 11 ve minutcs' talk at Vergennes, after after having becomo well started on his journoy: "I havo had, as you know, somo cxpcricnco in this busincss of spoaking from tho ond of a railroad train. But it has soomcd to mo this morning that theso Vermont towns aro clo'sor togother than on any other routo I havo travolod. Laughtcr. Pcrhaps it is bocauso your Stato is not very largc, aud you havo had to put your towns closo togcthcr in order to get them all in. Laughtcr." In all theso occasions, tho Presldent showed a wonderful adaptability to suit tho'spccch to his audicnco, whcthor it wasjtohisG. A. R. comradcs at Whitc hall and Rutland, or to tho Normal school toachera at Castleton, tho school childron at Vergennes or tho farmcrs at White River Junotion. Tlio spccchcs would form a vory substantial basis for a treatiso on practical political cconomy. Wo can givo place to only a fow brief extracts, asldo from his Rutland address in full in anothor placo to-day. At Falrhavon, after speaking of tho issuos involvcd ln our civil war, and tho ovidcnccs around him of making tho rocks pay tributo to commercc, tho Preildcnt said: "Wo aro conspicuously a pcoplo ablding in rcspect and honor for ho law. Tho law as cxprcssed in our coDstitutions and in our statuto h,oo cs ia tlio sovoroign to which wo all bow. Wo acknowlcdgo no other. To tho law such and overy ono should givo his'undivldcd allcgianco and his faithful sorvlco. Thero is no othcr rulo that will bririg and maintaln in our communities that pcaceful and orderly condition' that good ncighborhood and kindly in torcourso which is so cssontial to tho hap'plness of any coramunity." A'i Castloton: "Ono of tho most ir flucnllal charaotcrs in tho history of tho UnUed Statos is tho NowEngland school tcaoiicr. If wo could follow tho track of 'KRPM FU1.U DRESSTo " where. There is no taste we cannot gratify, and this is a particularly good tirae to call, as we are sclling out what we have left of our Sum mer Goods and pantaloons at unheard of rates. For instance -we.;havo REDUOED OUR ')"'"" 110, 12, mfl 15 We have reduced our Summer Pantaloons from 6, and $5 to $4 and $4.50. WHITE VESTS, Thin Coats and All Summer Wear Heavily Reduced. WEIiLS & COYHRImY, Tho Peoplo'8 Popnlor Clothiers, njBj, TBOY, W. Y. theso intelllgent mon and womon who havo gone out from tho New England States into tho West and South; if wo could traco thoso strong yet slender and hard to bo discovored threads of in ilucnce which thoy havo started in tho communities to whlcli thoy went; if we could know how thoy havo imprcssed on tho minds of tho peoplo brought under their care tho great lessons of self- respcct and lovo for freo Institutions and social order, wo should havo a highor thought than wo havo yet had of the power and diguity of thoso pioneers of education. Cheors." At Middlebury: "Ithas bcen a groat pleasuro to mo to know your csteemed follow cilizeu, ox-Govornor Stowart. -Your.Stato and-Distriot,-and tho -Nation at largo, havo had in him a most able and faithful champion of all that was truo and clcan and right. Throo cheors wero givcn for ox-Gov. Stewart You havo boen particularly fortuiiate, I think, in your rcpresentatives at Wash ington, as I had occasion to say tho othor day at Bennington. I am glad to bo horo at tho sito of this iustitution of lcarning Middlebury Collcgo which is soon to completo its hundredth ycar of modest, yot efflcient, sorvico of training tho minds of our young raen for usef rl ucss in life." At Burlington, after speaking of Sena tor Edmunds and his rotircmcnt from cmincut public servico: "Lct us novcr forgct that the fundamcntal thought of our Government is tho rulo of tlio raa jority lawfully cxprcssed at tho puro aud clcan olcctions, and that whcn thus ox presscd, the laws enactcd by thoso choson to make our laws, aro not less of tho minority than of tho majority. Ap plauso. Thoso who mako tho laws aro our servants to whom wo yield tho ro spect of offico and that mcasuro of per sonal rcgard to which their lives may entitlo them. Applauso." At St Albans the President spoko at lcngth.and wo shall print tho samo on our inside pages next weok. At Montpelier, boforo tho Legislaturo and 10,000 pcoplo: "If wo shall over or anywhero allow a doubt to settlo into the minds of our pcoplo whcthcr tho re sults of our olections are honcstly at tainod, whether tho laws mado aro framod by thoso who havb bcen proporly choscn by tho majority, thcn all sanc tion is withdrawn from law and all ro spcct from tho rulors who by a falso ballot, aro placcd iu public oflicc. Ap plause. I am glad to congratulato you upon constituencios intelllgent, dovotcd and patriotic. I am glad to congratulato you that tho Stato of Vermont from its carlicst aspirations and offorts for libcrty and solf-govornmont which do vclopcd into1 your constitution in 1777 down tlirough all tho story of toil and the struggles which havo besot you as a Stato and tho vicissitudes which havo besot tlio country, of which you aro an honorcd part that tho Stato of Vermont and hcr sons in tho councils of tho Na tion and on tho blood-stained battle flclds of tho great war havo borno tlicm- solvos worthily. Applause." Bcforo tho Horso- Breedors' Associa tion: "Iunderstand tliat it was so ar rangcd thatSftor I had seen tho flowcr of tho manhood and womauhood of Vor-, mont-I'lhoul4 bq given an exhibition' of tho next grado in lncciligenco aud worth in tho State your good horscs. Ap plause. I have had recontly, through tho intorvontion of nry Sccretary of War, tho privilcgo of commg irito posscssion of a pair of Vermont horscs. Thoy aro all I could wish, for, and, as.I said tho othor day at tlio little villagofrom which thov camo. thev aro of cood Moriran 'stock, of which -somo ono haS'said that their grcat charactcristio was that thoy enter Tnto consultation with tho drivcr whonovcr thero is any ditllculty. Laughtcr and applauso." At Windsor: "I havo rojoiccd to flnd ovorywhoio in.tho State of Vormont what ccorucd to mo to bo a dccp-soatcd, EVERY THING MUSTGO! It may be that when you start out to make a purchase of clothing you have not quite made up yourj.;mind where to bestow your patronagip If you are undecided we can.- tellCyou something that will at orcoiturn the scale in our favor. We not onlyjiavo every thing you possibly need in the line of READY MADE CLOTHING but we can let you have it at figures JIJ 1 -1- SUITS to 6, 8: oarnest patriolism. Applause. It is to be hoped that we may not soon have any call for such manifestations as you have glven in -tho past on tho battle flelds from Bennington to the surrender of Appomattox. It Is plcasant to be horo to-day at 'the horae of my estcemcd fricnd and your fellow-townsman tho Hon. Wm. M. Evarts. Applause. I am glad that ho has introduced into Ver mont model farming, laughtcr and ap plauso, and has shown you what the in come of a largo city law practice can do ia the fcrtilization of a farm. Laugh tcr and applause. IIo has assured mo to-day that his farm yields a net income. I accopt tho statement of my host with. absoluto falth; aud yctMr. Evarts's repu tation as a book-keoper isnot tho bcst in tho world. Laughtor and applause.' ' At Bellows Falls: "I think wo may well challengo comparison with tho foreign policy of any othergreat Govern ment irf tho" world in this rcgard. It has never been our policy to push our trado forward at the point of tho bayonet. Wo havo always believed that it should bo urged upon tho grouuds of mutual ad vautage, and upon this ground alone aro wo now ondeavoriug, by overy means in our power, to open tho markets of our sister republics in Central and South America to tho products of American shops and farms. Applause. Wo do not eovot their territory. Tho day of fllibustaring aggresslon has gone by in tho United States. We covet their good will. Wo wish for them settled institu tions of government, and wo desiro thoso exchangcs that aro mutually proflta ble." At Brattleboro: "A recent joumey of somewhat groat length through "the country very dceply imprcssed upon mo tho unity of our people. Tho building of these great railroad lincs, making overy part of ovory State familiar and strotchinc across tho Continent to bring within easy access thomostdistant nar'n of our country, has had a groat tcndency to unify our peoplo and to wipe out whatever there was provincial orlocal in our character. It has rubbcd 'off some of the odges of tho New England character, and has rubbcd some of the Now England polish upon us of the West" FARMERS AND THE TAT One of our Domocraticconterappraries quotes tho tables which we-VtfcconUyi ' printed showing that during thopa'st thirty years the prices of tho'things' which tho farmer solls havo greatb in creascd in price, whilo the cost' of3 tlio things which he buys has bcen.patoWal: ly reduced, aud, wlthout attcmptjn'g to rofuto any of our statomcnts, rashly ob serves that wo shall havo a hard timo to make farmers believe them. "' So far is this from being truo, that some of tho most intelligout farmers fully npprecia'to tho condition of things to which wo drew attcntion. For cxample, the Master of tho Connecticut Stato Orange, at a ro cent publio meeting at Fryeburg, Maiuo, commenting on theso very statis tics at which our DomocrathJ contcinpo rary rails, said ln substauce: "Wlion statistics open . to.. every ono show tho prices of fariiD products are higheron tho averago than they wero thirty-three ycars ago, whilo the prices of every thing farmcrs havo to bQy are low er farm products being tho only ar ticles that havo increascd in price whilo vory thing clso has decUued t. is ob vious that itis pura demagogism for any man to undortako to peraipdoifarmers tha lcgislation or tho policy bf ithe'Gov ornmcnt has bcen advorso to agricultural intercsts. If any farmer has not dono bctter than. was possible thirty-three years ago, it must bo oither becauso his farm is not cultivatcdas well,orhIs busi nesa js not as well managcd or his stand ard of living has beou advanced beyond the increaso of his rovonuo. Farming conductcd with skill and busincss care is surer to pay than othor busincss, and tho statistics show a small nronortion of failures. Butin these days whcn our sianaaru 01 uving nas ocen so greatiy ad vanced that it neccssitatcs an incrca'sed revcnuo to moct it, when thero is such a tendoncy to sccktho stir of city llfoas to mako farm life irksomd to our sons and daughters and causo fanns to bo unsil ablo, wo need to put the samo skill and uusincss managcmout into our farming iu order to iucreaso our revenue that must bo put into manufacturlnir or othcr busincss entcrprlscs, and thus dcmon strato that bralns tell on tho farm as well t as iu tho counting room." & 1110.