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Show FENIANS ONTFIE BORDER. They Are Now Preparing f r Invade Victoria's Domains. A Burlington (Vt.) special says.' It is reported that the Fenians are engaged en-gaged in storing large riuantities of dynamite, lyddite, ammunition and supplies in a few selected repositories in remote districts in Vermont and 3Iaine, near the Canadian boundary line. The information comes from persons per-sons who claim to have knowledge of the purchase of some of the supplies, and others who learned of their transportation trans-portation by railroad disguised as groceries. gro-ceries. Dynamite and other explosives have been secured in surprisingly large quantities and stored underground on the Vermont border, while quantities of canned meats have also been hidden in some large barns of sympathizing farmers on the 3Iaine line near New-Hampshire. New-Hampshire. It is said that an efficient ambulance corps is being organized under the supervision su-pervision of a few loyal Irish women anil surgeons who were in the Red ! Cross w ork in Cuba. They are als' pre- paring a large number of "first aid" packages for the invading force. ! The movement is the work of the j Irish element of the larger cities, but it is a fact that a large and important work is beirv-r! done among the farm- is of the border 'Mtcs. A schedule is being be-ing arrmged of farmers who can furnish fur-nish wagons, horses and oxen for tnmsportaiion purposes, as this is re-garde. re-garde. I as a ni..st important detail. A careful study is being made of the small railroad branches in northern New (Tim-.-ml. and places are b-ing locate.! lo-cate.! v. here the rea l could be captured by a very small force. |