Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-02-11
Miscellaneous Ttrms.
WORTH REMEMRERING

nave invariably Occu Oolu ana aOlC tnlnhtIs
who discern the abuse, denounce it, and point
out how it is to be remediod. But long aftoi
this is done. even the most enlightened gov.
ernments continue to uphold the abuse, and
reject the remedy. AT length, if circumstan-
ces arc favorable, the pressure from without
becomes so strong mark this. my country
men that the government is obliged to give
way and, the reform being accomplished,
the people arc expected to admire the wisdom
of their rulers. by whom all this has been
done. That this is the course Of political
improvement must be well known to whoever
has studied the law books of different cOun-
tries in connection with the previous progress
Of their knowledge BY way of Illustration,
/ may refer to the abolition Of the corn laws,
undoubtedly one Of the most remarkable facts
in the history Of England during this century.
As a proof of the incompetence Of political
legislators, it should be remembered that al
though the principles OF free-trade had been
established for nearly century. by a chain Of
arguments as solid as those on which the
truths Of mathematics are based. they were,
TO the last moment, strenuously resisted, and
it was only with the greatest difficulty that
as Mr. Bright stated at Birmingham paria-
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were determined TO have. and the necessity
of which had been proved by the ablost men
during three successive generations Bucbles'
History of Civiiisoiton.
VICTIM or A LEGAI ERROR" - The
Paris correspondent of the Boston Traveller,
under date Of Dec 30th furnishes the partic-
ulars Of the death, at the carly age Of thirty
six, of one who, though entirely innocent
suffered seven years Imprisonment in the gall
leys, on a charge of murder and arson:
This week carried to the grave broken
hearted man. Poor Losnicr's history is a sad
one. The 30th Of June, 1913. he was tried
convicted, and sentenced TO the hulks for life
being guilty of murder and arson. He
was in the hulks, treated as a convict for sew
en- years. when it was discovered that he was
innocent Of the crimes, the true culprit having
confessed his guilt The government did
everything they could to atone for the error 4;
they made him chief commssary OF admins
trative inspection of the southern railways,
and gave his father tobacco sellers place I;
but seven years of agony seven years spent
in conscious innocence and proclaimed guilt.
are too heavy trials for human nature, and
the unhappy man died day or two ago, only
six-and-thirty years old, and only two years
since his liberation Instances OF these mis-
takes are not unirequent in France. where the
criminal practice is very imperfect, and the
Judge is made the prosecuting attorney. But
the French hold it is better that ten innocent
shopld suffer, than that one guilty man should
escape.
KEEP THE Mourn SHUT DURING Com
WEATHER.-Dr. Hall advises every person
who goes into the open air from warm room
70 keep the mouth shut while walking or rid
ing. He says Before you leave the room,
bundle up well--gloves, cloak and comforter
shut your mouth before you open the street
door, and keep it resolutely closed until you
have walked briskly for some ten minutes ;
then, If you keep on walking, or have reached
your home, you may talk as much as you
please BY not so doing, many heart once
happy and young now lies in the churchyard,
that might have been young and happy still
But how: If you keep your mouth closed
and walk rapidly the air can only reach the
lungs by circuit of the nose and head, and
becomes warmed before reaching the lungs,
thus causing no arrangement; but if you
converse, large draughts of cold air dash di-
rectly in upon the lungs, chilling the whole
frame almost instantly. The brisk walking
throws the blood to the surface of the body,
thus keeping up a vigorous circulation, and
making cold impossible, if you do not get
into cold bed too quickly after you get home.
Neglect of these precautions brings sickness
and premature death to thousands
CATTLE KILLED by EATING SoRaHuM.-.
Tho Observation-Disclosures
account of the destruction Of seven head of
cattle from eating the refuse Chinese cane
after it had been compressed in the mill The
outer coating of the stalks is Of very Wit
reous character when thus broken up and
taken into the stomach it operates like broken
glass, cutting, and in some cases penetrating
entirely through the coats of that organ. pro-
ducing violent inflammation. A post NOR
TEN examination in this case revealed this as
the cause of death. This important fact
should be made known to every farmer, as it
may be the means of preventing serious de-
struction of their stock.
Reports that sugar cane is injurious to
stock have frequently appeared since its in
PRODUCTION into this country. and these reports
have been as often contradicted by the friends
of the cane. This is matter of great i'm
portance to farmers, and there should be a
thorough investigation, in order to determine
whether the cane under any circumstances is
Injurious to stock The last Patent Office
Report says it is not injurious, but the public
will not be fully convinced so long as reports
like the above occasionally find their way into
the papers.
Writing of skirts, the Columbus cores
pondent of the Cincinnati Times gives the fol-
lowing account of the dome to the new State
House:
The BIG SKIRT.-The Dome" Of the
State House has been changed in its plan
the bake oven by which it was capped has
been taken down, and they are now finishing
1t in accordance with the original design
which may be seen in the pictures that orna.
mented maps and Biographies some years
ago.
1t looks somewhat like huge white stove
pipe, with lid on the end to keen out the
ram; more like a mammoth skirt. But the
fligree ornamental work that they are put
ting on about the top-iust such work as la
dies display in the bottom of their skirts
gives it strange look upside -downness.
IL pity they have built it after the skirt
pattern, for it is feared the fashionable la
dies of Columbus will never rest until they
have reached the full circumference of this
monster model-an achievement that the wide
streets Of this city unfortunately render quite
practicable.