Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-29
Notes and Comments.

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ton
Among the Roman Catholics an effort is
in progress to have cheaper funerals than are
now required by custom. A long row Of
carriages must follow to the grave one Of a
family that cannot find bread for daily food.
In New York city great change is taking
place in this respect among the rich and most
respectable. No carriages are hired for the
lay Of the funeral the services are attend
ed at the house or the church, and the re-
mains are afterwards perhaps the next day,
inferred with no extra attendance Of friends
outside of the immediate family. Hired car
riages are to be as scarce as hired mourners.
-Lppincotts Magazine tells a story to
the effect that Admiral Porter, while riding
ia a strcct-car in Washington lately was an-
noyed by several noisy drunken sailors At
last he told them who he was, aud demanded
what ship they belonged TO- Wine had CIV
EN- one Of them wit enough to reply, " Admit
raj, you have changed the names Of the ships
so often that don't really know what ship
we do belong to-
George Peabody, the rich banker and
phlanthropist, signalzed visit to Baltimore
last week by the gift Of 100000 more to
the Peabody Institute there. No wonder an
exchange says it must be pleasant subject
for reflection, when one, in rising in the morn
ing, is able tosay to himself, " Well, to whom
shall give FIFTY thousand dollars to-dayT'
1t would appear from the frequent repotts Of
Mr. George Peabody's benefactions that his
cogitations before breakfast must usually take
that shape
Two hundred thousand white meu are
cutiyating cotton in South Carolina, accord
ing to the Charleston Necs, and the State
will this year yield products equal to fifty
millions, Or an average of sixty-four dollars
per head-a fact Of double significance, as
showing that white men can safely work in
the cotton-feIds, and that the superior elias,
has wisely abandoned its hostility to labor
Town, county and state fairs are now
being held throughout the country, and from
all accounts the attendance is large and the
display remarkably fine. One Of the very
best evidences Of our prosperity is found il
the fact that our farmers are yearly taking
deeper interest in agricultural pursuits, and
are cultiyating spirit Of competition in tn,
growth of farm products and the raising o.
superior breeds of stock We trust thi,
competition will go on from year to year
The farmers themselves and the country vii
be benefited by it.
The Democracy Of the South, with few
exceptions including some Of the ablest o
the old leaders, have taken open ground il
favor Of the fifteenth amendment. They d,
not fear the ballot in the hands of the freed
men, but recognize it as their right, fairly
won. 1t is different with Asa Packer ant
Geo. II. PendIeton. They oppose the exten
sion Of suffrage to the small minority Of col
ored men in Pennsylvania and Ohio, while
they do not attempt to deny that they are in
telligent and useful citizens.
The Congressional party, bound to Cal
ifornia, reached Salt Lake on the goth oil
August, where Senator Morrill, Of Vermont
was introduced as the author of the act pro.
hibiting polygamy in Utah. That may have
been designed to bring about either cool OF
a hot reception from the Mormon Mugwump
and we are little curious to hear which o
the two it was.
October Goth is the day selected for thu
holding of national convention at St. Loui
on the question of removing the national cap
itol. So few delegates have been appointe,
by the governors of states, that the COMMITTEE
announces that delegates appointed by tn
congressman of any district will be received
But even with this privilege the convention
is hardly likely to be imposing in numbers o
character
The workingmen of New York have re
solved to form separate political party, aB'
the workingmen of Massachusetts, seem T.
have come to similar determination, as
call for convention at Worcester, next week
Tuesday, has been issued the prime mover il
the enterprise being S. p. Cummings, tn
head center of the Crispin organization
Two fatty contradictory stories COM
from Washington concerning financial affairs
One is, that the debt will be reduced, thi
month, to the amount of sl0,000,O00. Tn,
other is, that there will beno reduction of tn,
debt, for two reasons first, because the re
ceipts are small, and, secondly, because tn,
payments are heavy Which story is correct
we shall know in about week.
The New Zealand rebellion is reported
to be extending. 1t resembles our old Flori
la war, which, in proportion to the number
of the enemy, was the most harassing anC
costly contest in which this country ever wa
engaged. If the British government shoulc
persist in its apparent determination to leav,
the colonists to fight their own battles, til,
rebels may come utof the war as victors
The crop report Of the Department O
Agriculture is published. OF corn, unless
the close of the season svery favorable, Their,
must be one hundred and fifty million bushel,
ess than the full crop, Cotton-The proba
bilities at present favor yield of two anc
three-quarter million bales, The wheat crop
as a whole is larger, The only States show
ing decrease are illinois, Michigan, Iowa
and California Some of it is inferior il
quality, but considerable portion has beer
injured by rains after harvest A considera
BILE portion Of western wheat is of good quail
ty, but that of the South is decidedly supe
rior. Fruits, as a rule, have yielded album
dantly,-apples in a less degree than Other
species. In hops there is apparently de