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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27
Mr.. Murray's Temperance Lecture

Rev w. II. II. Murray lectured here last
Wednesday evening. The lecturer aimed to
show, 6rst that the wines recommended for
use in the Scriptures and used by Christ him
self had no alcoholic properties. lie attemp-
ted also to show that the old Roman and
Greek wines were destitute of this ntoxicat-
ing element being placed after manufacture
in deep, underground cellars, where the pro.
cess of fermentation was arrested by GOODNESS
Of the temperature. The lecturer expected
to make both cider and wine from his farm in
few years and preserve them from fcrmen-
ting, and thus procure most delicious and
salutary beverage
He also argued that alcohol was entirely
the product Of man; that it never was made
by God or by any divine process whatever.
lie contended that it had no nutritve quail.
ties, and was injurious and destructive to the
stomach and the blood under all circumstances,
and that, therefore, it was equally bad for
the sick.room and for festive occasions. He
then spoke at some length, aud with great
power, on the pernicious and finally fatal in.
auence of alcoholic liquors on the brain.
Aside from tendency to materialsm in this
part of the lecture, it was very effective and
conclusive. That alcohol steals away mans
brains, and makes fool or an idiot Of him,
in the proportion he uses it, is as obvious
fact as it is scientifically demOnstrable.
The lecturer in conclusion advocated an
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, and appropriate legislation, to prohibit
the sale and use of alcoholic liquors as de-
structiye of manhood, and contrary to the
safety of the republic. Mr.. Murray held
the close attention of his audience to the
close, His evident fatigue might account for
the many grammatical inaccuracies of his
address.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27
The Tariff.

The following abstract Of Senator Morrilrs
recent speech, in the U. S. Senate, we copy
from the Boston Journal
Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont is of the opinion
that the revenue can this year be reduced fifty
millions. In making this reduction he takes
the ground that the ightest weight which can
be imposed through internal taxes is felt to
be more oppressive than the heaviest tariff
The universal desire is to set aside internal
taxes Of whatever sort as soon as the exigen-
cies of the Government which called them
forth shall have passed away They have
answered a great national purpose as the re-
served power Of the country, and will soon
be disbanded until again wanted, by at once
dismissing all of them, with the exception of
those on tobacco, cigars, spirits, malt liquors
and possibly stamps. We shall then have
parted with one half of our surplus, and have
twenty-five million dollars more that can be
spared from the tariff. Mr.. Morrill, is also
Of the opinion that long list of articles, pro.
ducing only inconsiderable sums Of revenue,
and rarely produced or produceable in our
own country, shall be transferred to the free
list. This will not only cut off revenue not
needed, but diminish the labor and expense
of the Custom House Department, and so
far as any raw materials are included it
will be advantageous to the industry Of the
country. The bill reported by the COM
mittee, in part guided by the report of
the Treasury Department makes a long
stride in this direction, and yet stopping far
short Of what the committee anticipated, be.
cause of the extent and surprising alertness
Of American thrift. Hardly au item could
be proposed to be translated to tho free list
before it would be found that somewhere in
our broad country it had a home and dligent
nursing, leading to the conviction that no
foundlings are tolerated in American trade.
This accounts for the last amendments Of the
committee, which strike of some items from
the free list as originally reported The ad-
dltlon to the free list will much reduce the
number Of taxable articles hereafter to be re-
tanned in the tariff, and those in any tariff
largely specific must be considerable but the
talsehood by which they have been exaggera.
ted in relation to our present tariff deserves
passing exposure. A duty, for instance, is
imposed upon all leather Every one knows
that to be generic term which includes
whole classes, and all classes Of every sort
and description of leather, amounting perhaps
to fifty or more varieties In order to make
it appear that the tariff was bloated mon
ster with an interminable tail, these separate
varieties are all counted, and so on to the
end, with everything else to swell the aggre-
gate number Of articles to be enumerated.
OF course when such articles are exempted
from dntiaa fhav have IN he spaeiGcaIl,
named, although they may not have been SO
named when the duties were originally i'm.
posed. Whether the Senate will pass this
tariff bill, and what the House will do with
it should they pass it, remains to DO seen.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27

WnAr IT MEANr.-A highly intelligent
gentleman in New Hampshire writes the
Boston Advertiser to contradict the statement
of the New York Tribune, that the offensive
free trade doctrines of the Democracy was the
true cause Of the late Republican triumph.
The correspondent puts the matter upon the
true ground, and it will be found to apply as
well to the whole country as to New Hamp-
shire, He says;
The real issue, if issue it may be called, was
malignant, sweeping and exceedingly bitter at
tact upon the National Administration by the
Democrats, and an earnest, hearty and patriotic
defense Of the same by the Republicans. The
great, and, at the present time, shadowing
question, which so far as this State is concerned
has been settled by the election, is simply this .
The Republicans Of New Hampshire declare that
they have not lost their respect for the Executive
head Of the nation, and that their confidence in
the integrity Of his character and the honesty Of
his intentions has in no way been shaken, much
less destroyed This feeling it was, and not the
question OF the tariff, which drew into the ranks
OF the Republican party moie than half of the
labor reform vote of last year as well as large
numbers of those who two years ago voted the
temperance ticket Indeed, many who now say
they had fully determined to vote the temperance
ticket this year admit that the speeches of Judge
Carpenter and other Democratic speakers, filed
to the brim as they were with denunciations of
the Administration, opened their eyes to the real
Importance of a Republican victory this year and
induced them to change their votes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27
Presidential Electors.

The Burlington Free Press asks, LIS
does the Watclmah know that the clcctor,
who are to vote for the next President are to
equal the number Of Senators and Represcn-
taiiycs in the present Congress - We thought
we knew it on the authority Of statement
by Senator Trumbul, in the debate on the
new apportionment act, as reported 10 the
Congressional Globe But we did not "know"
it after ALL through some error somewhere,
and most probably it was in our memory
The law since March |, 1892, has been, aud
still is, that the electors shall be equal to
the number Of Senators and Representatives
to which the several states may, by law, be
entitled at The time wlen The President md
Vice President thus 10 be chosen siould come
into office. Prouided Arrays that where no
apportionment of Representatives shall have
been made after any enumeration, at the time
Of choosing electors, then the number Of cleo
tors shall be according to the eristtag aPpor-
iionmcnt Of Senators and Representatives.. -
Our statement was correct in cases where no
neio appointment had been made, and not
correct in other cases. As to the next Pres
idental election, it is clear that the electors
must correspond to the new apportionmeut
either as it is or as it may be amended un.
less, for lack Of time to act upon the supple
mentary bill, the new apportionmcnt act shall
be repealed This is hardly to be expected
The other branch Of our statement was cor.
rect, to wit, that in case Of failure to choose
by the electors, the present House Of Repre-
SeRtaticcs IS 10 elect President This i,
provided for in Article X of the Amend
meuts to the Constitution, and Section o.
the act above referred to. That section re-
quires Congress to be in session on the second
Wednesday in February succeeding every
election aud action Of the electors TIL,
Constitution requires the votes Of the eector,
to be counted on that day in the presence Of
the Senate and House and in case there Is
no election Of President, itrequires the House
Of Representatives to elect one before the
fourth day Of March succeeding. As the
present Congress will not terminate until the
fourth day of March, 1873, shall be at hand
it of course must elect in the contingency
named. If that body fails to elect Presi
dent, the Vice President to be chosen by the
Senate if the electors fail to elect is to be
the President. This statement will probaby
clear up all the difficulties the Free Press hai
met on this matter, as well as correct the
error Of the Waterman
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27
Narrow Gauge Railways.

In the report Of the Royal Railways
Commission Of Great Britain, published in
1867, the following pregnant conclusions were
arrived at from the opinions Of the principal
engineers and railway managers ia that coun-
try " The only way in which an increased
receipt in proportion to the cost Of running
the trains can be anticipated, is in carrying a
larger number Of passengers 10 proportion to
the number Of passenger carriages in the
train, and running the goods trucks fall, in
stead Of partially full or, in other words, oh.
tanning greater amount Of work out Of the
engines and carriages than at present" But
this means that the passenger trains would be
Ices frequent aud more crowded that the pas
scugers going on to branch lines would have
to change carriages more frequently, aud that
goods would have to be retained until full
loads were made mp, which would result in
detention aud slower delivery Of goods. So
that as the necessities Of traffic enforce fire.
qucut passenger trains three or four times
the necessary weight Of carriages must be
provided and as goods cannot be detained
until carriages are fully loaded it follows
that universal extravaganza is iDseparabe
from the present system Railway managers,
who are Of course thoroughly conyersant with
the subject, agree that cur existing railways
are at present being operated to the hest adj
vantage If 30, it cannot be doubted that
there is grave bundor somewhere aud if
this blunder is not to be discovered in man
ogcmcnt, we must sie fnr-h- iueesa, suction
and there we shall find It.
We shall find that railways Of the existing
gauge will labor under Disadvantages for all
time they will remain oppressed by the
curse Of dead weight an evil from which they
can by no means be relieved dead weight in
their rolling stock for passengers one ton Of
which requires thirty tons to convey it dead
weight in their rolling stock for freight,
which can never be more than ouo-fourth
fully loaded on the average, and dead weight
in their locomotives, III applied for obtaining
useful results but always destructive to the
permanent way.
Nor does increase Of traffic upon great
standard railway tend to reduce this evil if
it did, the " London 4 North Western Rail
way would not at the present time be ex-
I L..
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27
\ Free Breakfast Table.


Both houses of Congress have adopted an
amendment to the tariff bill, which entirely
removes the duty on tea and coffee. The vote
was very decisive, as well in the Senate as in
the House, and it may now be regarded as the
settled purpose of Congress to put These ar
ticles Of universal consumption upon the free
list
The emphatic vote III both Houses on this
question is striking illustration Of the sem
tment of the country The removal Of the
entire duty on tea and coffee is scarcely an
element in the wiscst plan Of revenue reform.
1t certainly is the farthast remove from the
policy Of free trade, aud directly in the in
terest of protection. But it is sustained
upon the ground that it is direct. sensible
relief to every family in the country, and so
it passes Congress by an overwhelming vote
commanding the support Of Democrats and
of avowcd Revenue Reformers as well as Of
the stiffest Protectionists. The present Con-
Bless' au" especlally tue mousse, was clallheu
for d" revenue reform as understood by those
who make the term approach free trade The
result shows how impotent is the effort to
break down the policy of protection.
The removal of the duty on tea and coffee
strikes of twenty millions Of taxation. SEN
ator Sherman puts it as high as thirty mil
lions. With such an abrogation of internal
revenue taxes as is generally conceded will be
effected this session, this action undoubtedly
precludes any considerable reduction on other
leading articles 1t is at once the triumph
of the poor man and of protection.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27
A1cnI.oN lKansas. J M.r. rs. Is12


Messrs. Poland Dear Sirs Enclosed find
50 90 for the WAroHNAN for another year. We
have had a cold winter, and al. it now looks, we
shall have backward spring Some Of tie
winter wheat is killed, but | think, as \ general
average it is alright. There was large amount
put in last fall. Wheat is a staple article in
Kansas There was large yield Of corn last
season. 1t is now selling for % cents per bushel
in this city. Money rather tight, Our people
are wide awakc-business lively Atchison is
growing fast. Il is now the great railroad cen
ter for Northern Kansas Real estate commands
good price, and is constantly On the advance
The State is filling up with settlers rapidly.
| am glad to see Montpelier awake upon the
subject Of railroads. The projected road from
Montpelier to Newport, when built, will secure
the future prosperity Of the Capital. hope to
live to see it completed, 1t is now going On IA
years since left old Vermont, and came direct to
Kansas Grasshopper Falls, the place where
first settled down, had at that time but a few
cabins scattered over the town site. 1t is now a
city Of the third class, and is one Of the iyelest
and peasantest inland towns in the State Real
estate is advancing as much or more in that
place proPortionally, as it is in this city. NY
self and wife have enjoyed excellent health since
we came to Kansas, Please remember US kindly
to all of our Montpelier friends
Yours truly,
AzEL SPALDiNo
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27
lrs truly,
AzEL SPALpiNG

Tbs Great INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATE.
D. b. Burr X Hyde, Publishers, Hartford
Conn.
The design of this work is to give in compact
and comprehensive form a historical summary of
the Origin, Growth and Perfection Of the Chief
Industrial Arts of the Country. 1t contains pa.
pers from such eminent writers as Horace Gree
ley, John b. Cough, j. b. Lyman, Albert Bris-
bahe, and many others. II is just the book to
prove invaluable to the Inventor, tho Mechanic,
the Merchant, the Farmer, and indeed to all who
are interested in the developement of the resour.
ces of the country. The chapter upon narrow
gauge railroads Of itself, is sufficient to warrant
the book large sale in this vicinity 1t is ele-
ganty and profuselS illustrated. Mr.. F. T..
Roberts is canyassing Montpelier and Middlesex
for the sale of the work, and we trust he will be
generously patronized.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27

The State of Connecticut has alway,
been close-es especially SO of late years Last
year the Democratic candidate for Governor
was elected upon the returns as made. But
there were glazing frauds which the Leeisla.
ture corrected, and Gov. Jewell was then eho.
sen by one hundred majority. This is mar.
row margin aud it would seem to take little
to sway the State one way or the other. But
the correspondent of the New York Time,
whose dispatches from New Hampshire
proved so trustworthy, writes from the head.
quarters at Hartford that the reports coming
in from the towns show small but sure Re.
publican gains in all parts of the State, and
Indicate the election of Gov Jewell by not
less than five hundred majority,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27

~ We think the Eo-vaiis' liberal repub-
lieaus are fully entitled to win. with their
Cincinnati candidate, proYii,d unblusbing
impudence is all that . required for success.
They accuse those who believe in Grant, and
Grant himself, Of attempting to force that
officers denomination at Philadelphia, aud
scout the charge that they mean to abandon
the republican party. At the same time they
are doing all they can to urge on the Cincin-
natl movement, and Mr.. Greeley refuses to
have anything to do with the regular republi.
can convention, while Mr. Sumner is at least
on the fence about it, In fact every "lberal"
man and newspaper announces before hand
that he or it will not support Grant if renom.
mated On which side is the q" forcing ?"
II suggests the two deacons who quarreed
and then tried to make up Deacon Jones
going to Deacon Brown and saying, q" Really,
brother, it is a christian duty to yield, and
you must give up, for | can't" So far there
has been no evidence that the voters Of the
republican party have any opposition to Grant,
but on the contrary there is ample evidence
that he is fully endorsed by the great mass
Of the voters Of the party.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27

" The London Daily Netcs quotes cor
respondent who gives terrible picture of
the suheriugs of the Jews in Roumania. The
crueties at Ismai are far exceeded by those
at Cahul, town of 900 inhabitants, 900
Of whom are Jews For three DAYS the latter
were set upon, beaten, plundered, wounded,
driven from their homes, which were battered
down, and compelled to take refuge in the
barracks, where they were again outraged
and for several days left without food In
these ;umuts heads were split open, limbs
broken, boards pulled out by the roots and
rapcs committed. The damage inflicted
amounted to about forty thousand ducats and
two synagogues were devastated aud filthy
polluted and the sacred objects scattered in
all directions There is ecarcely a village in
the whole Of Bessarabia where the outrages
have not paralleled those at Cahul, and it is
feared that when Passover approaches april
23) the scenes will be yet more frghtful.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27

1.-THE Boston Post in its Montpelier cor
respondence conyinces us that there are more
things here than we have dreamed Of in our
philosophy 1t would be a melancholy thing
if its joy should ever become unspeakable
for then We should be shut of from sources
of information as agreeable as they are surpris-
ing. We cannot believe, as she represents,
that Mrs. Reeds taking the town suporinen-
doncy at this time and failing in its duties
would be death blow to woman's advance.
ment here" We think she looks at the ques-
tion too solemnly. There is not g 90 much al
stake as to prevent her undertaking It. SO
long as there is not man 10 tia xSte
town so fitted for the position as she Is, ahd
" the people persist in their refusal to accept
her resignation" and letters come pouring
in from every part Of the State urging her
acceptance" she ought to lot no personal
feeling prevent her taking this responsible
trust. The woman suffrage movement is
sacred but We do not think it will be affect
ed one way or the other by Mrs. Reeds
movement in this matter. "Womans chan.
ces will not be entirely gone" even if she
fails, as she would not. Our opposition to
Mrs. Reed expired on her election. We
should consider it unfortunate if the town
should be deprived of her services for any
such reason, or for any of the other reasons
suggested by the correspondent of the Post.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27

This will be busy week in Connecticut
Meetings will be held in all the principal
towns. Among the speakers are Senators
Wilson, Ferry and Nye, Gov. Hartman, Of
New Hampshire, Gov. Hawley, Major Hag.
gerty' and Others. 1t will be hand to. hand
hight The Republicans of the State have been
put on their mettle by the gallant achieve.
u, mcn' OF their brethren of New Hampshire.
They intend to win,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27

The Appleton publishing house at New
York employ at their bindery in Brooklyn
about 600 persons, most of whom have here
tofore had to bring their dinners Now the
firm have established kitchen on the premi.
SEES where dinner Of well cooked meat aud
vegetables, with bread and butter and tea and
coffee, is furnished for about 20 cents, its
bare cost.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27


The fact cannot he disguised or di.proyed, that
many of those interested in the Montpelier and
Black River Railroad. have serious doubts in re-
gard to the expedicncy Of adopting the narrow
gauge in the construction of the proposed road.
The idea il often oxprcsscd in regard to other
things. Il i. better TO be out of the world than
out Of fashion" and il Is by no means certain
that the intelligent persons interested in this
road have arrived at that high state Of wisdom
and self denial that shall cause them 10 accept u
road less costly, less convenient aud more profia-
bic, in place of the more costly, moro convenient
and lcss profitable one. II this road attracts suf
icicnt capital from distance to build it the COM
mon qanne. with what the more interested per.
son, along the route can mise. then by all means
let us he like other folks. and have rond over
which all cars can run. Ia that ease. il must be
made To appo,r that the business Of distant Soc
tions will b, accommodated hv this road md that
this Will naturally be A through line, attracting
by It's favorable position an amount Of freight
that will cau.e IL 10 nav good dividends on the
capital invested
We cannot regnfI tbi. road In that lrht. Il
will be AN inter.ectinr line sure Of a large way
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