Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-17

Fitzpatrick is out for Greedy, and has
=" clasped hands across the bloody chasm
with Mosby aud Harry Gilmore at Baltimore
We remember Kilpairick's Grafton at Con.
cord, n H., before the soldiers union, When
he couldn't picture any hell hot enough for
him to consgn rebels and copperhoads to
Indeed he was so fierce aud immoderate that we
we're ashamed Of him, and he not only made
every Democrat furiously mad, but disguised
every Republican. We are glad the fiery
trooper has smmcred down little
No Kind Of food is so wholesome 90 thi.
season OF the year as fruits. Not only arc
they pleasant, but they are absolutely occes
-ary to supply certain wants and wastes Of
the system. and should therefore be eaten free
ly at proper times by all classes. But it mus
be remembered that fruit must be ripe when
eaten. While ripe fruit is healthy aud uutr-
tious, uuripe fruit is the very worst hing that
can be used for food A single green apple
may be as mortal as bullet, and the person
or persons who offer them for sale to the young
should be severely punished.
The Boston Traueiier denies the auihen.
ITCHY Of the figures Of the Boston Journal
in placing their Jubilee deficiency at one huud.
red and fifty thousand dollars. "The entire
scheme Of the executive committee, says thai
paper, "has not yet been fully carried out ,
but when carried out we have no doubt that
it will be found that the statement made IL
Traveller Of Thursday last, that the guar.
auiec fund will not be called upon to make
up any deficit, and that quite a hpulsomrsum
will accrue to Mr. Gilmore for hi, persistent
aud unselfsh efforts to further this great work
will prove correct"
Congress during its late session made an
appropriation Of five thousand dollars to flu
isb the survey Of ship canal across the 18th.
mus Of DArien, aud accordingly the Navy
Department will send another expedition in
November or December next under the com
mand of Commander Sellridge, who expecii
to fud a still shorter route than the one h,
discovered last year. Three thousand dollar
Of the former appropriation still remains OF
hand, which, with the amount voted by Con
gress at the late session, makes eight thou
sand dollars now at the disposal Of the Nav.
Department to carry on this work.
Work has progressed on the Faster
Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad s.
far that its completion to the Missouri rive
during the present season isabsoutely certain
This will give 5l7 miles Of main track west
ward from Duluth, and give rail and waite
access to Montana. The present year vii
b witness the completion of one-thrd Of GU
second trans.contnental railway, aud it
= probable that before our first national ceuten
NAL has been celebrated we will be in tn
happy possession Of three such links be.wee
our Atlantic and Pacific border, strengthen
I ing by the ties Of mutual commercial iutere.
l. our rapidly developing country
= Several times in the course Of his offici,
career, the Secretary Of War has expressed
determination to put an end to the outrag,
Gus practice Of " hazing" at West Puin
He has given an earnest Of his sincerity h
the course he has pursued with Cadet Scot
who, for putting Plebe through the hai
ing process, is suspended from the militar
academy for one year. This discipline wi
undoubtedly prove saIutary, not only to tn
cadets but to the officers in charge of Ii
academy. If the superintendent aud his sui
ordinntes cannot keep the lads in ORDER, the
certainly need the implied rebuke of incA
cheney manifested in the edict from Washin.
= ton.
We see by the newspapers of that rego
that the Kansas Pacific Railroad Compan
g are doing good thing along the line OF the
IS road in Western Kansas by setting out tire,
}, on both sides the track, and in places whic
o seem available for settlements. Some twent
V thousand trees have already been set, aud Il
e labor is still going on. The work is not col
" fined to the corporation for the cmigran
s along the line have been inoculated with Il
0, idea, and are preparing the wine and fig tire,
D. for their latter years and for the behalf
their children. A few years of such VOL
is will ffectualy do away with the Great Amer
lie can Desert which at present is such bu
70 bear to would.be settlers ia the Western pa
N Of the State.
II What are we to do with our prophets
II Time was when they were of some aecour
~ but this year they are so totally and thoroug
az y abroad in their representations that tn,
'c really seem no better than other people La
re spring we were informed by reliable scienti
10 gentlemen that the weather 10 June and Ju
e would be colder than ever before known
8 the same season Of the year We have g
u through with June and have already MAJ
- respectable inroads into July, with what resu
re everybody knows They also told us that Nh
he would be a month Of extreme drouth, where
lie it was month of extreme umbrellas. No
o. they tell US that these things were gross vi
!. ations Of the laws of science and nature, al
/ should reflect no discredit on their prophetic
is aud go on to promise us cold snap in Il
$ very midst of August 1t may be, but fro
i this date we take no stock in weather pr
/ phets.
s. Mortality as Affected by Marriage.