Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-20
Notes aud Comments.

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authority that Hon. T. W. Park will not be
a candidate for the Republican nomination
for Governor.
The American Board have appointed
two new missionaries to 20 to Mexico in
place Of Stephens, who was assasanated
The others are ready to go when the Board
has the means to send them.
Massachusetts, in dealing with the wo-
men on the suffrage question, has been keep
ing the word of promise to their ear to
break it to their hope The Senate, Fri
day, refused a third reading of the bill pro.
viding for an amendment to the constitution
to secure them the elective franchise.
There was a meeting Of the State Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Ohio Grangers
at Columbus on Tuesday. The object Of the
meeting was to consider the propriety Of
nominating State ticket. After full dis.
cussion, it was decided, almost unanimously,
not to mako such nominations at present,
and the sentiment Of the committee was
averse to such a step at any time
"A correspondent Of the Nation sharply
condemns the Rev. Isaac Taylor British
author, who has just repeated the onen-ex-
posed bogus story Of the Blue Laws. These
mythical statutes we're the invention Of a
Connecticut Tory, yet thousands are led to
believe they were really in force. Some
folks, no doubt, have considered Robinson
Crusoe a truthful narrative and the man
Friday veritable person
H. u. Hunter, Of the firm Of Hunter &
Co., of Hinsdale, n H., publishers of the
Star Spaagled Banner, was before the
United States Circuit Court at Portsmouth
on Saturday, and roiraoted his former plea
Of not guilty of sending obscene publications
through the mails He was fined $500
which he paid, and gave $4,000 bonds foi
good behavior in the future Similar case,
against Day and Vialle, of the same firm
were nolle.prossed.
France, Notwithstanding the late war
makes financial exhibit riyaling that o.
England. Her revenue is the largest o
any nation, that Of Great Britain standing
second Of Russia third, and Of the Unite,
States fourth Tho debt of Great Britain
is greater than that Of France, but her rev
enucs are so well managed that her crcdi
is good, and she is now enabled almost ever,
year to make some small reduction in tn
burden Of taxation.
Queen Victoria completes her fifty
fifth year during the present mouth. Sh
is reported as having resumed some con
siderable portion Of her former gayet
within the past few mouths, aud as he
enormous fortune renders her the most dc
E sirable match in Europe, widower and bach
l elor princes are taking courage again, /
the hope that, Notwithstanding her year
she may bo induced to change her sing
life again for one Of double bessedness, O
cussedness.
"A movement has been started at Wol
ccster, Mass, to form a Young Mems Pc
liticai club. The signers of the call 50
they believe there is urgent need of reiorI
, IN our governments, municipal, State an
national also that young men do not exer
the power and influence that naturally be
longs to them and which the good of til
country requires. The Spy admits til
q na"ossity of refarm. hu. Ia raths- Hheptio
about the young men not having all the il
fiuence they deserve.
# The American Bible Society held i
:. annual meeting Thursday and re.electC
d the old board Of officers. The receipts Ia
/. year were 1904 ,436, and the expenditur
/. sOll,72S. There were eight hundred ar
It forty.one thousand six hundred aud sixt
two volumes manufactured and two hui
/ bred and fifteen thousand seven hundr,
Y and seyety.nine printed aud purchase
!. The gratuitous work of the year amountC
IT to sS4O,644. The appropriation for 70
eign lands was s02,676.
The way in which some Indian agen
, grab their ill-gotten gains, was illustrate
u by Mr. Beck of Kentucky in a congrc
>, sional debate. According to this authorit
u drove of three hundred cattle was mac
II to pass muster for nine hundred, by havir
10 the herds that reached an agency counte
+ driven around hill and then broug
% up asecond time before the agent, wi
counted them over again, Just as Il
, supernumeraries in theatre are made
re-appear repeatedly in personatiug an arm
= Col. Forney writing of the centenni
defeat, says; "The truth is, that more tina
half of the present House of Represent
u tives is mastered by fear Of its constituenc
4 and this constituency in turn has been en-
a FILTERED by the newspapers. Never befor
have | been more impressed by the powC
a OF American journalism than in my recer
n experience" The following States did nc
give single vote for the centennial Vel
mont, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansa
. Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon an
. West Virginia.
The departed glories of the " Annivel
!. sary Week " are the theme of wonderin
G comment in New York The annual NEE
/. ing of the Missionary, Bible, BenevOler
and Moral Reform Societies, which used /
' gather such overrunning audiences, and Dc
k yelop such varied eloquenoo, are reduce
= chiefly to mere executive summaries of tn
o year, like annual meetings of banks an
5 railroads and insurance companies. TIL
= boards receive their reports, elect their o.
:. fcers, have their consultations, determin
P their plans; aud then like other bushes
G men, go home.
J American pilgrimages to Rome hay
Q usually been undertaken by single partie