St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-15
The State Press.

liiol loH' 10 utStINt IL.
The State Press.
We ought TO have been wise enough
II the close of the war. to have seen
that the most rigid national and indi-
Vldual economy. and the most rrSolutc
efforts of all vino needed to overcome
the evils and the losses of the war.
But We did not act on these principles {:
The American eagle took II high flight
ami found after IL few Years of PROSPER
Gus sailing that il must come down: its
savage flight with the southern vuturr
hau rutlied its plumagc and stripped it
nt its gay feathers. We have no gloomy
iorchoGInG> Ton the future. but the mis-
fortunes of til" war must he encountered
ana overcome: We must pay. sooner or
later. the great expenses accustomed bN
II. amt III "ldcl To do this must hc con
tent with The ordinary comforts of life.
Ind WIKI those employmclt> which
procure slow but SuIc rewards Then
with the advantages of American energy
and Americas privileges. We can enter
again upon Il career of prosperity.
HUtoH Honjtor.
Alas. that those who had set them
selves up ~ rNrmplars ut truth and
righteousness have proved To he hut
AZ Whitcd scpulchrc>. OF as thoS.. " he
make clean the outside of the cup and
platter while within the same are full
of corruption, They strain al gmat.
;uld swallow Il camel" Thus il was.
thus II Is. and thus il ever will he. with
those VII" attempt I" c"crcc people into
beng moral and religious. Seemingly
hll"d with topian dreams of what il
IL impossible to attain. some reject thai
Which promises positive good To the
humap family because it does not attain
all that their ideal is. These are more
{" he pilied than blamed. but not So of
those who arc actually dishonest instead
of pardonahly fanatics. These last.
VIII" comprise much the larger number
OF those active and prominent III favor
al thiolcIng the >o-callcd Maine law.
are III favor of enforcing that law par
TALLY. not fully and honestly. They
Want il enforced 81 that other people
cannot get liquor. not 50 that Hty can
not - t it. There l. no danger in the
cup i"l them. They they meet ii for
sickness it Is strange how much sick
ness there Is III the families of some OF
these pe"plc-and must have it, If the
poor man wants it. for himself OF his
family. he l. Il rlInmV. or worse. and
II he hr>itatr> about pcaching on one
who supplied him. then he is a PICTURED
man. Montpelier irgmS.
y part of the difference between the
average profits of the farm and those
OF the shop is by reason of the superior
business talent engaged in all Occupa-
tons other than that of agriculture
The notion that ANY body will do for IL
t;lrmer is not Vet dispeled i'll many
minds. as can he seen by the Slip>hud
way III which many farms are carried
ON. Let the farmers of Vermont en-
deaVor to make the production of THEN
farms equal +" that achieved 10y THEN
most successful ncighhorS. and AT the
same time uS, efficient means to draw
capitalists to the Green Mountain State
for the development of her manufacture
ing resources, and that prosperity which
has attended her will be Increased in
coming yeaIS.-Tc y'mont Farmer
lthout equivocation or mental re-
ScrNatl"n we have announced ourselves
plainly and unqualitrdly for Lieut..
Gov. Taft. of Burlington. First the
office belongs to the west side of the
mountain: that i conceded. Second.
other things being equal. the office
naturally IncllneS to. and in all fairness.
1t belongs to thittcnden County. us Il
body. is squarcly for Mr.. Taft. we ask.
Is not or choice justly the peoples
choice! There are other reasons why
Mr. Taft should he nominated and
elected. He belongs to the age in wi,ich
We live, he is honorable in his dealings
with his fellow men, his ability and
fidelity have never been questioned
therefore we say it is ii duty that tn,
young men of Vermont owe to them
selves that they take Il firm stand and
see that representative man is elected
clipper, (new pdper.)
There has change come over the
dreams of those people who have been
III the habit of defyimg public sentiment.
violating law, dehasing the public nor
ais and running young men by selling
Intoxicating liquor for drinking pur-
poses. The mill of Gods Justice grindS
slowly but surely, and there must he a
time when iniquity and crime must fall
before the onslaught of righteousness
and virtue. The public sentiment of
civilization has been aroused 10y quick
cning spirit, and men have said that
the demon of intemperance should not
stalk through every community. openly
and publicly doing its work of death
aud damnation. People have discover
ed that when they are at work in the
cause of right and public justice the old
maxim that ''where there is Il will there
is WAY" applies to their work. and
where there is IL beneticieut and strin-
gent law on their side. it is possible To
get up public sentiment of sufficient
strength to execute it. In Rutland the
Citizens Committee found that the pub
lie sentiment that appointed them.
would sustain them, with encourage
ment and money if necessary. The
work was slow. Facts had to be accum-
ulated and preparations made to guard
against mistakes and 10 circumvcnt the
Vaccinations OF Il tireless and unscru-
pulous foe, who. though an outlaw.
commanded considerable influence and
power, The work Of preparation is
nearly complete, and the blows that
will follow against the open rum traffic
in this town. will sadly cripple if not
entirely destroy that monster. 1t means
business, and there will be no releutiur