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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28
Narrow Gauge Railroads.

The State Of Maine has recently adopted
general railroad law, and the attention Of
the people Of that State is being turned to
the utility of narrow gauge roads. The
following sensible suggestions are taken
from the Portland Advertiser, and apply
equally as well to Vermont as to that State
We recommend them to the careful atten.
ton Of our readers.
There are many sections Of our State that
need railways in order TO develope their re-
sources, and yet cannot afford the heavy eN.
penditure required by the present system of
railroad building in this country On all the
great through routes, or trunk lines, the pres.
ent width Of road is needed but on most Of
the interesting lines or branch roads, the mar
row gauge truck is amply sufficient to meet all
business demands The track being only about
huli the width Of our present roads, the cost
of building is reduced nearly one half. and
equipment and running expenses in like pro-
portion. In England several roads with a width
VI track "A little over two feet, are operated
most successfully, doing very heavy freight
ing business. \ locomotive weighing four or
five tons is found 10 be sufficient for these mar
row gauge roads, and we can, at glance, sec
the vast difference in first cost between this and
q twenty or thirty ton engine, and also the dit-
ference of weas in the rails and bridges traycrscI
by the lighter engines and cars. An extended
line Of narrow gauge road is building on the
Pacific coast, and It's successful Inauguration
will do much 20 solve the problem Of cheap
railway construction in this country.
1t is unfortunate that the projectors OF
some Of the subordinate or branch roads in
! Maine had not Investigated tie merits of the
marrow gauge road before building the existing
lines. We are confident that tins kind of road
will enable many sections Of our State to secure
railroad facilities which would otherwise be
wholly unattainable and We hope that with
the enactment Of the proposed law the atten-
ton Of our citizens viii be turned to this
economical yet efficient method Of railway con-
structicn.'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

= The protest Of the General Council of
the Indian Territory against the establish
ment of territorial government in that
country, which has been presented to Con-
gress, should beproof sufficient that the In-
dams are not in sympathy with the efforts
to divide their territory and allot their
lands to the railroads. The Council de-
clares that the United States have repeat
edly given the most solemn guarantees that
the political rights of the Indian nations
should never be impaired, and that the
Council is invested with power ample to
create and maintain government sufficient
for the development and prosperity of the
coniederated tribes. The statistics of the
progress Of these nations in civilization and
learning, which have been gathered by occa-
sional intelligent travellers, not suborned
by the railroads, confirm the statement of
the Council. But few Western States or
Territories can show an equally good record
as to free schools and immunity from crime.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

Although strenuously opposed to mo-
nopoly Of all kinds, some Of the labor agita-
tors of Illinois have met, resolved them
selves to be political party, and have laid
down resolutions which make the state and
state government the most remarkable mo-
nopoly on record. The state is TO operate
all transportation lines, manage all savings
banks and fire insurance companies, regu-
late all payments of wages, and do various
other things which the state has no business
to do, and which twill never do so long as a
majority of its people are fit to be out of its
lunatic asylums All this trash of these
preteuted working men, as might have been
expected, is supplemented by resolution
melting working men to armed resistance
to the authorizes whenever they are con.
fronted by the police under circumstances
similar to those of recent disturbance in
New York. The dense ignorance of the the,
DRY and practice of free government, and
the utter disregard Of public rights dis
played by these agitators, would be alarm
ing if attended with more discretion. The
lack of this quality renders them harmless
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

The congressional committee on appro-
priations are looking for leaks to be stopped
in the post Office department The commit
tee seem TO think that the estimate of 49,
100000 for clerks in post offices is too
high There is no limit fixed by law on
the number Of clerks that may be employed.
II is stated that there are over four hun
dred in the Boston Office, and much larger
number in the New York Office 1t is sus-
pected that rigid inquiry would discover
good many sinecure places, filed by men
crowded in by political influences 1t is a
curious fact that there are only seven
States where the postal service pays ex-
penses. These are New Hampshire, Mas.
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
These States yield surplus Of over 3d.
100000, and all the others create a debt
of s7,5OOO0O.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

Morrison X. Waite was confirmed by
the Senate as chief justice late Wednesday
afternoon, the whole business being done
up in an hour aud a quarter. Short
speeches were made before the vote by Sem
ators Edmunds, Sherman and Thurman, ali
Of whom endorsed the nomination SEN
ator Sumner also made a short speech, which
was mainly devoted to mpressiug upon the
Senate the Importance Of their act, with
the manifest inference, especially clear in
view of his own subsequent refusal to vote,
that action had better be postponed The
vote was unanimous, sixty.three Senators
voting in the Affirmative and none in the
negative Nine Senator'S were absent or
did not vote On the whole, the country has
reason to congratulate itself on the issue Of
this chief justice question, especially con.
sidering how discouraging has been the out
look several times within couple of months
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

1t is not often that we have to praise
an act of reader gallantry than that per-
formed by Midshipman Lucien Scott, Of the
United States steamer Alaska, on her home
ward voyage While engaged in reefng
sail, a sailor named Anderson was struck
by a block, and knocked from the maintop
into the water. In addition to a severe scalp
wound, his shoulder was dislocated by the
accident, and, the steamer going at the rate
of six or seven knots an hour, he would un.
doubtedly have drowned before boat could
have been lowered, had not Midshipman
Scott unhesitatingly sprung overheard to
his assistance Selling the drowning man,
he swan with him to life-buoy, and there
supported him till they were rescued. The
Secretary Of the Navy has very properly
complimented the gallant young Midship.
man in general order, and it is only just
that his conduct should receive general
commentator. So long as there is mate
rial Of this kind in the seryice-and there
is abundance of tive need have no fear
that the navy will not uphold the national
honor in every emergency.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

The plan of prescribing fixed courses
for ocean steamers, which has already been
adopted by the Cuuard Company, again
comes into notice, in the shape of bill on
the subject introduced in the National Sem
ate. The proposition to bring about
union Of action on the subject among the
different nations, is a highly important one,
and can hardly fail Of receiving that con-
sderation to which it is entitled.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

Abiding to the fact that the Western
and Southern members of the House Of
Representatives and Senate, at Washing
ton, are, in the main, ready to increase the
amount Of currency one hundred millions,
the Providence Journal thinks il not an
encouraging one in view of the further
fact that political power is augmenting in
those sections, and that intelligence is one
Of the factors Of free government. Says
the Journal THE world will 90 on, and
we shall come out right sometime and some
how, but these inaationists are making it
about as hard and useless road to travel
as is conceivable. If they were amenable
to argument, theory and experience would
teach them that they are not only wrong
but unjust But, if in compliance with an
ignorant demand from their constituents,
they force imitation, they will injure the
country. but will find in the end that cap
ital will reap the advantage"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

From the New York Times we CLEAN
the following statistics; From the records
of the Excise Commissioners it appears
that there are seven thousand one bundled
aud sixty eight licensed liquor saloons in
this city, which is within a small fraction
of being one for every one hundred and
thirty nine Of the entire population. This
is a most suggestive fact, deserving imme-
date and serious consideration. \ COM
munity which has this proportion Of drink
ing shops to its population may not be in
any extreme danger, but it evidently can
not afford to entirely ignore a matter which
presents so many possibilities Of evil in the
future. That people can continue pros
porous among whom drinking places multi
ply at the rate they have in New York
during recent years, cannot be asserted
from any past experience of the traffic.
The subject is one with which it is difficult
to deal in a community like this, but there
is good cause to believe that self-preserya-
ton will soon induce all classes and interests
to unite in devising some means of restric-
ton that will not be open to the objections
which have been urged to the methods of re-
dress which have heretofore been presented
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

The meeting of the House Judiciary
Committee at Washington Tuesday was
taken up in listening to the arguments Of
the woman suifragists, and the Boston Id
vertiser correspondent puts it thus, These
excellent persons come with great regularity
oncea year to make speeches before the com.
mittee to prove that the fourteenth amend.
ment to the constitution gives them the
right to vote. The committee always hears
them respectfully, and there the matter
ends. The committee are never convinced
but the suifragists are nev or discouraged >
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28
What shall n Bel

Several Of the leading journals of the
country, both Republican and opposition,
are busying themselves with speculatiops
and predictions concerning the future Of the
Republican party. This may serve a good
purpose in furnishing employment for 9TH
erwise idle and worse employed pens; but
in our judgment it is as true Of parties as
Of individuals, that their future is in their
own hands, and that they may make it just
what they will. That the great issues upon
which the Republican party was organized
have mostly passed away, with the mo-
mentous causes which brought it into being
no one will deny aud only as it has kept
pace with the march Of events, and faith.
fully met the demands Of the time, can it
reasonably hope to retain its possession Of
power The only thing which can destroy
the Republican party is either inordnate
corruption, or the development Of new issues
in which it fails to represent the people.
One great source Of its strength is in the
utter weakness and impotency Of the oppo-
stion The Democratic party, as it was, is
an utter impossibility. As between it and
the party in power the people have pro-
nouuced over and over again, aud it is
worse than idle to attempt to reverse the
judgment The only danger is within the
party itself. There are barnacles on the
ship Of state, and some Of her crew are
pirates and thieves. But as a whole the
balance is yet largely upon the right side,
and if the true friends Of the party will but
independently exercise the right and duty
offearless criticism and righteous condemna-
ton, these glazing faults will be reformed
without the necessity Of revolution.
As to the new issues which the party
must necessarily meet, and with discrim.
mating promptness, judgment and courage,
if it would lay fast hold Of the future, they
can hardly yet be said to have assumed
national proportions. No man can yet cor
rectly write out the party Of the future, or
specifically define the lines that shall divide
political parties in our country. Finance,
labor, transportation, taxation, extension Of
the suffrage, temperance, annexation, and
host of other vital questions that thrust
themselves forward for action in the i'm
mediate future-questions which now find
advocates and enemies 10 both parties, and
a full endorsement in ueither-may possibly
require recasting Of parties before the
battle shall be finally fought out. But
while it stands the Republican party in
hand to be fully awake to the coming
issues, and to meet them with courage and de-
termination--iti is none too much to say that
the Party Of the Future is not yet born.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

They wrong the memory of Agassiz
who repeat his remark that he had no time
to make money, as if it we're reflection on
those good men who bend splendid energies
to the legitimate accumulation of wealth.
Prof. Agassiz would have been sadly Grip.
pied in his work if somebody had not bad
time to make money. How every good
cause leans on the men that make money
And just now, when timely loan may save
an unfortunate neighbor from losing his
home at mortgage sale, when the gift of O
few dollars will tide an unemployed me.
chanic or sewing woman over to better
times, it is a grand good thing to have had
time and talent to make money. The
trouble with too many of us is, not that We
are too eager to make money, but that W,
are not eager enough to putt to the best uses
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

--Sovereigns of Industry is the title
of new secret organization just started
among mechanics, as sort of auxiliary to
Patrons of Husbanary, The first local or.
ganization in New England has been formed
in Springfield, Mass. What next2
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

Gen. Sherman, speaking Of the United
States forts for which appropriations we're
made last year, is reported to have said
that if he had to defend some Of them he
would 60 outside to do it. 1t would, we
Imagine, be difficult task to defend the
appropriations in many cases, more espe.
cially for some which, half century ago,
were thought to be needed on inland rivers
and lakes. The experience Of our country
in the later wars, shows that, with the
means of rapid communication and
transit available, we have no call for great
expenditures for such purposes in time Of
peace. We do not forget that Wash.
ington once counseled preparation for war
in time of peace. Our military and naval
schools are the fruit of this sentiment They
arc maintained at great cost. There is no
objection to keeping up the defensive works
on our coast line but there is no excuse now
for great outlays for interior Qualifications.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

The World and Public Ledger AL.
manacs for 1874 both announce that At
torney General Williams is Chief Justice
Of the United States. 1t is not always safe
to believe that a nomination is equivalent
10 confirmation.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

The grangers out West are gaining
much present popularity by arranging for
buying what they need in large quantities
or directly Of the manufacturers, without
the aid Of mddlemen. Indeed, in some in
stances they have bought patent rights and
set up manufactures of agricultural tools,
which they sell to members of the order
much under former prices. We wish this
may hold out, without those who have
charge of the business by and by coming a
grab on the grangers. But such co-opera-
ton has been tried time and time again, and
always with failure in the end, because the
agents Of the orders could not withstand
the temptation. Still the very trial in some
special inventions will have a tendency to
prevent extortions which are now common.
We wish consumers of farm produce, at the
other end Of the line, could so combine as to
get some of the staple necessaries on their
tables, without paying more than two profits.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28

-Cofee-drinkers will soon have grounds
for complaint. The high price Of coffee
and the continued appreciation Of values,
from week to week, is attracting the atten-
ton Of dealers. Prices arc now the high
est ever known to the trade, and there is
no immediate prospect Of decline. Cof-
fee will soon be an expensive luxury. Dur
ing the past month, a great demand having
been made for ground coifees, many Gus
toners being unable to pay the high prices
demanded for the pure article, the trade in
that department has increased, with one
leading house, fully FIVE hundred per cent
The stock Of Brazil coffee in the United
States on last Thursday, was $4,000 bags
less than year ago this time and foreign
adyicos state that the Java crop will also
be short. At the next sale Of the Dutch
Trading Company, which holds much
larger stock than at this time last year
liberal purchases are expected for the
United States, as the natural result Of the
high prices here.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-28
Senator Boutwell, on Specie Payments.

The utterances of Senator Boutwell,, OF
Massachusetts,, lately Secretary Of the Trea'
sury upon financial topics, carry with
them no little weight. lie spoke in the
Senate on Thursday, and the following is
the gist Of bis remarks lie said that the
recent financial difficulty should be re-
spected as a teacher, but not as a dictator,
and there were no reasons existing, either
now or before the panic, why there should
be any change from the financial policy
which had been pursued successfully aud
advantogcously to the country for the last
four years. The business men Of the coun-
try are in so strong a position that they do
not need any help from legislation, and the
aboring classes are the persons who have
suffered and whose interests are to be con-
siderod. Initiation of the currency would
iuaict serious and lasting evils upon them,
aud the policy Of contraction would he
thought, be equally disastrous. The coun-
try had been steadily progressing toward
specie payments, during the last four years,
and his idea is that the best financial policy
is to wait for resumption until the way
opens naturally and easily. lie did not
believe the government could resume in a
year from now, because il would be impos.
sible to accumulate or buy gold enough to
resume with. Senator Boutwell, was fol-
lowed by Senator Scburz, Of Missouri,
who said that there had already been an
imitation Of the currency, by the issue Of a
part Of the legal tender reserve, to the ex.
tent of s27,0O0,00O, and if this initiation
process went on he feared that it might be
followed by events similar to those which
occurred in New York. last September
Such disaster could only be prevented by
borrowing money to meet our expenses or
by increased taxation, and Of those two
measures he was most decidedly in favor Of
the latter.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-20

Tue Columbus Enquirer says that
since August 81, tho Columbus
factories have taken 1902 bales OF
cotiot, against 2,G4G last season
during the same time showing an
increase of l,256. If these 5000
bales had been sold in this market at
present prices, they would have
brought $40 per bale, or total of
$273, 40. They, however, were
passed through our factories, cenver-
ted into yarns and cloths, and their
value treblcd, making them worth
SS19,420, leaving net gain to
Columbus of S546,2S0. All this
money is retained in that section
The manufactures consume yearly a
little over 1000 bales.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-20

OLD friends are like old boots.
We never realize how perfectly they
were fitted to us till they are cast
aside, and others, finer and more
stylish perhaps, but cramping and
pinching in every corner, are sub
stituted. Then we are often forced
to hunt up the worn articles from
The attic where they had been
thrown, and, for little season al
least, rest our weary feet by wear
ing them. With our friends it is
the same-after trying in vain to III
ourselves to new ones, how often we
70 back with sigh of relief to the
dear people whose very faults may
sometimes have been brought about
by serving us!
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-20
The Canton. Java { london
Tea. Coffee & Snice Go.

Having met with such unprecedented success
abroad owing to the popular prices at which
they dispose Of only the rery best grades Of the
Adore articles. Having their goods direct from
the growers in the East, have just opened a
branch Office in the United States, and placed
it in charge Of Ner Hun g Choo Keing, who for
merly attended to all the purchasing in China
Java and Sumatra, and who, from his long ex-
perience in this business, is without an equal in
the world, we can sell our articles 40 per cent.
cheaper than any company in America, and
wish live man woman in every town and
village in the United States TO buy our Teas,
COTE, s and Spices, or to act as agent for their
sale. In order to offer special Inducements TO
agents, we have made arrangements with all
the railroads to transfer the immense shipments
we expect to make, at the lowest possible rates,
and we have put up sample cases containing
samples of each grade of our articles, lover
10 lbs in all worth at retail over IS, which we
will send, expressage paid, for S1.5O. Persons
receiving their money back will understand
that We have already appointed a sufficient
number in their town, aud oblige us by not cor
responding further Consumers will receive
our catalogue aud priCe-list, with sample Of
our articles, for 25cts.
Address all orders TO
H. c. KEING, Brooklyn n I.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-20
CHE gSlagIetta Aoptnal.
WHAT GRANT SAYS

: Carpet-baggers have overweight
ed the Republican party. the Presi-
dent says. and he. like wise rider,
is going to get rid Of them. :
The sooner the country and the Re-
publican party are relieved of their
bad influence the better it will be
for everybody. They have every
reason to keep open the bloody
chasm between North and South,
and, regarded in any way, they are
simply nuisances that should be
abated at the earliest moment posi-
BILE.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-20

AN ILLITERATE MILLIONAIRE -
Jas. Costello died in New York last
week, and although he could Meth
or read nor write, yet managed by
industry and natural business tact
to accumulate an estate Of over
$500, 900. He left $4,000 to buy q
burial lot, build q vault and erect q
monument to his memory, the mon
ument to cost 81, 900, and the bal.
ance Of bis estate he leaves to his
wife.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-02-20

A man not accustomed to literary
composition or letter writing, having
lost new hat at country meeting,
addressed the following note to it's
supposed possessor "Mr. A pre-
SCENTS his compliments to Mr.. B..
have got hat which is not yours,
no doubt they are the missing ones.