Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-06-02
Editorial Notes.

come TO grief, and no ono on the outside VIII
mourn thereat. The grasshopper scare did
not avail II was a dodge altogether too
transparent Within four days the tumble
in prices has resulted in a loss of nearly half
q million dollars. lleartless spectators in
the prime necessaries Of life get little sympa-
thy when they find themselves in a corner
BosroN's ex-schoo superintendent, John
ID. Philbrick, has been engaged by the ma
| tional bureau Of education to assist in ar
ranging for the exhibition Of New England
states in the educational department Of the
Centennial exposition at Philadelphia. lie
has also been appointed agent of the Massa-
chusctts board Of education, aud will enter
upon this service as soon as he has fulfilled
his former engagement
A DRENcmNG rain seems to have done
the business for the grasshoppers in Mis-
souri, and the people are so grateful that
they want the governor to modify his pro-
clamatiou for a day Of fasting aud prayer and
make it one Of thanksgiving. But then 1t
will not do the people Of Missouri any harm
to fast and pray for one day. and the COVER
nor, who is conscious of the fact will proba.
bly, let the fast proceed
Tue Mexican congress has passed law
restricting the powers Of the supreme court
relative to elections which it is feared will
introduce new element Of discord in public
affairs. 1t is reported that the insurgents
in Michoacan have met with reverses, but in
San Luis Potosi they have defeated the fed
eral troops. The relations between Mexico
and Guatemala are becoming delicate on the
boundary question, and Guatemala is pre-
pairing to fight.
JAMES LICK is an eccentric individual.
His old ncighbors represent him as leading
an isolated and cynical life. Severely par
simonious, he yet has streaks Of queer cx-
travagancc. A Touring mill near San jose,
which, with adjoining land he gave the
Paine Memorial Hall of Boston, was built
by him with slow andextensive painstaking.
The inside was partially lined with ma
hogany and on the top Of the building aud
about the grounds were placed numerous
dove-cotes, his tribute Of sympathy for his
poor animal relatives.
MATT CARrENTER defies his critics. Hav-
ing appeared in defence Of the whiskey-ring,
he has been roundly censured, and, in re-
Spouse thereto, he publishes card in which
he announces that he is practising law, and
regards it as a duty to accept retainers in all
cases, civil or criminal, and concludes: 81
shall, therefore, accept the duty Of defend
ing such persons, charged with any offence
as may wish to employ me, whether charged
with larceny, perjury, forgery, murder, or
treason; and my present impression is
though should want more time to consider
it-that | should even defend an editor sued
for libel"
TIM very rapid increase of silver coinage
within a short time causes some treasury Of
ficers to think that the secretary win begin
paying out silver in lieu of fractional cur
rency before the meeting of congress in De-
cember 1t is estimated that by the last of
June Che end Of the present fiscal year,
there will be about six million dollars in sill
yer coin in the treasury, and that by the first
of September there will be fully ten mil
lions. With this amount it is believed that
the secretary will feel that he can safely be.
gin to put into operation the law authorizing
silver coin to be paid out and the fractional
currency withdrawn.
LITTLE MABEL YoUNG, the victim of
Sundays tragedy at Boston, died Monday
evening of last week. 1t appears that riper,
who is charged with the murder, was in the
habit of enticiug little children into the
church for some purpose best known to him
self. A few weeks ago a little girl named
Florence LELAND, daughter of highly re-
spectacle family residing near the church,
told her parents that Piper asked herup into
the belfry with him TO see the pigeons.
Some time last fall little daughter of Rev.
3. Wright informed her mother that she
was afraid of him. Several other children,
mostly little girls, have made similar com.
plants about Piper to their parents and the
officers.
A New PUNISHMENT NEEDED,-The de-
falcation of Jackson, the Boston lawyer will
have the tendency, for time, at least, to
still further weaken mans confidence in his
fellows. jackson was regarded as a man of
uuquestioned financial soundness. lie was
reputed to be very wealthy, and appeared in
fact to occupy place somewhat above and
Independent Of ordinary business and none
tary fluctuations. Hence charitable and
other societies selected him as safe custo-
dian of their funds, and individuals in hum
BILE life deemed their hard earned savings
more secure in his hands than in the vaults
of the savings banks. His delinquency i.
therefore more serious and wide-reaching in
its effects than any recent lapse in the bust
ness world. Some special and exceptional
punishment ought to be devised for man
who would thus filch the scanty earnings OF
the poor and give the lie to every principle
of honor and Of good faith among men,
INTERNATIONAL CoNvENTIoN.-Th in
ternational convention of the Young Men,
Christian Association has just been held al
Richmond, Va. Thursday was chiefly spent