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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27
A Scotch Remedy.

If the late disastrous failure of the Gas.
gov bank tended to throw discredit upon
the Scotch head, the remedial measures lately
adopted certainly plead loudly in favor of
the Scotch heart. The people seem deter
mined to do all in their power to redeem
the mselves from the injury to their reputa-
ton caused by the late failure. 1t seems
that the total of the losses reached thirty
million dollars, and it was at once apparent
that under the joint stock system on which
the bank was run the unfortunate share
holders would, with scarcely any exceptions,
be ultimately ruined by the successive calls.
From day to day distressing stories of
widows and orphans reduced from compare
tive afiluence to dire want, through the crime
of the scoundrels of the bank, came to light.
Scotland could not wipe away the stain of
the crime; its hard-headed business men
did not desire to waste their sympathies or
their money upon the gang Of spectators
who played the terrific losing game of that
circle of kite-Hying" which came to so
signal an end Touched, however, by the
misery of the innocent sufferers within their
reach they resolved to alleviate it. Hence
was started unique relief fund for the ben
eft of these poor " rich people," which is
taking mighty proportions, a million and a
quarter dollars being subscribed in less than
a month. Not dollar is to go the creditors,
but by some process it is to be drafted over
to the unfortunates in handsome sums as
fast as the sufferers are discharged from
their bank liabilities through bankruptcy,
and, pending that event, in such way as
to relieve their pressing necessities. 1t is
as kindly as it is canny.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27
Legislature Of Vermont.


Monday Evening, November 25th-CoucIuded.
From general committee in favor Of 8. 49, In amend
surgery IN he State Y s cf Vernon c W. nbps ~ D
mouth moved to amend 40 that The provisions Of the b
cine in this state for two years, which was agreed TO. Ayes
passage was favored BY NJ Hubbard Of Plymouth op;
posed by Mr. Mcrrhed Of Newiane, and on the demand
taken. Ayes II nays, 7O the br passed IN
euS rnS,, VIZ VIZ proposal Of aw9e9d1eni ,o0 oo. o
sum therein named TO con- on claims
WI ~ relation TO the reform school, to COM on the
Mr. MARTIN Of Londonderry CMr. Poland Of st. Johns
usns dc third reading Of + Ts 10 BAY " O. vcascy and
g. - Eddy tho sum therein named and that the motion
the forenoon; which motion was agreed 10.
certain Offences raG he rd i @e az and pse % cos
currencc.
Prom general committee In favor Of s. 49, TO amend Sec
$, CHI 49, relating to public burial grounds md their
enlargement read the third time passed In concurrence
49, a X So relating to the treiic in Intoxicating drinks
enu We urd TIME and on motion of Mr. Iinse Of Mont
relier, the bill was ordered TO lie.
Mr SARGENT of Cornlh called H. 219, in addition TO
November 2s lS6 lie question being on the third fcading
81 me b Mt sargent moved 10 strike ont from the first
otore collected and received or" which agreed
The bill was then read the third time and passed.
From committee on claims, in favor VI $. ~, TO pay A..
warren u9ss the sum therein named read the third time
From committee on grand list, wiihou, expression Of
opinion 2g relating 10 the collection Of taxes third
From committee claims, bill, II. a. to defray the
expenses incurred under Joint resolution providing for
affairs Of the Vermont Insane Asylum the whole amount
Mr.. POLAND Of ST. Jonns6nry called up s. 2ls. pro-
Wiling FOR the mortgage Of hotel funnre third reading
Mr. POLAND of ST. Johnspury called up H. 81 to incor-
norae the South Royalton Park Association; the bill
Mr.. POLAND OF St Johnsbury called M H. a. on cleo
uon OF h town ,e,ecimeni the ei wa. dismissed.
Daniel G. Jones the sum therein namcl third reading
on motion Of Mr.. HARRINGTON Of Halifax. adj
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27
stick TO Your Farm.

Starting with the advice contained in the
aid gives some timely counsel to the agricul-
turists of the country. Trade in manufac-
tured goods is playing some queer pranks
nowadays. A man or a company may work
hard, expanding much time and money in
perfecting some article of general use, and
suddenly find that elsewhere some one has
been at the same work and can sell the re-
suits for less money. A few years ago Eng
land was the only country which manufac-
tured cotton prints for export, while the
idea Of any one competing with her in
her home markets was laughed at; but to-day
American prints are being worn by opera
tives in English cotton mills, having been
found to be prettier, better and cheaper.
Now we hear that agents of German cutters
have been to Sheffield, heretofore the ac-
knowledged centre of the cutlery trade of the
world, and sold their goods at prices which
the home manufacturers could not underbid.
Sheffield will continue TO make knives and
scissors, and no American will be foolish
enough to hope that the English print works
will be closed, but the illustrations which
we have given of the fluctuations of trade
will show the American farmer that bust
nesses which he mournfully considers more
profitable than his own are subject to draw
backs and dangers which the agriculturist
never knows. Breadstuffs and food mater
ials of every kind are always in demand, and
have tolerably uniform value the world
over. No competition, no new farming
community that may be developed, can ever
afflict farmers with lockout" such as
workers in the trades are constantly expert.
encing, nor in tremendous failures like those
which are constantly startling the CONNER
cal world. The overstocked manufacturer
cannot eat his superfluous knives or prints,
nor can the locked-out operatives dine on
his tools, but in the worst season the far
mer is sure at least of a full stomach and
roof over his head. Sensible is he if, in
stead of grumblng at his lot he makes the
best of it and realizes how, in the long run,
he is better off than many whose occasional
success he envies
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27

The British army of invasion has entered
Afghanistan, and already the noise of battle
is heard among the stupendous mountains
of the Ameer's dominions. Two or three
outposts were taken without resistance, but
soon the serious work of invasion com
menced. The advance force of the British
is reported to be forty thousand strong
smaller part of it being English soldiers,
and the main body native East Indian cav
airy and infantry.
The most important thing in connection
with this war is, of course, the attitude
of Russia. If the war be confined within
the limits of Afghanistan--if the British
shall have to confront no enemy other than
the Amer, the speedy triumph of the Brit
ish arms is assured, and the consequences
to the world will not be of serious char
acter. If the advance force of invasion
should meet with disaster, greater forces
will be fastened forward, and still greater
if necessary, until the enemy is overwhelmed
and his power destroyed.
But the British press has all along as
serted that Russia was secretly sustaining
the Ameer in his opposition to British de.
mands, and apprehensions have been ex-
pressed that the conduct of Russia would
endanger the peace between the govern
ments of London and st. Petersburg. "The
war has been forced upon us by Russian in
trigue," says the London Standard. There
is, therefore, possibility of complications
involving tremendous consequences.
As yet there is no substantial ground for
holding the cause of the Amer by force of
arms or in any other way.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27
Blocking Their Game.

1t can hardly be questioned that the recent
theft of Stewards half-decomposed body was
committed in the hope of obtaining re-
ward for its restoration, somewhat cores
ponding to the dead mans fortune. But the
conditions of the reward offered by Judge
Hilton are wisely calculated to cause those
infamous grave robbers to laugh out of the
other side Of the mouth His offer of fifty
thousand dollars for the arrest of the gang,
or ten thousand for any one of them, affords
the best possible chance for the discovery
and conviction of the criminals. II is of
course, distinct notification to all con-
cerned that the family and friends of the
deceased have resolved never to give dol
lar to the robbers for the restoration of the
remains, but to leave no means untred to
accomplish the capture and punishment of
the guilty parties. 1t will therefore be evil
dent to the thieves-frst, that they can
never realize any money out of their crime
by holding together; and, next, that they
cannot all hope to escape this determined
and unflagging pursuit 1t will simply be
a matter for them to decide, each for him
self, which shall be the first to turn states
evidence against his associates and thus not
only escape punishment, but secure a share
of the reward. Whichever of the grave
robbers studies the old adage of "honor
among thieves will be sure to find himself
before long in the felons dock with one of
his accomplces on the stand as a witness
against him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27

IN MrTIGATIoN.-The people of Vermont
owe debt of gratitude to the New York
Sun for its attempt to blunt the sharp edge
of public judgment against us on account
of the most fruitful cause Of our numerous
divorces. There is truth as well as mercy
in the explanation. 1t says: "The divorce
statistics of Vermont indicate that brutality
towards wives is on the increase, intolerable
severity on the part of husbands having
been the ground, in 1877, for no less than
70 of the 175 divorces granted Yet it is
hardly probable that so many denizens Of
the Green Mountains are lost to manly in
stincts as these figures and records would
seem to show. Divorce by collision is alto
gether too common in New England, and
in such cases attorneys do not always con-
fine themselves to facts in complaint, but
make such allegations as they think most
likely to move the court TO grant what both
parties desire and husband who has been,
perhaps, both kind and generous, but who,
for some reason or another, has consented
TO legal separation, may fluid himself de-
scribed in the divorce papers as cruel, harsh
and intolerant. Such is the probable ex-
PLANTATION of the apparent increase of bru-
tality among the husbands of Vermont"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27
The Reason OF IL.

The truth of the old adage-" uneasy lies
the head that wears crown lis being
plainly demonstrated, and the reason of 1t
becomes painfully apparent. Two attempts
on the life of Emperor William and one on
King Alfonso, all three within few months,
have been supplemented by determined
effort to assassinate the new King IIumbert,
OF Italy. During an entry in state into
Naples on Sunday, an ill-clad man rushed at
the royal carriage and endeavored 10 poniard
the King, who, drawing his sword, defended
himself, escaping with mere scratch, while
his assailant, after a struggle with Minister
Carroll, whom he wounded, was captured.
And what is his story He is a cook, out
of work he was poor and he hated the King
AS the type of wealth that did not avail
him, of power that he believed was crushing
Ilodel in Berlin and Moncas in Madrid.
IIodel was beheaded and Moncas is under
sentence of death. The Neapolitan assassin
discaims a connection with any socialist
societies. But it is obvious that all of these
crimes are the result of socialist teachings
Want pressed him; he was taught that the
King made the hard times, and, as life was
at best of little account TO him, he would
run the risk of martyrdom for the chance
of niche in history. The recurrence of
these attempts enforces attention to the
social unrest of Europe. One by one the
kingdoms and empires are sharply reminded
that there is force at work which some
time not far off will have to be reckoned
with, when not the lives of exalted persons,
but of entire governmental systems, will be
the subject Of an attack that no body-guard
can ward off.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27

GOVERNOR PRocToR's VETo,-In speak
ing of Governor Proctor's veto of the bill to
prevent the heirs of soldiers from drawing
the amounts due them from the state treas
ury after June LIST, 1870, the New York
Times well says Governor Proctor, of
Vermont, has vetoed a bill passed by the
legislature of that state TO limit the time al
lowed for the presentation of claims of
soldiers for arrears of state pay. The Gov
ernor's veto message is a capital paper, and
its temper may very properly be commended
to some of those invertebrates who think il
necessary TO apologize for having favored
the late attempt to suppress the rebellion.
The state of Vermont offered bounty TO
induce enlistments during the war the
money for this fund was collected, and the
sum of $4,000 is now due and unclaimed
on this account The legislature proposed
that no claim should be good against this
fund unless presented before June LIST, 1879
The Governor says that the money, in each
case, has belonged to the soldier ever since
he performed the service, and that the PEG
pie of the state, or the legislature, have nc
more right to it than to any other money
which falls into their hands for safe-keep
ing Some of the claims are insignificant
in their proportions, but Governor Proctor
with manly indignation, hopes that the
| time will never come when statute of limi
tation, passed after the debt is contracted
shall be thrust in the face of a soldier or hi
family TO bar an honest claim, howeye
small
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27
The Indian Question.

There are few public questions provided
with so many strings, and especially upon
which so many discordant tunes can be
played as that connected with our aboriginal
tribes. But the time is at hand when a
settled and vigorous policy must of necessity
be adopted. "The Indians fight" says Gen
eral Sherman, "because they would rather
fight than starve. They go on the war path
because the government, which has made
them paupers, does not give them enough to
eat" And doubtless he is right. Captain
Jack, of the Modocs, said he broke out be-
cause he was !" tired of eating horse" which
meant simply that the government agents,
who were supposed to supply beef to the
Modocs, found it more profitable to feed
them with the meat Of old horses.
BY such means it is no difficult matter to
get up an Indian war. It would be easy to
create revolt in almost any poorhouse on
the same terms. Starve the paupers and they
will fight, especially If they have had notice
beforehand and have been allowed to buy
firearms of the latest pattern and accumu-
late ponies for campaign. General Sher-
man remarks that the white people have use
for all the land, and there is less and less
room for the Indians every year, which is
also true. A nomadic tribe living by hunt
ing requires, as has been calculated, about
two thousand six hundred acres for each
man, woman and child to yield them com
Portable support and at this rate it is not
wonderful that the advance of the settle
ments presses on the means of subsistence
of the Indians.
The Indians are increasing in numbers,
says Colonel Mallery; and they must be
more skilfully handled, says General Sher-
man. But so long as they are forcibly ag-
gregated into tribes by the federal power,
and treated not as individuals, but as COM
munities or nations, so long they will be
abused, and, when they can no longer bear
the abuse, will fight. 1t may be good be.
ginning to get wild tribe on reservation;
but it is only a beginning, and as soon as
they are there the policy should look to get
ting them off it again. As an individual
the Indian is harmless, and will presently
become useful; but the reservation system
makes it the interest of great number OF
greedy and INSCRIPTIONS men to prevent
him from becoming an individual. We
agree with much that General Sherman
says, but the true policy with the Indians
requires that they shall be made individ-
ually self-sustaining as rapidly as possible,
and that every effort should be made to get
them off the reservations and open for them
ways for each man or family to earn an in
dividual livelihood. Instead of that, the
present system has been shamefully mis-
used to compel numbers of Indians, already
peaceably living by usefnl toll, to abandon
the homes they had made and be cooped up
on reservations. That is the grave and
fatal fault of the reservation system.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27

PHAIR.-The Albany journal says 1T
certainly looks now as if Phair would even
tually walk out of his cell, not to the gal
lows, but into the boundless air of liberty
If he does So being Yankee, he will doubt.
less know how to turn his recent experiences
10 substantial account Charles Lamb once
wrote am essay on The Inconvenience of
Being Hung and Robert Dale Owen once
dscoursed on FOOTBALLS upon the Bound
aries of Another World Either of these
themes Mr.. Phair ought to be able to handle
to the delight of lyceums, and his own bank
account. 1t is so seldom that a man comes
within hair of being hung that the pos
SCISSOR of that unique and thrilling experience
ought to be able to make good thing out
of it," Very true, the Legislature have given
the Supreme Court authority to grant Phair
a new trial But il is not so certain, after
all, that the new evidence to be produced
will be sufficient to enable Phair to walk out
into the boundess air of liberty" Perhaps
the Journal is somewhat influenced by Car
rigan's enthusiastic probabilities.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27

LEvEL-IlEADED.-The constitutional con-
vention of California has thought it well to
put the declaration into its bill of rights
that the state shall forever remain a mem
Der of the Federal Union and resist all
efforts at secession. This clause was warmly
opposed by number of ardent advocates Of
state rights doctrine. A proposal to take
the pardoning power from the governor and
vest it in board, to be composed of the
governor, the attorney general and the chief
justice of the court of last resort, was voted
down, aud the same disposition was made
of motion to give the Legislature the power
of determining what pardons shall be
granted. The pardoning power was left
where it has been-entirely within the dis
erection of the governor. Some of the dele
gates have INDUCED in little stationery
steal, drawing much more than there can be
any possibility of using, but they have been
badly tripped by the passage of resolution
to print the names of the members with the
amount furnished to each. They think ii
too bad that they should be required to 60
into unpleasant explanations before their
constituents about so small matter.