Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-25
Notes and Notions.

THE Butterflies boosted that he would
gobble up the Republican state convention.
Result Whole number of votes /, 12i But
Ter, of Lowell, 2
THE total mortality in the South from
yellow fever has now reached nearly six
thousand. The number of deaths each day
is steadily growing smaller, and the disease
is no longer spreading to new localities.
MoRMoNIsM, however disgusting in some
of its features, has one item in its creed that
might well be adopted by other sects, viz ::
" An idle or lazy person cannot be Chris
tian neither have salvation" No comfort
for tramps in that
SENATOR CoNKLrNG, it is said, will soon
make hard.money speech of the most pro-
nounced sort. He ought to have made it in
the Senate long ago. but was too busy fight
ing Hayes and looking after the machine"
But better late than never.
Now that the political pot is boiling, per-
haps Abraham Lincoln may be allowed to
drop in a word. Here it is: "Tf ever this
free people, if this government itself is ever
utterly demoralized, it will come from this
human wriggle and struggle for ofice--that
is, way to live without work.
THE Tribune says Every honest man is
taking comfort in the thought that the re.
sumption act will go into effect before the
Congress to be elected this fall gets together.
There are sufficient barricades in the Senate
and in the White House to hold the Decem-
Der session of the present Congress in check"
MATT CARPENTER says that Hayes is a
goody, psalm-singing sort of a man." Some
people would like him better, perhaps, if he
was swearing man, fond of the songs that
men sing over their cups. But the sober
minded people of this country are not
ashamed to be told that their President
prays and sings psalms.
A PETITION will be presented to the next
legislature of New Hampshire, and strong
effort be made to pass law restricting rail
roads to passenger charges of two cents a
mile, as in New York and the petitioners
claim that the Boston, Concord & Montreal
tariff is outrageously high. The local rates
are six and seven cents a mile.
THE Comptroller of the currency states
that the total losses to creditors of all ma.
tional banks during the last sixteen years
upon S500,000,000 capital and 100000, 600
deposits is estimated not to exceed S6,50O,.
600, an amount probably not equal to the
losses which have fallen upon creditors of
savings banks and state banks during the
past year.
WHAT will be done by the democratic dem
ocrats of Massachusetts, in Faneuil Hall to-
day is of course as yet unknown; but We
know that the men who were robbed Of
their right of assembly last week are the
strong and true men of the democratic party
They have already passed the Rubicon, and
we predict that the report of their artillery
will be heard all along the lines.
GEORGE B. ARNOLD, of South Bend. Ind.
had his watch stolen nine years ago. He
valued it because it had been in his family
for generations. He had almost forgotten
his loss, when neighbor of his returning
from visit to Three Rivers, Canada
brought the watch with him. He said h,
met an old Irishman named Dorosis, who
gave him the watch to be returned to tn,
owner. In going to the priest to be absolved
Dorosis had been obliged to confess th'
theft of the watch, and from that time OF
had been looking for some one from Soutl
/ Bend by whom to send it. The confessional
worked well in that case, surely.