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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08


From the evidences which pour in upon us
on every hand it would seem as II it were
fast becoming possible to answer the old
time query of the halfstarved English Ia
borer, and fir The date of the "good time
coming" That this golden period is fast
dawning upon our country, there is the best
OF reasons for believing. The first tangible
evidence of its sure approach was found in
the rapid appreciation of railroad stocks,
which went bounding up as they felt the in
SEPARATION of the magnificent crops which
have crowned the year. The tide has even
reached the roads of our own state, which
are now crowded to the utmost limit Of
their capacity, relay of workmen being re-
quired to keep the rolling stock in constant
use. Next, and almost as by magic, the
vast iron and steel interest of the country
was quickened into lively activity, its pro-
auctions having increased in value from
twenty-five to thirty per cent within the last
two months. This was followed, or rather
accompanied, by reports that the city mark
cts were thronged with purchasers of goods
from all sections of the country, and that
there was promise of a fall trade larger and
better than any enjoyed since the war. And
finally the genius of prosperity seems to
have penetrated to the very foundation of
all our interests, and laid her magic wand
upon the products of the soil
But the chief sources of our prosperity
are doubtless traceable back of all this, TO
the incoming tide of European trade. The
millions upon millions of European gold
which arrive almost every week in New
York tell cheerful story. Thus France
sends us her gold, England hers, Ger
many hers, and in different proportion the
smaller countries from Italy to Belgium. 1t
is wonderful to find these streams of gold
from Europe pouring into the Golfers of
great gold-producing people; but still more
noteworthy is the fact that our country, as
lesson forced upon her by the hard times,
has so extended and perfected her manu-
| features, aud also restricted her wants, that
Europe can no longer pay us for the grain,
the beef, the mutton, the pork, she must
take from us, in the productions of her
handicraft but must send over the hard
cash she has stored away. And the very
gold with which Europe is now flooding our
markets will serve to stimulate new manu-
features that will increase yet more our in
dependence of her workshops, and to open
new grain lands which will so largely in
crease our yield OF grain, and consequently
so cheaper it, that in few years it will be
as Improbable to raise wheat in France or
England as it has come to be in our own
Eastern states.
And one of the most hopeful features of
the new era of prosperity which seems
dawning upon our country is the one which
most strongly marks its contrast with the
flush times which accompanied the war
The latter was a mania of speculation, based
on an inflated currency, while the present is
based on foundation of solid gold-thanks
to Secretary Sherman and the Republican
| party.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

The GREAT HUMBUG.-The Providence
Journal speaking of the recent walking
match in New York, says " Altogether the
exhibition afforded more thorough exem-
pli6cation than any before of the demorali-
cation into which professional pedestrianism
is falling. The gambling element was su-
premei 'book-makers occupied the chief
places and hundreds of thousands of dollars
were placed at hazard with them; trainers
were tempered with; startling stories of
impending breaking down of competitors
were posted personal injury to men on the
track was attempted, aud the oder of trick
cry, fraud and dishonesty pervaded the
whole affair." 1t would be gratifying to be
able to believe that the disgraceful expert
ence will not be repeated"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08
NAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1879.
Worlds Medical Convention.


The city journals bring us the proceed
ings of the sixth international medical con-
vention, which closed at Amsterdam on the
10th ult. There was a very large gathering
Of distinguished medical men from all parts
Of the world But disagreeabe feature
was that the Germanic and the Latin repre-
sentatives did not work together. When a
German lectured and the proceedings were
held in the German language, there were no
French present, and when French was the
language of the session, no Germans APP
peared. Thus, Professor WICKLOW Of Berlin
delivered two powerful and splendid lectures
before almost empty benches DIR. Lester of
London was one of the chief lions Of the
congress. At all the banquets and during
all the excursions he received ovations
The thousands of wounded persons and those
who have undergone surgical operations in
the past twelve years, since the universal
adoption Of his method of antiseptic dress
ing, have spread his fame far and WIDE
Professor Vuchow gave one lecture on his
recent discoveries in ancient Troy. Dr.
Verneuil, surgeon at the Hospital de la
Pitie in Paris, delivered several interesting
lectures upon scrofula, alcoholism, diabetes
etc. M. Marcy gave an account of the most
recent discoveries relative to the circulation
of the blood in the heart and its vessels
DIR. Sayre of New York exhibited an APP
paratus for healing osseous affections of the
spinal column. There was tremendously
long discussion on Brights disease. Hygiene
was also discussed for several days, and the
vast progress made in it in the last four
years was dwet upon by Senator Palasciano
of Naples, Drs, Drysdale and Van Houten,
Piccinini and Lucas Championnere, Mako
witch and others. The doctors in council
were treated with great hospitality by the
Dutch. The next congress will be held in
Edinburgh in 1881.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

TIMELY WARNISG.-Professor Swing of
Chicago may be questioned as to the sound
ness of his orthodoxy, but that he has level
business head some of his recent utterances
prove most conclusively. He wisely remarks
that it will be great mistake and great
misfortune if the return of good times shall
bring back the old fervor for property and
adventure which made mortgages among
the most popular things of the day. snort
cages" he adds, ARE pestilence and debts
are regular cholera. Estates die under
them. Churches sicken and have to be sat
up with at night; individuals pine away
wives and children become disheartened in
the mortgage season, and the financial grave
digger is busy day and night. Swamps and
dirt houses were the black death Of Europe
debts are the plague of America"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

The ExoDUs.-The exodus of the negroes
from the South still continues and extends
throughout the entire section. Over one
hundred respectable colored citizens of North
Carolina have sent an agent to Washington
to obtain aid of the National Emigrant Aid
Society TO move to some of the Western
states. They complain that they suffer seri.
GUS hardships from state laws which virtu.
ally keep them in bondage. The common
road law requires every man in the coun-
ties between the ages Of eighteen and forty
five TO work on the roads not less than ten
days each year aud as many more as the
county supervisors may require. This work
is nearly all put upon the colored people.
The "landlord and tenant act requires
that the farm rent shall be paid in advance
Of the sale or consumption Of the crop, and
causes great hardship The mortgage sys-
tenn is used TO Cypress them. Colored farm
laborers get only six dollars month on
which to support their families, and there il
very little TO induce them TO remain in the
land of their former bondage. Whether
they can improve their condition by remov
ing north is, of course, problematical, but
that they can be in any worse situation than
they now are may well be doubted. There
are several classes of slavery, and il is some
! thing of a question whether the last A" bond
age" of the negro of the South is not fully
| equal 10 that OF ante-war times.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

OPPOSES BIENNIAL SEssIoNs.-General
Joseph r, Hawley publishes in the Hartford
Courant over his own name, letter on the
proposed amendment of the Connecticut
constitution, by which biennial instead OF
annual sessions of the legislature will be
the rule. General Hawley says the two
arguments in favor of the change are, that
it will save some money and that we shall
have less legislation and annoyance aud gen
eral expense" Says the general, the desire
to avoid trouble and expense may be car
ried to an extreme in popular government.
The assumption that infrequent elections
mean good government and quiet time,
he does not accept, say; g that the result
would be government by .gs, cliques and
monopolies. He appeals to the history OF
his state, and urges the advantages which
the town meeting system yielded to the
whole people. He does not believe that the
state suffers from too much law-making,
and, as a believer in the democratic theory
of government, opposes the change proposed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

FILIAL DEvoTIoN.-The German emperor
still tenderly cherishes the memory of his
mother. the lovely Queen Louisa. The rooms
which she occupied in the castle of Konigs-
berg are by his special desire kept reli'
giously in nearly the same order in which she
left them, aud are reserved for his private
use. When Louisa took refuge with her
children, after the battle of Jena, in mill
on her way to Konigsberg, she wrote on a
window pane with the diamond in her ring
the touching line in which Goethe speaks
of the eating of bread with tears. The glass
bearing the inscription was long cherished
by the family of the miller, until he, in dy
ing, bequeathed it to the emperor.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

MAN VERSUS HoRsE.-The Milk River
massacre by the Ute Indians gives an oppor-
tunity to compare the speed of man with
that of horse, at long distance. Rankin,
the scout who took the news from the place
of ambush to Rawlins, made the distance,
one hundred miles, on horseback, in twenty.
four hours. He probably had anything but
smooth country through which to ride.
Whether he was able to change horses does
not appear. Life or death to the little band,
who were intrenched, depended on his speed,
aud he doubtless did his best. Rowell, the
winner of the Ashley belt, made last week,
on smooth track and under the most ia
vorable circumstances, just one hundred aud
twenty-seven miles in the same length of
time. Hazael, in the London match, ran
one hundred and thirty-seven miles in twenty
four hours, and in the velocipede contest
last spring the elder De Noielle rode two
hundred and seventeen miles in twenty-tour
hours.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08
Under Which King?

Some of the Republicans of New York,
undeterred by the folly of their political OPP
ponents, seem determined to throw away the
chance which is given them this year of
winning substantial victory and securing
the political control of the largest and most
important integer of our federal union. A
certain number of kid-gloved "young Re
publicans," mostly denizens of New York
city, have issued an address to the voters of
the state, the import of which is that the
Republican nominees for governor and canal
| commissioner belong to different order of
beings from themselves, and on that account
their names should be scratched from the
Republican ticket, thereby perpetuating
Democratic misrule. This course, if success
full, would give a very respectable boom :"
to the Democrats in the next national cam
paign, and its folly can only be compared to
that of the man who cut off his head because
| his teeth ached.
The fight in New York is purely per-
| sonal one, and the candidates of the Repub-
lican party there are exceedingly wholesome
when compared with those of their OPP
ponents. In duly-caled convention of
Republicans the party indicated in the plain
est and most positive terms that it desired
as candidate for governor, Mr.. Cornell.
No charges are made that the convention
was unduly influenced, or that Mr. Cornell is
an unworthy standard bearer. He has had,
to be sure, some misunderstanding with Mr..
Curtis, the editor of Harper's Weekly, and
he is friend of Senator Conkling, neither
of which crimes are so atrocious as to war
rant the delivery of the state, and possibly
that of the country, into the hands of the
Democrats.
The fact is, the Republican party stands
to-day facing solid Democratic South, and
it is only by closing up its ranks, and by
vigorous work, that its success can be Sc
cured. And these gentlemen who are SC
actively opposed to Mr.. Cornelrs election
and are seeking to betray the party, are
really the worst enemies which the Repub
lican organization has to encounter.
But while these so-called reformers seen
disposed to bolt the Republican ticket, wha
do they offer us in its placer The bare ssu,
in that state is whether the Republicans O
Democrats shall win. These reformers seen
to think that their success lies in Repub
lican defeat and Democratic ascendency
There is no other issue, if their policy sue
ceeds. We think the Republicans of New
York are made of sterner stuff than to b.
hoodwinked by any such subterfuge.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

Kicks BAcK.-SamuelJ j. Tilden, it seems,
has again stirred up political hornets nest
in the South by suggesting that the outrages
in that sunny land have increased the diff.
iiculty Of Democratic success in 1880. Mr..
Tilden doubtless tells the truth, but this noted
dissembler is seldom so frank in his declar-
ations. We may be sure, however, he has a
purpose, and it is limited that purpose is To
head off the growing sentiment of the North
that the Republican party must be supported
to stop those outrages. He wants to make
it appear that the northern wing of the Dem
ocratic party is opposed to them that voters
of Independent proclivities may not become
alienated. He hopes to do this with such diplo
macy as would not fill the South with wrath
against him. We presume it will becom,
reconciled to his implied Gliding in time, a,
it did way back in 1876 when he, for polit
ical effect, declared against paying Southern
claims. But Mr.. Tilden has worse thinl
than the effervescent wrath of the South I,
meet, aud that is his own record in Tn,
cipher dispatch business, and the record o
his party during the extra session.. That i
what has filled many good Democrats with
disgust
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

NEW RAILROAD CoMPANY.-A new rail.
road company has been organized at Boston
under the state laws for the extension OF
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
through the valley of Sonora, and over
three or four hundred miles of Mexican
territory to the port of Guaymas on the
Gulf Of California, thus furnishing another
through line to the Pacific. The company
is composed mostly of Boston capitalists
and ample grants and concessions have been
obtained from the Mexican government
Benjamin p Cheney is president.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

INDIAN FIGHTING.-The long expected
serious difficulty with the Ute Indians has
begun with an attack upon government
troops on Milk River, Colorado. The as
sault was made by several hundred savages
at noon on Monday of last week while the
troops were on the march to the Ute agency.
A desperate engagement of eight hours en-
sued, the troops being forced back on their
wagon train with the loss of the com
mander, Major Thornburgh, and sixteen
men, with fifty wounded. The savages are
reported to have lost heavily in the fight
AT nine p. NJ, the troops maintained their
position, and were preparing for an attack
at daylight. Reinforcements under General
Merritt were pushed forward to their relief
from various points, and it is hoped they
may arrive in season to rescue the unfortu
nate command from its perilous situation
A report is current that Indian Agent
Meeker and family and all his employe:
have been murdered and the agency build
ings burned, but the rumor lacks confrma
ton. 1t also stated that Assistant Post
master-General Tyner and Governor Hoy
of Wyoming are at present with Thorn
burgh's command at the scene of operations
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08
Massachusetts, ProhibItionists.

Rev. DIR. Eddy, in letter to the prohib-
itory state committee, accepts the guber-
material candidacy, and gives as one reason
for the step that there is no hope Of an
election. The doctor concludes his letter
as follows "The platforms of other parties
ignore or evade prohibitory issues, and their
candidates are silent in the presence of the
greatest wrong known to men. The pro-
hibitory party stands as the Christian mems
protest against the debauchery which must
result legitimately from the liquor traffic,
against the licensing Of crime, by which the
state assumes the guilt and takes upon itself
the infamy, and the hopelessness OF the mi
nority in which you stand, makes your pro-
test more sublime. The duty Of the pro-
hibtionists is to hold firm, and push public
opinion up to the higher standard of public
conscience, until the great temperance sem
timent now existing in the other parties
shall assert itself, be heard and manifested
and cause party leaders to make prohibition
the policy of the state. That our vote is
small does not make it less important. A
vote cast for principle always counts. An
overwhelming majority is thrown away, I'M
less something beyond mere party success
is secured.
ITO side with truth IA noble
When we share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause brings fame and profit
And Ills prosperous TO be Just.
Then II is The brave man chooses,
While the coward stands aside
Doubling In his abject spirit
Till his Lord IA crucined,
And the multitude make virtue
OF the faith they have decried."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

Or the war waged between man and beast In
India the yearly statistics are once more pub
lished, and 1t would seem that during 1877 the
slaughter was terrible. Nineteen thousand six
hundred and ninety-6ve people were killed
forty-six by elephants, $40 by tigers, 200 by leop
ards, eighty-ive by bears, 56i by wolves, twenty
four by hyenas, 1,iSO by other wild animals, and
1911 by snakes fifty-three thousand cattle,
moreover succumbed in the fight On the other
side, under stimulus of reward amounting u
more than 10000 q, s5i wild beasts and i27, POI
snakes have been killed. large total in itself
but small when the losses man and domestic an
finals have sustained are taken into consideration
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

IRISH LAND RESTs.-The agitation for
reduction of land rents is beginning to
convulse Ireland. Four county meetings
were held on Sunday last-one at Cork,
where nearly 10000 people were assembled ;
one at Marlborough, in Queens county,
which attracted $4,000 one at Dunmore, in
Galway, that was attended by 10000 per-
sons, and the fourth at Ballinrobe, in Mayo.
This geographical division shows that the
south, center and west of the country are
pretty well impregnated with the views that
the anti-rent agitators have been preaching.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

The SECRET OF IT.-The grand secret of
the extensive Democratic bolt in New York
is brought out in the following sentence
from the New York Sun; Put Mr.. Robin
son once more in the governors chair, and
the Democracy OF New York, or at least
that part of it which always stands by the
regular nominations, becomes solid for Til
den, aud the delegation from New York in
the National Democratic Convention Of
next year will vote for Tilden as the candi
date Of the party, and for nobody else"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

CRoP REpoRTs.-Our reports for the
month of September show that there is a
slight falling off in the yield of wheat tor
this year in New England, but decided i'm
provelnent in the Middle aud South Allan.
tic states. Potatoes as returned September
LIST show slight decline in the New Eng
land states. Buckwheat promises well, and
in New York and Pennsylvania the average
is high. The sorghum returns show the
condition of the crop is ninety five this year
as against eighty-iour last year.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

BALLOON Losr.-Professor Wise, who has
made hundreds of successful ascensions,
made an ascension from Lindell Park in St.
Louis last week, accompanied by George
Burr, cashier Of the St. Louis National Bank,
and has not siuce been heard from. The
balloon took northeasterly direction toward
Chicago, and it is supposed they are drowned
in Lake Michigan-the fate which overlook
Professor Donaldson few years ago.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

In the old family Bible OF the late Chief Justice
Chase appears the following entry " Born; Catha-
rine Jane Chase, second daughter Of S, P. C. and
L. A. c., born August 18th, 1870 The babe is
pronounced pretty ! think quite otherwise. II
is, however, well formed, and am thankful
May God give the child good understanding tina,
she may keep his commandments
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

CONNECTICUT ELEoTIoN.-On Monday
last the people of Connecticut voted on the
constitutional amendments providing for
biennial elections for the legislature and ex-
tending the term of Office of the judges of
the supreme and superior court to the AGE
OF seventy-fve years. and they were both
overwhelmingly defeated. The town cleo
tions, held at the same time, show decided
increase for the Republicans.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

Mrs. GRANT was presented with a bouquet
while In San Francisco composed Of the flowers
indigenous to the various countries she passed
through in her tour round the world, placed in
regular order, starting from Philadelphia and end
ing with San Francisco, The bouquet-holder, five
inches long, was Of pure California gold, and in
laid with quartz and collection Of other metals
| found on the Pacific coast
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

"OLD TECUMsEH."-It seems that Presi-
dent Hayes and General Sherman had a
lively time at Hannibal, Missouri, on their
recent Western trip. They arrived at the
depot at ten o'clock P. NJ, and were rudely
assailed by a crowd of roughs with jeers and
abusive shouts. The president appeared on
the platform of the car, but, upon observing
the character of those present, retired within.
General Sherman then appeared, and, being
called ON for speech, said
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-08

boys, am General sherman My home In st. Louis
and expect to live and die In state. This glorious
state rich In everything tint TO make communities
prosperous and happy but tell you that there
Is God In heaven. the day Will come and ere long
when Missouri will be peopled by ladies and gentlemen,
who will not insult the president OF the United when
right right know your state and have travelled
II IN every conceivable direction aud tell that
children Will be the richest In these United States. Cries
OF Hayes Hayes, want to Hayes.c The president
after the treatment he received You Insult the
president OF the United States and insult
fon bet We know you'll nghtlb II you Will promise
TO be- respectful will the president, and think he will
come out 10 you again. (Ces of three cheers fol-
General shermanlD Never mind boys, cheering for
Just treat the president respectfully when he and
you'll please me best"