Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Notes and Notions.

PHILADELPHIA Bulletin; Garcelony prett,
nearly rhymes with Larceny but not quite
It's crime that nothing rhymes with"
GENERAL GRANT is taking trip through
the southern states almost as triumphal a.
was Sherman's, but Of quite different char
acter He is now in Florida.
The excited state Of feeling in Maine may
be inferred from the unaniinity with which
the clergymen Of the state are denouncine
the outrage. There has been nothing like
it since April, 1861.
Mr.. GLADSTONE, in speech at Edin.
burg recently, appealed to the women to
take their part in the approaching political
contest, and 30 help avert further bloody
and useless wars in Asia and Africa.
GOVERNOR GARcELoN and Representa-
tive Fry, of Maine, are brothers-in-law, and
the governors daughter in spending the
winter in Washington with Mr.. Frye's
family. But Mr.. Frye denounces the usurpa-
ton all the same.
HE AlOubTtdi DtV lil0hS NDhb IL ~ nttu-
less extravaganza to maintain cabinet of
thirteen ministers for less than 100000
souls in Canada, while nearly 50000000 peo-
pie in the United States get along with only
seven cabinet ministers.
AN ex-confederate presented General
Grant, at Philadelphia, with table of solid
fr,lI foa a., 80 h. Ill f,oh;anol
hogany comfortable on which Grant and
Lee signed the terms Of the surrender of the
rebel army at Appomattox Court House.
THE Boston Pilot calls attention to the
rapid increase of Roman Catholic dioceses
in this country. During the reign of Plus
TX, thirty new dioceses were created in the
United States. There are now sixty-one
dioceses. At the opening of the century
there was only one.
CONGRESSMAN AIKEN OF SOUTH CARO-
LIMA" am amazed at the opposition pre-
sented by southerners to this negro exodus.
Why not let them go2 If they remain in
the south there is no development, no ad-
vancement, no accumulation of wealth by
the toiling farmers or laborers."
New YORK Sun: Before congress ad-
jourDed for the recess, no fewer than thirty
two bills had been introduced in the house
of representatives tiukering at the tariff
There will probably be quite as many added
after the recess and then if two out of the
whole number become laws, it will be re-
markable success in legislation"
THE Greenback organ at Washington con-
cludes a long condemnation Of the Maine
outrage as follows "The present National
party was created to purify the ballot box
from fraud and the just odum of doubtful
election returns just such as these, aud in
Maine National governor will be elected, if
at all, by just the means which the party
was created to condemn and avoid. We
would ask in all candor can the party afford
to bear this burden ?"
BosToN Aduertiser: "Apropos of the reso
lutions adopted at the indignation meeting
at Fort Fairfield, Maine, that Mr.. Brown, a
member of the executive council, who re-
sides in that town is unworthy of conf
dence, socially, politically and morally VT
may remark that the president of a promi
nent insurance company of this city desired
the other day that list of the councillors
might be published He declared that he
would not insure their property on any
terms, as they were men not to be trusted"
THE New Testament company of the
American Bible revision committee held
their last meeting on Friday and Saturday,
December Goth and 9th, and finished the
second revision of the Book of Revelation.
In their next meetings they will consider
the final action of the British Company on
their work. 1t is expected that the revised
New Testament will be finished and pub.
lished by the English University presse,
during the year 1880, which is the fifth
semi-centennial of the publication Of Wick
liffe's Bible, the first complete translation OF
the Old and New Testaments into the Eng
lish language. The Old Testament com
pany, at their last session, revised for the
the first time the translation of the Book OF
Job to chapter eleventh, fourteenth verse.