Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-17

three swine being slain by the fall oil Il
shed.
A freight train on the Boston, Hoosac
Tunnel and Western railroad narrowly es-
capped being wrecked, recently, at North
Pownal, by an open switch, which was
carelessly left in that condition by the
foreman of gang of men who were
working on the main track. Inc calaml-
ty was averled. however, by James Cong
don, lad of fifteen or sixteen years, who
took in the situation at glance as ne was
coming down the track in an opposite d.
rection. He rushed and shut the switch
just as the forward wheels of the engine
struck the frog.
The Boston Post believes in cremation,
if we may judge by recent article on that
subject. 1t sees nothing repelling in the
idea of cremation that does not appear in
the idea of burial: 1--WE entrust our dead
to that pure and rosy light, the relort is
closed; in Il couple of hours the work is
done, and what remains is among the
purest of material substances. There is
no dull. depressing rattle OF clods upon
the coffin lid, seeming to shut out hope;
there can enter into our thoughts in con
nection with this method none of the
CHASTITY pictures of the charnel house
which will force themselves upon us fresh
from the graves of our friends. If we
believe in symbols, and it is pleasant to do
so, what SO typical of the resurrection and
1 to t,.t .
the time is near when every city will be
provided with its crematory. From the
standpoint of sentiment or public benefit
or economic considerations the superiority
of this method appeals to us, rs we think
it will to all who look at it without first
taking counsel Of their prejudices.'
The Springlie Republican, says: A
prominent man in New York of national
reputation, whose name would carry
weight in Massachusetts if we were to
give it. writes rs follows of the Edmunds'
movement: Il have met Il good many
well informed persons from all parts Of
the country within the last week who be-
lieve that our friend Edmunds is more
than possibility in the. coming presiden-
tial contest. have neglected no oppor-
unity to talk with the right kind of men
on the subject, and am greatly gratifed to
find that there is II general feeling favor
able to him us II compromise candidate,
while many prefer him rs first choice. 1t
is feared that the vote of Vermont alone
may not be strong enough to keep him
alloat in the convention until a break in
the line of ether candidates shall occur
but if his friends could manage to give
him the vote of Massachusetts or even
part of it, with few scattering votes from
one or two other New England states, he
would be just in the right position for final
success. Can't this be done?" We say
yes, it can and will be by the grace of
God and the patriotism of Massachusetts
republicans.
CAMERON CoNTIDENT.-Washngton adj
vices say that Senator Cameron remarked
Friday that he was very much annoyed at
the repeated publications and at the little
anonymous paragraphs that were continu-
ally appearirg in newspapers in regard to
his views and position on the presidential
question. He had but one position, had
never expressed but one opinion and did
not think he should find it necessary to
change either. Without attempting to
deny in detail every struggling paragraph
purpOrting to express his views, he would
,,v pnrn1lu md Al,
favor of Grants nomination to the presi-
dency and had no second choice. Ills con-
tidence that Grant would be nominated on
the first ballot was as strong as human
confidence could be, and he believed that
the contest would be practically settled
long before the convention met at Chicago.
Maine and Ohio might cast complimentary
votes for their lavorite sons, but enough
states would go there instructed for Grant
to make IL contest useless, and he antici-
pated that the first ballot would carry
nearly all the states for Grant. Senator
Cameron said that he had never thought
for II moment, or listened to suggestion,
us 10 what he would do if Grant were out
of the way, because such an event was
impossible. Nothing hut death could |
prevent Grants nomination now. Senator
Cameron hoped that this pain expression
of his views would not be misunderstood |
to mean anything except that he was
confident of Grants nomination and |
founded his confidence upon in formation
that was not all known to the pu bic.
CHINESE SERVANT GIRLS. james Red
path, in letter to the Independcm on he
anti-Chinese disturbance in San Francisco,
gives the following version of the Chinese
servant girl question, as coming from the
lips of prominent ladies here, who are
evidently not in sympathy with the cry
that "thc Chinese must go" 1t indicates
that the housekeepcrs of San Francisco
have preference for Chinese help:
THE Chinese said two ladies, both
the daughters of an American clergyman
and sisters of II noted phianthropist, also
il clergyman" the Chinese first made
home life in San Francisco possible for
people OF moderate incomes. None but
rich people could have kept house without
them. We should all have been compelled
to live in hotels. Eastern people complain
about the difficulty of getting decent help;
bat they have no conception of what we
had to endure in San Francisco until the
Chinese relieved us from the tyranny of
Bridget. The Irish girls were of the most
uneducated class, and SO insolent that they
never hesitate to abuse and defy the ladies
of the house. They came and went Just
AS 1t pleased them, and charged from
twenty-five to forty.iive dollars Il month.
Inc real secret of this cutlery against the .
Chinese is that the Catholic church can no
longer levy tax on every Protestant
family OF live dollars a month, which used
to be added to the Irish girls wages; and
the Irish girls openly avowed it. One
Chinese servant will do twice the work of
an Irish girl, and he is always cleanly
truthful, honest and obliging."
SUPERABUNDANCE OF DocroRs.-AtI {
the seventy-third annual commencement
OF the college of physicians and surgeons
in New York recently, Dr. Alonzo Clark, ,