Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Notes and Notions.

given them in this generation.
Notes and Notions.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS last week re.
| sumed his old position as chairman of the
Richmond county, New York, Republican
committee, which he resigned last fall when
he refused to support Governor Cornell.
PROFESSOR SUMNER of Yale said at the
| close of recent lecture, with reference 10
President Hayes administration adams
administration was the purest one in the
history of this country, excepting the pres.
emit one."
AN important decision has just been rem.
dered by the Massachusetts, supreme court
to the effect that If taxpayer wishes to
pay his tax under protest, he must himself
write the protest and sign it. All protests
on the books of city or town, and also on
the tax bills themselves, which are receipted
and returned to the Taxpayers, are worthless
"SoME of the Indiana Democrats wanted
to count out the Republican majority in the
legislature so as to reelect Senator Melon.
aid. But that noble-minded man put his
foot on the scheme by fatty refusing in ad-
vance to accept Office obtained in any such
way. That is merely the difference between
him and Mr.. Hayes" Star. o, fe,
George you don't believe the last statement.
WILLIAM NJ. EvARrs tells an anecdote
about John Marshall, who, when fellow
passenger in the stage coach exclaimed,
I'VE are near the birth place of Patrick
Henry; how could he fail to be an orator
when born amid this grand scenery 2" re-
piled Young man, this scenery has been
here ever since Patrick Henry was born
but there has not been any more Patrick
Henrys."
CONGRESSMAN REED of Maine Think of
eight hundred pure minded democrats, file
with undying love of the constitution and
undying hatred of monopoly, perspiring to-
gether in the swelter of June day in Gin
cinnati, and laboriously putting into shape
the latest wisdom of all the ages, to have it
all knocked into pi by major general who
has vague remembrance that the tariff is
local question which once sprang up in his
native village.
BosToN Traveller: Intimidation at the
south, fraud in Indiana, bribery in Maine,
false counts in Alabama, tissue ballots in
South Carolina, double dealing on the tariff
question in New Jersey, illegal naturaliza-
ton in New York, false pretences in their
platform, ISLANDERS on the stump, lying in
their newspapers, violence at the polls, and
knavery everywhere, with forgery as last
resort-these are the weapons OF the Dem.
ocratic party"
The national bureau of statistics an
nounces the excess Of exports of merchandise
in September to be slS,0O0,0OO in Sep
TENDER, 1879, s2l,25O,OOO; during nine
months ended September &c. $4,000 900 !;
twelve months ended September 80,
1880. sl63, $4,000; same period, 1879, $685.
100000. Imports of gold and silver in Sep
TENDER, SIS, 100000; September 1879, s27,.
100000; during nine months ended Sep
TENDER 80, s29,5OOOOO during twelve
months ended September 80, 81, 423, 900 /;
same period in 1879, s27,164,OOO.
MEMPHIS Avalanche: "1n the presence
of political solid north the solid south
will disappear. There are now two solid
sectional parties. There will continue to
be two OF these sectional parties until one
of them takes the lead in the work of dis.
bandment. The Indiana verdict demands
that the political solid south shall be the
first to disband, and il the Democrats of the
south are wise they will gracefully accept
the verdict, with the full assurance that,
with the final disappearance Of the solid
south, tbesolid north also finally disappears"
THERE is no wise and practical man in
the country who will not echo these words
from the Memphis appeal: "The schools
should teach integrity with grammar, truth
with arithmetic. Children are made to
speak several languages, but are never
taught to speak the language of truth.
They are made to understand chemistry, but
are never taught to analyze the awful chem
istry Of lie. What our country most needs
is incorruptible integrity, and what we want
in the school room and in the family circle
is not more brain culture, but more heart
culture"
GENERAL GRANT "The Democratic
party, organized as it now is, is under the
control Of the rebel brigadiers. We want
national party with policy that will pre-
vail in all sections. We will have different
organization to contend with in the next
election from what we have now. We will
have an organization then to contend with
which will be divided into two parties, and
not by two sections of country. We will
then have free and honest ballot, which
the people of this country are determined to
have, and If the south persists in solid
south, they will be met by solid north"