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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

The OLD QuEsTIoN.-The apportienment
question has already become partisan one.
1t is to be regretted, for it is a matter that
should be settled without heat and without
passion. The present house consists of 293
members. Tables have been prepared show
ing the number of members each state would
be entitled to should the house be increased
to 294, 295 and so on up to 1926. 1t is found
that the south would get higher proper
ton of the membership should the number
be fixed at 81 than should it be fixed upon
any other from 293 to 1926. This would give
the east 81 members, the west 102, the south
lis. At present the east has 95 members,
the west 92 the south l06. AS the number
81 is most favorable to the south that num-
Der is taken in the majority bill. 1t is the
most partisan number that could be taken
and precipitates a partisan contest at once.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

CINCINNATI Gazefte' "There is much
eastern assumption that western man will
not do for secretary of the treasury because
the west is unsound on the money question /;
but, if we remember, the only state carried
by greenbackers was in the east"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

ADDISON GOULD OF Woodstock, generally known
as /" Blind Could" died the other day In his
seventy first year Though blind for forty years,
he partly supported himself by playing on the
violin, and had travelled all over New England.
especially In Vermont and Maine lie also en-
hibited pictures through maRnfying lenses, and
was wonderful example OF what one can do
without sight.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

The depth Of snow in central Vermont is greater
now than for many years at this time Of the
winter
The surveyors Of the Forest Line railroad have
still fourteen miles to survey, The snow ia four
feet deep and the party has to wear snow shoes
THE latest story is that Hon, E. J. Phelps was
to have been appointed minister to England had
Tilden been elected president and supreme court
Judge had General Hancock been elected.
THE New England Divorce Reform League is the
latest moral agency for the strictest economy In
granting divorces. Vermont Is represented by
Judge Red6ed, President Buckhain and Hon
Redheld Proctor.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
Modern Etiquette.

Modern civilization has decreed that no
quarrel shall hold good during the progress
of dinner, ball, or any social entertainment
whatever, and people who are not on speak
ing terms are expected to hold sweet and am
liable converse when the accidents Of society
throw them together under the roof of mu
tual friend. At large dinner party lately
given in this city gentleman was requested
to take in lady between whose family and
his own quarrel and lawsuit had been
pending for many years. The gentleman
complied with bow and smile, and con-
versation between him and the lady seemed
to be more than usually brisk and lively dur
ing the 16 courses that 60 to make up fash
ionable dinner. At the close of the evening
the host, who had been enlightened in the
IN can time As to the existing relations be-
tween his guests, apolosized for the blunder
he had made. ats Of no sort of consequence
my dear fellow" was the reply, 81 have ta-
ken that lady in to dinner five times this win
ter, aud we pass each othcr the next day
W ithout even q bow Of recognition. In all
probability the breach will never be healed,
but we shall continue to amuse each other al
dinner parties as long as our frieDds persist
in seating US side by side"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
Business of the Bank of England

At banquet given by the Lord Mayor OF
London to the directors of the Bank Of Eng
land, Mr.. Birch, the governor of the bank,
made some interesting remarks upon the
management of that great machine OF ex-
change. The business done by the Bank OF
England has no parallel with that Of any
other establishment in the world, inasmuch
as 1t combines with an ordinary banking
business the management of the national
debt and the issue and payment of the great
er part of the note circulation of the coun-
try. Some idea of the magnitude Of that
work might be formed when he told then
them that there were no less than 236,50O
accounts open IN tha public funds; that the
number of bark notes issued during the last
year was above Is, 5,250,0OO, representing the
sum of f3S,OOo0, and similar amount can
celled, an accurate register of each opera
ton being kept, so that any note paid into
the bank In the last five years could be pro
duced in minute or two, with information
as to the channel through which Ii found it
way back to the bank, although the note
was registered among n, ,000, 900 notes, stow
ed away in IA, 800 banks. II stitched end u
end these notes would extend 1880 miles
Il was generally thought that the bank wa
extravagant in cancelling the notes whic
come In, but the matter had been well con
sidered, and It was calculated that 4 the
were to keep register Of the notes In 70
manner in which IL was the custom Of u
| hank 70 do, the system they followed W.
the cheapest.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
A Mormon Incident.

General John Z. Smith was the comman-
der of the Third Division of the Fifteenth
Corps of the Army of the Tennessee. He
went out from Galena, Illinois, as Colonel Of
an Illinois regiment, and had fine war rec
ord. He is now commanding in Utah, with
headquarters at Salt Lake City. In answer
to an Iowa State Register reporters ques-
tions regarding the feelings of Mormon ladies
touching polygamy, the General related an
incident falling under his own observation.
He had been introduced a few weeks before
on the train to daughter of Orson Pratt, the
great Mormon preacher. She was bright
girl of 1s, not probably highly educated, but
still having had many advantages and being
naturally quick of mind. BE was told that
she was about to marry Mormon. Upon
finding that she had no delicacy regarding a
conversation upon her religion, he asked
her the plain question how she felt in view
of polygamy now that she was about to mar
ry Mormon husband. She replied that we
are very much the creatures Of education
and believe in the things that had been taught
us. She had been brought up from child.
hood to look upon polygamy as right. She
did not, of course, wish her husband to take
another wife, still, If he felt that he desired
one, she would acquiesce in it as right. The
fact that one about TO be bride could make
such an answer to snch . question was In
deed tribute to the power of an education
to mold the mind for good or evil.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
Breaking up a Club.

Thirteen young men Of Cambridge, Mass,
formed a social club. 1t was not preten-
tious institution and its quarters were IN
single upstairs room. The members say
that their object was to provide themselves
with place other than the streets and bar
rooms in which to spend their evenings.
Others say they drank and gambled in the
club room until late at night. The Rev.
Thomas Scully, of St. Mary's Roman Catho-
lie Church. to which all of them belonged,
ordered them to disband on the ground that
the club was demoralizfng. They did not
obev. Twelve were assembled around
card table when he paid them an unexpected
visit. He commanded them to kneel, which
they did, and he prayed for their reforma-
tion. Then he declared the club broken up
and sent them away. They had just gone
when the thirteenth member, r. j. Wood
burn, entered the room. lie refused TO GO
at the priests bidding and they had scufiie'
Woodburn threw his antagonist on the hoor'
but was finally beaten, and in a hasty re-
treat was hit by two spittoons and an Indian
which were thrown down the stairs after
him. Father Scully soon afterward return
ed, accompanied by the Rev. Father Mundy
both carrying heavy canes, which they lais
over the backs of the backs of the reassem-
bled members, again dispensing the CLUB
This treatment was effectual The room
now vacant.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
POETRY.
DOR WEE KATE.

Was ever sic laSsie kent rs oor wee Kate?
There's no wean in a the toun like oor wee
Kate
Both n an oot, at kirk an schule, she rims at
sic rate,
A pair o shoon jist last month wi oor wee
Kate
wish she'd been callan, she's sic steerin'
For ribbons, dolls an sic gear she does na
care preen;
But taps, an bools, bas an bats, she plays
wi ear and late;
I'll hae to get pair O. breclss for oor wee
Kate!
Ma, what dye think! the ither day, as sure az
ony thing,
l saw her tieein' dragons wi maist mile o.
string;
Yer jumpin' rapes, an peeverals she filings
DOT o her gate,
But name can fire tow-gun like oor wee
Kate!
They tell me on the meetin' nicht she's waur
than any fule;
She dings her bloomer oot o. shape an makst
jiSt like IA schulz
The chairman gloomS an shakes his head an
scarce can keep his safe;
! wOnncr he can thole sic deils as oor wee
Kate!
But see her on gala ncht, she's aye so neat
an clean,
Wi cheeks like ony roses and bonnie, ,glancin'
cen
An then to hear her sing a sang, it's jist a
perfect treat
For ne'er lintie sings sac sweet as oor wee
Kate
Yet there's nae kinder wean in a the toun,
I'm sure;
That day wee brither Johnny deed, she'd
graf her wee heart sair
In bcggar weans an helpless folks she takes
aqueer conceit,
They're sure to get the bits o piece frae oor
wee Kate!
Gaun to the kirk the ither day she sees dud'
die wean
WI caud bare feet an brucket feet sit sab
bin Oh stane;
She slip't the penny in his han gied her fol
the plate,
The kinks would IA if folks were a like ooI
wee Kate!
An a she's sic steer aboot, sac fu O. mirth
an fun,
She takes the lead in ilka class an mony 8
prizes she's won,
Which gars me think there's maybe mail
than mischief in her pate.
| wish / saw the wisdom teeth o oor wee
Kate.
-GlGsgow Mail.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
Russell Sage.

Even Jay Gonld will crack his joke at the
expense of his friend Russell Sage. one
story he is very fond Of telling. lie says
SAGE once was pestered by two Catholic nuns
for n subscription to some charity. 10 gel
rid of them he handed over 81 very reluctant
ly and with every evidence OF great anguish
of mind. But In less than quarter OF an
bour he was smiling again, for to make him
self good he forced six unfortunate put-ana-
call brokers to give him 81 extra on tneii
contracts. Instead Of being 81 out, he was
Ave ahead, and his soul was at peace. nus
se,I saee's way of doing business Is wor.l
describing. ia "privilege broker wan's y
do business with him, he must come WIN ni
bid for put, call or straddie aireaay ",~
80 an the check In hand. Sage looks ~ tn'
..ner and saws YES or no. This expedition
necessary on account of thethrong OF Droksn
who wish 10 deal on his puts and calls. bu
az eager is the great capitalist to turn -
honest nenny that he rarely sells privileg
w,thout exacting from 81 TO " In cash as =
extr. contribution from bis customers. q
seems to think more Of these petty sain
,h.n az the tens Of thousands ne risks III ~
sale Of privileges. There was time VINE
he expected his customers 70 take MIN ~.
,nrch hut his business hiss become % pra'
.,n9 ,b,, he now takes hasty snack WIN q
friend sidney Dillon In the front once, =, :,
| - Bro sdway, but always = Di.lons =. !.
rsnse. Russell Sage is . characser-Ns
| York Herald.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
Why q Lot Was Never Built On,

Passes by the junction of Berry and IT.
comb streets have, says the Newburyport,
Massachusetts, Herald, for many years often
wondered why the lot on the eastern corner
has never been improved. There Is, among
q few Of the knowing ones, romantic ex-
PLANTATION. They say that more than half a
century ago young Herald Office apprentice
undertook to delived an address on Brown
Square near by, and upon an unpopular SUBJ
ject, causing himself to be mobbed by the
populace and forbidden to speak by the au-
thorities; and that the owner Of the lot in
question, being stubborn advocate Of free
speech, invited the youth to use his lane, and
the speech was then delivered; after which
the land owner vowed that the land should
never be built on as long as he could help 1t,
and that he managed to entail 1t down to our
time, though this entail is understood to be
nearly over, there being no such eternal "a
cilities for such work in America as In Eng
land. There Is some talk Of erecting staue
to that young apprentice, and, whether the
story Is strictly true or not, no more fitting
spot could be found to set It, His name was
William Lloyd Garrison and his unpopular
subject was negro slavery.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
A Strong Dunning Letter.

The following was recently seen upon a
postal card addressed to a delinquent debt
or:
No draft yet.
"What saith the Scriptures. Romans
4:3.
"Time to receive money! Kings
5: 20.
"Promised to give money."-Malk IA:
II.
81 called upon him but there was no an
swer."-Cant. 5: 6.
"What wait for ?"-Psalms 80: 7.
"The money was not brought."-2 Kings
| IS: 10.
"There was no voice,no any that answer
ed Kings IS: 10.
"Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, OIL
he is on journey, or peradventure he sleep
eth and must be awakened."-1 Kings Is
27.
awe groan within ourselves, waiting."-
Rom. s: %.
All the days will l wait till my chang
comes."-Job IA: IA.
"Have ye not read the Scriptures ?"-
Mark II: 10.
"Now, therefore send quickly."-2 samu
ell II: 16.
This appeal brought the money.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
Bismarck's Strength and weakr

Bismarck's Strength and Weakness.
There Is a weakness somewhere In Prince
Bismarck. If he Is to be judged solely by
his career, there never was man so strong.
He has attempted the most terrible underta.
kings and has succeeded in them all. He
engaged Austria to help him in wrestling
Schleswig- -Holstein from Denmark, then de-
prived Austria of her share in the spoil
then In a seven weeks war drove Austria
from Germany, added one-half to the mas
ter's dominions and finally established the
hegemony of Prussia. While accomplishing
these feats he kept Russia quiet, soothed
the Emperor Napoleon with promises, and
then, when he was no longer trusted, march
on Paris, overthrew the Napoleonic Empire
and clutched two provinces more. Changing
Germany into an Empire, he has ruled 1t for
two years with complete success thus far
that he has mastered reluctant court and
q discontented people, has kept Off all ene-
mics, has controlled all allies, has assumed
kind Of diplomatic headship in Europe,
has made the army far stronger than ever,
has reduced Parliament to debating socic-
ty, and, with Germany 1t the top Of the
world, has compelled all Germans to accept
him as the necessary bucklef of the coun-
try-the one indispensable man. 1t is
wonderful career, one which only Carlisle
could have fittingly described; but there Il
q weakness In the hero, nevertheless. Ht
cannot make, or keep, or find deputy Bis
marcks. There never was man Of hi
rank among statesmen who had such trouble
with his agents, who failed 50 utterly TO %
cure the help without which any brain, how
ever great, any energy, however maichless
must ultimately be exhausted.-LoSdol
Spectator.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
PhrenoIogy Gets a Bump.

Prof o. S. Fowler, "Fsther of Phrenolo-
gy," is in trouble. His wife has begun
suit for divorce, for-well, 1t is the same old
story, and understand that each charges the
other with it. For the last Is years they
they have travelled together all over this free
and enlightened republic, he feeling of the
prophetic bumps, and descanting in compli-
mentary terms OIL the premonitory symptoms
of greatness in the auditor, who smilingly
paid his S. for the mental diagnosis. She is
handsome and buxom, and voluptuous
woman-or was, ten years ago-and she has
generally had the good taste to stay at the
hotel and entertain company rather than al
tend his sometimes stupid aud always un-
scientific and ungrammatical lectures. He
has been an overworked man for the last de-
cade of his threescore aud ten, and the lively
way in which she has taken care of his earn
ings is enough to make any spectators heart
ache. She always said, with bewitching
| smile, that she would take care of his money
| for him. And she has. She has invested In
her own name all he has earned, and now
when his strength begins to fail and he can
not earn much more, she seizes his books
and plates, his busts, his copyrights and all
and turns the old man adrift, under the
above mentioned charge, with not a dolla
left.
Prof. Fowler has met her suit for divorc'
on the same unwholesome grounds, and HI
saws he can substantiate 1t with half dozel
individuals mentioned in the specification
w. A. Crofut's N. Y. Letter.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
Chloral for Toothache.

DR.. Sporer in st. Petersburg med ical
journal, after referring to the great benefit he
had derified from chloral, whether admins
tered internally or as an embrocaiion dis
solved in almond oil, for the relief Of rheu-
matte and other pain, states that in tooth
ache and its accompanying facial pain most
effective remedy Is found In dissolving from
q scruple to half a drachm in two drachms Of
glycerine, and applying plug of wadding
soaked In this to the carious tooth. As,how-
ever, this causes in some cases considerable
irritation of the mucous membrane Of the
mouth, he has during the last four years ap-
piled the chloral in substance. From half
TO at most one grain of the granules Of chic
raj are wrapped in q little wool to keep them
together, and placed in the cavity of the
tooth. When the chloral has dissolved the
accumulated saliva Is to be spit out. hthe
,ooth Is in the upper jaw the chloral should
be kept on by the finger until dissolved. The
most violent toothache Is in few minutes
relieved. He cites some cases in which most
distressing and long-continued toothache, &C
companied BY severe prosopalgia, was prompt
LIZ cured.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
Sam w ards Luck,

Old Sam Ward, the ex-King of the Lobby =,
has made pile of money in the past year
or so. On the street his weight is now quo
ted at $SOO,0OO. Wash Connor told me once,
with cheerful smile that he supposed Sam
Wards relation to Jim Keene was that of a
wet nurse. And it was really amusing to
see the way in which the old man danced
around in those days on the outer edge OF
Keene's patronage. His consideration for
the feelings and opinions of the great Cali
fornia financial blizzard was one of the most
profoundly amusing spectacles l ever wit
messed. The old man was poor in those
days and was just getting his work in. Since
he has achieved a financial position Of high
quality he has become as independent as
anybody in this wide, wide world. He ride:
all over town in a cab and speaks to his ac
quaintances with a condescersion which they
find it difficult to forgive. He has infinite
tact, however, has old Sam Ward, and h'
has not forgotten that courtly manner viii ct
used to enable him at Washington to pu
champagne labels on pippin cider bottles an'
make his guests believe they had the genu
inc imported article. Mr.. Ward is one o
the characters of Wall street and the boy
have begun to be afraid of him.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
"Tom and Jairy."

A Misunderstanding Frenchman, Jules
Thuiltier, was arraiged in the Yorkville Po-
lice Court on charge Of intoxication, says
the N. Y. Telegram, and while the police
man was making his complaint, Jules walk
ed up and down before the Justices bench
like q Gagged animal, finging his hands and
crying out;
"Oh, mon Dieu mon Dieu! Ze deesgrace
-ze deesgracew
"What Is the matter with the man Can't
you keep him quiet, roundsman'" demand
ed the justice.
"Ze mattaire, ze mattaire7 am dees-
grace. Nevaire was In place like dees
BEFORE"
"How did you come here this time w
asked the justice.
aOh, your Honaire, drink someding yes
terday afternoon gay call Tome and Jairy
wig 70 Monster McManus, and loose all my
zense, all my head. / know nothing af-
taira."
"What Is your business"
M am 70 professor of 20 dance. Oh, Mon
sieur le Judge, you will sill voas plait let me
60 home. My wife, my cheeldren, gay will
be crazy"
"You are discharged, but never indulge
again"
'.Nevairemore, nevaire re Tome and Jairy
again." and after making aprosound bow TO
the Justice, he turned IN leave the room as
room as II anxious never to look upon the
place again.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
The Hard Life OF an Actor.

The death of Harry Hunter, "the Lone
Fisherman" is an instance of the perls of an
actors life. Nobody outside the profession
has the slightest idea of the terrible strain
which constant travel excrts on an actor
Last year John McCulloch left Memphis
when the city was luxuriating in summer
mer heat, and travelled direct toward st.
Paul, where the thermometer was below ze-
70. When the actors put away their ward
robe it was damp with perspiration,a and when
they took it out again at st. Paul, just before
the curtain was rung up,they had to hurried
ly force their limbs through clothing frozen
stiff. 1t is common occurrence for COM
pany to play tonight in summer heat, and
tomorrow night in mid-winter cold. 1t was
these sudden changes Of temperature that
killed Hunter. Then there Is the constantly
varying hotel fare, comfortable accommo-
dation here aud miserable one there, to-
fether with unceasing riding in ill-ventilated
cars; so that It Is a wonder that, aside from
the task of acting,the mere business of trans
portation does not kill every actor in the
country by the end Of single season.
Free Prees.