Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-20
Notes and Notions.


ers in the divorce reform movement urges
the securing of uniform divorce laws
throughout the United States. He also re-
CARDS the divorce lawyers as the chief OBJ
stacles in the way of reform.
| Ex-GovERNoR HORACE FAIRBANKS writes
us from Bellagio, Italy, under date of July
9Th: awe are shocked at the reported
assassination of our president, but we trust
the report Of his death is unfounded. We
are anxiously waiting further intelligence
from Washington"
BosToN Herald: "Tbe Montpelier Argus,
defending the Bible society against the at
tacks of Rev. DIR. Bacon, suggests Jere Blacks
appearance as champion of the Christian re-
ligion against its enemies, only the Argus
doesn't make so thorough work of its adj
versary as does Judge Black of his" Hiram,
brace up the clerical member of your staff.
STATE SENATOR WIrHERs of Virginia is
credited with the following remarkable ut
terance "There still remains the infamous
free school clause Gn the readjuster plat
| FORM, under which regiment of Yankees
the carpet-baggers, will be sent down to ed
ucate the children Of the state at the ex-
pense of the property holders. spit upon
the provision and trample it under my feet"
GENERAL GRANT says "the administra-
ton seems to have captured good many
newspapers Commenting upon his obser-
walton, the Chicago Tribune well adds
"The administration also Seems to have
captured nine hundred ninety-nine out of
every one thousand republicans. The bait
used in both captures was the same
straightforward and manly devotion to re-
publican principles"
By the great success Of the Window plan
for continuing the maturing five and six per
cent bonds at three and one-half per cent in
terest during the pleasure of the govern
ment, all Of this class of bonds, excepting
about S95,000,000, have been presented for
continuance, and this latter sum will be paid
out of the surplus revenues. An annual
saving of about fifteen and one-half million
dollars in interest has thus been effected.
THE Washington Post (democratic) says
" If there is one man more than another in
this country who ought to be grateful to
his government for its protection, it is
an individual by the name of Guiteau,
now in the district Jail. We do not say
that anybody would harm him if he were
outside, for the people of Washington are
orderly and law-abiding, but there is danger
that he might be run over by the crowd"
"NEARLY all of General Grants military
ability" says General Longstreet in recent
interview, ais in his sublime control of him
self. Ninety-nine officers out of every one
hundred in the army would probably pass
better theoretical examination than Grant,
but when the blood begins to run, or there
is man wanted for an emergency, Gran
would be head and shoulders above them all.
The excitement of the battle seems to cool
rather than excite him. He is great prac-
tical soldier"
THE Brattleboro Reformer speaks with
more zeal than knowledge when it under
takes to excuse Vice President Arthur and
rebuke Hon. William ii. Robertson for the
part each has taken in the senatorial strug-
gle at Albany. Mr.. Arthur is vice-presi-
dent of nation of fifty millions of people,
while Mr.. Robertson is not federal officer at
all. He is only member of the New York
senate and naturally has voice in the
election. Although appointed and con-
frmed as collector of the port of New York,
he has not been commissioned.
A CLAssMATE of President Garfield, at the
Williamstown (Mass.) prayer-meeting, said
Twenty-six years ago tonight and at this
very hour, our class were on the top of Grey
lock to spend the night of the Fourth of
July. AS we were about to lie down for
Sleep Garfield took out his pocket Tesla
ment and said am in the habit of read
ing a chapter every night at this time with
my mother. Shall l read aloud p All as
scented, and when he had read he asked the
Oldest member of the class to pray. And
there in the night, on the mountain-top we
prayed with him for whom we have now
assembled to pray"
The New York Sun thinks that one life
is worth as much as another, and the penalty
for attempting to take the life of president
should be no greater than the penalty for
making an attack with intent to kill upon
private person. The life of private indi-
vidual is probably as dear to him as the life
of the president is to himself, but the life of
private individual is not of as much i'm
portance to the public as the life of presi
dent. The public, therefore, rightly look
upon an attack upon the president as a
more fragrant crime than an attack upon a
private individual, and rightly ask that the
punishment be severer.
PRESIDENT BARNARD of Columbia Col
lege urges upon the trustees that the time
has come for the admission of women TO all
the privileges Of the college. He says that
the faculty favor the plan and will, to a
man, cooperate to make it successful.
Either the method of the Harvard annex"
or the plan adopted in some other colleges of
admitting young women to receive instruc-
ton In the same rooms and at the same
hours as the young men, would be satisfac-
tory. President Barnard recognizes the
valuable work being done in Smith, Vassar
and other colleges for women, but thinks
the multiplication of such institutions is
wasteful use of educational funds.
RIPE FOR REFoRM-The Nashville, Ten
nessee, american says "Never has this
country witnessed parties so well disposed
for attempting reform. 1t is impossible to