Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-08-26
MINOR NOTES.

For the first time in her history Maine has
no state election this year.
The Chicago Tribune estimates that the
land bill will add about SiG0, 900, 900 to the
value Of the peasant holdings in ireland and
reduce the rental of landlords from $50 OOO,.
600 to $40, 600, 900.
The new postal requirement that the date
of receiving be stamped upon the backs Of
the letters is great correction TO postal ir-
regularity, and the public are advised to make
note of the post-marks on both sides of
their envelopes
The New York Times speaks of the "intol-
cradle verbosity" of Senator Dawes in his civil
service essays, and ventures to remind him
that he could do the cause very substantial
service by devoting half the ingenuity he
seems disposed to expend in finding objec-
tons to any legislation calculated to give per-
manence to its principles, TO the task Of dis
covering how he can best cooperate with
those who approach the subject from another
side than the one he occupies.
The New Hampshire Legislature concluded
its labors last Friday.
The Illinois Legislature is a somewhat expen-
siye luxury. The last session cost the people
Of thd State S23S, 900, besides which there is
a printing bill Of $4,000
Persons who are annoyed by abusive or
hCuETuOuh pOhthl ChTuh are likely 10 nave DAr-
tial relief through q common-sense plan pro-
posed by Postmaster General James. BY ad-
dressing the postmaster OF the office whence
such offensive communications are expected
their destruction may be secured The post
al card in the hands Of malicious person is
cheap and effective means of annoyance,
aud it is well that its liability to abuse should
be curtailed.
In the hearing of the application for pardon
Of Henry II. Sanderson, before Gov. Farnham
at Windsor, on Tuesday of last week, pardon
was refused on the ground of non-severity of
sentence. At the May term of the Windsor
county court, 1876, Sanderson was sentenced
for a term Of six years on the charge Of rape.
By uniformly good behavior he has gained
sufficient time to insure his release in Febru-
airy next
OF Major Daniel, the bourbon candidate
for governor of Virginia, the Greensboro IN.
c. NORTH State says that he is the same man
who made a speech in the courthouse at
Greensboro last year. and advised the young
ladies to ostracise all young Republicans.
Don't go to church with them" he said !;
don't walk on the street with them don't
go riding with them do not be seen in any
| public place with them they are not fiji asso-
ciates for you"
Southern girls will not work in factories.
and other places, for female operatives from
the north. The result will probably be that
the family relations between the two sections
will be considerably augmented within a gem
Grafton.
The Catholic Telegraph thinks that, il the
| Roman Catholic church had retained all its
children, there would now be in this country
from 20, 900, 600 to %, 600, 600 members of that
church, whereas there are less than I, 900, 600
1t attributes the great loss to the influence of
the public schools.
1t now appears that the Canadian postal
authorities not only used the United States
mail bags all over the provinces, but even
sent them to England and Ireland.
The mobile red man" is not wholly a crea-
ton of fiction. The Sioux chief white
Thunder" when asked by Secretary Kirk
wood what pay he wanted for the land he was
| willing to cede to the Poncas, answered: II
will give them the land without pay. You
asked me to take pity on the Poncas II l
| take pity upon them how can | at the same
time take money from them!" White Thun-
der is probably the finest looking man in his
nation. While he is not credited with ex-
traordinary ability, he possesses great dignity
and nobleness Of character.
The hostility of the Bourbons in the South
to public instruction is not now approved in
|
are as bitter as ever. Last spring Charleston,
West Virginia, elected a Republican school
board, which set itself to improving the
schools by getting New Highlander named
Smart for superintendent and by placing COM
| petent teachers in all the schools This made
the Bourbon element very indignant. But
the worst was to come. By law the school
year is four months unless the voters in any
city declare for a longer term and raise money
to defray the cost. A meeting was called to
vote on the question Of longer term, in
which the friends of public schools outvoted
the Bourbons Thereupon they issued an
address, in which they denounce the Board
because they 'haye set man fresh from the
hot-bed of Northern prejudice to instill his
internal doctrines into our children's heads ~
The address concludes with the following
declaration: "The school-boys are organic
ing themselves into what they call Bully
Boys Bad-Egg Malta to receive the Smart
young Northern pedagogue. Call on the
Board of Commissioners, boys, while you
have your hand in"