Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-05-04
Notes and Notions.

think OF Malone, we rejoice at his revo
against the Bourbonism of the SOUTH"
CITIZEN Kurz of Chicago has written t.
President Garfield that he is Gas much .
despot as the car of Russia" and he wants
to blow the white house sky high.
! ST. LOUIS Globe Democrat: "Treating il
a purely American habit, and is carried tc
such an excess that it has lost all social
significance. An invitation to drink carries
with IL no evidence Of personal esteem"
COLONEL HroGrNsoN, though great
champion of woman suffrage, declares in a
recent article in the Womans Journal that
the failure of female suffrage to make head.
way is chiefly due to the indifference of the
women themselves.
A FREE ballot and fair count seems to be
needed in Chicago as well as in the south.
An overhauling of the returns in some
wards of that city developed democratic
frauds, which gives the election to the re-
publican candidates.
THE Sumter Guards, Charleston,
South Carolina, organization, paraded on
the recent anniversary Of the capture of
Fort Sumter by the rebels. The company
carried the palmetto banner of the state and
confederate battle flag side'by side.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON is quoted as
having said of Carlyle: 1--WE have respected
and trusted each other, but can never for
give him for the course he pursued towards
the north during the rebellion. We have
ceased all intercourse and know nothing
Of him.
THE jocose side of the rivalry between
Chicago and st. Louis, SO long going on, Is
still kept up. The Chicago Tribune informs
pretended correspondent that Oliver Gold
smith was not born in ST. Louis. The fact
that he wrote a poem entitled The De-
serted Village" is probably what misled you.
BEACoNsFIELD in death is more popular
than when alive. The workingmen have
sent floral wreaths from all parts of the
country, even from Scotland, Manchester
and Birmingham, where, year ago, his
policy was utterly condemned and his can.
didates were mown down by sweeping ma
jorities.
The new Massachusetts law provides that
in the assessment of mortgaged real estate
for taxation, that portion covered by the
mortgagee's interest is to be assessed to him,
the remainder to the mortgagor. They are
deemed joint owners for this purpose, and
the failure of either to pay imposes lien
upon the property.
THERE is temperance sentiment enough in
both branches of the legislature to do some
thing to check the evils of temperance.
The only question is, have they wisdom
enough to agree upon some measure that
shall check the ravages of the rum fiend in
our state We hope they will not fritter
their opportunities away.
THE present car of Russia does not mean
to be killed through lack of precaution. All
of the houses and gardens around his pal
ace have been bought up, the cellars cleared
out to see that nothing lies concealed in
them, the pavement torn up and the water
papes and conduits examined. He fully
understands that he lives in constant danger.
A CORRESPONDENT says "The attempts
which have been made to induce the presi-
dent to suspend proceedings in the star
route matter have utterly failed. He has
expressed his determination to have the
matter sifted to the bottom, and to have
those found to be concerned corruptly in it
Turned over IN tho law officers of tue gov
eminent.
OVER the remains of George Cruikshank,
in St. Pauls cathedral, London, bust and
tablet have just been placed. The inscrip-
ton is as follows ain memory of his ge-
MUS and his art, his matchless industry and
worthy work for all his fellow-men, this
monument is humbly placed within this sa-
cred fame by her who loved him best, his
widowed wife,
New ORLEANS Times (democratic) "Bour-
bonism is losing its hold on the southern
people, and the Bourbon element, once so
powerful, is slowly but surely disappearing
from politics. That this is true is shown by
the character of the speeches of southern
senators in the debate now in progress in
the senate. There Is not one of them that
does not advocate liberation, free schools,
free press, and free speech"
BosToN Herald. "'The honest farmer
gets found out occasionally like other peo-
pie. Up in Richmond, Vermont, the cit
liens reported s2,439 worth of personal
property. Under the new and very searchin
law s255,276 has been returned, and, per-
haps, if the law had been a little more Sc
we're, somebody might have thought of still
more now forgotten. No wonder the Yer
mont papers pronounce such an increase as
remarkable as gratifying"
GAS to the matter you kindly MENTION"
wrote Lincoln April 20, 1850, to an Illinois
editor who was about to confer with repub-
lican editors with view to making him |
presidential candidate, al will in candor |
say do not think myself fit for the presi- |
dency. / am certainly fattered and graft |
fed that some of my friends think of me in |
that connection, but really think it best |
for our cause that no concerted effort such |
as you suggest should be made"
The STATE HOME MISSIONARY sEcRETA- |
RIEs met at Hartford, Connecticut, April !
Is, and spent that and most of the following I
day in the discussion Of questions connected |
with the work. DIR. Storrs, secretary of the |
American Home Missionary Society, met !,
with them. These meetings are highly val |
ued by the men who meet Their view of |
the work to be done is broadened, the diff |
culties in the several states better under
stood, and the most efficient methods of work |
carefully discussed.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Chicago Tri-
bune, writing from st. Paul April 10th,
says "After examining the wheat crop
during the last three weeks, from Tennessee
to Dakota, am prepared to place my judg.
ment on record. as | have in previous years,
and say that the prospects for both winter
and spring wheat are as good as have ever
seen in this country. | believe the next
crop Of wheat will be 525,OO0,OO0 bushels.
Last year estimated in the Chicago Tribune
the coming crop Of wheat at 475,0O0,O00
IL finally maasured mn dSO $40 7OQ h,aha ole - |