Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-03-16

Mrs Heman Smith and Miss ]. Fifeld Of Barre,
Mrs. DR.. Hoag and Mrs. W. p Dillingham; Of
Waterbury, Mr. and Mrs. f. Huntley Of Mortified,
and Miss Lou Porter of Middebury were added to
floral hall committees at the last meeting Of off,
GERS. An appeal is made by the officers of the
Vermont state fair that this year grand effort
be made by the ladies Of Vermont to make Yer
mont floral hall for September, 1881, the most at
tractive and interesting Of all others.
WHAT the St. Adams Messenger says is as true
as the gospel Journalism In this state is de-
meaned by the miserable personalities which ap-
pear in 30 many of our exchanges between ed
itors who have personal spites and enmities
against each other. Hardly week passes in
which exchanges do not como iadon with choice
paragraphs in which the terms of eunuch, liar
and worse are applied to other editors. Now this
may serve to enliven the columns OF our contem-
poraries, it may create laugh or a jeer, it may,
but we hardly believe it, be appreciated by intel
ligent people, but 1t certainly does not help the
profession and renders editors open to aspersions
and sneers which the majority do not deserve. At
the present time there at least twelve different
papers which are indulging in this delectable pas
time. This is doubtless thought to be newsy
and bright by the brilliant authors, who think
that this personal abuse Is funny, but any man
who has Just appreciation of the responsibilities
of true journalism would spurn anything OF the
sort. There is not another state in New England
where the fraternity has got down 80 far in this
respect, and it will be proud day for Vermont
when her editors find out how mean an appear
ance is made by sheets which indulge in this sort
Of thing"
"DrAru Ioves shining mark" Two notable
deaths in this VILLAGE during the mast week attest
tho dread reality of the meats verse In the early
boprs of Wednesday Morning the 9th instant little
Ma,v tho vinsome daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
w Rrock whose seven years Of sunpv life had
shaa io,, aud ,,Iodross on that household sank
,o.oot,,,u I'D .u,aa,,,, 10 har eno, rest Satur-
dar avsr,na Tho ,oth ,ns,an, at nine o'clock
CIara e,des. aauohter ~ Mr. and Mrs 7 NJ Po-
land. closed at the age of thirteen and one-half
years in the full tide of bright girhood, an exist
ence marked by its brilliant promise, its gleeful
nature and its buoyapt spirits. None saw these
children but to mark them The sweet childhood
and winning grace of the one, the frank nature
of the other 40 blithe and bonny, will live along
our streets where hut Yesterday thew were seen in
the full flush of exuberant life, and in many
home circle. like the recollectiops of a beautiful
vision. In grace and beauty of person. childhood
and girlhood charms are rarely 80 happily COM
bined These two youpe lives fell victims to the
fatal malipnitv Of that modern scourge diphtheria
In each case the patept survived the attack about
| two weeks. In each case peril from the MEM
branous formation was safely passed, TO reappear
in the kidneys and there successfully to defy the
physicians skill. The widespread and generous
sympathy for the bereayed family circles was ex-
pressed in MANY tender WAYS and by the con-
course of people that followed each household
Idol to its grave The sweet eheerfulness of each
young sufferer in the presence of DEATH the will
ingness and apparent Joy and trustfulness, with
which each babe adieu to this life and welcomed
the life to come. was a touching and consoling
feature in the final scenes and robbed the parting
of much OF the arrowy keeuness of its sting
Tur unusnallv large numher of ayrests auring
the mast week leads ma Ia depart from our usual
custom NJ making no comments. believng as we
do tha, tho nositon NJ no,icsman ia one Of grea,
dia,cnl,v rao,,,r,ng g,aat INDIGNANT and dIscre-
,,on and ,hat newsnanar criticism onlv adds IN
tho d,ac,,tv asnac,al,y ~ n "a bosti,e Vat ve
he,,eve wa bnt voica the sentiment ot the remit.
able mart Of our citzens when we say that greater
efficiency has been headed. and that we are glad
~ tho late zeal nj the ocers ia anv criteron thai
we are 10 have IT, large share of the arrests
have been made for DRUNKENNESS and breaches Of
,ha naaoa "a yaa IN ha axnectad and ma IA nronsr
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but we desire 70 c'ii atteh'oh 10 one OF TWO othei
things which nave always been a disgrace 10 INT