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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22

morals, properly to protect the welfare OF
its school children, and then devotes large
sums TO the erection and luxurious furnish
ing Of palatial reform schools for the rehabil-
itation Of its moral waits. Let the law
makers look on the meager district school
picture, and then on the illuminated reform
atory cartoon. The state virtually offers
its youth double reward for lapse from
virtuous ways,-physical comforts and sur
roundings that by contrast are luxurious to
the participants, and educational advantages
to which the average child who keeps the
commandments is stranger. In that fav-
ored asylum the school marin knows moth
ing of the hardships of boarding round "
or of driving a sharp trade with the mig
gardly committeeman. Comfort and good
pay are her lot. The scholars on their part
have the best Of teachers, regular hours OF
study and instruction. There is no shirk-
ing or truantism. Their school rooms are
comfortable, light and CHEEKY. Books are
provided by the state and all the parapher-
MALTA of well-ordered schoolroom. Con-
trast the tender care, the prodigality, which
the state lavishes on it's young criminals
with the advantages doled out to the
pinched school-boy poriug over his mesger
books in a poverty-stricken school-house
in the rural districts Of the state. Is the
state Just to its virtuous school children
Is IL truly merciful to its juvenile criminals
The state policy in this business is all wrong
it is criminal. 1t is building its civil edi'
fee with a snowy mansard roof and slight
ing the foundation. There would be less
occasion for spending annually from ten
thousand to fifty thousand dollars on re-
form school If reasonable care, disinter
ested Judgment and an unsefish spirit
would lay deep and broad in all the public
schools the sure foundations of good and
enlightened citizenship.
The school system and the reformatory
plan of the state each itself needs funda
mental reformation. The former is bad
enough, the latter is extravaganza and
clouded with doubt and suspicion as to its
| WlsuOln tuu lts tlnChCiOuoucobs ibJuo'
tice of the states discrimination against its
non-offending youth is apparent. The I'M
wisdom of transferring the young cions OF
our soil to dollhouse, rearing them to sap
lings and then transplanting them to endure
the buffetings of the tempests, the heat the
cold, and the SHOWS of this climate, should
be clear enough to the child. Is it more
reasonable in an analogous case to expect
to make a man Of child taken from the
street, brought up in luxurious moral
conservatory like the reform school in which
there is hardly feature Of the life he is to
lead when, on the threshold of mans estate
he quits its guardian roof? Whatever may
be the future policy of the state towards its
reform school, let it in all justice and de
cency treat the non-offending boys and girls
who will become its men and women, with
favor at least equal to that bestowed upon
its incipient criminals.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22
This Picture and That.

True reform aims to reach the fountain
head of evils and abuses. Measures directed
only to the mitigation of the consequences
of evil may be alleviating, but they are not
reformatory. Shutting up rumshops, fining
and imprisoning liquor sellers while the
manufacture and sale of intoxicants is I'M.
restricted, is not temperance reform. Costly
and elaborate institutions for the restraint
and correction of criminals while the sources
OF crimes and misdemeanors are neglected,
are not means of radical moral reforma-
sion. The state of Vermont is, however,
pursuing line of policy with reference to
that class from which the ranks of citizen.
ship are yearly recruited that can be re-
garded as hardly less absurd than by erect
ing delightful villas along the banks of a
turbid stream and adjoining it with attrac-
tive gardens to seek to render the waters
which flow by them fresh and wholesome.
In other words, by its apathy, to call it by no
harsher name, on the subject Of popular ed
ucation, by its practical denial to the youth
OF the state of the means of acquiring that
knowledge which is power, and by its fail
ure to insist upon a reasonable number of
weeks Of school and the attendance of chill
dren at school, it has given direct encour-
agement TO the growth of those vices and
Irregularities which are born Of ignorance
and idleness The average district school of
the state has been frequently described.
The schoolhouse, sometimes an uncouth,
implanted howell, placed on land or in To-
cality where no civilized being would build
his dwelling; cold, cherries structures, a
pane of glass out here and there, doors that
are kept closed by brick or stick of wood,
rude benches which have been the victims
ofruder treatment; neither maps, dictionaries
nor any Of the convenient appliances for in.
struction fostering prives for both sexes
in indecent proximity, sending their nox-
ious effluvia through the open windows in
summer time, always corrupting the phys
ical as they debauch the moral health of a
SCHOOL, a prudential committee with whom
in hiring teacher cheapness, rather than
capacity to teach, is the great desiderstum,
Imagining WIN Si"Poiah6 gu VI CdllOW
boy over difference of sixpencs week in
the pittance which, with the privilege of
"boarding round" constitutes the teachers
pay,-these are some of the leading features
in the practical working of the educational
"system" by which Vermont seeks to make
Of her boys and girls in her district schools
intelligent, virtuous citizens. Can stream
which has its fountain-head in such an intel.
lectual bog discharge into the body polite
the clear, bright, fresh waters of elevating
progressive citizenship Will any amount
of buncombe shouted along its banks, any
amount of reformatory incense burning,
purify its murky waters2 Is 1t a marvel
that there are depraved youth In the state
whose care and treatment Is the object of
solicitude2
The solicitude of the state is misdirected.
With shameful parsimony, indifference or
selashness, II negleots properly to guard the
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22

VERMONT STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. -
The annual meeting of the Vermont state agri-
cultural society was held at Towns Hotel, Bellows
Falls, last Wednesday, Henry Chase of Lyndon
presiding. The following named persons were
elected by ballot. officers OF the society for the
ensuing year: President, Henry Chase Of Lyndon
yice-presdents, JOSEPH c. Parker OF Quechee,
Silas G. Holyoke OF ST. Adams, Julius N North
OF Shoreham, John W. Cramton Of Rutland sec
rotary, Henry Clark OF Rutland; treasurer, Noah
b. SaffoId OF White River Junction; directors,
IL. Henry Baxter Of Rutland, Henry G, Root OF
Bennington. George A. Merrill OF Rutland, VIII
liam X. Sanford OF Orwell James A. Shedd OF
Burlington, Lemuel s. Drew OF Burlington, Henry
b. Kent OF Dorset, George Davis Of East Mont
pelier, Q. Horace Hubbard of Springfield, Henry
c. Cleveland Of Coventry, George Hammond Of
Middlebury, Henry W. Reyes Of Newbury,
Charles II. Campbell OF Westminster, Charles j
Bell Of Walden. A committee, composed OF
Crosby Miller, Henry G. Root C. Horace Hub
bard, Henry Clark and j. c, Parker, were APP
pointed to present revision Of the constitution
at the next annual meeting. Crosby Miller Of
Pomfret, James A. Shedd of Burlington and N
b. Stafford Of White River Junction we're ap-
pointed committee on finance. C. Horace Hub
bard, John W. CTamton, julius N. North, Henry
G. Root and George A. Merrill were appointed a
committee on the location and TO make arrange
ments for the next state fair.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22
VERMONT WATCHMAN STATE JOURNAL

highway tax as the legitimate object of
plumber, and in hundred ways IL is squan-
dered or stolen under very thin pretense
Of working IL out. II is not intended to as
sert that there are no exceptions. But It
cannot be denied that incapacity, shiftless-
ness, bad Judgment and much fraudulent
use Of road taxes result from cutting town
up into q score or more Of independent dis
tricts, and in placing in the hands Of an
oftentimes irresponsible, and more fire.
quently incompetent individual, the I'M.
checked, unsupervised, disbursement Of the
public money.
While the state is insisting under ir onclad
oaths upon the full and honest payment Of
taxes, why should IL not with equal energy
and persistence insist upon an honest dis
bursement Of those taxes2 Let there be re-
form at both ends Of the line-in spending
as well as in assessing. The towns should
have the closest sttainable approximation to
the worth Of all taxes expended. They gen.
orally get 1t in transactions by the select
Iutus AuuSeo blI1llhT W bHOSo WuiCu pro-
vail under the highway district system
formerly existed under the old and corrupt
way OF administering local justice. A saw.
ing Of $4,000 in court expenses in the last
biennial term was effected by the reforma-
tory legislation Of two years ago. A change
Of road management from the hands Of
twenty-five to thirty loose, incompetent and
irresponsible surveyors to the care Of the
selectmen, officials usually chosen from
among the citizens noted for good sense and
thrifty management, it is entirely reasonable
to assume would be attended with similar
beneficial results. Better roads and econom
ical expenditure could hardly fail to follow
the change, and the much mooted question
of the liability of towns for highway dam
ages with the chief procuring cause, the
careless or Indifferent surveyor, would be
come a thing of the past
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22
Fishing In Lake Champlain.

The Joint committee on game and fisheries, OF
which Senator Brainerd OF st. Adams Is chairman,
gave public hearing Wednesday evening on S,
l04 81 In amendment Of chapter ITO. revised laws,
and In addition thereto, relating to game and
fisheries" 1t provides for the appointment and
removal at pleasure OF fish warden by the So
lectmen OF each town who may arrest any person
found violating the provisions OF chapter 40 OF
the revised laws, and prosecute him. 1t also for
bids net fishing In Lake Champlain or In any Of
the rivers emptying therein within ten miles OF
their mouths under penalty OF one hundred dol
lars for each ohence-one half OF the fine 10 go to
the state treasurer and one-half to the informer
and prosecutor-and the conhscaiion Of the nets,
which may be seized on discovery In use by any.
one 1t allows seine fishing during October and
the first fifteen days In November. 1t provides
that any person who catches any black bass, pike
or wal-eyed pike, or has such fish In his posses
sion, between January LIST and May lst shall for
felt five dollars for each fish caught. The Hon.
Jed p Ladd OF Alburgh appeared against the
bill, and argued In favor OF free fishing. Mr..
Hi am Atkins conducted the case for the friends
OF the bill Mr.. Bssell Of Shoreham described
the inefficient operation OF the law hitherto and
said that one much more effective was necessary,
defective law, such as was now upon the stat
ute-book, was worse than none. Mr. Hugh Dom
aldson OF Hog Island, Swanton, and MIR, Romeo
H. Scott were the principal witnesses az tinst the
bill but under the rigorous cross-examination OF
Mr. Atkins they made 80 many admissions that
their testimony told In favor OF the law. MIR
Mark T. Allen Of North Ferrisburgh the member
OF the house from that town. described the In
crease OF fish In the lake bordering upon his town
since the passage OF the law, and he believed
that with more stringent provisions, the good
effect would be still more apparent MIR. James
H. Brown Of Grad Isle, MIR, SCOTS counsel, and
MIR Sowles OF AlbuIgh spoke against the bill.
The deputy sheriff, Frank Alherton OF Duxbury,
and Sheriff John l., futile OF Montpelier, de
scrbed how they went TO Albufgh last April,
and the Il grant use OF nets In violation Of the
law, which they PAW 1t may be said that the
visit of NJ essrs. Atherton and futile made threw
the poachers" into CONSERVATION for the time
being and was productive OF great deal OF good.
They were unexpected until the very last and
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22
Rrrur1-rhe ielenhnne trom hare 10 f,arsxill,

BETHEL The telephone from here to Gaysville
distance of i've miles, Is in speaking order, and
people are having some amusing talks with their
neighbors at Gaysvile. Pittsfield says she must
have telephone now that 1t is nearly halfway
TO them and Rochester, nestled up among the
mountains, will soon follow suit. W. L. Heath
is improving the looks OF his residence on Main
street by putting down handsome granite slab
some four feet wide. for walk running from the
house to the street. On Saturday, the 1lth
instant the guests at the Wilson house had
plates OF foe lettuce on the dinner table, 1t being
the second crop and grown from the first sowing
this season. =. j. b. Alley & Co, have made
thorough repairs in the old taunery. In fact
the interior has the appearance OF new building
They have put In all the modern improvements
and It now has the capacity for turning out nearly
five hundred sides per week. =. e, A. Markham
has taken the famous Barnard panther TO Mont
pelier. lie was shot In Barnard one year age
the 2lst instant, and weighed one hundred eighty.
Ave pounds We hope the state will purchase II
and keep 1t in the state house.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22

the friends OF Messrs Scott and Donaldson took
them into their confidence In the most childlke
way. Some Of them have not got through swear
Ing yet Mt the nice way In which they were
taken In" Whoever knows anything about
fishing In Lake Champlain Ia aware that the
catching Of fish by nets, especially In spawning
time. has diminished the population OF the lake
to such an extent that II will take years to re-
pair under the most stringent law against poach
Ing. These friends OF free fishing are really ad-
yocating the speedy end Of all failing
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22

the people Of Vermont in subject whose vi
tai Importance needs only TO be mentioned 10
be appreciated, and we trust such an organ
ization will be formed. The present Is ia
vorable opportunity and we know Of no
man better calculated to lead in this work
than the efficient secretary Of the board Of
agriculture, Dr. Hiram A. Cutting.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22

ASTRONOMERS were all at fault In their
calculations Of the time during which the
great comet would remain visible to the ma
ked eye. Instead of disappearing weeks
ago as predicted, it is, on account of the
moons absence, brighter than ever in the
early morning in the eastern sky. 1t is now
said that it will probably remain in view
until January, when 1t will rise about
midnight.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22

manager here, but has still his interest In the
crushing mill mir, Ely Goddard IL at home
and has guests from New York. I'VE have
had but very little sickness here the past year
One or two cases Of fever and few OF dysentery
were all the fall sickness We always have more
or less OF lung and chest troubles probably ON
account Of the gas.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22

EAST wARREs,-The fall term OF school In this
Gleason, closed November 10th. The schoolroom
was lastly trimmed for the occasion and the pu-
pills, down to the youngest, spoke their pieces
nicely, closing with a very appropriate recitation
by the teacher. The following pupils had no alb
bury, Archie Lovett, Lucy Moriarty, Efhe Good
speed, Ora Steele Exile Williams and May
Harmon. Those who were absent only one day
were Willie Harmon, Alice Lamb, Anna Averill,
and Jennie Tiotson. There were eleven instauc es
OF hardness Nineteen pupils had no tardy
marks. The whole number OF pupils was twenty
six and the average attendance was twenty two
and three ffths. Il. Mr. A. II. Dutton, who has
been suffering from partial paralysis some five
George, from Upton, Iowa, Is now with him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22

80" THERE is no arguing coward into cour-
age" But even the coward may be brave after
tying Kidney-Wort, that medicine OF wonderful
1t Is prepared in both dry and liquid form and
can always be relied on effective csthartie
and diureuo Try H.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-22

No molasses and water mixture but concen.
trAted extract OF the active medicinal properties
Of roots, bsrks, etc, IL Hoods SarsApAr0la
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-09-23
4 fTCIION S.4LES.

! X NlkIt Il OF i decree OF the Circuit Court OF
- fairlaN comfy, Va. rendered at the June
w. 49, IN the calse of Harriet King 1T ais
w. i.t'"f'in Fowler ct al., will offer for sale by
p"pl" auction at the market house in the city Of
Ni'A'',"fla on SATURDAY, the 21st day of o..
Toner lS>2. At l.. o'clock m. the following nron.
city. to-wit: S t"P
me property known Is the West Farm Of Lewis
linton Ut now deceased, situated in the townsh;n of
~ ht. Nefnnn' Fairfax county, lying between the
i non,eS,cMi ana thrland of John Young contaipino
uNr iuA ApkED ACRES, more or less, as SURVEYED
;'iiu M estimated by Warrington (illingham, ressry
M Il wagon road where il now runs of the width
"i wv" rods, M" Ia hr "tslrurted by more than two
'''te' aa 'learrli in the will of said Lewis Linton
'e'n'iei IN VIII hook {. No. y, D. 394 of the re
cords al Fairfax county.
Terms o! Sale The purchaser To nav suttci.nt
~ r''', ." thr day OF sale TO pay the costs of the
>,i' >"i' ana the costs, expenses and commission
"i sale aa' ten per cent ul the purchase money in
"iilni' thereto, ana furthe residue to eyccutc his
several Notes or bonds in equal installmeuts hpar
ny interest from the day of sale payable in si
l"SNc, ana eighteen months thereafter said notas
Ut ",'iiS To he scared to the satisfaction of the
commissioner, the deposit to be- forfeited and tbe
h" hahle to be rcsold, in case the purchaser fails
TO complete his purchase ut his risk and the tit
|" pc retained until the deferred payments be fully
paid. " WIiTOIfCupy '"''s
scp22- C,nm,r Of c,I
iiili = VI 'oilc.
p..l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-09-23

ToE-NAIL AND ToE-NAILERs.- Governor
Cameron has secured for himself nick
name, and is now known by the august IT,
tie oIthr "Toc-Nail Governor"
This new distinction, conferred with all
the honors by the Alexandria GAZETTE, has
been followed up very happily, by the the
l.ynchburg -Ncr*, which suggests that his
followers and the hossilrrous allies shall he
called the Toe naiers," and we think our
contemporaries have done bit Of unortho
dox christening (Toc-Nail and Toe -Nailcrsl
which will stick for many day to the Coy
ernor and his motley crew Norfolk Land.
mark.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-09-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The fishing is said to be very fine oil New
port News.
The Orange county Jail lot has been sold
I" Mr.. James II. Moore for $50.
Five hundred and thirty million dollars
have been 'i*blIsr'l iol pensions since the
close of the war.
Henry Todd. who lives at Daripn. il the
wealthieSt negro in Georgia HE'S G5 wears
| old, and worth 100000.
Many farmers around Lynchburg have
commenced curing tobacco The crop this
year Is exceptionally large and fine
By the end OF this Year the Baltimore and
Potomac Road will bc doublcd-tracked all
the way from Baltimore to Washington.
The gross earnings Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, in New York Stale for
the year ending June :;0th, were $S45 900
The Jennings tract Of land in the lower
part OF tulpcpcr county. containing llHi
acres. was sold al public auction on Monday
TO Mrs. Starkie for $3.50
II was announced that the land of Diss-
tons tunr-millionacrc purchase in Florida
will he thrown open October lst for sale at
the government price Of 81 p per acre
The Early county Ga.l Nrws says: The
Confederate ilag pole leans Il little more
since the storm. Straightcn it up. and let
| 1t stand until il falls from decay. 1t is now
| about y years and months old
| The farm belonging to the estate of the
late Col. Timothy Taylor. lying near Sill
colts Springs in loudoun county, and con-
tanning lSG acres was sold on Saturday, last
| week for $3.50 per acre.-C. n. Taylor and
VIM. Piggot, purchasers
The differences between the manufactu-
rers and their employees having been set
tied at Pittsburg. 4 large number Of the
mills started up yesterday with q full COM
plcmcnt ofmcn and the balance will be in
operation by next Monday. Both sides APP
pear to be glad that the strike is over
The commissioners appointed 10 adjust
the North Carolina debt incurred TO aid in
the construction of the North Carolina Rail
road report that 81 100000 of the bonds have
been renewed ont OF total of S2.795, 900.
The October interest will he payable at the
National Bank Of the Republic, New York
The iron manufacturers of the Wheeling
district met AT Wheeling Thursday and unan-
imousy resolved not to start their mills un-
til labor prices were equalized with Pitts
burg. Heretofore they have paid twenty
live cents per ton more for boiling, and five
| cents more for heating. They claim that
prices have been cqualized elsewhere and
should he equalized at Wheeling.
4 queer thing now exists in the relative
prices OF bacon and lard, the latter being
cheaper, per pound than the commonest ba-
con sides. 4 grocer, in conversation with
us, stated that such had never beeu the case
before in his recollection, and when asked
the cause. said ii was due to the great adul-
teraton of lard with beef tallow, barytes,
etc, and that with the exception ofthe Vir-
| glnia-mad lard, it was now almost impossi-
bic to get q package that is pure Lynch
| burq .Idramr
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-09-23

PAY lorR Poll TAx.-Let Democrats;
not forget that the poll tax for 1881 must be
paid. DO not wait but attend to its pay
mcnt at once. Put up your dollar and five
cents and don't wait for some one to do it
for you. Every good white man should see
that his vote is thus secured, without wait
ing until the last day. Step up and relieve
your mind OF this matter, and your vote of
jeopardy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-09-23
BY Green & Wise, Auctioneers

tRuSTEES SALE OFVALUABLE REAL ES-
L TATE i'll the city of Alexandria, Va-Ev
virtue OF deed of trust dated on the 18th day or
August 1873, and by request Of The beneficiary
therein named, will offer for sale b. public anc-
ton in front Of the entrance to the Court Room,
on Fairfax street, in the city Of Alexandria. Va,
on TIL uRSDAi. the 9TH day Of October, 1882, ut
IL o'clock m, ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND
with the BUILDINGS and appurtcnances thereto
belonging situated on the south side of Duke
street and east Side of Columbus street, in said
city of Alexandria, and bounded us follows: Be-
ginning ut the intersection of the said streets and
running thence east on Duke street one hundred
and twcnty-three feet, five inches ,123 IT, ) in
thence west parallel with Duke street Ia Co!um
bus street, to the line of VIM w. Adam: then
south parallel to Columbus street two hundred
and lnrty-tour feet ten inches t24l feet 10 inl
then with Columbus street To the beginning
This is one of the most desirable locations in the
city, having an area of 10000 s,,.are feet Of
ground, beautiful lawn, finely shaded also num
her OF fruit trees of fine varieties The house is
large. has all the modern convcniencrs. and is
suitable for school purposes.
Terms of sale: $4,000 in cash and enough to
pay the expenses ofcxecuting this trust, and the
residue in t., II and Is mouths. equal payments
with interest from day of sale, the payments to he
secured by deed of trust on the property
ScpD-.lw JNO. w. BURKE Trust,,