Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-03-08
Notes and Notions.

"uoh ~ says thdu ptdceiul stctsSiou Woulu
not be accepted to-day were the choice Of
fered.
AFTER March Goth, the six months Of
mourning for President Garfield expiring
on that day, President Arthur will hold
semi-weekly afternoon and evening recep-
lions.
ExGovERNoR Brown of Tennessee fears
that the re-opening of the state debt contro-
versy in that state will make it republican, az
the debtpaying democrats will unite with
the republicans.
THE Puritan religion, according to an
English writer, has had great effect on
the manufactures of the United States by
producing an honest and efficient workman
ship everywhere throughout the union.
THE irrepressible Bradlaugh has been
again returned to the British parliament
from Northampton by a large majority. The
opposition members of the commons, how
ever will resist any attempt he may make
to take his seat.
A PRETTY stiff bill has been introduced
in the New York legislature, prohibiting
political assessments on ofice.holders and
enabling person suffering special dam
age" by being turned out of office for refus-
ing to pay one to recover damages.
THE New York Truth says Abram Hewitt
will not be an available candidate for any
position in the gift of the people until he
discloses all he knows about the Morey let.
ter. He can if he will" says that paper,
"dispel the most perplexing of all the mists
that surround that famous forgery. Why
does he not do 80 ?"
The Ricbford Gazette very pertinently
says: 1.-THE unwarranted haste of many
state papers in bringing Barstow and Dill.
| ingham forward as candidates for governor
and acknowledgement and striving to be-
little every other name mentioned, would in
dictate that there is job of some kind be-
hind this too previous procedure"
WASHINGTON letter to New York Sun /:
"And it may be said now that, although
urgently pressed by President Arthur and
by others to accept the treasury department,
Mr.. Conklng absolutely declined that COM
pliment. All his tastes and all his habits
are adverse to ofice-holding and, TO say the
whole truth, Office, at its best, is but gilded
| bondage"
BosToN Herald: at is a popularity of
American politics that the most conspcu-
GUS actors at a given time are individuals
whom one faction or another has declared
to be dead beyond resurrection. Grant, Ar
thur, Kelly, Conkling and Blaine have sew
orally been encoiiined, never to rise again,
but somehow continue to make themselves
tolerably lively corpses.'
| New York Times: Mr.. Blaines eulogy
was every way worthy of the subject and
the occasion. 1t said nothing to cause re-
| greet, and leaves no sense of inadequacy or
omission of what is called for. 1t will not
rank among great funeral orations, but it
was graceful, fitting and sufficient. Its
chief merit is that it is full of its subject
and empty of its author"
ST. LOUIS Post-Dispatch: at is possible
that the democrats may find somebody who
can carry the necessary 203 votes in 1884,
but we must confess it looks very strongly
against it. With New York torn into pieces
| by the desertion of Tammany, and the solid
| south broken, with Indiana and Ohio in the
hands of the republicans, and no demo-
| cratic leader, or brains, or distinct issue,
democssjic prospects for 1854 look dark
indeed"
CONGRESSMAN Cox states that the life
saving service counts among its benefactions
over 10000 lives and over Sl1 100000 saved.
Our service is at the head of all such sys.
TENS throughout the world. The loss of
life has increased everywhere except on our
coasts. Our loss has decreased year after
year. The diminution is seventy-fve per
cent The number of persons imperiled
has greatly increased, but the rescues have
been growing larger in number.
THE Garfield memorial window which is
to be placed in st. James Episcopal church
at Long Branch is completed and on exhibit
ton in New York. 1t will commemorate
the last act of public worship by the presi-
dent, for he attended services in the church
on Sunday, June 26th, before his death.
The window is of the Gothic arch form,
and is six feet high by two feet wide. 1t
will be placed in the side of the church OPP
posite the pew that President Garfield last
occupied.
Mr.. ScovILLE has Withdrawn from the
| defense of Guiteau and returned to the
practice of law in Chicago, whence he
emerged six months ago to defend brother
| in-law, the most infamous criminal on earth.
j. w. Guiteau, brother of the assassin, is re.
ported 10 have held conference with sew
eral lawyers in New York relating to the
further conduct of the case. b. +. Buffers
name is again mentioned in connection
| with the case, but to enquiries concerning
the authenticity of rumors to that effect his
reply is, ats nobody's business"
IT may be well enough to reduce internal
revenue taxation, but Mr.. Carlisles propo-
sition to change the whiskey tax from
ninety to fifty cents gallon deserves the op,
J position it is sure to encounter. 1t may be
good policy to secure the maximum of rev.
enue from this source, but not at the expense
of public health and public morals. With
heavy customs tariff on foreign books and
publications and other means of education
| whiskey seems hardly the place to begin to
relieve the burdens of a heavily taxed
people.
The Wisconsin legislature acquired some
notoriety last year by passing an anti-treat-
ing law in the interest of good manners and
good morals. OF course the measure was
never carried into effect aud it has since
been declared unconstitutional aud repealed.
Although it is useless to proceed by law
against this custom to encourage drunken
ness there has been a marked improvement
in the attitude of society toward the matter,
and the "what-will-you-have" young man
finds himself at heavy discount at present
in reputable circles.
A WALKING match commenced in New York a
week ago Monday and closed Saturday night.
The contestants and their scores were ~ follows.
Iiazael, 600 fitzgerald, 577; Noremac, 555; Hart,
| 542; Hughes, 535; Sullivan, 525. On completing
his feat, which is the largest score on record,