Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-08-16
Notes and Notions.


BALTIMORE and Boston now prohibit the
sale of the toy pistol
President ARTHUR has consented to be
come arbitrator between Mexico and Guate
mala in the settlement of the boundary
question, in the event of both governments
desiring him to act.
SAMUEL DIBBLE, the author of the South
Carolina "dibbletry," has received the dem.
ocratic nomination for congress and is pre-
pared to be elected from the extraordinary
district which he carved out for his own
benefit.
THE Washington Star says the govern
ment employees are responding quite literally
to the request of the republican congress
sional committee for financial aid. The
agitation upon the question of assessments
seems to have rather stimulated payment
than to have retarded it.
THE republicans of Kansas have re.nom.
mated Governor st. John and taken square
ground " in favor of the prohibition of the
manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors
as beverage" The vote for governor
stood st. John 2S7 all others 90. It is
evident that Kansas has lost none of her old
time moral stamina.
ALBANY JOURNAL "When it was pro-
posed to pass bill removing s43,O00,00O
burthen from the shoulders of the people,
Mr. Cox pronounced the proposition a
humbug.' When customer declared that
piece of goods he was examining had a
bad odor, the merchant replied mo, it ish
not de goods; it ish me- Cox, and not the
proposition, is the humbug.'"
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN: "Congress-
man Robinson has been receiving many and
fattering personal congratulations for his
attitude toward the river and harbor bill.
These come from all over the state. Massa-
chusetts newspapers, too, are properly APP
plauding the vote of Mr.. Norcross. E. The
congressman did not appreciate that it was
loaded, and they are much surprised over
this popular condemnation of the river and
harbor bill. Representatives of western and
southern districts feel sure that their con-
stituents are still for the old flag and an ap-
preparation, but those from other sections of
the country cannot disguise their worry"
THE star route defense suddenly an.
nounced last week that they had no further
testimony to introduce. The announcement
took the public by surprise, as it had been
supposed that the great accused would take
the stand and tell what he knew about the
alleged frauds and prove his much Wanted
innocence. The failure of Brady to take
the stand is regarded, morally, as confess
sion of guilt. Walsh testified that Brady
had admitted that he levied regular tax on
all contractors. An honest man could not
keep silence under such testimony, and the
fact that Brady did not ask to go upon the
stand to dispute Walsh showed that he
feared the exposures of cross examination.
The arguments of the prosecution have been
in progress during the past week, and at the
present time the defense is addressing
the jury.
1HE Boston Advertiser says: Boiling is
an operation of political surgery. The skill
full surgeon does not deem it his duty always
to cut off diseased members, nor does he fail
to choose the time when the knife will do its
work for the best prospects for the recovery
of the patient. If he were to begin at the
first appearance of bad symptoms and re-
peat the process whenever there was a re-
currence of them, he would be merely
butcher. Buthe would be no more the enemy
of his patient, than would be he who made
it point never to inAict wound in order to
avert worse result So in politics. He
who bolts wisely, also wisely determines on
many an occasion that the circumstances
require that although to bolt is duty, his
higher duty is to refrain. The man who
always bolts, and he who never bolts are
equally irrational and equally useless for
political REFORM