Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-08-30
Notes and Notions.


THE Boston Advertiser is authority for
the statement that DIR. G. W. Ladd Of
Maine says Greenbackism is dead, and
our party has no time to spare standing
round the coffin"
THE force and influence Of "a Repentant
Sinners communication in another column
would be greatly enhanced were we at lib
erty to give the name of its author. II ex-
plains in clear light the origin of the most
unaccountable and unreasonable movement
which, in 1874, finally eliminated in the de-
feat Of Judge Poland for representative TO
congress. Read it, every republican voter in
the second district.
ADDISON COUNTY republicans, in a boiling
mass convention at Middebury last week,
nominated Hon. Cyrus w. Wicker of Fer
risburgh in the place G. w. Read, the regu-
lar nominee. The objection alleged aga INST
Mr.. Read is that he is not temperance
man. The action of these Addison county
republicans would appear more consistent
and command more respect if the objection
to the other senatorial nominee, Colonel
Fletcher, by reason of his failure TO make
out his inventory under the new tax law,
had prevailed, and secured the nomination
of an entirely new senatorial ticket.
In response to letter Of enquiry recently
written to Senator Edmunds by young
lawyer, asking for information as to what
were the best political works from which to
gain thorough knowledge of both parties,
the senator says THE debates and Jour
mails Of the two houses of congress will show
you, better than anything else, the state Of
parties in this country and what are the real
points of difference. From 1854 down to the
present time they show what has been done,
and what has been resisted. One who reads
all this, and it is great labor to do it, will
not fail, think, to see where his path lies.
But no one in this present world of ours
must expect anything like perfection in any
government, or in any party. We can only
wisely try to help get the best sttainable
things done, and must expect that the best
party will fall short of what it ought to be-"
In his speech before the Caledonia county
convention, Governor Eaton said p" / left
my quiet and unpretending home the day
before our late state convention, a private
citizen and plebeian. l returned two days
later a governor and a patrician. How
quick the change from obscurity to noto-
riety. Everything did me honor at home.
The small boys looked on with silent awe
and meditation as the great governor
alighted from the train. The soft winds of
evening, as they whistled through the trees,
were singing in honor of the governors
return. As I peared my ancestral mansion,
was able to distinguish by the rays of the
pale moonlight that the felines of the vi
cinity, to the number of dozen or more, had
surrounded the governors very grave and
dignifed female cat. In fact, a cat concert
was being held in honor of my nomination,
and l was able to distinguish between the
discordant cat voices, the words See, the
conquering hero comes"
ENGLAND is deliberately closing around
Arab. From three points,-Alexandria on
the Mediterranean, Ismailia near the mid
die and Suez at the southern end of the
csnsl,-her military forces are advancing,
with Cairo as the objective point. Some
fighting has occurred in the advance from
Ismailia, the advantage being uniformly
claimed for the English. A time must soon
come when the strength of Arabs resisting
powers must be shown. The English SOL
diers are beginning to show the effects of
the intense heat and change of climate. AS
they advance into the enemy's country, the
war loses the gala day aspect which charac-
terized the bombardment of Alexandria
Henceforth it will assume more serious
aspect and be invested with the stern reali-
ties of armed conflicts. The odds are great
against the Egyptians. So they were
against the American colonists a hundred
years ago with the same proud mistress of
seas for an antagonist. Eugland's rights in
the quarrel are not more clearly defined
now than they were then, and if right pre-
walls it is not at all sure that England will
be victorious on the Nile.