Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-04

The world did not come 10 an end In
1881 and folks are very uniuStly blaming
Molher Shipton for it. Her reputation fol
truth is not to-day much better than thai
of Il Louisiana witness or Vennor, and al
because printer attributed lot of proph,
ecies to her that the old lady was guiltles:
of.
But 1881 was a yer that will long br
memorable for the assassinations of the
Emperor Alexander and President Gar.
field. All its great enterprises and other
events of moment will be forgotten before
those two crimes. The earlier. sudden in
execution and effect. made less lasting
impression than the long weeks of suffer.
ing that prolonged the American tragedy
The busy worlt always goes about it:
business whether it is joyful or sincerely
mourning aud Il new year finds it now az
many time before attending more to tn,
future than the past.
This new year finds less of war thai
most of its predecessors. There is non,
in Europe; and but touch of 1t il
northern Africa where the French ar,
working out their Tunis difficulty. Ash,
has nothing worthy the name of war
though there is some fighting amons
people who are never heard of unles, thev
are fighting. South America has only tn,
remnants of the Chilian and Peruvian
conflict left over. and North America L
quiel except for a few Indian raids.
The absence of war does not relieve III,
sta esmrn of Europe from puzzling prob
lens. The ear is full of business in keep
ing he breath in his body and the sultal
in keeping alive the body polite owe
which he pre- ends 10 rule Germany an,
Fance and England have difficult queS
tions for their rulers to deal with and iron
some Of them the days OF the new yea
will bring very interesting news.
This country is in the full tide of fairl
prosperous business. In the west new
lands are swiftly becoming farms and her
is plenty of rapid development of whicl
what is called the " D ,kota boom is per
haDs the most notable. This peculia
western growth is fed largely by the in
creased immigration from Europe that ha
marked the last year.
Onr exports still largely exceed our i'm
ports in other words the country sell
more than it buys. Aud wthstandin
the increased expense incurred by tn
arrears Of pension bill the publ
debt is fast diminishing. The Statement
for December shows a decrease of owe
twelve millions in that month and tn
reduction tor the last half year has bee
more than seventy-ive million dollars
With money flowing into the treasury &
a rate that enables such reduction to b
made congress needs to exercise moi
than usual care in seeing that no exlraN
agant and costly undertakings are entere
upon Just BECAUSE money is plenty.
Our foreign policy is in honorable an
sale hands, and there is much less dange
Of nee Hess complications with other n
tiols than if the able and senatorial NJ
3 ane of Maine had remained at the hea
of the state department. The talk abo,
the late secretary of State having retire
to private life is pretty weak stuff, Fl
gets mp every morning and is very wiz
awake when he is up; and there IS ever
prospect that this characteristic will col
tinue to attach to him for this year M
next.year and the year after that.
This week good many new state 90
ernments are getting into running orde
The new order of things in Virginia W
begun Monday by the Inauguration
VIM. E Cameron as governor. Yesterd;
the Now York legislature met and becau
the Tammany democrats have not yet hi
their terms granted the democrats fail,
to organize either the Senate or House.
is probable that some arrangement W II
made satisfactory TO Mr.. Kelly and tn
the New York democracy will get unit,
and 90 about laying out its political wo
for the year.
There will be much interest in the ne
arra>ing of the two great parties again
each other, and AS this will be done duri
the year upon which we have just entere
1882 viii be important in the political
well rs the business world.