The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-25
Notes and Comments.


THE "new democracy is defined to be
that which believes in nominating old re-
publicans for the best offices.
YOUNGSTOWN HERALD: &C" Turn the
rascals out shrieks the New York Sun.
Why, they are out. They were turned
out over twenty years ago when they stole
all the money in the treasury, rifed the
arsenals, and attempted to split the Union,
and they have been out ever since. We
supposed the Sun knew that"
BosToN HERALD: "The teachers in
stitute at the White Mountains last week
bore strong resemblance to an editorial
excursion. Something more than third
of those in attendance were teachers, the
rest outsiders who took advantage of the
cheap rates. But even this was larger
proportion than there is of editors on the
average editorial excursion"
BosToN HERALD: "Speaking Of the
proposed ticket of Edmunds and Lincoln,
the Chicago InterOcean says: If our
6" Bob" appears on the next presidential
ticket, his name will be at the head. IL
linois does not play second fiddle to Yer
mont Perhaps not in acres or popula-
ton, but in statesmen she has nobody
who wouldn't be outweighed in playing
seventeenth fiddle to George F. Ed
munds."
MANsLAYER PHIL THOMPSON, member
of Congress from Kentucky, wesas Gp &c II al
White House with Mckee and introduced
him as "a republican constituent" The
president deliberately put his right hand
behind his back and said: 81 ha We been
made acquainted with Mr.. Logan Mckee
some sixty times. His face is as familiar
as the White House or the capitol. L have
no desire to see him again" Bravo,
President Arthur.
Mr.. BARNUM went to the top of MOUNT
Washington one day last week. The view
from the mountain that afternoon CHANGED
to be glorious one. The Snowman was
deeply impressed with the unrivaled
view. Turning to friend, he said, " I'm
going to send telegram" He turned
back, and at the first opportunity tele-
graphed to friend: 6" l am at the top of
Mount Washington. 1t is the second
greatest show on earth"
EX-SENATOR THURMAN's son describes
Judge Hoadly as "a political gymnast,"
ga democrat long time ago, then an abb
olitionist, then know-nothing, then re-
publican, then a radical, then liberal,
then Grant man, then for Hayes, then
against Governor Allen, and at last the
democratic nominee for governor of Ohio"
He does not propose to vote for him; and
we imagine that not few democrats in
Ohio will be of the same mind.
SAVANNAH, Georgia, is good example
to Southern states and cities in the treat
ment of debts. That city is laboring I'M
der the weight of large municipal in
debtedness, but she has strenuously re-
sisted all proposals to scale down or to re-
pudiate. With the voluntary consent of
her creditors the city has recently re-
funded her debt at lower rate of inter-
est and imposed tax of three per cent on
real estate to meet present demands and
to provide for the creation of sinking
fund.
INDEPENDENT; "a correspondent of the
Boston Journal should not mislead the
Evening Post and the Evangelist with such
note from Audover as this The pict-
uresque old stone house lin Andover)
where Mrs. Stowe wrote "Uncle Toms
Cabin" is becoming quite classical pile
and attracts numerous visitors from the
country round These numerous visitors
had better reserve their emotions for a
certain modest house in Brunswick,
Maine, where 'Uncle Toms Cabin was
written before the Stoves went to An.
dover, or crossed the threshold of the
classical pile"