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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-12-19
Preparing for 1884.

At the meeting of the national republi.
can committee in Washington, a week
ago, Chicago was selected as the place,
and June a the day, for holding the next
convention for the nomination of candi.
dates for the presidency and vice-presi-
dency. Senator Sabin of Minnesota. Mr..
Windows successor, was chosen chair
man. Senator Frye of Maine presented
plan for new basis of representation
which would secure to the states which
must be depended on to elect republican
president preponderance of votes in the
nominating convention. Under the pres
emit system each state has four delegates
at-large and two for each congressional
district. Each territory also has two del.
egates. Mr.. Frye's proposed plan was as
follows Each state shall be entitled to
four delegates, as now; each district to
one instead of two, as now; to one addi-
tional delegate for each ten thousand
votes cast within its limits in 1880 for the
republican candidates for presidential
electors, and to one additional delegate for
. majority fraction of ten thousand votes.
Each territory was also allowed two dele
gates. The vote for presidential electors
is taken as best indicating the real
strength of the party in any district, being
less liable to be affected by local causes.
The effect of this change would have
been to have increased the representation
of the northern states by one hundred and
nine delegates and to have decreased the
southern delegations in the aggregate
sixty-one members. Illinois would have
had an increase of twelve, Indiana eleven,
New York sixteen, Ohio seventeen, and
Pennsylvania sixteen delegates. Vermont
would have had an increase of four dele
gates, while Rhode Island would have
lost two, the only one of the northern
states thus affected. The delegations of
five of the southern states would not have
been changed, while the others would
have been reduced in numbers varying
from three in Virginia and Tennessee to
eleven in Texas. Under the existing basis
the total number of delegate in the con.
vention will be eight hundred and twenty.
Under the proposed basis the total would
have been eight hundred and seventy
This plan was not adopted but was con
veniently referred, after warm debate
to the convention for discussion and set
Element. 1t was perhaps unfortunate fol
Mr.. Frye, if he wished to have his plan
succeed, that he hailed from a state which
has twice presented "favorite son J." fol
conventional honors and who is popularly
credited with aspirations for "thirc
term" 1t may have been merely coin
cidence, but it is noticed that the new
plan would have given to the states il
which Mr.. Blaine has had his largest an,
most enthusiastic following the bull
of the increased representation. So that
justly or uniustly, the plan was handi
capped with suspicion that it was
scheme to advance the ambition of MI
Blaine. 1t is true that the southern
states in the last election were not able h
contribute any electoral votes to the re
publican cause, and that they probab
will not be able to in the next. The re
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-12-19
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1883
The Troy and Boston railway has paid

THE Troy and Boston railway has paid
its tax, amounting to s495. The fatal
ties which seem to have attended the ef
fort of the commissioner to communicate
with the officials of this road, from the
dispatching of the return blanks in early
summer to his final letter in the fall to
the president Of the company, which that
official says he has never seen, is a verita-
BILE comedy of errors. The first notice
the off ,ials had that the state had claim
which it was trying to enforce was men.
ton of the fact in Bennington paper
that Commissioner Dillingham; had sued
the company. In half dozen communi.
cations on the subject the long.suffering
commissioner exhausted his store of pa
thence and politeness, and still the COM
pany had from country newspaper its
first inkling that the state was getting
anxious about little matter of few
hundred dollars in taxes. There is appar-
emily screw loose either in the postal
communication between Waterbury and
Troy, or in the internal management of
the Office of the railway company.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-12-19
Wafrhmar Dc gnnrraI.

rrRns-s2Oo per year, strictly in advance; or s2So II
not paid within three months.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05

tion. An informer named LAME gave
testimony, Affirming the existence OF .
vigilance murder circle, to which he said
the prisoners belonged. The prisoners
we're remanded for . week.
George Smith, one Of the men in Gus
tody on the charge Of being implicated in
b conspiracy to murder Government
officials, has been discharged, he having
agreed 10 emigrate.
DUBLIN, Nay 4.-Lawrence Hanlon.
who was placed on trial yesterday, charged
with attempting to murder the juror Den
mis- Field. was found guilty this morning
and sentenced to penal servitude for life
The Freeman Journal says: 1.-THE dyna-
mite plot, Matched in America, was be-
trAyed to the British Consulate in New
York, and the name OF every conspirator
who came to England. and OF the ship In
which be sailed, vas csbled to England
The Journal further says: bers OF
the governing council Of the conspirators
could alone have given such information.
LONDON. May "A report is in circula-
ton here to-day that the Government had
received . cable dispatch from New YORK,
stating that Walsh and Sheridan had been
arrested by the American authorities.
CRoNsrADT, May "A building used A.
the manufactory OF explosives was discov-
cred here, and several naval officers, who
are said to have been concerned In the
manufacture of explosives, have been ar
rested.
LONDON, Nay AT a conference OF the
members Of the Irish Nationalist party OF
London IL was resolved to organize .
fund for the relief OF families OF persona
who have ned the country or been arrested
in connection with the murder trials In
Ireland. and generally under the Crimes
Act. It il computed that 500 families
been rendered destitute BY the flight
or Incarceration of their bread winners.
An address will be iisued TO the Irish Ma
tionalists in America and British colonies,
appealing for contributions TO the pro-
posed fund, and delegates will be sent to
them to set forth the need for speedy
aa.sokanoo
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05
FIRST STRAWBERRIES

TINE FIRST sTRAwBRRRIRD OF THE
Beoeen were TO-DAY received by b. Laoh.
man from the California fruit sh1ppoeG. ~. J.,
Wilson Z Son. Of Newcastle, Gal.
The Abovo.mentiono0 Afm have. thxouGh the
sid Of tholr lndcmitabl6 skill o peruovee1na
business ensfgies, become famou6 an0 their
name wldsly kaoxn = fruit packers and ship.
Not contsnted With past aehisvsments Il.
Isa1y acquired. thsy, ~ thair snt.Eprise =
and IN equal % all. That they have proven
end NO cAn for . moment 0eny.
Win . vieW 70 mora easily and quietly Servo
their patrons they hsve efectoa : vegy large
and handeome boilding ample and commo.
dious enough for all pufposse. In CLOSE prox.
intty and almost Opposite wells, Fargo : o..
end tbs 9. p. p =. freight oGos. BEING -
very conventent1y attuatsd. and having tbar
npildinG eopneosed n platforms to hoss Of
NE 9. = =. =. Co., Al tolttnG neoeosasily
eauee4 otheFwtse wnl b. dispe0eed With and
~ truit tsuetsd IN perfect erdss fBom tAsts
building y thso.1.1.1 dspot, wheEe Il u
losded On ths Cars by compstsnt hands skilled
IN that lire. and sent for ward in condition 70
undergo - journey. n esSsfuiIy handled villa
- xoaoe. y pexfsce safety.
ssgseeh hut we'll ana earofully packed, = II
their MOTH. and thsy make a . psst u theis
bue1nees - 80 theS ill fruit 10 forwarded on
~ eane ~ N ordeR nay have bssa Seeelved.
Their mashet covers { very lasoe eeea, In
cluAiua ~ feRTitos1ee.
oes nsrshants viii - ven u aivs xssssa.
WI. WILSON I son . fails tsiai. spl9tf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05

Our Eastern brethren are beginning to
be alarmed by the diseases brought to
America by the mass Of immigrants who
thronq Castle Garden, among whom
lepers have been discovered. Leprosy
in America, brought from ths old world,
il no new thing. The country has been
informed with particularly in regard to
this foul disease A. brought into San
Francisco by the Chinese and thence
carried to other points ON the Pacific
Coast. Being now terrified, however.
by danger from this Ioathsome plague in
their own midst. the cry of alarm is
sounded. Says the New York Mail Of q
recent date:
1.-THE Children Of Israel carried the
hideous disease OF leprosy with them
into Palestine. and for many centuries
the scourec was one Of the most loath-
some and deadly known to the world.
To this day there are leper villages in the
East. whose Inhabitants are outcasts,
manned a. the presence Of death itself.
Ieprosy spread over Europe. and many
centuries passed before it could be sup
pressed, although it il now nearly ex-
tinct there, except in Norway. So ter
r;ble Il the disease that not . little
s~pprehension has resulted from b dis
coyery that : few lepers have arrived in
the United States. IL is the opinion of
physicians that the adoption Of measures
Tor the exclusion Of all lcprous persons i
) necessity. Certainly the public author
Ities will have NO excuse for neglecting to
take the needful precautions. II il true
that the improvement Of the condition OF
HE poor - 70 diet and personal c~leanli-
was followed by the suppression OF
The disease in Europe, but whom once it
has gained . foothold in . country . long
lime may BE- required to eradicate i.
Immigrants are pouring in st Castle
Garden from almost every part Of the
xlobe, and il will require vigilance on the
part Of the authorities to keep the lepers
md other offensive applicants out"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05

The fearful agent Of destruction il
: simple affair in its manufacture. It i
one Of the many products, or combina-
tions. Of nitro glycerine, and il about ID
times = powerful . gunpowdsr. The
discovery Of this dangerous and potent
explosive WA made in ls46 by Ascasae
Sobrere, then : pupil in the laboratory
Of Pelonze, the eminent French chemist.
who devoted 20 years Of his life to the
investigation Of the chemistry Of oils
and fats.
Dynamite was patented in the United
States May 20. 1868. the patent being
granted to Alfred Nobel Of Hamburg.
Germany. assignor to John Bandmann Of
San Francisco. II consists Of : COM
binatiou Of nitro glycsrine with : sub
stance Of great absorbent power. such.
for instance, ~ fullers' earth or rotten
stone. By this competition the explo-
sivensss Of the nitro glycerine il con-
trollsd, = IL were, and the compound il
capable Of withdrawing al the ordinary
dangers Of transportation. while at the
sans tims ~ explosive power i not
lsalsnsd. The process Of manufacture i
vsry simple. You take : certain pro
portion Of nitric and sulphuric sold and
mix them with certain other ~proportiont
StAs @xvnar;rn vvkfch - AZ eaaemra a. fak
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04

them take their choice. / think that
almost every man in the street has his pet
superstitiOns which work at certain times.
1 know some men who can't operate on
rainy days. and others who have to wait
fOrfair ones. / know others who see ruin
in the fact of knife pointing at them from
restaurant table. / have been consulted
hundred times by men who wanted
TO know what to do because their foot
turned under them when they left a
brokers' office. Only this morning man
gave me 81 for telling him that it is bad
luck to brush hat the wrong way the
first time it is brushed. One of my regu-
lar customers believe that a change of
hats brings about a change of luck.
Mourning hats are considered unlucky in
the street. One of my customers says he
always has bad luck VIXEN he meets a
man carrying travelling shawl. If he sees
the man in time he will turn right around
and 90 the other way, even If he is walk
ing with lady. Another customer, if he
happens to turn back to his house for
some forgotten article, will not come to
the street that day. l could tell you a
hundred such things about Wall street
men who would never acknowledge that
they have any superstitiOns.'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04
RELIGION IN INDIA.
An Exposition of its Teachings by Pro-
tap Chunder MozOomdar.


At the Central Church Sunday evening
Protap Chunder MOzOOmdar, Hindoo,
and an eXpOunder of the HindOo religion,
spoke to a fair-sized audience. He was
introduced by Rev. Joseph Cook, who
gave description of the HindOO religion,
and the difference between it and the
Christian religion. The stranger, upon
entering the pulpit said: permit me to
call you brothers and sisters and fellow
children of a common father. | come as
a pilgrim, and also to pay a tribute to
your ethical culture, Christian lives, and
progress in science and art" The speaker
SAID that he also came to deliver mes
sage. and prayed that the spirit of God
would aid him in the proper interpreta-
ton of his mission. lie then
described at length the Hindoo reig-
ion. He said that Asia was the mother of
many religions. MOhOmmetism and Budd-
hism originated there. The primitive
HindOOs wOrshipped the sublimity of
Gods presence in the sun, moon and stars
and the ocean. Language is feeble and
cannot express our reverence of the SUI
preme Being, and we call on the ocean
and mountains to and us. The HindOO re-
ligiOn was founded for the purpose Of
driving out idOlatry and kindling the fires
of national worship on desolate affairs.
Nature worship, which was only the WOr-
ship of an unnamable mystery, in time
formed itself into the worship Of the one
spirit controlling all things. a worship by
the soIl of the soul all-pervading. In
time we came to doubt the infallibility of
the holy books. and our religion was in Il
state Of chaos. Our constant contact
with the civilization of the Western cOun-
tries, which came pouring into our cOun-
try and from the fact that the government
and missionaries We're ofChristian nations
and were constantly brought in contact
with us, led us to study gravelv
the question. "What do YOU think
OF JeSus:' We did not think of Him
after your well-cut lines of occidental
thought. In India the idea of the sonship
has always been strictly recognized and
we regarded the son as the further devel-
Opment of the father. Therefore we took
Christ as Gods revelation in humanity.
and he became personally dear to us all
and entered into our spirit. Thus we ac-
cepted Christ, but not Christianity. The
Christians which we saw represented
creeds who were constantly striving to
choke each other and who strOve to make
converts to their faiths simply for the pur-
pose Of making a personal victory. The
spirit only can teach man and the spirit
must guide us. How can man be made
to return to his former position if the
spirit Of God does not come to aid him?
We welcome all scriptures, all prophets
and all inspiration, and as we keep add
ing all the time we aspire that some day
the great church Will be constructed and
that great family be organized which shall
embrace the entire human race. The re-
marks of the speaker were listened to with
evident interest. Some of his figures OF
speech were very beautiful and his whole
address was couched in the fiowery words
of an Oriental.
PIXIES TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in one
minnie
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04
JACK, THE PET JAVELIN.
A Wild Pig which Smacks His Lips
After Tossing OFF His Whisky.

san ANTONIO L1ght.
An esteemed contributor sends the fol-
lowing interesting communication to the
Light:
'Jack was found in the woods near
Lyle station, on the International, south
of San Antonio, some time last summer,
and presented to Mr.. f. 5. Bellamy, agent
for the International at that station. 1t
was supposed to be about three weeks
old when caught. l will keep you in sus-
pense no longer the Hon. Jack is neither
more nor less than a jaYelin or young
wild hog. Mr.. Bellamy had the curiosity
and the patience to try his training skill
on him, and on application he found him
an apt scholar. He perseyered, and at
the end of one month not only was he an
efficient bOdy-guard by day, but a faithful
sentinel by night. Mr.. Bellamy is very
active and accommodating gentleman.
and has been a long time in the cOmpany's
employ, yet in his varied duties you will
find Jack at his heels, and he will allow
no one to come between him and his body.
When seated at the desk he lies down
at Mr.. BIS feet, and Will allow no one to
touch him. At night Jack follows Mr..
b. to his bedside, and if he can not manage
by stealth or otherwise to get into the bed,
he will lie down beside the bed and there
remain quiet until morning, unless some
intruder steps into the room, when he
will dart at him with all the ferOcity of
his wild nature. Few who intrude on
HIM unWittingly once ever wish to try
their hand a second time, yet, if not
molested, he is perfectly gentle. At the
table he stands at his masters side and
receives a portion of anything that he eats,
and he Is not particular what it is. He is
a veritable tippler and likes his whisky
and beer, and any other strong drink.
After drinking whisky he will smack his
lips and give signs for more. Any per-
son who has ever seen a jayelin can i'm
agine what a graceful figure he cuts with
his unshapely body with the whisky glass
in his mouth.
But a short time ago three coyotes came
on the platform at the station in the mid
die of the night. JACK jumped up and
stood between the master and the coyotes
and kept them at bay until one of the
transportation men woke up and asked
what was the matter. Mr.. B. said it was
only coyotes; that Jack would take care
of them, and rolled over and went to
sleep again. One day later Jack got up
into the bed beside the baby. He licked
its face and kept the flies off. Jack has
got many tricks, but the most important
thing that strikes the observer is the
strong attachment he has for his mas ter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04
It wasn't a Mash.


soon after we left Meridian. on the way
across 20 NIc6sburg.a sOlemn-lOOking Old
chap came into the smoker and groaned
and sighed and took on like a man terri
bly, distressed, and when We asked him
where ne seemed to feel il the worst. he
replied:
''Gen,lemen, there is a powerful good
looking Young woman in the next car. and
she has fallen into the hands of a human
hyeua.'
"No" shouted three or four voices at
once.
'.Tes. indeed. He's a wicked-Iooking
wolf I'D sleeps clothing. If / mistake
not, he represents some New England
machinery house. He's squeezing Of her
hand, and a whispering Of his love. and
the slldy thing has fallen right into the
trap. ] couldn't bear to see it any longer,
and 50 I came in here. Gentlemen. some
Of yCG have daughters:
Yes. -heTe was three OF us who had
daughters ranging from to years old.
and we were honest enough to admit it.
''JUst think of your daughters being
kayjOlel by a Philistine!'' he continued,
He's talking. and tlattering, and promis-
ing, and she's somebody's daughter. GEN
tlemeL. something Orter be did,
We a1reed. We all lOUuged in and saw
that she was gOOd-lOO6ing. happy-faced
girl Of %, and we returned and held an
indignation meeting. After 4 line display
OF el0g-ence and OratOry it was unani-
mously agreed that if the masher got of
at Jackson, where we We're 10 wait twenty
minutes. the good old man should go in
aud ten the girl what was what. jackson
was finally reached. and sure enough the
human uyena got of and ran into the
hotel. He was not out OF sight when we
all entered the car. and the philanthrOpist
took a seat beside the girl and began:
My dear young lady. my heart is sad
oh. So sad,-fOr YOU, You are on the
road - Destruction
"W-What do you m-mean =
Il mean that the villain Who left you
moment ago is seeking to ensnare YOU"
The william
Yes, ma'am, the wolf in sleeps cloth
ing-tna hyena in human fOrm-the scOun-
drel whose very look proves the vileness
of his heart. l warn you to beware of
him as you would of a serpent"
"Whv. he's-he's my husband" she
shouted at the top Of her voice, and the
next instant she had her fingers playing
through MS venerable locks and eXcayat-
lns channels down his wrinkled cheeks.
Al 1l rs got away at last and found
hiolIs-. laces in the baggage and mail
cars-a-i but the old man. When he man.
aged 20 set clear of the bride he slid of
the car anu took bee-line up town, and,
tnous1 ne met several people while in
sight % rs, we couldn't see that he stop
ped TO any answer questions
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04
Early Marriages


Lady sarah CadOgan. daughter of vii
liam, first Earl CadOgan, was N lrried AT
the age of thirteen TO Charles, second
Duke of Richmond, aged eighteen. Il is
said that this marriage was a bargain to
cancel a gambling debt between their
parents, Lady Sarah beng a cOheiress.
The young Lord March was brought from
college and the little lady from her nur-
sery for the ceremony, which took place
at the Hague. The bride was amazed
and silent, but the husband eX-
claimed: "Surely YOU are not going
70 marry me to that dowdy!' Married,
however, he was, and his tutor
then took him of to the Continent and the
bride went back to her mother. Three
Years after Lord March returned from his
travels, but, having such disagreeable
recollection Of his wife, was in no hurry
70 Join her, and went the first evening TO
Inc theatre. There he saw a lady so beau
tlIui that he asked who she was. The
relgning toast, Lady March," was the
answer he got. He FASTENED to claim her,
ana their lifelong affection for each other
Is much commented upon by cOntempOra-
neous writers; indeed, it was said that
the Duchess, who only survived him
wear, died OF grief.