Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-04


suggests that when the maskers discard their
masks they do 1t more publicly so that the Curl
osiy OF all may be satisfied. Suppose the
Messenger should devote portion OF its space to
showing up the inherent and consequent immor-
ality OF masquerade parties, and discourage the
practice Of holding them.
FsEE Press. ct Is pleasant to learn that there
has been a constant downward tendency in the
butter market for n number Of weeks, and II Is
going still lower The decline Is said TO grow
out Of the breaking up Of great butter dealers
ring which has held sway In the country for a
year or two. 1t Is thought that the price the
coming season will be very moderate, but steady,
and demand good quick sales and small profits
The postal arrangements ut St. Johnsbury are
very pecooliar." The new post-offce at Sum
mervllle started of with good run OF business
and Is drawing from the Railroad street office,
which il branch OF the main office on the
Plain" To an outsider 1t would seem that the
present arrangement, although an improvement
on the previous one, would, not long continue.
The thriving locality known as Railroad street
will not be content to play second fiddle to Its old
rival the Plain"
A CORRESPONDENT OF the St. Adams Messenger
asks that paper to caution It's readers against In
vestiug money in the Royal New Brunswick GIFT
Drawing Lottery, doing business at St. stephen,
New Brunswick. Why any one should invest
his money in an enterprise which bears In its
own name conclusive evidence Of fraud passes
our comprehension, and we fail to see why this
particular fraud should be singled out for special
condemnation The vensrated Horace Greeley
once remarked: 1.-THE darkest hour in young
mans life Is when he thinks he can get a dollar
better or easier than by squarey earning It,"
SOME one has evidently been imposing upon
the local itemizer OF the Free Press, Here is his
yarn What sort Of sidewalks do they keep in
Montpelier, anyway. An exchange tells the
story OF boy who fell into hole on Main street,
in front Of one Of the shops, and sank up to his
neck in water. lie was rescued by gentleman
who was passing, but was considerably wet and
chilled and was pretty thoroughly frightened.
We can tell you what kind Of sidewalks we have
In Montpelier. We have more miles OF good side
walk and probably more miles Of any kind
good, bad and mathematician any other town
in the state, notwithstanding the area Is very
small smaller, we think than any town or city
in Vermont except Vergennes.
BY recent invention perfect secrecy in the
transmission Of messages by telephone is secured
through division OF the electric current, which
causes the successive sounds OF the speakers
voice to pass in alienation two independent
wires and reunites them at the end OF the circuit.
This leaves but one more invention in the tel
ephone line to be desired and that is apparatus
that will reach out and take the attendant at the
central office by the ear and lead him up to the
&l..N ~ tha axnha nntl In
obliged to call more than six times or swear more
than five minutes at a time before an answer and
a connection is obtained. We do not wish to be
understood that this applies to the Montpelier
Central" The attendance there is excellent.
A CORRESPONDENT at Jericho thus speaks Of
| the foreign help lately brought into that town
tour farmers who have employed German help
| for this season generally are pleased with them.
| They are quiet neat, orderly, intelligent and
| quick to learn. The various trades and profess
sions are represented, there being one who was
| teacher two or three who were book keepers and
quite number who were blacksmiths carpen
| ters, nasons, etc. In Germany. They seem to
have taken this method OF learning our language.
before seeking employment in their several pro-
| fessions" We have yet to learn Of any dissatis
faction with this class OF people in the localities
where they have been employed The people of
that nationality usually make intelligent and use
| full citizens, and we can see no good reason for
not bidding them hearty welcome.
| THE funeral Of Mr.. William Hinkson, who died
at Putnam's Mills, Midilesex, March go, aged
forty.two years, was he'd at Worcester Corner on
| Saturday afternoon, March 81, Rev Mr. Wells,
the Methodist pastor at Williamstown, officiating,
assisted by the Revs. Ryan and Carpenter Of
| Worcester. He was buri ed with masonic honors
| by Aurora Lodge, No %, Collins Blakely acting
master. brethren to the number OF twenty. five or
thirty attending. Mr., Hinkson took his degrees
| and became member of Aurora Lodge In 1873
He, with his wife, joined the Methodist church
| at Worcester some years since, during the pas
torate OF Rev Mr. Wells at that place and was at
the time OF his death devoted member OF that
denomination. By his death the town has lost a
sterling citizen, the church valuable member,
and the fraternity good brother.
| THE animal meeting OF the superintendent OF
| Washington county was held at Montpelier April
| The following officers were elected: V. V.
| Vaughn, president; A. n. White, secretary
Committees-On general questions F. E. Dona-
hue, Miss Elsie Warren; on arithmetic, Messrs.
| Spaulding Thompson, Foster; on grammar Don.
ahue Miss Warren; on geography, Messrs. Ten
ney, Vaughn, White; on history and civil govern
ment, Messfs McCrillis, Nichols, Hewett. Voted
that the examinations shall consist OF five ques-
tons in arithmetic, history and civil government,
and five in geography, one of which shall be the
drawing Of map; the examination In grammar
to consist of an original composition to be marked
on capitalization, punctuation and general cor
| rectness of work The standard on the written
examination must be seventy per cent for public
aud eighty-fve for private examination. 1t IL
earnestly recommended that older and better
qualified teachers be employed, and 1t is believed
that teachers will accomplish more and do better
work by gaining the confidence and respect OF
their scholars than by attempting to govern
them by severity.
THE weather is always fruitful theme. The
| vagaries of the weather for the winter past have
set agog the memory OF the oldest inhabitant -
to recall the like and have set at naught the prog
nostlcations OF the most sapient weather prophet,
Although, according to the calendar, the present
is counted among the spring months and is nsu.
ally expected to be quite lamb-lke, 1t Is evident
that there is much OF the disposition OF the lion in
Its composition, In most years the farmers are
In the midst of sugaring, but 1t now can hardly
be said to have begun-little II any sugar having
been made. There are two reasons for this-i
not more In the first place the weather is toe
cold for sap to run in most sugar places, and IL
the second place II the season possessed the ethe
rial mildness which the poet Thomson assigns a.
OF the attributes Of spring, the farmers could
do nothing In their sugar-plaees because OF thu
| great depth of snow Another result of the Sc