The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-11

much TO the pleasure Of the day.
THE Free Press and Mr. Francis H. Herrick
emphatcally deny that there is any truth in
the charge quoted by us last week from the
Rutland Herald, that Mr.. Herrck had pla-
giarized from Mr. John Burroughs works in
writing the articles on the fauna Of Vermont
which have recently appeared in the Free
Press Mr.. Herrick says he had read Mr.. Bur-
roughs writings, among others on the subject,
and that from this and study Of the same
subject, he may inadvertently have used SINH
lar language in writing on the same subject,
but that his articles were based on original re-
search and that he is guilty Of no Intentional
plagiarism.
"LAsr Friday" says the New York Sttn,
the whole country lay sweltering under the
fierce heat Comfortable temperatures were
reported only from Wyoming and from the top
of Mount Washington. Many persons were
prostrated and some killed by the heat. The
big bridge was Stunned by both pedestrians
and drivers On such day everybody must
feel thankful that the earth still turns on its
axis, for there comes little relief after sun
down. But those who tossed on their beds, un-
able TO sleep, could find no comfort in the re-
Election that now the Pacific Islanders, and the
Chinese were catching it, and in few hours
the revolving earth would again present this
continent to the solar furnace
SOME Of our Massachusetts, exchanges are
publishing an account of a patriotic family in
that state that sent six soldiers into the Union
army during the rebellion, a father and five
sons. We know of several families in Vermont
that furnished seven sons for the army. Mr..
| Levi Lackey OF Swanton sent seven sons, six OF
whom are still living. One died in the service
and his aged mother draws a pension ION his
account Seven Shontel brothers of Middle
sex served in the rebellion and the mother
draws pension for one that died in the SER
vice. mother residing in Iowa applied for 8
pension representing that she had eleven sons
in the army The pension office refused her a
pension. but congress voted her one on account
Of the many soldiers she had furnished.
HENRY PRIEST, the able and accomplished
principal at Goddard seminary, Barre, has ac-
cepted position in the school at Canton, N.
Y. Mr.. Priest has twice represented Barre in
the legislature and is the present member from
that town. At the late session he was made
chairman of the committee on education. He
has been an active and influential member. He
is bright, competent and progressive, and his
departure is loss to the state Of matera
which Vermont cannot afford to lose. In the
educational affairs of town, county and state
he has taken leading part and his clear. ener'
getc. suggestive addresses will be missed In
educational meetings. He will go away loaded
with good wishes by the people Of Barre, the
friends of Goddard and the advocates Of good
schools throughout the state.
OUR Groton correspondent writes: "Qute p
serious accident happened at the saw-mill o
A. Fl. Kicker last Saturday. young German
twenty-five years old. blythe -sarne of 4ehaDr
Richter employed piling slab wood in the mil
yard, went into the mill during shower. and
in carelessly attempting to brush few shaw
ings from the planer which was in motion
canght his left hand in the revolving knives
and in an instant his hand and wrist half way
to the elbow were gone. 1t was necessary tC
amputate the mapgled limb, leaving a stumr
some three inches in length, and the young
man is doing well at present He is from the
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at work for Mr.. Kicker about five days. III
was landed at Castle Garden in New Yorl
just two weeks before the day Of the accidep,
and Mr.. Kicker hired him from the agent al
Essex Junction. It is a sad accident, as thu
young man is among strangers and canno
speak nor understand word of English HI
will be cared for by his employer"
THE plan for reorganizing the Vermont rail
roads has received temporary set back from
an injunction granted by Judge Field of the
Massachusetts supreme court, at the request o
the plaintiff in the suit of Roland G. Hazard
Us. The American Loan and Trust Company
and the Consolidated Railroad Company O
Vermont. Mr.. Hazard ia one of the stockhold
ers of the Vermont and Canada company apt
one of the minority opposed to the plan o
consolidation. A hearing has been held. a
which the points argued were confined entirely
to law. and the defendants claimed that, if the
plan were defeated, a return to chaos in rail
road affairs in Vermont would be the result
On the other hand, 1t was claimed that thu
court was bound TO construe the statute of Yer
mont as it found it, and il the plan to b,
carried out was as now suggested then it wal
not 80 expressed in the statute. Judge Fielt
took the matter under consideration, but init
mated that the place TO settle the controversy
was in the courts of Vermont
Mr.. EDWARD JOHNSON of the Free Press hal
justly earned the title of the ehistoriographer o
"the Vershire war" 1t would seem as thougl
nothing short of thorough study of bloody
histories, including full course in Cesar anC
Herodotus, together with liberal mixture O
graduating essays, could prepare one for in
duging in such flights of the imagination Al
appeared in'the report of our esteemed friend
Space forbds our giving anything further thai
the briefest extracts. Here is one gem: 18Th,
solemn silence Of the night was harshly broker
by the hoarse cries of command, the tread o
the soldiers the rattle OF arms, the neighiDl
and prancing OF horses' A little later HI
gives loose rein to his feelings, and says: "Th
! palng light of the stars gave way TO the thin
fine gray of the early morning. The heecy
fading mist rose in light clouds from the calm
still bosom OF the lake. carressed the summit
J of the green-covered hills and gently fadet
away in the expanse above" The only expla
nation we can give Of this last paragraph /
J that our worthy friend had not been up il
time to see the sun rise for good while ant