Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-11
Notes and Notions.

Mr.. CUMMINGS was q candidate for al
derman In st. Louis. He wrote to the
Spectator. "Give me little puff. II you
ask any one that knows me, you will find
that am not unworthy Of your support.
enclose slO." The editor printed the letter
by way Of "little puff" aud gave the
money to charity.
MORNING STAR, Dover, New Hampshire
Some of the towns In Vermont are wisely
adopting the town system Of public schools,
giving up the less efficient district system.
Massachusetts,, satisfied from experience that
the town system is much the best, year ago
by legislative enactment made the town sys-
tenn the law Of the state"
ST. JoHNsBURY INDEX: ain speaking Of
our series Of town meetings the Bellows
Falls Times says; Such carelessness is no
credit to town Of so many lawyers, churches,
ex-governors, public libraries and high
school privileges We would inform the
Times that it isn't 'careessness at all, it
Is very fine article of political science and
shrewdness."
The following pleasant description OF a
Milton schoolhouse is given by an exchange
The schoolhouse is wickedly shameful in
all its appointments. The blackboard is in
the floor part of the time with one single
piece of blue chalk, not crsyon, for both
teacher and pupils. The seats are worse
than the cold watermsn's log, and the
windows, walls and floor pass description.
Not cent was raised by the district on the
grand list for educational purposes"
ALBANY JOURNAL: New Jersey hanged
a woman two or three years ago on the same
scaffold with her paramour, for the murder
of her husband. The case was the first Of
its kind which had occurred in the Union
we believe, since the execution Of Mrs. Sur
raft, and 1t aroused much heated discussion
Yesterday Vermont hanged woman with
out any parade, and without attracting any
special attention Had there been the slight
est peg in her case upon which to hang {
thought of romance, doubtless much woult
have been written and said about Mrs. Mea
ker, and determined attempt would have
been made to get Communication of the sen
tence. But her crime, the murder in colo
blood of little orphan child entrusted t
} her care, was so utterly without palliatioI
that no one cared to invoke the question o
her sex, and she was swung off without
plying thought from any one. Indeed
monsters of her sort have no SEX
THE mortality statistics collected by tn,
census bureau furnish some interesting
points with regard to the distribution o
, certain diseases. The number of death
( during the census year reported as due h
diphtheria is Males, 1S,649 females, 10
$40; total, 3Sl9S; giving a proportion o
5l.33 per / 600 of all deaths in which tn
. causes are reported. The total number O
E deaths from diphtheria under one year O
5 age, 20,035 between five and fifteen year
of age, 10, 1852. In the North Atlantic state
] the proportion of deaths from diphtheria
t the total number of deaths having reporte
D causes was 1920 per 1000, being in tn
r cities 46 II per 1000, and in the small town
D and rural districts, So 80. In the gulf coas
: states the proportion of deaths from dpf
a iberia was but 1916 per 1000 Q374 /
!. New Orleans and ~ 81 elsewhere), and i
e the lake region it was S515, si1 cities fror
s Rochester to Chicago giving an average c
5 1915 aud the remainder of the places, 81 l
g per 1000.