The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22
Notes and Comments.

BEFORE the Scott liquor law went into
operation in Ohio, that state had nearly
four times as many liquor saloons as
where the license for saloons is
much higher than in Ohio. All but about
two hundred of the saloons in Cincinnati
paid the license fee.
GOVERNOR PATTIsoN of Pennsylvania,
declining an invitation to attend Sab
bath-school convention, wrote -" But ex-
tend to the convention my sincere greet
ing, aud desire to express the hope that
the children under their care may develop,
as by the chisel of grace on rare marble,
into men and women of noble character"
New YORK EVENING Posi-: I" The truth
is that the business of telegraphing prep
erly belongs to women, and any sympathy
the public has to spare in the matter is
due to the women whom these young
fellows keep out of it, or to the women
now in it, whose wages their competition
keeps down. In England the women In
the government service are rapidly taking
hold of the telegraph Offices. For all but
the great offices, where the pressure of
long dispatches is severe, they are amply
qualified for the work"
GENERAL GRANT, being unable to &C.
cept the invitation to attend the reunion
of the soldiers who fought on each side
at the battle of Wilson's Creek, sent
letter, in which he said: d" hope you will
find the occasion very enjoyable one,
and that the soldiers who were arrayed
against each other twenty-five years ago
will be no less friends than if they had
been engaged in the same cause, and the
only rivalry that may exist between them
hereafter will be to see who can prove the
best citizen of our common and great
country"
PHILADELPHIA PRESS Stronger than
all foes of democracy is nature. A rich
harvest means hard road for the demo-
cratic ticket. Short crops are its main
stay. In 1873 and 1874 successive cereal
crops were 1OO,O0OOOO bushels less than
those of the preceding year, 1872, and a
tidal wave, which had gained momentum
through series of declining harvests,
lifted the democrats into power in half a
score of the securest republican states.
and enabled them to poll majority Of
the popular vote. A return to better
crops began in 1878 and continued until
1880, when the republicans carried the
country. In 1881 the crop declined again,
and the tidal wave of 1882 swept the re-
publicans to defeat. In 1882 the fields
bore an improved harvest, and 1888 will
yield the greatest crop in the history of
the country. Is it merely coincidence
that democracy is strong only when the
crops are bad ? A rising tide of republi-
can energy and an ascending series of
harvests mean no good fortune to party
that thrives upon the failure of the grain
fields"
THE Boston Advertiser has this COM
pact and appreciative eulogy upon the
Hon. jeremiah Black, whose death &C.
Cured at York, Penn, Sunday, the 10th ;
GA strong, fascinating character passes
from the stage in the death of jeremiah
Black. The days at the outbreak of the
rebellion return when his name is men
toned. His sturdy counsel as a cabinet
officer against traitors was in a splendid
contrast with the timid policy of Blu
chanan. He brought Stanton into that
cabinet, and for that, too, the country
owes him debt of grateful remembrance.
just now, his controversy with Jefferson
Davis promised to throw additional light
on the development of secession. The
bitter partisan will be forgotten, and the
courageous and loyal adviser will be in
mind when his death is deplored. His
great ability as lawyer had likewise
impressed men who could not tolerate the
politician. The benignant features OF