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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-04
Lime.Kiln Club Economy.

81 would inform de club" said the
president, as another starch box was
dropped into the stove to warm up the
back townships, "dat de Honorable Po-
kydemus White, of Grenada, Miss, am in
de snty-room. The gem'lan srrove heah
las night on top Of freight car. His
objeck in wisitin' de Norf am to deliber
his celebrated lectur' on How to Econ
omize.' He has offered to deiber it befo'
dis club for de sum of seventy-fve cents,
which am cheap huff fur any sort of q
lectur' on any sort of subjtc'. But
has informed him dat we doan' want it..
1t am plain to me dat he has been econ
omizin' RAIDER too much. In place of an
obercoat he has yard of brass watch
chain. In place of three meals per day
he seems to prefer one meal an two drinks
of whiskey. While de heels of his butes
am all run ober, he wars glass diamond
under his chin. While his trousers am
patched befo' and behind, he sports gal
vanized watch dat probably cost six dol
lars. Gem'lan, de way to economize am
to save seventy-five cents by not 'ceptin'
do offer of dis leckurer. What de moas
of us doan' know bout economy no
stranger wild stiff knee kin cum along
an teach us. When a member of dis
club keeps TO- chill'n in skule, pays rent
has Sunday suit, eats oysters twice a
week, an doan' owe de butcher and gro
Ger, an all on a salary of six dollars pei
week, reckon he has got the economy
bizness down to as fine pint as it kin
be worked. De committee on recepsior
of statesmen will purceed to de anty-room
an remark to de Hon. Pokydemus White
dat we has decided not to h'ar de lectur
at any price. Hint to him dat he hat
better leah de city on some of de nigh
trains. Tell him dat his lectur' will
probably draw crowded houses in Toledo
and Cleveland. "-DetrOu Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-04
The Drunkard's Guilt.

The crime of drunkenness has been con-
doned as no other crime of equal magni-
tude has been. A reformed man, who
had been in bondage to more than one
vice, in whom the passion for liquor ragged
with an intensity very rarely equsled in
wide observation that Ihave had of such
cases, told me that it was equally hard
for him to resist another vice, that of lust.
To pass the place of person that had
pampered to his RIGHTEOUSNESS was quite
as difficult as to pass dram shop. YET"
said he, 81 had much sympathy and char
ity shown me in relation to my drinking,
and very little in relation to the other
evil" | wish to impress upon the reader
certain truths that are of great practical
concern in hetemperance reform. There
is field for charity in reference to every
existing evil. L" The weak brother for
whom Christ died may be the drinker,
or rumseller, or any other sinner. Love
is to actuate all our efforts in behalf of
the fallen, and criminals of every class
al fallen. Let it be our chief aim to
have the genuine article. Our charity, if
genuine, will be intelligent and broad
not blind, and not restricted in its exer.
else to certain particular evils. There has
been much of this blind and narrow char.
ity in our dealing with the drunkard
Our common language is enough to show
this. We speak of the "poor inebriate. y
But why restrict this tender, palliatine
tone of speech to that one class ? Why
not say, the poor swearer, the poor adul
terer, or even the poor thief, and so or
through the list Are not these others
quite as often as the drunkard, under the
bondage of an overmastering passion
Certainly it is often quite as hard fol
them as for the drunkard to break the
chains which their own guilty indulgence
has wrought. Yet we treat these crimes
with condemnation and loathing, witt
but small admixture of that pity which
we lavish upon the drunkard. And this
dealing with the inebriate has put pre-
MUM upon the vice. We increase intern
perance by making it so excussble. The
seller is indeed gross criminal. His
guilt can hardly be overstated. No theory
of license can be sustained by an enlight
ened Christianity. The plea of mighty
appetite has been too much used in pallia
ton. Not one in hundred, in beginning
uron the downward course, has any sucf
appetite. And the youth who Hampers
with liquor with the full light of moderr
days before his eyes, and the heaviest
warnings of the nature of the practice re
iterated in his ears, shows hardihooc
even greater than that of the seller.-Rev
w. w. Dow, in Christian at Work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-04
High License.

The high license bill of the Illinois leg
islature, which has just become law, is
far from satisfactory to prohibitionists.
Perhaps it is not the best measure that
could have been secured and enforced (;
but temperance people make great mis-
take when they contend that license is
not restrictive. License is one step in the
direction of prohibition Z; and high license
must, from its very nature, be restrictive.
The new law provides that municipal
councils and town trustees shall not Ii
cense saloons for a less sum than 5000
for whiskey and $3.50 for beer. This dis
elimination is also in the interests of tenn
perance. 1t is better, if drinking cannot
be stopped all at once, that men should
drink wine or beer in preference TO
whiskey. Furthermore we do not under
stand that it is mandatory on municipal
councils or town trustees to issue licenses.
There is chance for local option the law
says that licenses shall not be issued ex-
cept on payment of the sums prescribed.
1t does not, unless it is misrepresented,
say that licenses must be issued when the
fee is rendered. That the passage of the
act has alarmed the Chicago saloon-keep-
OIb 10 q oISu Ihhu ITO iCotiiOUifC ioiOo 10
appreciated. We believe in pushing for
ward temperance legislation just as fast
as public sentiment advances. What
would the temperance men of Maryland
have achieved, if they had spent their en-
ergy in working for prohibition amend.
ment Cities like Baltimore would de.
feat it for years to come; but local op'
tion has been used with wonderful sue
cess. Twelve or thirteen counties have
been freed altogether of rum-shops, and a
Gordon of free counties will ere long be
drawn round Baltimore and finally thu
last stronghold of intemperance be wor
over.-Independent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-04

Mrs. BELL, wife of Professor Graham
Bell, the electrician was one of the deaf
pupils of DIR. Gallaudet in Washington.
Professor Bell first met her at reception
at the college, and so expert was she in
reading speech by the motions of the lips,
that they conversed together for some
time without his discovering her infirmity'
At last, walking through the conserva-
tory, where some of the Chinese lanterns
had gone out, he made some remark re-
curing an answer. But none was forth
coming, it being not light enough for her
to see the movements of his lips. He re-
peated the remark, and again got only 81
lence for reply. Mystified, he soon es
corted her back to the parlor, and then
in the brilliant light, asked her why she
had not answered him; but his amaze
ment was redoubled tenfold at her ready
reply 81 have never heard a sound in al
my life"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-04

DURING the recent visit of the Prin cess
Louise to Bostor, a very handsome little
fellow staying at the same hotel, who was
a general favorite among the guests,
CHANGED to be III the hallway one morn
ing when her royal highness was passing
on the way to her apartments. Fond of
Misunderstanding, and having no one to
play with just then, he politely asked the
distinguished lady, whom he did not then
know, to have a game with him. She
was so pleased with the charming manner
of the boy that she promptly accepted his
invitation, and little time was spent in
jolly sport. In the course of the play the
little chap learned that his fair antagonist
was person of very great Importance,
but her exact title passed quickly from
his mind, if indeed he caught it at all.
Afterward, when his mamma asked him
where he had been, he said, with boast
full shake of his head, "Oh, I've been
playing marbles with the queen of Sheba."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-04

EN- VOYAGE.

whichever way the wind doth blow
Some heart ia glad to have It so;
Then blow It east or blow II west,
The wind that blows, that wind is best.
My little craft sails not alone;
A thousand fleets from every zone
Are out upon thousand seas;
And what for me were favoring breeze
Might dash another, with the shock
OF doom, upon some hidden rock.
And SO do not dare to pray
For winds TO wait me on my way;
But leave II to Higher VIII
To stay or speed me-trusting still
That all ia well, aud sure that he
Who launched my bark will sail with me
Through storm and calm, and will not fail,
Whatever breezes may prevail,
To land me, every peril past,
Within his sheltering heaven AZ last.
Then, whatsoever wind doth blow,
My heart is glad to have 1t so;
And blow 1t east or blow It west,
The wind that blows, that wind is best.
Caroline A, Mason, in Christian Union
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-04
Temperance.
BEWARE |

To Bacchus, Dionysius,
Or any other man,
Come listen to my story
And heed 1t while you can;
The sea Ia rough and raging,
And the way is dark beside,
Let all beware of breakers,
And shun the deadly tide.
The sparkling wine is tempting,
The gins and brandles, too,
Displayed in rich decanters
OF red and white and blue;
But the devil turks within It,
This brandy, gin and sling,
Like the tiger mid the thicket
To make the fatal spring.
Beware then of the tempter,
And list not TO the song
That would fain allure thee,
Nor parley with the wrong;
Grid on well your armor
And keep your powder dry,
The question now at hand is
Shall we live or die2
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-04

DID you ever think what you would do,
if you had Vanderbilt's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tOwn Register. Well, no but we have
often wondered what Vanderbilt would do,
if he had our Philadelphia NeWs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-03-09
Chronic Sore Throat.

This affection is chronic dong
standing) inflammation of the mucous
membrane covering the pharynx or
back wall of the throat. This disease
quite frequently results from neg
lected acute inflammation of the parts
When an ordinary sore throat has re.
manned uncured for any length of time
the tissues become the permanent seat
of mild inflammation, and repeated
attacks of acute sore threat are thus
caused. AS direct result of these re-
peated occurrences of acute infamma-
ton a chronic affection of the parts is
superinduced. There are two other
causes for this the most common of
throat complaints, namely: the immod-
crate use of tobacco, and the abuse of
alcoholic liquors.
1t Is an undisputed fact that the
smoke arising from tobacco is an irri-
tant to the delicate mucous membrane
lining the air passage This effect is
more especially noticeable in persons
afflicted with delicate throats. 1t has
been asserted as an argument in favor
of the use of tobacco, that "The mu-
cous membrane of the throat becomes,
after the lapse of a certain period OF
time, hardened and Injured" This is
merely possible result, and should not
induce the singer, especially if he have
any throat difficulty, to persevere in the
use of tobacco. The vocalist who
wishes to preserve his voice should not
smoke, but if he must make use of this
habit, let him especially remember that
smoking Immediately after singing is
harmful, for the reason that the vocal
organs are then in congested state and
easily acted upon by any irritant.-
MISicdl Critic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-03-09
SOUTHERN.

William Wilson, of Union county,
Ark, went to Marshal Parnells house, with
the intention of clipping with his daughter,
but the old man and his sons shot Wilson
dead
Alexander H. Stephens died at At
lanta Ga, on the Sd inst. Deceased was
born in Georgia in 1870 graduated in Frank
lin College, and built up a lucrative law
practice. He served six terms in the Geor-
gia House and one term in the Senate, and
then held seat in Congress for sixteen
years He was vigorous opponent of
secession, but finally accepted the Vice
Presidency of the Southern Confederacy In
1865 he was one of the rebel Peace Com
missioners who held a conference with
President Lincoln and Secretary Seward
After Lees surrender he was a prisoner at
Fort Warren for five months In 1866 he was
elected to the United States Senate, but was
not given a seat From 1872 to 1882 he was
again a member of Congress, resigning to
accept the Governorship of Georgia
The floods in the Lower Mississippi
valley, while not as high as year ago, have
done great damage The sunk lands" on
the st Francis river are submerged, and
several lives are reported to have been lost
The people are living in the upper stories of
their houses or floating about in boats or
RATS At New Madrid there is not house
but is inundated, and the same troubles also
exist at Arkansas City Several persons are
reported drowned in the vicinity of Helena,
Ark.
The steamer YaZoo struck an obstruc-
steamer st John picked up sixteen persons,
but sixteen others were drowned
The new Judge of the Criminal Court
at Nashville released NJ T. Polk, the default
ing Treasurer, on $50, 600 bail
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-03-09

While il must be conceded that ami
mails possess most of mans good quail
ties, il cannot he denied that they share
many of his faults. Animals cherish
ideas of revenge with almost-human
tenacity, and appear to believe thor.
oughly in the proverb that declares IL
to be sweet. There have been occa-
sions when this long-cherished desire
for revenge has beerAgratified in a seri-
ous manner. The Rev. John Selby
Watson. in his highly-suggestive work
on the Reasoning Power in Animals,
alludes to the following tragic occur
renee that happened at st. Cloud, In
the neighborhood of Paris. A large
Newfoundland dog was kept tied up
during the hot weather, and every
morning servant maid, as she passed,
thinking TO do it kindness, threw q
quantity of water over the animal. The
dog appeared to consider this daily
deluge as an insult, but, being tied up,
it was unable to manifest its resent
ment. One day, however, the brute
was released, and no sooner did the un-
fortunate servant present herself than it
sprang at her with intense ferocity,
and. before she could be rescued, killed
her.
1t has already been seen that dogs
will try to avenge themselves upon hui
man beings as well as upon animals;
while the instances on record where
they have inflicted punishment upon
other dogs are very numerous. In his
Encyclopedia of Rural Sports, Blaine
furnishes the following anecdote: II
had in my Kitchen" says a certain
Duke, :" two turnspits, one Of which
went regularly every other day into the
wheel. One of them, however, not lik-
ing his employment, hid himself on the
day on which he should have worked,
SO that his companion was ordered to
enter the wheel in his stead. But the
dog hung back, crying and wagging his
tail, and making signs for those present
to follow him. Being curious to see
what he would do, they put themselves
under his guidance, when he led them
straight to garnet where the idle dog
was hid, and Immediately fell upon him
and killed him on the spot" In this
case it can hardly be considered that
the dog was prudent i'll the revenge he
took-although, for the matter of that,
human beings rarely areas he proba-
bly, had, for time, at least, to take the
place at the wheel of his companion.
In a somewhat-similar anecdote given
by Jesse the injured brute acted with
more forethought. On one occasion
so goes the story-when the cook at the
Jesuits' College at La Fleche required
the spit turned the dog that should
have been on duty was nowhere to be
found, and when the man would have
employed another, it bit at him and ran
away In little while, however, this
latter reappeared, driving before him
the one that would have evaded his
duty, which he forced to enter the
wheel and go on with his work. - Cham
berS' Journal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-03-09
POLITICAL.

The Legislature of Texas, 10y a vote
of So to "a, refused to adopt a resolution
submitting prohibitory amendment to the
people.
Orville II. Plat has been chosen
to succeed Marshall Jewell as a member OF
the Republican National Committee.
A bill restoring the death penalty has
passed the lower house of the Maine Legis-
lature.
A Democratic caucus of the Missouri
Legislature decided that it was inexpedient
to consider the question of prohibition.
The bill before the Massachusetts,
Legislature making women eligible for town
and city offices, and empowering them to
vote ut such elections, was defeated by the
House.
Thomas w. Palmer was elected on
the eighty-first ballot as Senator from
Michigan, succeeding Mr.. Ferry Mr.. Palmer
is a native of Michigan, and is actively en-
gagged in the lumber business He has
served one term in the State Senate and was
an unsuccessful candidate for the Repub-
lican Congressional nomination in his dis
trict in 1876.
Appointments by the President:
James l. Benedict, of New York, Surveyor
of Customs for the District of New York
Charles r.. Graham, of New York, Naval Off
Ger for the District of New York. Andrew
j. Perry, of New York, General Appraiser of
Merchandise for the District of New York.
Albert g. Edwards, of Missouri, United
at In,,to
of New York, United States Attorney for
the Southern district of New York.
A. c. Tate, of New York, United States
Marshal for the Eastern district of New
York. Thomas b. Keogh, of North Carolina,
United States Marshal for the Eastern dis
trict of North Carolina w. II. Dewitt, of
Montana, United States Attorney for Mon
tana. Silas w. Burt, of New York, Chief
Examiner of the United States Civil
Service Commission. John Irwin, of
Iowa, Governor of the Territory of Idaho
Robert j. Fisher, Jr., of Illinois, Examiner
in-Chief i'm Patent Office Thomas M. Kill
patrick Collector of Internal Revenue for
the Eleventh district of Indiana. George
w. Post, Collector of Internal Revenue for
Nebraska Collector of Customs William
Hartsuff District of Huron, Mich. Survey
ors of Customs, George Frazee, Burlington,
Iowa; Robert Armstrong, Dubuque, Iowa
David V. Stevenson, of Nebraska, Surveyor
General of Nebraska and Iowa Postmasters
Daniel T. Hunt, Rochester N. Y; Washing
ton b. Merchant, New Orleans; Edward N.
Talbot, Logansport, Ind Thomas Jones, Jr.,
Cleveland, Ohio; Noah n Tyner, Fargo, Oak !;
Aug. II. Hamilton, Ottumwa, Iowa; F. J. M.
Wonser, Tama City, Iowa; Lee Glow, Prescott,
Ark John w. Marshall, Portsmouth, Neb
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-03-09
WESTERN.

j. ID. Watson, who was tried at Col
umbus for an attempt to bride Representa-
tive Block. of Cleveland, has been con-
victed, the jury fixing the penalty at from
three to ten years in the penitentiary.
The lessee of the Mutual Union Tel
egraph Company having paid no attention
to the municipal ordinances of Chicago re-
curing temporary poles to be removed from
the streets by March |, the authorities last
week caused the wires TO be cut at the north
ern and southern ends of the city, and sta
toned policemen to prevent resumption of
communication.
A dispatch from st. Louis alleges
that ex-senator Tabor, of Colorado, and Miss
McCourt, of Oshkosh, who were married at
Washington last week, went through the
forms of marriage in private before Jus
tice of the Peace, at St Louis, the seth of
September last.
Three burglars at Springfield, Ill,
bound and gagged the Waterman in the
jewelry store of c. Klobolt, drilled the safe,
and secured $50, 000in diamonds and jewelry.
The mercantile community contributed
81, 600 to offer as a reward for the capture of
the robbers
The boiler of Hatton's box factory
at Westville, Ind, exploded, killing the pro-
prietor and Engineer Hillon, seriously
wounding two other men, and demolishing
the building
AS the city of San Francisco has no
funds with which to pay gas bills, the street
lamps have been extinguished and re-
moved
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-03-09
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The engineer officer who was detailed
has presented his report to the Secretary of
War. He offers a choice of three routes,
varying in length from sixty-four TO seven
ty-five miles, and providing for a canal and
feeder eighty feet wide on the water
line and seven feet deep, with locks
10 feet long and thirty feet
wide. The cost of these works ranges from
s5,Sl1 ,46S to s7,207, 646- The estimate for
the enlargement of the Illinois and Michigan
posed for the Hennepin canal contemplates
an expenditure of s2,29S,9la
Carey, the informer, has been ex-
PEELED from the Dublin Town Council, of
which he was a member.
The False Prophet of the Soudan
has been defeated by Abdel Kadir Pasha,
losing 1900 men.
AT Legitimist meeting of 5000 per-
sons ut Lille, France, violent speeches at
lacking the republic were delivered
The Society for the Suppression of
Blasphemols Literature, in England is de-
sirous of getting up cases against Huxley
Tyndall, Herbert Spencer and others for
their atheistical writings
The editor, the proprietor and the
printer of the Free Thinker, of London have
been convicted of blasphemous libel, and
were sentenced to twelve, nine, and three
months imprisonment, respectively.
A special election will be held in
Georgia April "a, to fill the unexpned term as
Governor of the late Alexander ii. Stephens.
James Gilfillan, who has for several
years occupied the position of Treasurer of
the United States, has resigned that office
and will go into the banking business in New
York
Two important decisions have just
been rendered by the Supreme Court of the
United States One related to what is known
as the "Riddleberger BILL" which forbade
the Virginia tax collectors to receive in
bonds of 1871 and 1879 Until the
genuineness of such bonds shall be
established by judicial decisions In
this case the Supreme Court affirmed
the decision of the Virginia Court of
Appeals and declared the law to be uncon-
stitutional In the other case it was decided
that under the Federal constitution one State
has not the right TO sue another State by any
method of indirection. This disposes effect
ually of the attempt recently made by the
Legislatures of New Hampshire and New
York TO authorize creditors of State TO
bring suit against it in the name of their
own State. Justices Field and Harlan dis
sented from the last decision, the case under
review being one where citizen of New
Hampshire burdened with some repudiated
Louisiana bonds brought suit in the name of
his State against the Louisiana State Gov
eminent
Jesse Williams, of Orange county,
N. Y, en- route to the West to buy land,
was robbed of $1,000 ut the Pennsylvania
railway station in Philadelphia