St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-07-06
Public Opinion.
WHICH Is THE GREATER ?

A correspondent wishes to know
which of the two presidents, President
Arthur of the United States, or Presi-
dent Sullivan of the Irish republic is
the bigger man. We think Arthur
sizes up the most extensively both per-
sonally and officially. But Sullivan's
jurisdiction is the widest. 1t extends
around the world. and is about as au-
thentic in one place as another Gin
cinnati Commercial.
SEASON OF POLITICAL QUIET.
And now there seems to be season
of comparative quiet. Everybody is
stepping softly around Ohio. Henry
WattersOn, who little while ago was
bent on turning all the protection fowls
out of the barn-yard, says, "Never
mind about that. S-h-h-h Go slow!
There's a hen on" Mr.. Tilden whispers
softly behind his hand: "Wait few
minutes. I'm setting hen in Ohio"
The word has gone around that "there's
a hen on" and all hands are awaiting
the incubatiOn.--N New York Tribune.
WHAT wHITEwASHING CREDIT MOBIL-
TER MEANS.
When the legislature of Massachu-
sets the other day whitewashed the
Credit Mobilier transactions of Cakes
Ames it went long ways toward con-
vincing the outside world that ''the
real shame of the state does not come
through Gov. Butler" Let us not be
suspected of indorsing him. We could
not shift the helm fast enough to take
that responsibility, but the state has Il
heavier load to carry than he. Let
faithful men awake. But we remember
that the Christian Advocate is not pub
lished in the garden eff Eden, but in
New York II The Christian Advocate.
Another illustration of the lOoseness
of our immigration laws was seen Sun
day, when twentY-fOur Mormon mis-
SiOnaries landed 700 Mormon proselytes
at Castle Garden and started them
off for Salt Lake City. No reasonable
person can doubt that most Mormon
| immigrants now are just about as bad
material as any that drifts to ouI
shores. They are not likely to become
public burdens, although many of them
are assisted" out of warehouses;. But
country ly--as any pauper Irish
men who have ever reached America
| Still there was no one at Castle Garden
| to stop these new arrivals. 1t cOulC
not be done under our present laws
But when these laws are altered Ga.
| they seem likely to be before Il great
whitley. will it not he well to pro vid,
against the admission of recruits to tn,
ranks of immoral Mormondom as wei
as against paupers = New York Tri
| bunc.
HORSE JOCKEYING AT AGRICULTURAL
FAIRS.
Now that the time is approaching 70
the PRONUNCIATION of the premiums of
fcrcd by the Windsor County Agricul
tural society we earnestly hope some
thing more than formerly will he pro
vided by way of encouragement t,
county breeders and county horses
Heretofore all the money, or Il grea
portion of it, offered in purses has beel
carried off by foreign horses that ar
good for nothing except to win scrul
races, Just what they are kept ant
trained for, and little has been devote,
to the rearing of holSes for service Ol
the farm or in the carriage. The hOrs
trots to which the public are invited
are mainly frauds and for one crow,
that is satisfied with the exhibition
dozen go home growing. The enjoy
ment or the excitement and the intereS
Il man naturally feels in the perform
ance of IL fleet horse is dulled and de
strOycd by the evidences of jOckeyin;
by which purses are disposed of at TIN
pleasure of the drivers. 1t is time ther,
was change. The theory that ha
largely prevailed heretofore, that til,
people demand horse trOts and will no
attend the fairs if they are not prOvid
ed, is erroneous, especially as applied
to the trotS usually arranged. TO claim
that the theory is sound is equivalen
to saying that the community love t.
be swindled.- Woodstock Standard.
THE COLLEGE GRADUATE AT LARGE.
The colleges have just turned loos
upon the world an army of young mel
who think they are thoroughly fur
nished for the battle of life. Their AZ
NOR is bright and their hopes high
Many of them secretly believe, though
they would refuse to avOw it openly
that their talent has been acknOwl
edged already to the extent that tn,
Iiostling world has reserved niche il
its hurry, for them to slip into and bow
in admiration of their potential energy
They will find, however, very sOOl
that the world knows very little o
their college successes, and cares a
little for any theory of attainment.
wants practical manliness DISPOSE
ton to take the questions of the hou
and grapple with them, not from tn,
standpoint of college soldier, bu
from the actual experience of every
day life with its thOusand-and- one eX
igencies mdreamed of by the theoreti
cal student. If the young man has ac
cepted the fact that his college training
is only preparatory to the school O
life, and bends his energies to apply
the learning already acquired to prac
teal work, he will succeed. But if h'
comes out with an idea that his educa
ton is finished and the world mus
bend to his ideas, he will inevitably
get left. The world is i'll majority, anC
he must prove himself useful to it or ht
never will be recognized. WithOu
such proof the world can get along
very well without him, and will
Newport Express.
s'The College Cavaliers