The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-18
Current Mention.

OuIItHb utHtiUus
FoREPAUGH pays the state $1,000 for the
privilege of showing within its borders
SHERIFF PARISH gives in another column his
views on our report of the Ely troubles.
The Messenger wants the annual muster held
at st. Adams. There is no place so convenient
as Montpelier.
IT is stated in some of our exchanges in the
northern part of the state that Barnum's show
will appear in Vermont this fall.
By new order postmasters are required to
keep letters seven days before sending them to
the dead letter office. Heretofore they have
been required to keep them thirty days.
THE Inder says that something perhaps the
grand jury-has had the effect of inducing the
listers of St. Johnsbury to put in the real es-
tate of both national banks at $500 EACH
The Friday express south over the Central
Vermont road took down eight cars-baggage
two pullmans, White Mountain car, Block
Island car, two ordinary cars and an official car
of the Erie and Western road
THE Ely trouble occupied so much of our
space last week that we were obliged to leave
out considerable correspondence. This will
explain to some of our correspondents why
their communications did not appear.
DRAFTS, checks and stamps will not be re-
| ceived for cancellation and return after re-
| demption by the internal revenue department
| after July 31st. Blanks for making applica-
tion to secure this redemption can be obtained
from the collector, J. c. Stearns, at Montpelier.
| AFTER skipping an issue in order to celebrate
the Fourth the editor says: " Thanks to Br.
Hough for a helping hand whereby we are en-
abed to get out The Landmark this week.
| Who will help us next week." Has it come
to this so soon? Why not send for Gen. Grout?
! THE Reformer is evidently somewhat dis
gruntled because the Estey Guards were not
called out to quell the Ely riot :" and pro.
fesses to think that it was because they
didn't live where they would have to ride all
the way on the Central Vermont railroad" I"
Bosh!
CLIPPER: Families in Montpelier have al
ready commenced sailing down refuse shanks
for the next meeting of the legislature" Some
one must have conceived the idea that the
Clipper man might represent Burlington next
year and so is preparing to supply him with
his regular diet.
THE publisher of the Bennington Banner is
preparing to prosecute the manager of the
Bennington edition Of the Retormer for the
alleged offense Of opening letter containing
correspondence for the former paper and copy
ing the same before returning it to the post
office. In our opinion it is too hot weather
for such belligerent conduct. Wait until cold
weather, friends and you will get all over it.
THE services of Rev. A. Z. Dunning of Bos
ton have been secured for the State Sunday.
school convention to be held at Mortified
September II and r. Mr.. Dunning has had
large experience in Sunday-school work an6
will add largely to the interest and profit o
the convention. The workers Of the state may
well congratulate themselves that their com
mittee have been able to secure so valuable
helper
The report of the troubles at Ely, which wa
y given in last weeks issue of the WATcHMAN
was by far the most complete, connected, an,
accurate account of the disturbance that ap
. peared in any paper within or without tn
state. Even the Bradford Opinion and tn
. Herald and Ne,oS, papers published right in tn
county, were content to copy some OF the ex
. !. aggerated stories which were sent to the Bos
ton Journal.
ALL seems to be quiet at the Ely mines an
: a large number of the workmen are getting pc
sitions among the farmers at haying. Abou
one-third of the wages due has been paid
which is probably all that the miners will &c
lot, A nsaa, - 81,
company is looked for before any particula
i. change will take place. The Passumpsic raj
n. road has attached all it could get, for freight
" owed it by Goddard & Cain.
BURGLARIEs are 50 common in Massachl
sets that a Naugatuck merchant has poste
| this on his safe; :" We keep no money in tn
J safe This is for fire only; our money is up
the house; come up. We have four shotgun
r two rifles, three horse pistols, and one revolve
all loaded and ready for for use, and all wa
e. ranted to kill at ten rods. Time spent here
~ time wasted" Then follow the figures of ii
5 combination, so that, if burglar is determine
to get in, he can do 50 without breaking I'll
=, lock.
An a meeting of the New Hampshire sta
o. senate association, held at Concord June 2
q, eI Hon. IL. X Slayton, president of the associ
tion, a former resident OF Calais and we
Iy known in this vicinity, made some remarl
relative to the commercial growth of Il
country. The principal points were the n
cessity Of doing away with the present inst
bility of our silver coinage, lower tariff :
10 raw materials, regulation by law of railroi
rates, the suppression OF stock watering al
gambling and more careful and economic
tor management Of business.
- THE eighth annual Foster picnic will tai
4 place on the old homestead at North Calais