The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-29
Notes and Comments.

HE NEW IOrk uemOCTdIlC SIdue COn-
vention is called for September 81 at
Buffalo.
HARTFORD PosT: "The foot and mouth
disease has severe hold upon Hoadly of
Ohio. He opens his mouth and puts his
foot in it, continually
New YORK TRIBUNE: "Until further
notice the post-office address of the democ-
racy of Massachusetts, will be the breeches
pocket of General Butler"
SENATOR EUGENE HALE, of Maine, re-
Gently received letter from one of his
Kennebec county constituents, which was
addressed to Honorbell Hugh Jane
Halle"
THE Georgia legislature Thursday
passed the congressional apportionment
bill, giving the republicans six certain
districts of the ten, unless the republicans
fail to vote.
The Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette is out
for Tilden and Hendricks for 1854, de-
claring that "justice demands that the
crime of 1876 be wiped out" This is
one of the earliest symptoms of revivif-
cation of the " literary bureau"
JEFFERSON was the champion absentee
President. He was away from Washing
ton 100 days in eight years. Monroe is
next with 70S days in eight years. John
Quincy Adams was absent 222 days in
four years, and Washington ISL days in
eight years.
SINCE the death of Judge Black, Jacob
Thompson, secretary of the interior, is
the only survivor of the original Blu.
chanan cabinet. OF the original Lincoln
cabinet, Simon Cameron, secretary of
war, is the only survivor since the death
of Montgomery Blair.
THERE was terrible racket in the
vicinity of the Sun building recently, and
passer-by exclaimed, "What makes that
noise ?" An Italian peanut pedler, whose
stand supports the front of the edifice
shrugged his shoulders as he replied, " Me
think-a old-a mana is turning-a rascal-a
out-a."
THE Bostonians wish the Secretary Of
the navy to authorize the firing of sa
lutte of one hundred guns at the Charles
town hayward on the Sd of September
that being the one hundredth anniversary
of the signing of the definite treaty o.
peace between this country and England
and, the date of the opening of the insti
tute fair in Boston.
, CRIES of "That's so" and "You'r,
right there" greeted William F. o
/ Thompson when he said at a meeting O
.. Baltimore working men: "Until 1877
had been democrat for thirty years ant
l have discovered that the democratic
party is not the party of the people.
.. can point out men who drove around tn
Dutchman and the Irishman who are nov
! at the head of the democratic party.
. have been long enough with the democratic
, party to say something about it, and
9 think it is the grandest humbug eve
, gotten up"
SHORTLY before Judge Black died h
, said to his wife: " How can fear to eros
: the dark river when my Father waits TO
a me on the other shore ?" and added
"Would l were as comfortable about al
= l leave behind unfinished in this world I
a He then breathed the following earnes
T prayer 40 thou beloved and most mel
g ciful heavenly Father, from whom ha
/ my being and in whom have eve
!. trusted, if it be thy will, grant that m
J. suffering end and that 1 speedily be calle
! home to thee. And, oh, bless and CON
IS fort my Mary"
K REFoRMER: "Mr. Dewey, the new il
J. spector of finance, is to be commen lie
r for one thing. He has learned somethin
y from his st. Adams experience, and ha
Is determined now to instantly make publ
u u any delinquencies he finds in a saving
% Dduh VI tluob iuobitutiOus cuCu NlSO
\ GUS performance of public duty woul
r. have prevented the present trouble. 1t
n asserted by way of excuse for the negl
4 gence of the past that half of the banh
n of the state are doing business in vol
n ton of law. If so it is certainly hig
II time to make it public"
~ New YORK TRIBUNE: Freedom
's Free Men, Free Soil, Free Speech
y was not the democratic party that raise
1t that shout back in '55. Oh, mol 1t VIZ
D. not that kind of party. 1t was part
r that took no interest in such free thing
'e But let democracy have its due. To-da
;, finds it striking an earnest blow fc
"a freedom in Ohio and Iowa. Not fo
n free men, not for free soil, not for FIRE
. speech. But for free rum. 1t was sal