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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-10
L4CEu4KING SLITEs ~ BELGIrN

From Brussels Correspondence i me London @iobe
report by VI. ScalquIn, member o1 the ScLool
Commission of Inquiry on the Schools OF LacelnakeTs
i'm which young girls employed, has just APP
peared and makes most painful revelations OF tAe
manner in which these schools are conducted. III
the province of Last Flanders thore were III lotO
ONLY eghty-fOur FcOles Dcutelhcres; now there are
more than 800. They mostly belong 10 dlleltht
religions communities such rs the ApostOllnes' me
Narcotics. the .OScpuItcs the COilectueS the
Snnrs de Marie and the STuTs de Charlie. The age
of admi- sOn is as low five or SIX years. In many
of the schools they are taught nothing except TO
work. Ia some an hour, often less Is devoted 10
reading and writing. Besides jnls lheIe Is
nothing but the Catechsm, the Litany. and the
loom What is much more serious Is me Time
they are kent at school. In general the gates
open at $50 in summer, and at III winter, ana the
children are kept at work tl $50 III summer ana
ill in winter The regulations issued by the
Bishop of Bruges fix the school hours fI0n IN the
morning till in the evening, but these HINTS OF
time seldom observed, and nearly always eN-
ceeded The effects on the health OF those so EN-
pOyed cannot be otherwise than most injurious.
From continually STOPPING over their work the
girls especially those who begin very young, con-
tract defOnnties this attitude, combined with the
of Chud 6tTees fOOt-stOVcs, makes them subject
to chest complaints and nearly all those who begin
early become shOTt-sIghtcd from having TO keep
their work close 10 their eyes
This is not all The unfortunate creatures who
ruin their health, and work without IntermlssoD
are mlseTably paid. portion, estimated at 20 per
cent, of their wages is retained by the nuns, who
pay the young children little they like, and
this has been frequent subject of complaint from
one of these schools is quoted having acknOwl-
edged that clever and experienced work women
who continued to 90 to the school could not by
working fifteen hours day, than franc
so confines francs day; of these there might
be four or five to hundred who earned merely a
trihe child is mentioned who after working for
two months, took home 80 centlmes as her wages,
or at the rate of half centlme day. Another,
twelve years old had for three years work received
8 francs or less than one centime day.. Their
earnings went to the convent, and what the con-
vents have gained from the work of these poor girls
must amount annually TO very large sum, which
there is no means Of calculating.
Alexander GumbetOD RutlietOn Scuifton OBJ
orda WhittletOn SOtheDbal Benjamin Franklin Squlres j.
sun resident OF North Carolina aged nlnety-tNo Inc
census taker always thinks at first that the ola man
guyng.-t Boston Post
,"he said pOinting to the bill 0ffare on whlci
! was written "spaghett NeapOntane" " Mawhats that
THAT" said Ma, glad display her gastronOmc KNOW
edge at table GhOh where many welldreesed people
assembled, that dear boy, Is kinder pudon
| Esn"l~""-nsed 10 est."-tHotol Mail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-10

THE NON-MECHANICAL, No CHIMNEY, DUPLEX
LAMP.
Tr-rs witt ont chimney No machinery ont OF or.
der 10y actual Government test gives oneai more Et
than The Mechanical lamp. tall and II or send Tor ccI
HlKINaRArH NJ MANUFACTURING co. ~ OhuICh.st, y. !.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-10
VIEWS OF TEMPERANCE ADVOCATES.
LESSONS TO BE TAUGHT CHILDREN HisKEY J.
POLITICS.

POLITICS"
There was an unusually small attendance at the
meeting of the American Temperance Union III
Chickerng Hall, yesterday afternoon Inc speakers
were Miss F. W. Greenwood, of the WOmenS
Christian Is%eran nc MS9 G boh of whom
spoke on the question of temperance education III
the schools. Miss Greenwood said:
We found that we could do nothing IN the Sn1 DAY,
time to this instruction We then turned TO the pubic
schools and knowing hat WHOM d bene o
would die out we urged the Legislature to act Such
shire and vermont and passage of the Gilbert bill by
Assembly last Wednesday makes 1t law Tor the pun
lie schools Of New-Yorh
Mr.. Shaffer SAID:
question. can remember the time when the farmer
would not out to his farm without the ana OF acon9
when the mechanic always required his alcohol before ne
began his work; when the preacher found MS aSoh0 jill
dspensable torecoyer from me great eIois wnicn T
thought he had made when the saying Tor the lawyer
was, Take a big drink and make laundering gOOd
speech when the Senator relied on It az the cner age I
years to ourselves right on this question: Let us
start our children right.
The great hall of Cooper Union was well filled
yesterday afternoon at the meeting OF the Manhat-
tan Temperance Association. The principal al
dress was made by j. H. Laird who SPOKE Tor or
nearly an hour upon the subject, Wmskey III
Politics" Among other things he SAID:
The essence of all the evil in American politics has It's
origin III whskey. There Is never caucus or elecuoh
held in this country in which whskey Is not interested
The qnOrmen thoroughly and completely orgahZed
They run the election to suit themselves your men OF
responsibility aud thought stand aloof from politics ana
allow these men to have their own way III MING tne
offices of your city government. young lrlshman
comes TO New-YOrk and gets position III saloon as as
sislan barkeeper at s. month He sprnkes the moor
with sawdus keeps the glasses clean and rubs up the
brass railing In front Of the bar BY and ny he Is pro
NOTED position Of barkeeper Later on he becomes
proprietor and employs boys at - month to carry on
his business for him so that he devote his time to adj
vancipg The interests of the Nation. He becomes Al
dcrman and then graduates as full-Hedged statesman
according to the American plan. Is II any wonder that
money il sQuandered and that the government becomes
VIGOROUSLY corrupt, while these whskey statesmen re-
main in control of affdrsi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-10
NETWORK CITY.

The second annual dinner of the Alumni AsSocia-
ton of the New York Homeopathic Medical College
will be eaten at the Hotel brunswick ON Thursday
evening.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05
Business Locals.


DON'T buy piano or organ until you have
seen or written to George A. Ainsworth OF
Wiliamstown, Vt.
WANTED. a position as soprano in choir,
Episcopal church preferred. Address T., Box
568, Montpelier, VI.
DAYS OPopFLDoo cures rheumatism, neu-
ralga, toothache, sprains, bruises and al kinds
of pain, Twenty five cents bottle, For sale
by dealers generally.
APPLEBEE's LECTURES Subjects March 3;
"Charles Dickens, rs Sentmentalist aud
Humorist:" March g, lin the afternoon), :" Ham
let, Drama of Destiny" March 7, "Our
Boys"
For SALE.-0ne thousand Macomber's i'm.
proved hand corn and bean planters. Agents
wanted for all unoccupied territory. For par.
ticulars apply to o. G. Phelps, agent for the
state of Vermont, Milton, VT
WooD BoUGHT AND SOLD Those who wish
to buy or sell wood OF any kind are invited "a
call at the office of Angel n Morrow, South
Main street, opposite Henry Lowe & Sons store.
This firm also buy and sell shingles.
THE annual financial statement OF the Phoenix
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford,
Conn. l. published In this issue OF THE WATCH
MAN. No company makes better showing,
and none Is better entitled to the confidence OF
the people. Is. Pickett, Waterbury. is gen
eral agent for Vermont Mr.. Pickett has had
large experience In the Insurance. business, and
we commend him to the confidence Of persons
desiring life insurance.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05
Phoenix Mutual Life.

The thirty-thiid annual statement of this
sterling old Hartford corporation which ap-
pears in our columns to-day, exhibits strong
financial condition. Its list of assets shows ex-
ceptional care and prudence in the investments
OF its funds. And the fact that the total assess
yielded over six per cent for the last year indi-
Gates that the values of the company, upon the
various items, are conservative in the highest
degree. 1t is worthy of special note that al
though the market values of many stocks and
bonds have largely declined during the year
Just past those owned by this company have
Increased in value. After providing for all
actual and contingent liabilities on the most
severe STANDARD known, and setting aside a
fund Of Sl50,000 for any possible loss in the fu-
ture, and also contingent reserve OF $780,
30 SO (nether of which will probably ever be
required) the surplus on a four per cent basis
Is 1924 1856 &c which is an increase OF S73,-
279 43 during the past year; and upon basis
of four and one-half per cent New York STAN
dard) the surplus is 81 ,431 10 81. The strong
financial condition of this company, together
with its popular plans and definite contracts is
attracting the attention of those who desire re-
liable insurance at the lowest possible cost.
We understand that the company's business
for the month Of January over January 1888
shows the following large increase in policies,
sixty-one per cent; in insurance, seventy Eight
per cent; in premiums, one hundred and sixteen
per cent. Parties desiring to represent this
popular company will apply to M. V. B. Bull
& Co, Managers, So and 81 State street, AL
bany, n. Y, where permanent and profitable
positions may be obtained in uuoccupied terri
tory in the states of New York, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont Albany Evening Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05

COrin'h.-Rev II. p. James and wife have
been visiting their friends in Addison county
the past week. Mr. Baty, from Concord, n.
H., has been in this section lecturing upon
temperance, He lectured at ,rinth Academy
hall Friday evening, February ooh, and at
Bradford Saturday, March 1st and again at
Corinth March ID. He is an interesting speaker
and thoroughly in earnest. The division of
Sons and Daughters of Temperance are pros
peripg finely at Corinth and we hope a good
work is being done. Already more than fifty
have pledged themselves to total abstinence
Weekly prayer-meetings continue to be
held at Cooksville, East Corinth, and the ROBBIE
school district john Henry Robbie and family
have returned from California, and are REIN
stated in their old home. George Taplin goes
to live with his widowed mother, Mrs. Joseph
Tapin. Widows True and Brown have moved
into the house formerly occupied by Judge
Mason at Corinth Center IA. P. Rowell has
let his home farm to his son Almon. Report
says that the printer will have marriage to
publish soon. Town matters are looking a
little dubious. $4,000 debts; roads made for
the mines that are nearly useless, although
sometimes used; and several town suits on
hand, some of them in chancery, which means
in Orange county almost without end, with
costs"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05

MOrrisville.-All trains on the st. Johns
bury & Lake Champlain railroad were badly
delayed by the storm and high winds of Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. The Methodist
lers, on Friday afternoon. -. The townspeople
are contemplating a general levee to raise
money to make further improvements on the
town hall. The annual Lamoile county
temperance convention WAS held here on Tues
day of last week. A good representation from
nearly all the towns in the county was present.
-. The musical entertainment, under the drec.
ton of the Morrisville cornet band held on
Wednesday evening OF last week, was largely
attended, and the programme rendered was a
success. The band are to present the same
programme at Stowe on Friday evening Of this
week. The Congregational ladies furnished
warm dinners at their vestry on Tuesday,
March meeting day. =. DR.. E. J. Hall returned
from an eight weeks absence in New York city,
on Saturday.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05

The Central Vermont railway has recalled
the returns made to the commissioner for the
CORE cton of errors, and the total railway taxes
will be subject to such changes as these correc-
tlons may require The tax paid by the Allan
tic & st. Lawrence for the first six months
was 81, 447.28. This road IL in the Grand Trunk
system which, by reason of its great extent, is
unable to complete its returns within the time
specified by the law; and the commissioner,
exercising the discretionary powers the statute
gives him, at the request OF the company has
extended the time. The Canadian and National
express companies, and the Boston and North
ern Telephone company, whose returns are not
yet in, paid collectively for the first six months
$3.50. Nine foreign fire. and seven foreign
life, insurance companies have not yet made
returns. So that, exclusive of the tax due
from the Vermont Central, it is believed that
the total for the year will reach $3.50, 600,
and that when all taxes now in suspense are
paid, the grand total will fall not much il any,
short OF S200,0O0 The Brattleboro telephone
exchange pays for the year, $111 "a, which is
three per cent on SO, us gross receipts A. c.
Browns Montpelier exchange pays 1868 70, on
So, 1913 gross receipts for the year. The West
ern Union pays $462 % and the United States
& Canada express 81, 1879, on gross earnings
within the state.
1t came out last summer, when the returns
for the first six months began to come in that
there was discrepancy between the under
itself, as to the manner of reckoning the tax laid
upon the railways. 1t was intended that the
graduated tax OF two per cent on the first S2 600
of gross earnings, per mile, three per cent on
the first, and four per cent on the second, thou
sand dollars in excess OF 81, Co., and five per
cent on the earnings in excess of S4 900 mile,
should apply to the annual gross earnings. But
in making this tax payable semi-annually, in
section thirteen of the revenue act, the gross
earnings for each six months was made the
basis OF the tax; so that, instead Of adding the
earnings per mile for the second six months to
the earnings for the first and reckoning the tax
on this increment at the higher rates in the
scale, the effect Of the wording of the law has
been to place the second six months earnings on
the same basis as the first, in respect to the rates
OF taxation. For instance, the tax of a railway,
per mile, that returned S4 900 gross earnings
per mile for the first and S., 900 for the
second, six months, figured on semi-snnual
basis would be S270; but on the basis of annual
gross earnings the tax would be $500 The
difference which this oversight in the phrase
ology of the law has made in the railway tax
for the first year is shown by the following
table,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05
Marshfeld,
REV. H. A. SPENcERs sermon Sunday even
ing, on the Christian warfare, was listened to
with much interest by Marshfield people.

REV. II. A: SPENcRR's sermon Sunday even
ing, on the Christian warfare, was listened to
with much interest by Marshfield people.
PROFESSOR c. C. COVE of Beeman academy,
New Haven, will deliver a lecture on Educa-
ton, in the Methodist church, next Saturday
evening, at half-past six o'clock The lecture
is free. Every one ought to be interested in
this subject, and none who know Professor
Cove, will doubt his ability to handle his theme
Cabot folks give an entertainment at the
vestry OF the Universalist church. Saturday
evening. Marshfield assists in the music. As
this occurs an hour later than the lecture, the
two appointments need not conflict. People
can attend both II they desire.
MRS AMANDA BULLOCK, third wife of John
Woodcock, died in White River Junction, Feb
ruary %, of paralysis, aged seventy -four years
and four months. For many years Mr. and
Mrs. Woodcock lived in Marshfield. Early in
life she made profession of religion, and her
life was ever after marked by the true princi-
pies of Christianity, and in the closing up of
her useful life she was sustained by the never
falling faith of the gospel. She was married
about fourteen years ago, and since that time
has boarded with friends and relatives, and
was, at the time of her death, boarding with
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Wheeler, the latter being
Mr. Woodcocks daughter by q former wife.
Mrs. Woodcocks remains we're brought to
Marsbfield, and the funeral services were held
last Saturday, in the Union church, conducted
by Rev j. d. Bailey. She was buried near
others of the family in the burying ground
near Judge Dwinell's.
"WHo shall separate up from the love of
God?" was the question answered in the con-
cert, Sunday, at the Methodist church. 1t was
finely illustrated on the blackboard by Miss
Jessie Dow. On one side of the board was pic
tured the mountains OF Distress" "Tribula-
ton" and " Persecution" with a beautiful
shining cross and the sentence, Who shall
separate us from the love of God?" above
them. And then from the mountains to the
cross the answer to the above question, Nay
in all these things we are more than conquer.
-ors" But there were mountains OF =" Sin y
which did separate from the cross Of Christ
ON the other side Of the board was Paul's per
suasion, Neither death, life, angels
shall be able to separate us from the love o.
God" Songs, Rotations and passages Of
Scripture from fifty or more scholars wer'
given to illustrate the subject. A quartette by
the Shepards, and songs by Anna Farr ant
Edna Dwinell, deserve special mention.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05
CabOt.-Mrs. W. C. Swan has gone to Port

CabOt.-Mrs. W. C. Swan has gone to Port
land. Maine, for few weeks visit with friends.
..John Walbridge has gone to Plover, Wis,
to visit his brother. Edwin Corliss and wife
of Rush Lake, Wis, are visiting with their
brother-in-lsw, George Gould, Esq. Herman
Hadley and wife, former residents of this town,
but now of Gardner, Mass, have been visiting
friends here. The dramatic club gave an en-
tertainment on the evenings of February 2Sth
and Goth, doing themselves unusual credit and
eliciting general commentator from the audi
ence at each entertainment. The temperance
Sunday-school concert, given at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday afternoon, was a
very interesting occasion The selections were
good and well given, showing that the minds
OF the children were being trained in the right
direction Rev. Mr.. Baxendale of the Metho-
dist church and his congregation were present,
showing their interest in the great subject, as
well as the friendly feeling existing between
the churches
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05
WiiliamstOwn.

SEVERAL of our young folks will attend the
spring term at Barre academy.
DIR. CHARLES ELLIS has a square piano that
he will dispose of, and invites correspondence,
or call In person, at j. M. Palmer's residence.
WILLIS GALES singing-school closes with
concert at the town hail. on Tuesday evening
OF next week He will be assisted by some OF
our best musicians.
G. u. LATHRoP, administrator on G. Hollo-
way Merrill's estate, will sell at auction next
Saturday, the farm, thirty tons Of hay, and
other property belonging to the estate. The
farm Is good one.
LEROY NORRIS has purchased Stereopticon
and more than forty scenes In Bunyan's, Pill
grims Progress, together with other pictures.
He proposes to exhibit at our town hall, on
Friday evening, next
WE have recently been told that our young
cornetist, Fred Blanchard, has but one or two
superiors in the state. We are not surprised
that a man so full OF music as his father,
George Blanchard, should thus "rup over "
into one Of his boys.
IT is hoped that on Friday evening of next
week an entertainment can be given at the
town hall, made up OF reading and music, by
some OF the best Of our musicians and readers
II successful, it may be followed by more OF the
same kind. Fuller particulars next week.
THE Methodist society will give its annual
oyster supper, with cake and coffee, at their
NOSbtJ Oh W cuucsuhJ bNoHiuB vi uOAb WOchs
IL Is wished that 1t be announced that this Is a
benefit for Rev. G L. Wells who Is completing
his third, and last year here Give him good
"lift."
SINCE " 1t is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive," we record with rare pleasure several lit
tie benefactons this season, by our citizens to
people, who by reason of sickness or other mis-
fortune, have needed them. Happy the town
that gets the increase" from such "scat-
tering."
"Can you get up a centennial boom? Do
40, IL possible" Thus writes a Wiliamstown-
Illinoisan, who will be here, D. ", 10 case of a
town centennial 1t will give an impetus to
such BOOM" IL fifty to one hundred other
ex- Notwithstanding In the West shall write
similarly.
CONDUCTOR FRANK w. FLINT takes a few
days vacation here at home, this week. Her
man Burnham was recently home from Lowell,
Mass. -. Blanche Bailey, only daughter of
Joshua F. Bailey, has the lung fever. :. Rev.
William Schofield proposes an exchange next
Sunday with Rev. L. d Place of Irasburgh. -.
Frank Lougee has returned from a pleasant
winter of teaching in Sharon. . General f.
Bass offers his stock of cows for sale. Fannie
Martin has just returned from fortnights
teaching in Claremont. N. H., where she went
to finish out term for Katie Crane, who has
gone to Omaha, Nebraska, to teach. :. Frank
Walker is soon to take short trip to Illinois
on business. 1t is reason for rejoicing when
ever an eastern mans eyes can take look at
the West
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05

East Calais.-Lee Short and wife have
gone to East Montpelier to work for AloDzo
Snow the coming season.. .Ovett Thurston
cut an ugly cash in his foot last week while
chopping 1t will lay him up for while. 49,.
The annual meeting of the East Calais circu-
lating library society will be held at the resi-
dence of the librarian next Monday afternoon,
at one O. clock. Ada Bliss goes to Hardwick
this week to attend the spring term at the
academy. A young girl, Miss Ada made her
first attempt at teaching school last summer.
In speaking of her in the town report the SUI
perintendent says: My predecessors have ad.
vised the hiring of older and more experienced
teachers but II all inexperienced teachers
would do as we'll as did Miss Bliss, should
advise committees to hire them in preference
to others; though not the best, yet she did as
good work as any teacher in town.