The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-02

senate CnamOer, out dropped 1rOm an enVeiope
a most gorgeous and mastery salmon ny-or,
rather, a double Ay-which had been tied by
the skillul fingers Of the senator's friend. Gen.
eral Ripley OF Vermont. The accompanying
note informed the senator that this was an
Edmuuds and Lincoln fly A quiet smile
passed athw hwart the keen vsage OF the states
man, as he transferred the triumph Of the
art piscatorial to safe place. 1t will be at
least twelve months before President Edmunds
will have chance to throw that fly into the
Rushing water of a salmon stream"
"LooK on this picture, then on that" Read
the argus original report Of the late republi-
can committee meeting; read its crippled ex-
PLANTATION of last week. read the following
confirmation" of its yarns
ST. ALB ANS, March IA, 1884.
To the Editor of the Argus and Patrfot:-In regard
he 18th instant would say that 50 far as my reeoee lee
substantially the same as told me by Mr.; Greene
Yours truly, q. s. FORBES.
And then read Luther o. Greenes letter in an
other column. Such is the outcome OF our
contemporaries imbecile conspiracy to score q
point against THE WAToHMAN. Comment
would dull the edge of the disclosure.
THE following is summary Of the business
done in this state by foreign fire. life, and acci-
dent insurance companies for the year ending
December 81, 1888: Nineteen life and accident
companies have issued 3,740 policies and GER
tifcates amounting to Sc, 1896 479. They have
received premiums amounting to 1851, III "a
and have paid losses amounting to S181, 743.
Thirty-eight fire companies have written risks
amounting to S26. .30l, ,219S1, have received
for losses. 1t will thus be seen that foreign
fire insurance companies have paid over $11 900
more for losses than they have received In
premiums.
IT is currently charged by the state press
that DR.. Nichols is rum.seller. None OF the
dence that this story is anything more than a
campaign lie. Perhaps the best way to arrive
definitely at the truth of the charge, unless the
doctor recognized sponsors come forward and
dispose of it satisfactorily, would be to appoint
a board of newspaper experts to investigate the
matter. We believe such board could be made
up from the Burlington, st. Johnsbury and Mont
pelier press as would find out II liquor is sold
or given away at DR.. Nichols drugstore OIL
anywhere else in Mortified, and thus put the
matter of the doctors temperance record be-
yond doubt or cavil
In 1882 the Brattleboro Reforn,er charged
that the democratic state convention was
"packed" in the interest OF the Central Yer
mont railroad by the lavish distribution Of free
ba ctota ttao in
vestigated the charges at the time and pro-
| nounced them false, but the Reforner was moi
satisfied and has been examining into the mat
| ter further on its own account. Last week II
gave what, on the face Of it, seems to be proc
that large number Of passes were issued tc
the delegates and used by them. At the time
it seemed like a huge joke that anyone should
care to pack democratic state convention in
Vermont, and even if the fact were now granted
the reason does not appear to US to be clear
but we shall await developments with some
interest.
| SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN: "The Tiffany
case at Bennington, Vt, reveals a capacity fol
reckless local misgovernment Of which a coun
try town would hardly be supposed capable
|
| to lose the handsome dowry for its educationa
| interests left by Mr.. Valentine. 1t all comes
of the petty and heated partisanship which il
sometimes allowed to disorganize a town ant
of the utter disregard Of the commonest die
tates of prudence in the conduct Of town busi
ness. 1t is the fashion in some of these little
communities, where everybody knows every
body and has profound fear of what is called
getting into trouble, to assume that the domi
nant ciques are all right and the rest of tn
town all wrong A little less heat and lesl
bossing and strcter accountability would b,
| wise all around"
Two jealous Nichols exchanges, the Messen
ger and Clipper, seem to he grieved becaus
THE WAToHMAN did not specially notice tn
tracing letter from Frederick Billings; an,
because further, in giving some recent extract
from the Barton Monitor, the mention it mad
of DR.. Nichols was omitted. Well, we plea
guilty. And we plead in extenuation in tn
first place, that Mr.. Billings second letter onl
reiterated the main features of the first to Judg
Barrett 1t contained nothing new. In tn
second, we had previously given the Monitor
Nichols record, and were chiefly concerned t
present the latest phase, 80 far as it was dis
tinguishable, of that journals opinions All
preferences Life is too short and space to
precious to waste in needless repetitions. b
consoled, fearful brethren.
THE following anecdote is related of the lat
Judge Isaac F. Redfeld: "When he graduate
it was the custom for the senior cass to cleo
the delegation to the Phi Beta Kappa societ
from the class below. His class met 10 tn
evening and proceeded with great unanimit
in the selection of the delegation from the
juniors until they came to the last membe
Mr.. Redfield voted for a junior, who had on
tered his class in the sophomore year, an
largely for that reason had missed the frienC
ship and popularity which are very much &C
quired in the freshman year. His classm ,te
voted for another. Voting and discussion pre-
ceeded until after midnight, both parties e,
hibting great persistency. At length, fndiu
further effort useless, Mr.. Redfeld addIes. e
his classmates, saying he should yield to the
prefert nces, and concluded, but mark m
words. gentlemen, Chase will be the most di
tinguished man In that class On the morl
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