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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-19
Farm For Sale in MiddIesex.

The subscribers have farm OF about us Said
farm is well timbered, there being about 50 acres OF
woodland, about equally timbered with hard and soft
wood; some nice spruce timber and plenty of bark a
good sugar orchard with sugar house singled, arch
built solid ledge, and easy to carry also second
growth sugar orchard besdes could II desired get 1000
trees 10 sugar easy said farm has good pastuIng and
tlage land, easy TO cultivate and In good condition
The buildings burned in August lsS2 but there ia
good foundation left for replacing buildngs cellar wall
pinnng to house when burned, which Is still there
good garden with granite posts and picket fence around
spring to the building spot and cold spring for butter
purposes besides. There IL also good apple orchard
Said farm Ia situated about two miles from MiddeseN
village and about Ave miles from Montpelier village,
The wood lot Ia about miles from the railroad and
easy getting wood OF For further particulars call on
A. :. Wiley and Ralph Wiley.
Montpelier, VT, March TO- 1854 Ss-46'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-19

"CHAIR BoARDERs is the name now
applied to those gentlemen who infest the
hotel reading rooms, getting heat, com
Portable seat and the latest news, free
gratis, for nothing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-19

had gone out of her brown eyes, and new
grave lines were deepening about the
young lips. The little house they had
planned seemed so like the shadowy ghost
of dead hope that neither cared to talk
of it any more, and, indeed, Dell's in.
genuity found full occupation now in
combating the various wild schemes
which Jim, in his desperation, was con-
stantly forming. He had been away to
look for employment, but business was dull
everywhere at this season and, moreover,
grown up in that railroad town, where all
interest and industry conferred in the
shops and tracks-he had belonged to the
line from boyhood-he could do but one
thing, and there was but little chance for
situation elsewhere while the shadow of
the great corporations disapproval seemed
to follow him, in all his efforts, like a
blighting frost.
So the bright autumn leaves dropped
from the trees, leaving only brown and
barren branches; the soft haze faded from
the hills, and the narrow iron track
stretching away over the frozen earth tc-
ward the cold gray sky, looked to DELI.
dresry eyes fitting emblem of the dreary
life-road that lay before her.
"Pm going away tomorrow" Jim was
saying, as they passed slowly over thf
bridge and down toward the town. "I'vt
shown idiocy enough in waiting here fol
any chance or justice. ! mean to 60 a.
far west as | can move my way, and III
come back when I've some good word t.
bring-if that time ever comes.'
1t was useless to combat his purpose
there was nothing better to offer. Thu
girls wistful gaze strayed with drear,
persistency to the track again. What
hard, narrow road it was, stretching to it
cheerless goal-the far-away wintry hoi
lion.
Down on the walk by the round hous
knot of loungers had gathered. Ichi
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-19
Seven Per Cent Investments.

Before purchasing elsewhere you should examine the
GUARANTEED REAL ESTATE LOANS and other
desirable Investments offered by
GEORGE @. KELLOGG. Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-19
VILLAGE Place for Sale.

The subscriber offers sale his house and lot situated
Elm street in the village OF Montpelier The place "a
well located in good neghborhood and Ia convenient
TO schools and churches. The buildings consist OF
house. twenty by thirty feet two stories high and
Mansard roof heated by furnace, with ell, twenty
four by thirty feet and barn. twenty by twenty-fonr
feet with good cellars under house. ell and barn. all
built In good thorough manner In 1881 for his own
cupancy not intending at that time to sell the same
This Ia an unusual chance for some one TO secure de-
call on or address - -
95-tf A. Q. AVERll.L, Montpelier, VI.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26
For Cattle, Not Settlers.

A correspondent of the Galveston
News, writing from Pecos City June
Is, thus discusses the land policy of the
state land board:
We in this section feel that the land board
in withdrawing the watered lands from mar
Ret to actual settlers could do our section o,
the state no greater injury, virtually with.
holding a section OF the state larger than sew
eral of the older states from sett lement Hun
dreds of men have been at and passed
through our town the last few months lock-
ing for homes but these river lands being
out OF the market To actual settlers they
could not settle In our midst and passed on
Our town, l'ecos City, now has about 600
Inhabitants, but every one feols that If the
Fecos river lands are no: opened for sale
| TO actual settlers the growth of our
town must be retarded and the town
Itself struggle for life. The Pecos val
| icy Is line section of the state.
There could be thousands of vineyards
IN thls valley any one OF which would, IL of
reasonable size, say 200 acres, employ more
men iiisn AL the stock In this section. 1t
seems strange To US that this land board al
| lows the settlement and sale OF dry lands and
not the watered unless they desire TO induce
|
these dry bands and thus cause him to perish
for lack OF water. Tor there are time, for
| months that no rain falls In this section of
our state. In fact the watered lands are the
only lands suitable for man With limited
means to ssttle upon. But this bundle of
wisd IN called the land board. after they and
our laws have caused immigrants to come 10
| THIS state. after selling out at a sacrifice In
other states. expecting TO settle upon watcred
| lands and make their home in our midst
hhd, upon their arrival In this state. that
inns board says to the cattle: 500 and
| ufihk, there is the river for your TO the
Immigrant: 500 to the desert and live or ie
| Tor you or the welfare and honor ofour
state Is nothing to vs., compared with tho %
poor cattle,"
When TIE GAZETrE declared the
action of the land board, la raising the
rental price and withdrawing the wa
tered sections from market, to be In
the Interest OF syndicates and corpora
lions and opposed To the settlement of
the country, it was hooted and leered
as the organ of cattlemen, and IL was
declared that behind our assertions was
concealed trick. 1t is well-known
TACT that the first immigrants to new
country always seek for water, because,
as rule, they are too poor to dig wells.
After settlement IL thus started i'm
migrants with more money come In
aud these take the high lands and pro,
vide a water supply by wells and els.
terms. II the land board had wanted
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26
Sarcastic but not Applicable.

An Eastern paper relates the iollosi9
of sarcasm on texas railroad oa asae,s, /,
says: A smart-stcpping cltlzsn c,s wass I
hail from the little town OF for Nvian
Texas. WAS In New York ltWogs n,ss''
see about raising money ioI w ria si, NJ
ForI WORTH, Brownw0od ITO oIs aaI,o ~. !,
down in his country. and, when a'A'' y :
"rhere's no explanation about IL IN :
TO lie a railroad . o miles long.
"But about the company a.,l,s, Of
"Oh. thal's been organized INV
GERS elected ,,
"What's the capital
"Fiye million dollars. .n.n.,
.How much stock has been 'skeh
"About 500 WORTH
"Whnt-onlys $500 WORTH or fseu d
urhaW. ali. mister, and u YOU Elm M, =
hare vii only pitch in and eooe,e " IN IN
NIT neie Wal, 90 ahead and make thing II
This may do for Sitting, o. o., iT n
but Texas people know tna. = W MD
Worth, which is no little tovn sn I'M
ambitious city, does not run ul Nh
In this style. our fo =, me sti
pumped a contribution ~ !. nv rosd !,
hearty sufficient to build lhs ' n b
.crihed. at least it subscribed l ~ 4
stock. 1t may have ,l been money n' |
to reach out for q NIUE ' sstsly Il
meet calls; but anybody eau Sl AZ. %
that our city of PsteIs !, o. 4 t ri, i,
carry on Legitimate buslnes;, !, la ia spI1
rine bank style; because :, u stOel b
corporation, and has nc, neIo on i ne sehs
Vulnerable, pastures P ui. " !, q sIaudl
lands not far Off This g., y (iasuI
and we'll bet tna '',o,. iusiuusia
knocks the scanaa'ou'
uhigher nor kite"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26
Tie Land Question.

The land question is the one that over
shadows all Others in state politics. The
question for the pee Pile to decide H.: Shall
the school and public lands be free to the
stock-grazers or shall the state require o
reasonable renal Tor the benefit of tho public
schools, so long rs the land remains unOccu-
pied by actual settlers: The Chronicle is in
favor OF leasing the lands, always subject to
sale TO actual settlers. The free-orass men
are in favor of holding the public giass until
soll TO actual settlers, without paying any
thing for 1t. This Is an exact statement of
the question at issue. Which side will the
voters take:- Clcburne Chronicle.
The disposition of the public lands is
the all.important one to the people of
Texas. The questions for the people to
decide are these: What is the best
means to settle the West? Is the lease
system which "ties up" vast bodies of
land for five, six or ten years, the best:
IL not, should the lease law not be an
nulled, and speedily? VIII actual
settlers go onto land Enclosed as cat
tie pasture ? VIII immigrants not be
deferred from coming to Texas at all
by the knowledge that syndicates and
corporations can lease large bodies of
land for cattle pastures If free grass
will attract immigration is 1t not Det-
ter, though men do use 1t for
nothing, than d leasing system which
repels immigrants? The question for
the people IS: What is the best policy
to settle the West?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

AAfcSG the fee things the hospitable
burghers of Fort Worth suspended In the con
vention hall was one legend denoted "free
grass The Democratic delegates to that
convention must have felt very queer when
they were faced with this motto, which Inn
piled declaration OF q principle forever re-
moved from the category OF Democratic doc
trines There is no such thing rs free grass
In Texas, Messrs. Democrats OF Fort Worth.
Every blade o grass ON the prairies of Texas
Is worth It's price for the school Children
Houston Post.
When was free grass removed firm
the category of Democratic doctrines
in Texas" Free grass has been per
mitted to aid the settler ever since
Texas has been settled. Exceptions
were made, land was leased on private
application in Southwestern Texas
and will the Post, which seems to have
Democratic doctrines by heart, tel
the people what has been the influence
of pastures on population in the South
west? If free grass may be called /
Democratic doctrine" it is time
honored in the disposition of the pub
lie lands in this state A lease law anC
the iproad of "syndicates and corpora
tons from outside of Texas are cock
istent in the annals of this state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26
THEGAzETrF: FORT WORTH. TEXAS, THURSDAY JUNE 20

opponents, who are possibly AS honest
IN their convictions, utterly mercena-
~ and selfish, and devoid of political
principle They might retort in rs
unbecoming language, and then bad
feelings would follow that certainly
would not advance the interests of our
party. THE GAZETTE believes that
men are more swayed by argument
than by denunciation. II believes
that these wool-growers are wrong in
principle when they propose to uphold
the doctrine of protective tariff, and
will endeavor to show them that they
are wrong; bat If these men persist In
their belief, and will not be changed,
then it must be acknowledged that
they are not inconsistent in refusing
to vote for Democratic candidates.
They cannot believe one thing aud act
another. Least of all is 1t wise 70 +
proselyters to abuse those whom they
cannot bring over. Vinegar never
catches flies" and the Times should
learn this while coming to the knowl-
edge that other men have opinions as
| well as itself.-and that other men are
entitled to their opinions.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

IN nearly every daily paper we pick up we
read ofTexas towns putting In their systAins
Of wa.er-vorks or building line school
homes. Even In the far West, where coyote,
wolf and comanche Indian were the only
Creatures To break the solitude OF the Wilder.
meas few years ago. school -houses and
wafer-works are now not very strange sights.
II IL wonderful how fast the country Is devel-
oping The old, conservative Texan cannot
realize the situation. He looks with amaze
ment at the changes wrought In no short a
time. He elances over scope OF western
country which. three or four years ago, was
SO itude and considered even worthless "a
the stockman. The same country now boasts
| OF untold wealth and thousands Of prosper
Gus people. With their school.houses
churches, opera-houses and other evidence,
OF civilization and rcliaemeni, and yet thu
work has just begun.--l steph snsvilie En-
piIc.
And the work will be continued un-
less the West Is leased out for caItl.
pastures to ''syndicates and corpora
tions outside Of Texas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

TO act for the best interests of Texas ~.
mas been asserted OF 1t, all the lands in
the state should have been nut on tho
market, for sale to actual settlers o,,,,
at low rate and on long time. E,,a
years occupancy should have been "a.
CURED and the first settlers permitted
to take up the watered sections If tho,.
wanted them. Had this been the no.
ton of the land board, aud h ad II been
supplemented by the Democracy. No
the governing power In the state. with
the declaration that no public lands
should be Tied upr from settlement
by leases In large bodies, such boom
would have been given to immigration
as was never seen in Texas betore
Every county in North Texas would
have felt its influence and all the state
been indirectly benefited. The in.
crease In taxable values from this in.
crease In population would have done
more to tighten the tax burdens of the
people than will the rental from all the
land 1t is possible to lease, and the en-.
couragement 20 the cattle-raising bust.
ness from free grass instead of the en-.
enlargement to large cattle ownerships
from the lease law, would he felt by
every man in Texas who raises cattle
In any quantity, however small, to sell
The legislation of Texas and the land
board should be called the organ of the
bullionaircs, and il the matter is thor
oughly investigated it will be found
that "syndicates and corporations out
side of Texas" and individuals and
corporations with immense bodies o.
land de indorse that legislation ant
tue land board, and oppose ''fre,
grass"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26
One More Victim.

To the joint evils of stol.carryiDg
and whisky-drinking another human
life owes its loss. The same conditions
existed in the recent murder of DR..
Barradall as were present at the muir
der of Fleming last winter by Gun
ningham-reason dethroned and pas.
sion inflamed by whisky, and the
ready revolver to suggest murder.
soft the means to do ill deeds make
i'll deeds done,n and had 1t not been
for the deadly weapon which came
handy to his grasp, the drunken being
who consigned a worthy citizen to
untimely death, family to tears and
woe, and himself most likely to the
gallows, would. have spent his rage in
threats and curses.
Ifsuch things shall be-if the law
respecting citizen, sitting in his place
of business and guiltless of oitense tc
anyone, shall be put at the mercy OF
every piowling, whisky-maddenet
dem IN who walks the streets with al
engine of death in his hip-pocket
then there will be Leo. regard paid t.
that law that forbids pistol-carrying
and people will arm to protect them
selves. If one man is going to carry d
pistol and make himself menace u
the lives Of others, the only defens,
against him is for all to arm and pu
themselves in the way of protecting
their lives.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

After repeatedly stating that no issue
exists in thepresent campaign between
Democrats and Republicans but the
tariff, the San Antonio Times says:
If Democratic sheepmen vote the Republi-
can ticket because of the tariff, they will
thereby confess that they are utterly merce-
nary and self al, and absolutely devoid Of
political principle. The III mes has no Idea
they are so mercenary and debased as to sac
riiice principle, manlinesS, loyalty and good
faith to a few paltry dollars, and will conttn-
ue so to think until Democratic shcep-raisers
by their own conduct shall show they are
destitute of the semblance OF principle.
The Times has allowed itself to he
betrayed into cul.de-sac from which
there is no means OF escape. If, as it
holes, the tariff is the only political is
sue, then it must look for party align
ments on the question of protection or
free-trade, as individuals conceive their
interests and the interests OF the coun-
try to lie. If the tariff is the dividing
line between Democrats and Republic
cans, men must take their positions on
this or that side of that line according
as they see the right. The Democratic
party is without doubt the party o.
free-trade, as the Republican party is
the party of protection, but it does moi
follow that all Democrats are free trad
ers nor that all Republicans are pro.
tectionists. With the tariff as the SOLE
issue, it is to be supposed that those
who sustain the Democratic candidate
are free traders, or tariff reformers
while those who support the Republi
can candidates are with equal proprle
ty supposed to be protectionists. VIII,
should a Democrat who believes in tn
principle Of protection stultify himsel
or wrong his conscience by upholdin,
party which is pledged to overtime,
the system that he thinks best? or VIII,
should Republican who approves q
|. free trade be driven to the defense O
a party whose declarations for a pro
+, tectiye tariff are antagonistic to hi
creed of political belief? Democrat
, are now hopeful Of carrying two o
. three Of the Northwestern states tina
: have been counted surely Republican
but whose agricultural interests ar
not in accord with the principle q
II protection. To say, as the Times say
$ that Democrat must vote for Demo
= cratic free trade Is to say with AS SCUM
I. logic that Republicans must yot
,, against Democratic free trade, aud TIL
u confession OF such u principleexclud,
. all hope Of Democratic success In I'll
Northwest. II makes all Democrat
l. forever Democrats and all Republican
e forever Republicans; and as the Dem,
/ cratic party has for twenty -four yea
been In the minority the Times woul
keep II forever the minority party b
d excluding all converts.
Or THE GAZETTE believes as strongl
u as the Times that the principle OF frs
Dt trade ID best for this country; but TIL
ID Taper cannot approve Of calling Il
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

THE Philadelphia Record, public
journal which has won respect 10y a
persistent, consistent struggle fol
tariff reform right in the midst of pro
tectionists, says this of Mr.. Flower:
In Roswell = Flower Is an instance of the
mischief OF which vanity associated with
money IN abundance is sometimes capable
His vanity has made him candidate fol
president and his money has brought arount
him sw arms of iiattereIs and parasites. i
may not he said that he has The support o
quite all the bad Democrats in New York
but he Is favored by few good ones.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

In 1889 to see il its Robertson fund
would materisIize. The management
of the Herald has undergone no
change since that time. and its De-
mocracy is as pure and indebted" now
as when 1t wanted to run an lndepend-
ent candidate against the Democratic
nominee in 1850. OF all alleged Dem
ocratic papers in Texas, the Herald
should DE the last to presume to cast
doubts on the loyalty ofo,hers. THE
GAZETTE gives out no uncertain sound
on any question, and when 1t bolts
the people will know 1t, and when 1t
does Ii will not monkey about it as
the Herald did in 1850.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

FREE public gras. is no worse than
free private grass. Back of the lease
law stands the herd law One is the
natural result OF the other. If public
lands should be protected, why not
private lands? Owners of large bodies
of lands will go to the legislature with
this demand. Ii will be a just de-
mand- No class legislation-no law
to protect private lands in one section
of the state only-can be passed. A
herd law will protect all private unin-
closed land in Texas, aud to herd
law we shall soon come if the lease law
be perpetuated.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26
The Scholastic Enrm eration

The United States census report of
1850 showed 25l 1916 persons In Texas
between the ages of eight and fourteen
years, and 60.0S1 between fourteen and
sixteen. The new school law, which
makes the scholastic age eight to six.
teen, instead of eight to fourteen, as
heretofore, should therefore add some
"A per cent. to the scholastic population
of the state, not accounting for the in.
crease of population.
So far as returns have been made
from counties to the state superintend-
ent ut Austin, the increase is shown to
he as follows:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

ELSEWHERE will be found in THE
GAZETTE to-day the much-talked-o
"Dover speech, made by Mr.. Bayard
in 1861. 1t is strange that this speech
was not so much referred to in 1850,
when Mr.. Bayard was an aspirant for
the nomination. Now, the Republi-
cans evidently dread him as an oppo.
nent and to their efforts may be at
tributed much of the discussion of the
Dover speech
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

indicating an average Increase of a
traction over 20 per cent. AS the eX-
tended scholastic age accounted for II
per cent. of this, the conclusion is that
the growth of scholastic population has
been but five per cent. in the past year.
Complaint has often been made that
the scholastic enumerations have been
grossly Incorrect, and it was the de-
sign OF the new school law to rectify
this rs far as possible. If the reports
as sent in are correct, then one of two
conclusions follows: either that pre-
vious enumerations have largely eNag-
gerated the number of school children,
or that the population of the state is
increasing at the comparatively slow
rate of only five per cent annually. 1t
will be difficult to admit that either of
these conclusions is true, for 1t has al
ways been supposed that fewer school
children were reported than actually
existed; while on the other hand to adj
nit that the state is growing at the
rate OF only five per cent. per year is q
confession that not many Texans will
like to make
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

THE GAzETTE's Washington specials
yesterday contained d hint to those of
our citizens who are working on the
project Of securing two fine hotels in
this city. AS mint, we reproduce
what was said:
WASHINGTON, June 2i-Joseph Marx, a
banner OF Te1srkana, left Tor Texas tonight
/ Marx says he foHud Northern capital eager
10 seek Investment in Fort Worth on &C
count ofihe rapidly developing importance
OF the city. He thought much money would
be invested in that city in banking and in
dustrles ifthe proper information were sup
Piled in New York.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-26

The Lonsview Democrat calls upon the
saw mill and shlngle men OF Eastern Texas
10 organize into a close corporation with 8
view Of protecting themselves against Yves;
ern lumber dealers The idea may be d
good one II the Eastern Texas chaps woulC
not make mistake and or
ganlze SO a to cause Central and West
ern Tex ms to pay higher figures for East
Texas mber.-[Exchange.
West Texas will not need much NOR,
lumber if the leasing system is perpet
uated.