The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-24

court, twenty miles away, so that judgment
was rendered, bail entered and an appeal
taken to the next term Of Washington
county court-and all done within half an
hour"
Boston HERALD: "The democrats at
Washington should not be amused at the
reports from Vermont which indicate that
the long-sufering hunkers in the Green
Mountain state are hungrier for the loaves
and fishes than are the democrats in any
southern state Why shouldn't they be?
1t is now nearly quarter Of century since
one of them held a federal office, and the
republican supremacy has been so complete
that precious few of them have had chance
at state or local office. AT the South, the
latter offices are all filed by democrats.
The Vermont appetite is not a subject for
hilarity. 1t is serious yearning."
WoMANs JOURNAL: "The first annual
meeting of the Vermont Woman Suffrage
Association will be held at Barton Landing,
January IA and 10, commencing Wednes-
day evening, the 14th, and continuing all
the following day and evening. This vigor-
GUS young society has within single year
secured radical reform in the property
laws for married women, and has fairly in
troduced municipal suffrage to legislative
consideration" The Journal is little too
fast. The same bill in regard to the prop
erty rights of married women, which was
passed this last session, was introduced two
years ago and passed the senate then, be-
fore this vigorous young society" was in
existence.
UNDER a new order of the acting post
master-general proprietary articles of mer-
chandise (not being liquids, poisons or ex-
plosives) may now be sent by mail as matter
Of the fourth class, although sealed against
inspection, provided they are mailed in their
original wrappers. and provided that, il also
enclosed in other wrappers, boxes or cases,
each package be so enclosed that it may be
readily examined. This order extends to
such articles as dry medicines, powders,
pills, tobacco, fancy soaps, and similar ar
ticles. Such articles as gloves, jewelry,
wearing apparel, toys, tools, instruments,
cloth, silks, and similar goods, are, If sealed
against inspection, subject to postage at
letter rates, as heretofore.
THE Baltimore san (democratic) has the
following information: "a prominent Yer
mont democrat says the democracy of that
little commonwealth will not be exceeded
in the vigor OF the wild hunt for Office by
the democracy of any other state. There
are not many fat federal offices in Vermont.
The collector Of internal revenue gets only
tba Of ha ~ pu II,
ton about $500, and there are perhaps a
half dozen postoffices which pay more than
| 81 900. Neither the United States district
attorney nor the United States marshal for
the state have ever been able to work their
fees up to so much as 81 900 per annum; but
| the Vermonter says this makes no differ
ence, that the clamor for every place, dewr
to the petty postoflice that pays So year
will be immense and inordinate He says
that to use the term ravenous can give bu
the faintest idea of the hunger and thirst o.
the long-waiting Vermont democracy fol
the tiesh-pots What makes them more in
tense in this matter than their brother
democrats elsewhere is, perhaps, to be
found in the fact that they never even hav,
a chance at the loyal offices, the republicans
holding everything"
THE cold wave which swept over tn,
country the latter part of last week was the
most general and severe that has beer
known for years. AT Chicago, Thursday
the thermometer was sixteen below zero a
nine A. M. Snow fell at Richmond, Va, in
cessantly throughout the day. At New
Orleans the cold and unpropitious weathe
had depressing effect on the attendance
at the exposition. The severe weathe
throughout the northwest continued at mid
night. The temperature at other points il
the northwest ranged from sixteen to forty
three below zero At Portland, Oregon
the street cars were stopped by snow. Tn
coolest wave since 1876 struck Mt Washing
ton on Friday. The mercury froze, but tn
minimum spirit thermometer regstere,
forty-two degrees below zero. A north
west hurricane, with an estimated velocit,
of over one hundred miles per hour, pre-
vailed. 1t was impossible to obtain the ex
act velocity as the thermometer was blow
away. Saturday was still colder than Fri
day in most parts of Vermont. At Barr
the mercury sank to thirty-two degrees be
low zero; at Tunbridge, thirty; Mortified
Twenty-Five; st. Albans, twenty; Richford
twenty-two Williamstown, twepty-eight
st. Johnsbury, thirty.
THE relocation of the Orleans count,
shire is the absorbing topic of public discus
sion in that section, and the question of tn
removal of the county buildings from Iras
burgh eXcites much interest among tn
members of the legal profession throughou
the state. Public hearings have been hel,
at Barton, Barton Landing and Newport b,
the committee appointed to settle the vexe'
question. The following gentlemen hav
appeared as counsel for various towns
General William w. Grout of Barton, Hons
L. IL. Thompson of Irasburgh, John l.. Ed
wards j. E. DiclIerman and w. ID. Cram
of Newport, Josiah Grout of Derby, Johl
G. Burke Of Albany, Henry C. Ide O
St. Johnsbury, William p Dillingham; o
Waterbury, p. X. Gleed of Morrisville, j
w. Simpson of Craftsbury and o. III. Austin
of Barton Landing. Hon. l.. II. Thompson
of Irasburgh, president pro tenn. of the sen