The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-06
Wafrhman & gnnrnaL
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST G, 1884.
Current Mention.

IN tnls STATE WHO Will Vote ior St' Vohh "n"
Daniel.
THERE is talk of another paper in Ludlow.
There is no need OF it so long as the Tribune
maintains its present standard.
TWENTY carloaes OF excursionists from the
Northern road visited Willsboro Point last
week, going thence by the way of Essex juno
tion and Burlington.
ACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL FRANK HAT
TON has decided that books and other literary
matter prepared by indentation upon paper
for the blind may properly be subject to third
class rates of postage.
THERE was a stabting affray on Marvin hill,
on the Mortified road, Saturday night.
Wounds were inflicted by one Locklin upon a
man by the name of Hill and upon his son.
No arrests have been made
THE premium lists of the joint exhibition of
the Vermont State Fair and Champlain Valley
Association have been issued, and can be had
upon application to the clerk, Burlington, Vt.
The liberal sum of six thousand dollars is
offered in premiums. The buildings and
grounds are being put in excellent condition,
and the exhibition will doubtless surpass any
thing of the kind ever witnessed in Vermont.
SHERIFFs ATHERToN Of Waterbury and Bar
ton of Burlington returned Wednesday last
from trip to Alburgh, where they went for
the purpose of stopping illegal fishing. They
were successful in finding four pound nets on
the west shore, which they seized and burned
The nets had been partially emptied just pre-
vious to their arrival, but several bushels Of
fish were returned to the lake by the officers.
THE Montpelier & Wells River railroad has
been recently reaid with steel rails and is now
in first-class condition. Pullman palace cars
are run over the road this season between
Ogdensburgh, Montreal and the White Noun
tains. A short time since special train, with
a party of excursiopists from Philadelphia,
was run from Montpelier to Wells River in
ffty-tive minutes. The distance is thirty-eight
miles and the grade up to the summit is one
hundred and forty-two feet to the mile. The
last nineteen miles we're run in twenty-one
minutes. This is the fastest time ever made
over the Wells River road
THE body Of Horace Greer, brother Of Alex.
Greer Of this town, writes our Newbury cor
respondent, was found in the Come cticut
river last week Thursday. Mr. Greer had been
boarding at the Sawyer house for few weeks,
and just one week previous to the discovery of
his body he arose in the morning, had break
fast, conversed with some of the hired help,
remarking that he did not feel very we'll, and
started out on to the street. Nothing was
known Of his whereabouts until last Thursday,
when, after long search, his body was found
in the river on Colonel Kents meadow, about
two miles below this village and about the
same distance below where his coat was dis
covered on the bank of the river
THE St. Johnsbury Iade1 says that A. B.
Harris of the Connecticut River railroad, who
is also director Of the St. Johnsbury & Lake
Champlain, has purchased President Ray
mond's interest in the Passumpsic road, and
will take possession September 1st This will
change the air line route from the Boston, Con-
cord & Montreal to the Connecticut River road
via Fitchburg to Boston, providing the connec-
ton can be made from White River Junction
to Windsor. That section is now operated by
the Central Vermont, which road may object
to the arrangement In case they do, the new
combination will probably build road Of their
own between the two points. If this arrange
meLt is brought about, the Lake road and the
Passumpsic will act in harmony, as Mr.. Har-
ris will have an interest in both roads, and it
is reported that the Messrs. Fairbanks have
disposed Of their entire interest in the Lake
road to members of the new combination
THE annual report of the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Company will show that there
hav boan he I
ces, insuring property to the amount of S13,-
620,055, and premium notes taken ON same
amounting to S966, 4l2 81 This shows gain
over the previous years exceptionally large
business Of 2, 705 in the number OF policies is-
sued, S4, 256, 254 in amount insured, and 1908,
296. 70 in amount Of premium notes taken. The
whole amount at risk to August 1st is S4i 1877,
56l, and premium notes in force amounting to
1880 03S.0 .05, showing a gain in the capital of
the company during the year of S407, 165 IS.
To meet all losses and expenses Of the COM
pany it has been necessary to lay an assess.
ment Of three and one.fourth per cent (one-half
of one Ier cent less than the previous year },
which, in addition leaves q large balance in
the treasury. At no time in the history of the
company has its business been larger, or more
prosperous generally, than for the past year.
THEY say" is the convenient fiction by
which neighborhood gossips seek to dodge the
paternity of their ill-begotten offspring. Under
this poor disguise that doughty exemplar OF
morality, the Newport Express, accuses us ol
political dishonesty" and of confusing "dys
pepsia " with conscience" The latter allega
ton is stale and clumsy plagiarism, to
which, paraphrasing the original, we might
retort that the Express lugubrous affectation'
OF virtue and morality are only a malignant
type of biliousI ess. As a matter OF fact, w
suppose the Express sought to libel our " con
science" and impugn our political honesty .
simply to cover its retreat from the ridiculous
position in which its freshness had placed 1t by
its too serious acceptance Of THE WATCHMAN'i
jocular comments upon the alleged austerity
OF General Grout's temperance principles. Th'
political dishonesty" OF the hero OF hun
dred bolts-more or less-and Of other obliqui
ties, is known and read of all men. For year
the Express has Haunted the flag Of val
good causes to win ducats and popular favor
till its character as sort OF Journalistic
Pharisee is as well understood as If it wore tn,
habiliments of that canting sect
THERE Ia to be an excursion to Weirs Lak