The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-02-06

best to elect him In a manner creditable to his |
constituents. We have no personal feeling in |
the matter, but knowing that his republican |
principles are strong, ardent and spontaneous,
tempered by deep reverence for the perma- |
nent good Of the state and nation, having a
profound regard for the well-being of his fell
the state would be discharged by Mr.. Grout
with the same distinguished ability which has
marked all his public life." Where is the
MonitorS
"a NEW kind of railroad ticket" says the
Elevated Roil,oay Reporter, is coming to the
front. 1t is best explained by taking the Grand
Trunk as an example. That road prints book
OF tickets, containing one thousand or five hun
dred or one hundred or fifty tickets on page,
each ticket good for one mile. These little
tickets are smaller than postage stamps, twenty
on Sheet and perforated. You can buy two,
twenty or a thousand Of them, at q fixed rate,
and the company on its part is bound to accept
one of them for every mile you travel. You
will not be required to tell the ticket seller
where you want to go you will say, give me
one hundred miles or twenty miles or one thou
sand miles, and get on board, and give the
conductor enough of the little squares to carry
you to your destination. There will be no such
a thing as ay-over tickets or trouble of getting
tickets exchanged or loss on through tickets
not used these little tickets will be as good as
money, and always current. The road on its
part will be fully protected from scalpers and
the like. The new system has received the
endorsement Of the better class of passengers,
agents and travellers, and has been adopted on
several Of the western roads,"
THE convention of the Womans Christian
Temperance Union of Washington county, held
in the Methodist church at Marshfield January
30 and 81, was very enthusiastic and success
full. Mrs. E. G. Greene, president of the Yer
mont Womau's Christian Temperance Union,
addressed large audience on the evening of
January 30, upon the New School Law"
laying upon the consciences of the people the
matter of their responsibility in this direction.
Papers were presented during the following
day upon the different departments of work of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
which were very well received by large au-
dience. We would not forget to mention the
unusually fine address of welcome which was
given by Rev. G. H. Farnsworth, who dwet in
a pleasing manner upon the reasons for well
coming the ladies which were contained in the
four words comprising their title, "Woman's
Christian Temperance Union" This was hap
PLY responded to by Mrs. Rev. II. A. Russell
OF Cabot, who said "we have come to spend
the day, and have taken our work with u.s."
The evening session was taken up with a
nap Mira p Eluar fnr
Washington county, and "talk" by Mrs.
Greene upon the different methods of interest
ing the children, and teaching them temper
ance. Recitations. songs and duets were finely
rendered during the convention. We wish to
speak particularly of the fine music which was
so willingly furnished by the people of Marsh
| field.
THE supreme court at Rutland rendered
decision in the habeas corpus case of Barney
Barker and dismissed the exceptions, without
hearing the case on its merits, on the ground
that it was state cause in which no excep-
tions will lie in favor Of the state from the de-
cision of the county court, although the excep-
| tions in the case were taken in the name of
Mead, the constable. This decision overrules
the case IN re Jesse Cooper, reported in the
thirty-second volume of the Vermont Reports.
The case involved the important legal ques-
ton, whether common informer can prose-
cute before justice of the peace for violations
of the liquor law, and arose under these cir
cumstances: H. w. Love of Rutland made
| complaint, as a common informer, before Justice
Cain against Barney Barker for illegally selling
liquor. Barker was brought before the justice
and bailed, and then surrendered by his bail
into the custody of Constable Mead. Barker
then procured habeas corpus writ from the
county court, upon which it was decided by
Judge Veazey that violations Of the liquor law
could only be prosecuted by indictment or in
formation by states attorneys, or by complaint
by states attorneys or grand jurors, and not
by common informers, as permitted by statute,
and that therefore Justice Gains warrant, be-
cause issued upon complaint of common in
former, was void, and Barker was discharged
Exceptions were taken to the supreme court
which that court has now dismissed. Judge
| Ross dissented.
OUR worthy neighbors, the Arg,ts the Her.
aid and Neaos and the Barre Enterprise, have
been very soicitous about the circulation Of
The WATCHMAN recently, and with marked
disinterestedness have given us much good ad
vice about bolsterng up our declining list. We
are much obliged TO our esteemed contempor.
aries for their kindness, but we have discovered
better plan than either of them has sug
gested, which is working to our satisfaction
and we hope THE WAToHMAN will for many
years enjoy the same kind of decline witt
which it has been affected. The Argus, how
ever, claims to have the bottom facts about tn,
matter, and last week repeated its recent fabri
cation that this papers present circulation IL
but $500 and fraction, and that under III
present management its circulation has de
creased twenty per cent" "These are facts,
it says, which our esteemed contemporar,
cannot successfully contradict" These ALLEGED
facts are simply falsehoods, and II tn,
Argus knows anything about the matter, i
knows that they are falsehoods. The repeti
tionof these mis-statements reminds us of som,
facts" OF the same character which thu
Argus made public when it said that its circu
lation was over seven thousand" In spit
of this assurance, we should be surprised Il
know that the total circulation of the Barr
Enterprise Is as much as the difference be
tween the actual circulation OF the Argus an,
lover seven thousand" "These are fact
which our esteemed contemporary cannot sue