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


address and topics by Principal John Pick
ard of Ludlow and Principal A. w. Dana of
Barre. In the afternoon there will be class
exercises by pupils from Burlington, Mrs.
Mayo, teacher, and from Northfeld, Miss
Thompson, teacher; each will be followed
by discussion. In the evening there will be
an address by President S. G. Bartlett OF
Dartmouth College. Friday morning there
will be topics by Principal A. H. Campbell
of Johnson Mrs L. G. Greene of st. Adams
and Principals j. N. Mallory OF Brandon
and w. II. Sanderson of Woodstock. In
the afternoon there will be class exercises
by Miss Chamberlain of Montpelier and Pro-
fessor N. II. Thompson of Burlington. In
the evening there will be an address by Pro-
fessor Charles f. King of Lewis School,
Boston-subject, " Fingers and Eyes" Sat
urday morning there will be topics by
Superintendent Justus Dartt and Professor
A. L. Hardy. Special rates at the hotels.
The price at the Pavilion will be S1.50 per
day two occupying one ROOM; at the other
hotels, 81 per day. Free return checks will
be furnished to members of the Association.
A special feature this year will be an edu-
CdllOndi VI ndnu anu
instrumental, geographical and historical; /;
Of examination papers; Of art in various
grades; OF ollections-botanical and sci
enti6c, illustrating school methods. Two
large rooms in the Pavilion will be occupied
by these exhibits. Ladies can secure special
rates in families by addressing, in advance,
Principal b. r. Brown, Montpelier, Vt.
Am ;,t lur ~ fha
months, or longer, The WATCHMAN has be-
guiled the monotony Of life by taking the
hide off the Argus and Patriot. Two weeks
ago, speaking casually Of our esteemed con-
temporary's " "cringing servilty," we seem
to have given its cuticle another stroke of
the flaying knife The howl it sets up con-
vinces us that our contemporary has been
quite denuded What do you mean?
shrieks the writhing victim, what do you
mean by accusing me of " crnging servil-
ity -? Come, now, be man or mouse"
Whatever this objuration may mean we do
not know, but If the acuteness Of our con-
temporary's sufferings will be dulled, or il
the formation of new cuticle will be assisted
by an explanation of the offensive term, we
hasten to apply the soothing lotion. In the
particular instance in which we mentioned
the Argus bringing servility." we re-
ferred to its evident desire to toady to the
corporations by slurring DR.. Holton because
the railway commission, and other bills
championed by him, were not passed at the
late session of the legislature. OF course
the Argus had the right to oppose these
bills or not, but it was dumb as an oyster till
they had failed and the legislature had ad-
journed, when, to curry favor with the rail
ways, it turned round and made faces be.
hind DIR. Holton's back In general, the
Argus' cringing servility" has beer
shown in its willing subserviency to indi
viduals or corporations it fears, or hatters
for the favors it receives or expects to re-
ceive. To illustrates: In the interest OF the
railways and insurance companies it Tough
the corporation tax law, two years ago
After the passage OF that measure it tacitl.
encouraged the corporations to resist it, de
clared that it could not be enforced, tina
the corporations would not pay, that tn,
state would be involved in ruinous litiga
ton, and there would be deficit of $500,
900 in the state revenues by reason Of tn,
failure Of the law. When it found that al
its evil prophecies had failed, that the cor
porations-and particularly the railway, in
surance and trust companies-had pait
their taxes, and that the most powerful o
the railways had given a loyal and cheer
full support to the law, it suddenly changed
its tune, and one would have thought tina
it alone had been the sole advocate and de
fender of the law. If this wasn't " cringins
servility," what is? Again, when su
preme court judge Of its political party ha,
become involved in violation of law, ou
bold contemporary was whist as nous
respecting an affair which was the theme o
discussion throughout the state. II thi
wasn't bringing servility" to wrong
doing in high places, what is? Still again
in the late state canvass, when the demo
Gratis OF Franklin county were making
desperate fight to carry the local elections
its subservience to certain leading repub
licans there Theoretically sealed its lips; bu
when the victory was won, with character
istic modesty and self-denial, it patronzet
the democracy and proceeded TO rake in al
the honor. If this wasn't cringing servil
ity" to the powers that be, what is? An'
so we might go on indefinitely but we trus
these few instances will satisfy our contem
porary of the eternal fitness OF the term w
used to express its most distinguishin!
trait, and will be regarded as fully answer
ing its craving for information.