St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14

\ SPLENDID TICKET.

EdmundS and Lincoln, representa-
tives of the east and west, satisfying
the intellectual aud the sentimental |
side of human nature, neither fanatics.
nor bourbons, what better combination +.
for presidential ticket could he /
found? Laying aside all issues that |
divide the parties, or are supposed to .
divide them, and matching men with /
men, two democrats could not he found |
who would possess, or could he doomed
into possession of, the popular strength
of these two men, Greenfield Gazette.
DANGEROUS MONOPOLY.
The Western Union telegraph COM
pany is promptly on hand with its
fight against the postal telegraph. The
North American Review article of its
president, DR.. Norvin Green, i'll Oppo-
stiOn to government telegraph, has
been printed ia pamphlet form for
broadcast distribution, with an add
denda of newspaper extracts showing
the "refiex" of public opinion against
the scheme. la congress each member
has been sent list of the holders of
the Western Union stock in his state
to impress him with the fact that JAY
Gould will not be the only sufferer if
| the government takes the field, but
that his tthe cOngressman's) constit
uents and friends will likewise be de
| frauded. Besides these two moves a
certain class of newspapers are begin
ming to shout that, no matter If one
man owned the whole of the Western
| Union stock, the government has no
right to establish a monopoly to the
injury of individual rights. Senator
Edmunds was evidently right when he
told the committee on pOstOtfices and
post roads that the telegraph compa-
MES do not mean to let you get Il
postal telegraph through congress, and
they do nOr expect that You are going
to- do it, BrattlebOro PheniX.
NOT so BLACK AS SHE Is PAINTED.
There is hardly Il town of respect
able size in Vermont that cannot show
f at least some improvement in ten,
twenty or thirty years, in church and
school buildings, in stores, shops
farm dwelling and outbuildings. There
is, on the whole, better farming and
more intelligence and economy in de
. veloping and using the resources OF
, agriculture. There is certainly better
dairying, better gardening, more in
terest and greater progress in fine
stock breeding and in fruit growing
than there were thirty years ago. And
all know that there is more general
distribution of the comforts and lux
e uries Of life i'll every community
y There is, doubtless, considerable room
for improvement but the situation is
evidently growing better rather than
worse. Up to l650 Vermont had lost
e largely by emigration 200, 900 oI
t more. \ portion of these emigrant:
have improved their condition by
leaving the state; another portion
have done no better than if they haC
{ stayed and the remainder have no
h done so we'll. The great west is now
better known for what it really is
and it may safely he calculated tina
fewer of our people will hereafter b,
Il lured from their old homes by TIN
highly-cOlOred representations of it
. ADVANTAGES Thor" is nothing vnr!
!, dIscouraging in the present prospect
+ of Vermont for those who are intcli
: gent and prudent aud able and willin,
Y to work. Some people are never salts
;. fled with present results, and other
= are never content unless they can re
something for nothing - St. Alban
n Messenger.