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The Evening critic., 1884-12-26
SOME NEWSPAPERS SAYINGS.
He Didn,t Know They JIIaa IL.

'It you don't keep out OF this yard you'll
catch IT," said woman 10 a boy IN West
Lynn. "All right" answered the ganin. 81
wouldn't have come In II Pu known your folks
had it,"-LBan Item.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-26
Reckoning Time.

on and after January 1, 1885, the day Will
be reckoned at Greenwich Observatory, near
London, Eng, as commencing at midnight,
the hours being counted on up to twenty-four,
or midnight again. For many years dial
showing twenty ty-fourhours.has been erected at
hours day will be oilclal. Tlnles.D DeM0eLat.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-26
PARLOR FURNITURE


OF superb Design, In all kinds Of woods, cover
ed to suit purchasers.
ODD PIECES. ODD PIECES.
CORNER, BAY WINDOW, RECEPTION, d.
vans and Reclining Chairs.
RATTAN AND REED CHAIRS HAVE RE-
ceived undivided attention this year. over
$50 different styles on sale.
RUGSl RUGSi RUGSi MAGNIFICENT LINE
OF Smyrna, Moquette, Velvet, Body and Ta-
peslry Rugs.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE NOTTINGHAM LACE
Curtains we have placed at 50 per pair2 They
are beautiful and will receive your attention.
WE HAVE so MANY DIFFERENT ARTICLES
10 enumerate for the Holidays that II Is Inn
possible TO crowd this space with but par
tial mention.
WE HAVE STORED OVER 600 PACKAGES TO
be delivered ON the 21th OF this month. We
expect TO bring It up TO 5000,
THOSE IN WANT OF PRESENTS, AND DO
notkuow what to buy, would do we'll by CON
Bulting the stock and prices OF
The Evening critic., 1884-12-26
He Tried 10 Look Like Him.

Mr.. Dion Boucicault, the great adApter, has
been asked by the Boston GLOBE what he thinks
is TO be the prevailing drama OF the future.
81 think that there must be speedy return
Then he placed his right elbow on the mantel-
piece, rested his head on his fore1nger and
thumb and tried to look like Shakspeare.-
". y. World.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-26
Let Them Close the Door Gently

Ex-Governor Long, OF Massachusetts, In the
course OF his admirable address at the New
England dinner, quoted Judge Hoar rs saying
OF the malcontents OF certain political cam
paigD, 'If they need must go out, they needn't
clam the door 80 hard" This remark OF tho
Judges suggests what Tom Hood once had 10
cay In regard to malcontent who also dealt
emphatically with door;
He shut the door with slam
That sounded like wooden d-n.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-26
As n Warming.

Thelonly gift Governor Cleveland seems n,
10 have returned TO the sender 10 the pair {
boots given nim by n Tennessee shoemaker
The soles are said 10 be an inch thick. ONCE
seekers may consider this as a warning
IiH6S-iStQr.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-26
Not Frightened.

Vermont Democrats are not numerous, bu-
they have good lungs, and 1t Is predicted tnal
when they begin TO shout for spdtls they will
San Francisco. There IL not man In theii
ranks who cares tow string for the Clvil-Ser
vice Reform.- EIchdA0e.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

The st. Adams Messenger recently
tried to whittle boomerang out of intel
ligence it professed to have "from vari-
GUS reliable sources" that the friends
of Colonel Pingree are making a canvass
in some parts of the state in his behalf"
The Woodstock Standard was among the
papers of the state against which our
contemporary unskillfully launched its
clumsy weapon, and this is how the thing
flies back from that quarter in the face of
the sender, confirming also the view THE
WATCHMAN took of the alleged "canvass
in certain candidates behalf" The
Standard says: If the Waterman, Gale.
DOMAIN and Erpress are so disporting
themselves as to disturb the innocent
slumbers of our venerable contemporary,
we hope they will desist from this time.
We know nothing regarding the proceed.
ings referred to, and do not believe that
any one is wandering over the state in
behalf of the Messengers certain candi-
date We are aware that the people
throughout the state are talking great
deal about this matter, in fact evincing an
unusual interest in it, but that anything
is being done inconsistent with the hon.
orable position of a certain candidate,
with his knowledge and sanction, isn't
true"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

The Bellows Falls Times closes a
sensible article on the drug store argu-
ment" against the candidacy of DR..
Nichols as follows: eff DR.. Nichols is
guilty of the charges alleged, they should
be proved and he dealt with accordingly.
Is it possible that he has been the efficient
member of the republican state committee
80 many years, and also faithful state
officer all the while, and yet such a mon
ster? Is it creditable that during all
these years our more virtuous republican
brethren have failed to point out this
monstrosity Come to the front, gentle.
men, and let us have confession for the
good of soul and body If DR.. Nichols is
the representative of some great mo-
nopoly, of some previous understanding,
of some political ring in the state, then
let him be foored on this square ground.
We will all say amen, and it will be
Legitimate opposition, but up to this
time the drug store argument, carried
out in all its bearings, will hold against
any candidate yet named"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

meled methods, of the best men, intelli-
gently and deliberately chosen, for the
state executive and administrative Of
fees. For the success of these "ill-starred
schemes we shall continue to labor,
and shall accept the issue Of the conflict
with unfeigned satisfaction If victorious (;
or, if defeated, with determination to
renew the contest at the next election.
We have not yet found it necessary to de-
clare our preference for any particular
candidate for governor. We say again
that it is Of more consequence to decide
wisely than to decide quickly, and there
is yet ample time for decision which
may reasonably await the developments
which the two months that will elapse be-
fore the nominating convention may
bring. Meantime, it shall be our purpose
fairly and candidly to treat the individu-
ais whose names may be brought forward
in connection with the offices for which
candidates will be selected in mid-June.
We have further anticipated that the first
duty which the maturing canvass may
force upon us, and all good citizens, is the
smashing of the political machine which
has usurped the rights of the people and
for years given them only nominal part
in the choice of their rulers. The out
groupings few weeks ago moved us
to declare that:
"The effrontery of the organs Of political
combination may simplify the coming issue
very much indeed. The question may be mar
rowed down by circumstances to considerations
In which a free choice may be the cardinal
principle. Emancipation from political or.
ganization which seeks to overawe opposition,
which, uniting its forces throws for each in
dividual member Of the junto the strength Of
the whole, may become the first and the con.
trolling consideration in the coming canvass. u
When this emancipation shall have
been achieved, the day of men of "pre
eminent ability for governor" of "men
selected for their eminent fitness at the
head of state AFFAIRS" at which the boor
ish bourbon organs sneer, may dawn upon
Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23
AFFAIRS in the Soudan have taken a

AFFAIRS in the Soudan have taken a
painful turn. General Gordon is shut up
in Khartoum, without resources of money
or military forces, abandoned by the Brit
ish government, but-March 23-daily ex-
pecting troops which were at that time
marching home. A fearful massacre of
two Thousand refugees on their way from
Shendy, town north of Khartoum, to
Berber, town still further north on the
Nile, occurred on Sunday. General Cor
don has sent telegram to Sir Evelyn
Barring, expressing the utmost indigna-
ton at the manner in which he has been
abandoned by the English government,
and saying that henceforth he will cut
himself entirely adrift from those who
have deserted him, on whom will rest the
blood-guiltiness of all lives hereafter lost
in the Soudan.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

DURING the week conventions for the
choice of delegates to Chicago have
been held in Pennsylvania, Illinois, New
Jersey, Indiana, Delaware and Tennessee.
Twelve states and territories have thus far
held conventions, from the reports of
which the Boston Advertiser's political
mathematician ciphers out one hundred
and twenty-one votes for Mr.. Arthur and
ninety for Mr.. Blaine. OF illinois, forty.
four delegates, forty are for Logan and two
each for Arthur and Blaine. New Jersey
vote is given to Blaine aud fifty of Penn
sylvania's. The Advertiser leaves out of
the problem whatever strength other
candidates may have, and takes what is
known of the strength of the two leading
candidates, with the view of estimating
the possibility of the nomination of either.
This week conventions in several other
states will be held, including Connecticut,
Michigan, New York and Ohio. These
conventions, the Advertiser estimates, will
increase the presidents strength to one
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

These use spirits as an indispensable arti-
Gle in their business, and it is unquestion-
ably true that large proportion make
only legitimate use of it. There are
two hundred and forty towns in the state,
but in only one hundred and thirteen of
them have the revenue collectors deputies,
with all their keenness of scent, found in
dividuals--whether druggists, landlords or
other persons-trafficking in the article in
any way. 1t is un ioubtedly true that in
the larger places the sale is practically
unrestricted and uninterrupted, save by
spasmodic attempts to enforce the law.
At these larger places, and by means of
the facilities afforded by the express, the
smaller towns receive the supplies which
strong local public sentiment will not
suffer to be dealt out at home. Indeed,
in its practical workings, the law seems
to have given the state local option
instead of prohibition-local option de-
rived from felt and needed local public
sentiment, rather than from formal vote
of the community. That all the pro-
visions of the law are obeyed, or are ell
forced to anything like reasonable de.
gree, no one will maintain. Many of those
provisions are the most rigorous that
ingenuity, tinged by spirit of fanati-
cism, could devise. There has been hardly
time since the original enactment of the
law when public sentiment would sustain
the enforcement of its rigid letter. Not
withstanding this fact, its supporters have
gone on, year after year, piling enactment
upon enactment, outstripping public sen.
timent, outstripping even the individual
convictions of many of the men whose
votes have made the present law, till law
and public sentiment long ago lost sight
of each other. The proper thing would
seem to be for the law to halt till public
sentiment can catch up. 1t may even be
advisable to retrace its steps till it meets
public sentiment, till at least there can
be no warrant for saying of the law
"of enforcing it as the laws against burg
larry and larceny are enforced, no one
dreams for moment"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

The papers have very little to say about
the election of delegates. The first dis
trict holds its convention at Rutland to.
morrow; the second, at Montpelier, the
Goth, and the state, for the choice of dele
gates-at-large, at the same place on the
3Oth. The latest attempt to get mem.
Der of the states congressional delegation
on the list was in favor of Senator Nor
rill, but the senator declines in the follow
ing note 81 wish the way was open to me
to accept the position of a delegate to
Chicago in behalf of my colleague, Sen.
ator Edmunds, but the position of affairs
here is such, and especially in relation to
the Morrison tariff bill, that l would
hardly be excused for being absent sim
gle day during the remainder of the ses-
sion. l feel that Edmunds is the only
man who would be sure to carry New
York, and that 1 regard as the pivotal
state in the next election" The sense of
the fitness of things which has prompted
the senator and Representatives Poland
and Stewart to stick to their posts is cred
liable to them. The report that ex.Gov-
ernor Smith could not accept an election
by reason of business engagements was,
we are glad to learn, without authority.
The conventions will have a plain and
easy task to perform, that will greatly tax
the energies of those only upon whom
will devolve the arduous duty of making
the nominating speeches.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23
Flippancy In Editorials.

f. V. Smalley, a journalist of note, has the
following sensible remarks, in an article upon
newspaper writing, in the Manhattan for April
." Running side by side with the tendency
toward sensationalism in its new form, and
reaching out beyond it, so as to affect papers
that are still respectable in the old sense of the
word, is a manifest drift toward curtness and
fippancy-a touch-and-go style of treating all
subjects, disposition to make felicitous
point in the wording Of paragraph rather
than to convey an idea, way of skipping over
the surface of things in a half-humorous, half
sarcastic mood, which makes paper what is
called brghS' and 'newsy' The patient,
thoughtful editorial writer, who puts con-
scientous work into his articles, is voted an
old-fashioned bore, and forced to make room
or funny knack OF putting sentences together,
and of treating life as q JEST in the spirit of
the elegy on the tombstone of the poet Gay.
The aim OF this new school of newspaper
writing is to tickle the fancy rather than to in
form the mind. You are entertained while
reading its efforts; they are like whipped
syllabub and champagne--light, frothy and
pleasant to take-but you can read columns Of
them without getting anything that you can re-
member next day. 1t would not be possible to
introduce into America the essay-like style of
editorial which characterizes the great English
papers, because it Is not adapted to our national
habits of thought. Yet, in intellectual rank, it
is a long way ahead of most of the work done
in editorial columns in our daily journals The
long, solid articles of the London Times or the
Daily NelCs are addressed to rational people,
who want facts and arguments on matters OF
current interest pat into finished literary style
Our new-fashioned editorial writing goes to the
other extreme, and appears to be turned out on
the idea that the readers only desire to be
amused or excited, and that any thorough
treatment of public questions would bore them.
There is OF course, legitimate field for jour-
nails that seek to be only entertaining. But
surely there is a constituency, and large one,
who want to get some mental profit out of the
hour spent in reading their daily paper"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23
The Record.

One or two of our contemporaries, dis
tinguished for their unselfish devotion to
the political fortunes of DIR. Nichols,
have become solicitous for the welfare of
The WAToHMAN. Its "great fault" it
is alleged, "and one that seriously Grip
pies its influence, is its lack of consist
ency." 1t is even charged with a willing
ness "to take up with anybody who can
aid in saving its ill-starred political
schemes from utter failure" There APP
pears to be a wide discrepancy between
this view Of the course and standing of
The WATCHMAN--a view, it is noticeable,
that is confined to the jaundiced eyes of
the late chief spokesman of the machine,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

hundred and eighty mine votes and Blaine's
10 one hundred and sixty-four. 1t will
require four hundred and eleven to nom.
mate, and the query is, Where will Mr..
Blaine's two hundred and forty-seven
necessary votes come from Still, the in
fatuation for the "plumed knight" is
one of the marvels of the times. It is not
unlike, but is more inexplicable than the
sway Ell Mahdi holds over his Arab
hordes. One of the agreeable incidents
of the past week is the election of George
William Curtis as one of the delegates
from New York.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

THE Rutland Herald prints an article
on the canvass for the governorship. 1t
has compliments for Pingree and Nichols,
but these seem to serve as a shell for the
following extract, which is apparently the
kernel of the article: Hon. B. D. Har-
ris of Brattleboro, whose name will be
presented by Windham county, is one of
the brightest and most accomplished public
men in his section of the state. Like Colo
mel Pingree, he is graduate of Dartmouth
college, but his life has been spent chiefly
in business pursuits in which he has won
competence, as we'll as an enviable repu-
tation as man of unusual executive and
administrative talents. Mr.. Harris has
never lost his early scholarly tastes he
is an able and practiced writer and sound
thinker on all leading political questions,
and would make without question bril-
liant, vigorous and popular executive.
He is familiar with the history of the
state, its legislation in the past, its
needs for the future; and to these essen
tial and solid qualifications for public life
he adds the lighter recommendations of
urbane manners and excellent powers of
conversation Mr.. Harris was an inhu-
entail member of the state senate in 1861.
81. Windham county will doubtless urge
his name with considerable earnestness,
as she has not had a governor since 1861,
when Hon. Frederick Holbrook was
elected to succeed Governor Erastus Fair.
banks" We believe the above is just as
we'll as an appreciative notice of Mr..
Harris. Next to Mr.. Billings, among
those whose names have been mentioned
in connection with the governorship. prob
ably he has the capacity, the parts, the
education, which should enter into the
equipment of an efficient executive; and
they are reinforced in his case, as in that
OF Mr.. Billings, by wide practical ex-
perience and a large acquaintance with
men. He is fri ind and stanch sup
porter of Senator Edmunds and has his
confidence. If he is brought out as can
didate that is available, his candidacy
will be entitled to, and should receive,
the serious consideration of the people.
In closing, the Herald says "The senti-
ment of our own county has not suffi.
GENTLY declared itself to determine who
of these candidates is the favorite of the
majority, and our own purpose will be to
discover and represent the feeling of our
own section" The Herald has been
counted on as supporter of DR.. Nichols
since Mr.. Billings declination. Its recent
article is another of the many indications
of the failure of DR.. Nichols hopes, and
of the growing disposition of the news
papers, having done their plain duty in
the matter, to leave the choice of candi-
dates where it belongs-in the hands of
the people.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

To ease the minds of Tammany re-
publican and Tammany democratic " or
gans, as q correspondent of the Middle
bury Register felicitously styles the Mes
senger and the Argus, THE WATcHMAN
declares that if the contest for the COVER
norship is narrowed down to choice be-
tween Colonel Pingree and DR.. Nichols, it
can now see no obstacle in the way of CIV
ing its cordial support to Colonel Pingree.
As we have frankly declared, he is not our
first choice. We have spoken candidly of
him, but this is neither to abuse him nor
to sniff at his candidacy. As we said
in a former issue, and have repeated in
one way and another, "there is every
reason why we should treat him with the
respect due to good citizen and an up
right man and pay him the homage
gratefully rendered to patriot soldier"
We may add that we believe that the un-
favorable impressions which were pro-
duced upon the public mind, in the earlier
stages of this canvass, by the inconsiderate
use of his name in connection with the
governorship, were not warranted by the
facts that the true history of his connec-
ton with the canvass in his behalf is
highly honorable to him, and has greatly
raised him in the estimation of many who
were either opposed to his candidacy or
lukewarm in his support. In view of
these things we say again, as we said in
our issue OF the 9th instant, that "his
candidacy has been cleared of the first
blush of a suspicion Of self-seeking." In
this connection, it.may not be out of place
to remind our bourbon contemporaries
who are charging us with inconsistency
that the highest kind of consistency is
to be consistent with the truth according
to its latest development "a truth which
they do not seem to have learned, or do
not practice if they have learned it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

East Calais.-B. p. White is having his
house and barn painted, and A. Dwinell is pre-
pairing to follow suit. Snow went off rapidly
during the past week, causing the brooks aud
Kingsbury branch to overflow their banks
Sunday morning a company of men had to be
called out to save the branch bridge, below the
village, from being washed out and carried
away. :. Part of the maple shade-trees in
front of A. d. Pesrce's house, that have stood
as village landmarks for nearly fifty years,
....At the band meeting held at Number 10,
last Friday evening, the treasurer reported
cash on hand to the amount of $178, and that
sum has since been raised to $685. with fifteen
or twenty more shares pledged. The instru-
ments have been ordered but we have not
learned how many. There are some twenty
five or thirty candidates for active member
ship
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-23

QUICK PUDDING. -" Bless you, Sally Spicer,
your the very woman | want to see. Pm
pestered about making quick buildings. Can't
you advise me ?" "To be sure" said Sally
make a good dough from flour prepared by
yourself with Horsford's Bread Preparation,
one package OF the Preparation to twenty-five
pounds OF -four, and roll out thin; spread over
some berry-jam. roll up, lay in your cake-pan,
and steam three-qnarters of an hour Cut off
in slices across, and put over about two spoon
Bread Preparation in preference to all others,
because there 10 no danger of the pudding
falling or getting heavy when taken from
the steamer"