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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17
A Political Revolution.

The defeat of the Gladstone ministry
on the motion for the second reading
of the financial budget has been fol-
lowed by the acceptance of the resig-
nation of the liberal premier and his
cabinet. Lord Salisbury, the leader of
the conservatives, has been requested
by the queen to form a ministry, and
he has undertaken the task. The de-
feat of a ministry that had emerged
victorious from the angry contests over
the course of the government in the
Soudan and in Asia was surprise.
The surprise was deepened by the fact
that defeat had been encountered on a
relatively trivial observation-disclosures the
tax on beer and spirits should be in
creased to help meet the expenses of
the imperial government. This was
the proposition of the liberals. They
had to choose between alcoholic liquors
and tea and sugar. The tories opposed
this measure. They preferred to raise
the tax on tea, and on the proposition
to increase the tax on the Englishman's
beer and the Scotchman's whiskey the
government was defeated by vote OF
two hundred sixty-four to two hundred
fifty-two. The ministry expected de-
feat. No special exertion seems tC
have been made to avert discontinue
Some thirty or forty liberals were alb
sent and no attempt was made to whil
them in. Circumstances indicate tina
the defeat was shrewd piece of part.
tactics The tory opposition has beer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17
Notes and Notions.

Boston RECORD: "When the New
Hampshire born statesman of a former
period, replying to the taunting ques-
ton as to what do you raise in the
rocky hills of the Granite state said,
grandly: we raise men there!' he had
not in view senatorial scrub race,
with Blair in the lead"
PARIS proposes to hold another exhi-
bition in 1889, and the aged De Lesseps
finds time to spare from his ditching
schemes to accept the presidency of an
enterprise which ordinarily engrosses
the time and consumes the energies of
very able-bodied and active-minded
man in the prime of his powers.
Boston RECORD: {" The presidents
appointments continue to be made up
of streak of fat and streak of lean
The appointments of marshals in Hi
nois and Ohio are conspicuously good,
while that of eX-Mayor Fox of Phila-
delphia to be superintendent of the
mint is more conspicuously bad. 1t
was well to ignore and override the
ring of corruptionists in Chicago and
Cincinnati. 1t was i'll to please the
similar ring in Philadelphia.
THE Boston Herald, quoting the Neu
York SUMS declaration that the dem
ocratic candidate for governor of New
York must perforce be the administra-
ton candidate and that the admins
tration "must take deep interest in
the canvass" says: president Ar
thurs administration took that view
from republican standpoint in 1852,
Where is that administration and that
party now?" The San rejoins; " That
administration ended regularly with the
expiration of its constitutional term of
office; and that party has so much vi
tally that in the face of the most adj
verse circumstances, and with our es-
teemed Boston contemporary enlisted
against it, the plurality by which it was
beaten in November, 1884, was only
LOAF votes"
NEW YORK Sun: "The Hon. Henry
w. Blair, with a cataclysmal smile upon
a face to which he has been for years
laboriously striving to give the pale cast
of thought, steps back into his oldplace
in the senate, and cranks of all sorts
will be glad of heart. What vast sa-
vannas of statistics, what boundless
steppes ofreports, what seas of speeches
spread out before the eyes of this pow
erful mani Ifhigh-vaulting imagination
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17
Facts About Forestry.

The subject of forestry is attracting
great and general interest in this
country. New York state has recently
enacted laws for the preservation of
the Adirondack forests in which the
Hudson has its sources. With that
river and its tributary streams the pros
perity of the state is intimately allied.
The religious, as well as the secular
press of the country, is endeavoring to
awaken the people to a just sense of
the value of the nations woodlands, the
vital necessity of preserving the forests
now in existence and reforesting value
less or WORKOUT tracts of land. A recent
issue of the Christian Union had the
following summary of practical facts
about forestry: " 1t is only within a
comparatively short time that Ameri-
cans have begun to realize the immense
importance of preserving what is left
of our existing forests, and of planting
new trees both in village and country.
Wheneer We have nothing else to do,
Jock, plant a tree said the good old
Scotchman; : it will aye be growing
while we are sleeping The many
Arbor days reported in this months
papers, and the increased agitation for
restrictive legislation, are hopeful signs.
Meanwhile our readers will be inter-
ested in learning few striking facts
about American forests not generally
known. We condense from compre-
hensive Bird's-eye View of Forestry
by the Rev. S. w. Powell, secretary of
the Forestry Association of New York,
published in the May ChautauQuan; In
1880 the raw materials furnished by
our forests were valued at 500, 600, 900,
sum ten times the value of the yield
of all our gold and silver mines; more
than eight times our outlay for public
education; three times that of either
our wooden or cotton mills; two and an
eighth times that of the meat we raise,
and one and two-fifths times that of our
breadstuffs. Lumber products are still
comparatively cheap, because of in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17

could beat the record, it might be pos
sible to imagine that even the Hebetu-
dinous crank, from the depths of his
majestic isolation, waves friendly
greeting to this New Hampshire Friend
of Man. Six years more of Blair must
be endured by the rest of the world
with becoming patience, but Blair is
happy. He never bores himself"
No branch of the government has
been the subject of severer criticisms
than the naval department. Misrepre-
sentation has made it the object of its
most envenomed shafts. Every abuse
and crime of which corrupt administra-
ton is capable has been charged against
it. OF some of these charges, ex-Secre-
tary Robson says: "The navy depart
ment never handled a dollar of the
funds appropriated by congress. The
treasury not only handled the funds
but kept the books. The vouchers are
all there for every item of expenditure.
The naval service is on record in all
these matters. These records will show
every step taken by congress, by the
secretaries of the navy, and by the
naval officers; the reasons for such
steps, and every detail. There will be
nothing found except mares nests by
the excited gentlemen who are just
now making the air resound,"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17

OF Ex-Governor Halls open letter to
the Bennington Monument Association
the Boston Advertiser says: g A vigor-
Gus letter by Ex-Governor Hiland Hall
of Vermont regarding the monument in
commemoration of the battle of Ben
nington, to be erected at Bennington,
ought to convince the monument asso-
citation that the design accepted by the
committee having the matter in charge
is inappropriate. These
remarks of Governor Hall should be
needed by the committee. The vener-
able gentleman, now ninety years old,
but still mentally alert and vigorous,
was born within twenty years after the
battle, near the battle-ground. The
commemoration of that event is there
fore something in which he might well
be expected to take especial interest"
The Springfield Republican echoes the
Advertisers endorsement of Mr.. Halls
plea for " a monumental shaft of con-
spicuous eminence.' This idea has
been embodied in designs of various
kinds which are now under considera-
ton. They all represent a shaft three
hundred feet high to be reared on the
spot recommended by Governor Hall
the crest of the hill on which stood the
old continental storehouse. One of
these designs is given the form and
proportions of the Bunker Hill shaft,
which is two hundred twenty feet in
height; another those of the Washing
ton column. These designs are supple
mented by others, one of which has a
simple conical or pyramidial termina-
ton; another central conical summit
with lesser termini, of corresponding
shape at the four corners. All repre-
sent a square monument, but, unlike
the Bunker Hill and Washington shafts,
which present true taper from base to
capstone, the taper of the proposed
Bennington structure will embody the
swell which is the characteristic of
Grecian monumental art. Its effect is
to give to the outlines grace and i'm
pressiveness. The material proposed
is uncut stone. The locality furnishes
a blue limestone which, it is claimed,
is unrivaled for durability and attract
iveness. A monument after any of
these designs, it is said, can be built
for the funds of the association. A de-
sign in harmony with the purpose and
the surroundings which fully meets ex-
Governor Halls ideal, it is very likely,
will be obtained and adopted at the
August meeting of the association.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17

THE anticipated fight in the New
Hampshire legislature over the cleo
ton of senator to succeed Henry w.
Blair in the United States senate has
been evaded by the nomination of Mr..
Blair, on the first ballot, by the caucus
of republican members. There was,
at the last moment, a practical with
drawal of all the rival candidates eX-
cept Mr.. Chandler, and he was aroused
too late to consciousness of the fact
that Mr.. Blair had out-maneuvered
him. The result is victory for Blair,
a great loss of prestige to Chandler
and deal of scolding and dissatisfac-
ton on all hands, even among those
who felt that Blair was sort of Hob
sons choice, and so by their votes con-
tributed to his triumph.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17

creased railroad facilities to bring the
logs and boards from the distant back
woods, but the really good lumber, in
tree or log, is much dearer than it was a
few years ago. We are already regret
ting the days when our forefathers
improved the land by burning up
splendid forests of timber now worth
from S45 to $3.50 per thousand feet,
merely to get rid of it. Experts declare
that the ak and saw destroy at least
$500, 100000 worth of lumber yearly,
while the forest fires devour an equal
amount. Now as to damage done or
rendered possible by forest destruction:
In one year it was estimated that in
Michigan alone loss of 100000
bushels of wheat was caused by expos
ure to cold, wind and sun for want of
the former usual snow covering. The
Ohio floods of 1888 destroyed $50, 000,-
600 worth of property, to say nothing
of the loss of life. Both of these losses
can be traced directly to the destruction
of forests at the head-waters of the
streams. Another evil that forests pre-
vent is the washing of soil from hill
sides. Professor G.. p. Marsh says that
in the last 200 years the river Pc has
taken enough soil from Italy to raise
the entire surface forty-five feet. The
same thing has occurred in the lower
Mississippi valley, and if the Adiron-
dack forests go, the Hudson would be
liable to sudden floods that might ruin
its navigation and spoil New York's
harbor. A torrent is stream liable
to extreme and sudden increase and de-
crease-usually very small or quite dry
in dry time, but liable to rise suddenly
to great height, and as quickly to
shrink to its former size. By the loss
of its once rich forests, the Ardeche, a
tributary of the Rhone, became such a
torrent, its principal branch often being
entirely dry. 1t has been known to rise
sixty feet and dwindle back to almost
nothing within few days. The upper
Hudson has apparently all the conditions
necessary for becoming such torrent if
once its forests are exterminated. 1t de-
scends some 1000 feet in short and
steep course, from region where falls
a great deal of rain and snow Again
forests prevent damage from drying
chilling and malarious winds. In Italy
in the time of Gregory VIII. Q572), a
pine forest frequented by brigands was
cut down. Rome at once became m ore
unhealthful. Marsh says that the great
swamps of Virginia and the Carolinas
in climates nearly similar to that OF
Italy, are healthy even to the white
man, so long as the forests in and
around them remain, but become very
insalubrious when the woods are felled
Other services rendered by forests are
preventing the drifting of sands Cir
France pink plantations have converted
1000 square miles of poverty-stricker
country to the use of a thrifty and in
telligent people,; preventing the in
crease of noxious insects, such as the
grasshopper and chinch-bug, terrors o.
the wheat-grower; sheltering birds
natures great insect-police'; guard
ing the wheat-fields from winds bearing
the wheat-rust fungus; and, finally
identifying our mountain sides and
valleys with the cool, green tints Of
summer and the brilliant, glowing
masses of autumn color"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17
REPORTS from New York are to the

REPORTS from New York are to the
effect that General Grants condition
has again become alarming. Sunday
night he was restless till about mid
night, when he went to sleep and slept
at intervals till about eight O'Clock.
On account of the precarious condition
of his patient, DR.. Douglas has thought
it better to move him to Mt. McGregor
before he gets too weak to make it pos
sible. He was to leave Tuesday in a
private car, accompanied by DIR. Douglas
and several members of the family.
The drives through the park, which the
general delighted in so much, were
discontinued on account of the rapid
increase of the cancer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17

list of acts that constitute an argument
against home rule or independence, the
force of which is proof against passion
ate .pleadings Or the promptings of nat
ural sYmpathies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17

Warren.-Mr. and Mrs. I. Putnam have
returned from New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts, where they have been visiting
their children and other friends. 60 Mr..
and Mrs. Il. A. Eldredge had very narrow
escape AS they were returning from Bristol
one day last week. They were thrown down
an embankment of several feet-horse, car
riage and occupants. They We're well shaken
up, and Mrs. Eldredge received some severe
bruises, but they were very fortunate to come
out as we'll as they did. - Loren Cardell
and his daughter, Mrs. Kirke, and her two
children from Boston, are visiting Mr.. Car
dell's brothers in town. - Rev G. IL.
Smith returned last Friday His sister
Alice, came with him. - Children's day
was appropriately observed last Sunday
Sylvester and George Banister, with
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17

East Warren.-An effort has been made
to discover the parties who performed such
senseless acts at the River, Saturday even
ing, the 9th, as obstructing the highway,
tipping over outbuildings and tearing up
fences. One arrest has been made. -
Rev. Henry Holt supplied the pulpit in this
place for Mr.. Whitney last Sunday. -
&. b. Williams and daughter contemplate
visit TO Massachusetts, this week. - Sew
eral from this place attended children $ SER
vices at Waitsheld, last Sunday, and others
at the River village in the evening. -
Mrs n. l.. Dickinson is improving slowly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17

Wolcott.-Mrs. Mary Jane Graves had
paralytic shock one day last week, and is
not expected to recover. 60 S. A. Fife is
having his tenement, opposite the hotel,
dist parsonage. - Holmes Cushman has
moved TO Morrisville. - We are having
a few cases of measles here and fine pros
pect for more, as many have been exposed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-06-17
aHattbmam 4 Journal.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE II, 1885.

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.E-Ct'EEnED TO

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Collections made at current rates
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Mining stocks bought and SOLD Il
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-10
S0EES ON NECK.

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Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-06-20
RiNTINE.

The arrival OF the Yamashiro Maru,
with 900 immigrants on board, was
welcome-until it was discovered that
smallpox was also on board. Then it was
"bad news" and was received with not
unnatural alarm. So far as we can
learn, the prompt action OF the. board
of health, in acting upon the suggestion
OF the port physician, has been right /;
and we trust il may be effective. The
general principle of quarantine re-
cognizes the right Of asylum on the
part OF any infected vessel arriving at a
port for which she is regularly cleared.
This principle seem so clearly estab-
lished by the ethics of humanity and
the reason of common sense that we
are at loss to understand how there
can be two opinions on the topic. Yet
the writer has heard street-talk to the
effect that the government did right in
ordering the Madras away from the
harbor, and would have done right in
ordering the Yamashiro Maru away
also. Such talk is worse than none
sense. 1t is brutal Yet the former
action OF the government, touching the
Madras, justified ignorant and selfish
people in considering such action as a
just precedent
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-06-20
ufIE TBuTGRITTON.

We ought not heedlessly to blame
the Government fjr the alarming dis
proporion Of men to women in the
last arrival Of japanese immigrants.
Vet some one Is to blame and We do
not think the planters are. In their
last regular meeting many OF the
planters spoke in favor of "fair pro
portion Of women to men" Does any
one pretend that the proportion Of gas
men to IS women is "fair pro
norton Yet not only the planters but
the ministers Of the crown have ex-
messed themselves either in the legis
Iaturc or officially as in favor Of
an immigration in which women should
bear a just proportion OF immigrants
imported. Two women to three men
would be a not unfair proportion as
il seems to us. But the proportion Of
this last shipment is decidedly unjust
To the future OF these islands, and out
OF harmony with the plain understand
ing Of our people regarding the agree
ment under which the immigration
was to be carried on.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-06-20

There is one phase Of the immgra-
ton question hard to write about
plainly without offending the modesty
of readers, yet not less necessary to be
written about, talked about and acted
upon than any topic touching the we'll
being of the Hawaiian race. The in
PRODUCTION of unmarried males in large
numbers must inevitably hasten the
extinction of the Hawaiian race. These
last immigrants are men-presumably
wththe passions Of other men; and with
out those aids to self-restraint that lie in
high ideals OF female chastity. The
japanese is unlikely to be more scru-
pulous than his Chinese or Caucasian
fellow, nor are the daughters of the
land likely to be more coy towards his
advances. 1t is necessary to write
plainly on this topic. Male immlgra-
ton greatly in excess of female i'm
migration must inevitably mean more
immortality, more prostitution, more
rapid ruin of native girls, more sure
uniting OF native women for the
honorable task, the sacred duty of be-
coming mothers. No one better knows
the truth OF what we write than the
author OF SANITARY Instruction for
Hawaiians" He had never better
opportunity to speak and act for the
race he processes to love.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-06-20

In the letter descriptive OF Puma, on
the third page. the advantages of road
from pohoiki to the volcano are set
forth. The writer OF the letter has not
visited Keauhou and does not know
whether a wagon road is practicable all
the way between that port and the
volcano. He is assured, however, that
wagons may be driven seven miles of
the fourteen between the two points
last named alrcady--that is, after few
triiling repairs, 1t may be that good
wagon road, or even railway, may be
built to the volcano from Keauhou at a
justifiable expense.