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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11
Defying the Government.

The Oklahoma country, which I'M
easy and covetous gangs from Kansas
have for many years beheld with
greedy eyes, and which they have
several times tried to occupy in def
ance of the government, embraces
about million and quarter acres of
valuable land in the heart of Indian
Territory, between the Canadian river
on the south and the Cimarron on the
north. 1t is about one hundred twenty
miles from the Kansas border. 1t is
among the surplus lands of Indian Ter
ritory purchased and set apart by the
government for the sole occupancy of
the Indians. These invaders from Kan
sas, who have recently been driven
out by the military arm Of the execu-
tive, have no more right there than on
the lands of the neignboring states.
There seems to be larger amount of
land in the territory than can be occu-
pied by the tribes the government has
placed upon it. And these attempts to
settle there are made by an organized
band Of Adventures who are always
ready to lay hold of any tempting thing
that may be the prize of boldness and
resolution. The United States senate
has referred to its Indian committee a
proposition to peaceably purchase the
right to throw open these lands to en-
try. The house has inserted in the
Indian appropriation bill clause en-
powering the president to treat with
the Indians for the REIMBURSEMENT of
their rights in the surplus lands of this
region. But the Kansas flibusters
are not satisfied with this action. They
apparently prefer to defy the laws, es-
pecially as this may be done, up to a
certain point, with impunity Some
of the intruders who were lately driven
from the Indian Territory have been
holding an Indignation meeting at
Topeka in the state capitol. They de-
scribed President Arthur's execution of
the laws as san outrage that would
disgrace the worst monarchy" and
they referred to their own adventure at
Saltwater Greek as having :" but one
parallel in history" namely, the hor-
rors of the border ruflian days" The
result of this demonstration is a plan
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11

SOME of the state papers are saying
that the towns are required by the law
passed at the recent session of the legis-
lature to vote upon the question of
adopting the town system of schools at
the annual March meeting in 1885 and
1886, and that towns which, in 1885,
voted Yes" shall again vote in 1886,
and, if the vote of the previous year is
reaffirmed, then the system is adopted
in towns so voting. Such is not the law.
Towns which, in 1885, vote eyes,"
have from that date adopted the system,
and no further vote is required; but
towns which, in 1885, vote "No,"
must again, in 1886, submit the ques-
ton to the voters and give them
another opportunity to adopt the sys-
tenn. The selectmen of towns in which
the district system exists, are required,
under penalty of twenty dollars for
felt, to insert an article in the warrant
for the town meeting for this purpose;
the vote shall be taken, by ballot, pre-
vious to the election of town superin-
tendent; the question shall be an
nounced by the moderator, and an OPP
portunity given for discussion, upon
the conclusion of which the vote shall
be taken, those in favor of the town
system writing eyes " on their bal
lots, those opposed writing emo"
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A Sudden Reverse.

The feelings of relief and hope which
the victories of General Stewart on the
Nile had inspired in England have I'M
dergone sudden and violent revul-
sion. The object of General Wolse-
ley's expedition, the relief of General
Gordon, seemed almost within his
grasp. Three steamers with troops
had been dispatched, from General
Stewards position, about one hundred
miles below Khartoum, to convey to
Gordon practical assurance that effec-
tive succor was at hand. The COM
mandant of this force arrived at
Khartoum only to find that the city,
two days before, had been captured
and was in the hands of the rebels.
The boats beat hasty retreat down
the Nile, under the fire of the Mahdi's
guns and riflemen, without obtaining
any definite tidings of Gordon's fate.
The particulars of the loss of Khartoum,
so far as known, the effect of the news
in England, with brief description of
Khartoum and an explanation of Cor
don's mission in that remote and inhos-
pitable quarter, are given elsewhere in
this paper. To Americans, the policy
of whose government has, from the
beginning, been to avoid ENHANCEMENT
with other powers, the presence of
England by her civil agents, her navy
and army, almost everywhere in the
East, is quite incomprehensible Her
active interference in Egyptian affairs
is ostensibly in the interest of English
holders of Egyptian securities. She is
on the Nile and pushing her soldiers
over the deserts, enduring terrible
hardships and fighting fierce battles at
terrible odds with half-civilized foe,
for the protection of England's money
lenders. Ismail Pasha, Egypt's ex-
khedive, made enormous expenditures
for internal improvements. Among
other acts of extravaganza, ii is said he
spent over twenty millions of dollars in
1869 in palaces, decorations and fes-
tivities at the completion of the Suez
Canal. English capitalists furnished
the money for his expenditures. Egypt
became practically bankrupt and Eng
land the self-imposed receiver. The
extravagant khedive was deposed and
eXiled, and his son succeeded him.
Less than three years ago the new
khedive's minister of war, Arab Pasha,
representing the national spirit and OPP
position to the encroachments of for
eigners, rebelled. England's fleet lev
eled Alexandria, and an English army,
under General Wolseley, subdued the
rebellion and took Arab prisoner. The
khedive was reinstated and England's
mortgage on the land of the Pharaohs
was reatfirmed, with an addition to
cover the expenses of subduing the re-
bellion. An English army of occupa-
ton remained on Egyptian soil to
guard the security. No sooner had
Arabi's attempted revolution been
squelched than, in the distant PROV
inces of the Soudan, Ell Mahdi raised
the standard of revolt. AT FL Obeid
southwesterly from Khartoum, the
Egyptian army, under the English gen
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11
Letter from New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, February 8, 1885


Mr.. Editor Il notice an article in THE
WATCHMAN of January 2Sth, taken from the
Rutland Herald, in which a correspondent
of that paper says that the marble arch and
house in the Vermont exhibit could be set
up on top of Killington for $780, but labor is
so high here that it has taken the whole APP
preparation for that purpose. Now this writer
must either be a crank or one of the many
who, for some reason, seem determined to
give the people at the North an idea that the
exposition is a big humbug. AS for the
Vermont arch, it could not be duplicated
for less than $1,000 nor the house for less
than 81 800 or $1,000. The materials for the
construction of each have been furnished by
different parties throughout the state, and
the Vermont arch is pronounced by all
the finest structure in the government build
ing. A full account of both these structures
has been sent to the Free Press by Colonel
Golding, under whose supervision the arch
has been set up, and | hope that every paper
in the state will copy it, that Vermonters
may judge for themselves as to whether our
headquarters here are simply hut, as the
Herald correspondent calls them. AS for
show the world ever saw" even SURPRISING
Nearly all from the North who have visited
northern papers that things were so different
Therefore my advice to all is, do not believe
for yourself, and you will leave here with a
feeling that the Green Mountain State has
done her share in this great enterprise.
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eral, Hicks, was lured into the desert
and utterly annihilated. The Egyptian
and English garrisons at all points on
the upper Nile and on the Red Sea
were threatened. England's navy and
English troops saved the Red Sea ports
from rebel occupation, after several
bloody encounters. General Gordon
appeared on the scene about year ago
and made somewhat Quixotic pill
grimage to Khartoum, with the hope,
by polite management, of satisfying
the Mahdi and restoring quiet. His
mission failed. He was himself shut
up in Khartoum in command of a
motley array of soldiers and civilians
foreigners, Egyptians, Philippians and
Arabs. Among these were found
enough to mutiny at the decisive mo-
ment, when religious fanaticism had
been stirred by the emissaries of the
Mahdi, and when it became apparent,
by the bloody battles on the shore
of the Red Sea and the banks of
the Nile, that the English mission was
war and subjugation, Notwithstanding
Gordon's pacific representations. Eng
lands army has suffered no defeat. A
city with a hybrid population, defended
by an army which had strong race and
religious sympathies with the rebels, at
critical moment surrenders. The
same cunning which lured General
Hicks into the desert to make his de-
struction certain, has apparently die
tated the holding of Khartoum till the
English army had been led into a SINH
lar ambuscade; then the Egyptian gen.
erals under Gordon play their part and
admit the Mahdi's forces into the strong
hold. The English relieving forces,
scattered along the Nile and remote
from succOr, are at the mercy of the
Mahdi's victorious hordes, fired by a
fierce fanatical zeal. So the English
are in paroxysm of rage. The long
and splendid career of Gladstone, dis
tinguished by high and honorable
craftsmanship, goes for naught and he
is denounced in unmeasured terms.
At this distance it looks as if the gov
eminent, or the general in command
had been dilatory in going to the relief
of Gordon, but an earlier start might
and indeed it is highly probable that
it would, have had the same conclusion
-treachery in Khartoum and the sur.
render of the stronghold when the en-.
envy arrived within striking distance.
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Notes and Comments.

PORTLAND ADVERTISER: "The re-
port of the judiciary committee, that it
is expedient to change the time of the
state election to November, settles
that question so far as the present
Legislature is concerned. The proposed
change would save the trouble and ex-
pense of an extra campaign at every al
ternate election and would leave the
people free to act for themselves and
not for effect upon other states, under
the stimulus of money and oratory. But
so long as Mr. Blaine is possible can
didate for the presidency, Maine must
stand by to give him a good send-off.
BRATTLEBORO REFoRMER. &" If the
Montpelier Argus were not quite so alb
ject in its subservience to the railroad
powers of the state it would be more
valuable as their organ. When, for in
stance, this week, it declares that there
is nothing wrong or extortionate in our
railroad management, that only sore
heads argue in favor of state regula-
ton, and that farmers and business
men are cOnsummate ounces if they
believe anything of the kind, the silli-
ness of the statement is altogether too
manifest to carry any weight whatever.
There are public men and journals that
argue against the ACCESSIBILITY of any
state interference, believing that COM
petition and the laws of trade can be
trusted in the long run to overcome the
determinations and eXtortions, which
are the essential evils of monopoly,
which is best defined as the possession
of the power to overcome and defy
these laws. But to deny the very eX-
istence of the evils, to insist that there
is nothing which either competition or
legislation ought to cure, particularly
in Vermont, is simply to insult the intel
ligence of every well-informed citizen"
FROM the paper by General Grant Civ
ing his account of the battle of Shiloh,
in the February Century, we quote the
following: "During the whole of the
first day | was continuously engaged in
passing from one part of the field to
another, giving directions to division
commanders. In thus moving along
the line, however, l never deemed it
important to stay long with Sherman.
Although his troops were then under
fire for the first time, their commander,
by his constant presence with them, in
spired confidence in officers and men
that enabled them to render services
on that bloody battlefield worthy of
the best veterans. McClernand was
next to Sherman, and the hardest fight
ing was in front of these two divisions.
McClernand told me himself on that
day, the 9th, that he protted much by
having so able commander supporting
him. A casualty to Sherman that would
have taken him from the field that day
would have been sad one for the
troops engaged at Shiloh. And how
near we came to thisl On the 9th Sher-
man was shot twice, once in the hand
once in the shoulder, the ball cutting his
coat and making slight wound, and a
third ball passed through his hat. In
addition to this, he had several horses
shot during the day"
THERE is a current impression that
Abraham Lincoln, during the first half
of his life, at all events, shared the
tolerant feeling with reference to the
J institution of slavery that was enter
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11

SAMUEL j. RANDALL has not added
to his reputation as statesman or
lessened distrust in the capacity of the
democrats to administer the govern
ment with wisdom. Under his lead or
counsel the house spent a day and a
night filibustering to defeat action on
the bankruptcy bill, and he succeeded
in his purpose. 1t seems to be the
plan of the democratic leaders to pre-
vent action on all matters of national i'm
portance, that by enacting laws relating
to them in the next congress the glory
may go to the democratic administra-
ton. They seem to concede that the
only sound political capital they will
have for the next four years will be
such as they acquire from the passage
of measures which have been ripened
off ready for harvesting in the sun of
republican administrations. Obstruc-
ton is their policy, that they may reap
the crop of wise and just legislation,
planted and watered by republican
craftsmanship.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11

TODAY both houses of congress meet
in representatives. hall to count the
votes for president and vice-president.
Happily there is no ground for any dis
pute as to the choice any state has
made, and SO the culpable negligence
of congress to guard against such an
exigency will not be thrown out con-
spicuously in the foreground of the
proceedings. 1t looms in the back
ground, however, and, until the de-
cision of disputes is provided for, every
patriotic citizen will see the national
election approach with forebodings.
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tanned by large majority of the peo-
pie of Illinois. According to Mr..
Arnold, this is mistake; for Lincoln
at a very early age began to regard
slavery with passionate detestation,
though, like every other sober observer,
he was long unable to discern any prac-
teal method of suppressing it. There
is tradition, which apparently dates
back to 1881, that on the visit which he
paid in that year to New Orleans, as a
deck hand on flat boat, Lincoln and
his companions visited an old fortune
teller, a Voudou negress. The legend
has it that during the interview the
prophecies became intensely excited,
and, porting over Lincoln's hand, cried
out, "This man here will be president,
and tell all us colored folks go frce.''
1t seems that this visit made Lincoln
an anti-slavery man. He saw slave,
beautiful mulatto girl, sold by auction.
Lincoln walked away from the sad, in
human scene, with a deep feeling of
unsmotherable hate. He said to his
companions, If ever l get chance to
hit that institution, I'll hit it hard.''
That he made this speech there is NO
doubt, and his demeanor on his journey
homeward made a deep impression on
his companions. They remember that
he was, by turns, mad, thoughtful,
distracted, sad and depressed"
SAYS the New York Times: /" Most
Englishmen are really unable to make
out why it is that the Irish hate them
so. To men who are neither English
nor Irish this riddle is easy enough to
guess. The attacks of the conservative
press on the Marquis of Ripon indicate
to foreigners the qualities which make
Englishmen odious to those they govern
Lord Ripon, as viceroy of India, con.
cluded that the assumption that an
Englishman was necessarily superior tC
Hindu, and ought to be superior tc
him before the law, was not only I'M
founded in fact, but was incompatible
with good government. He therefore
did what in him lay to take that assump-
ton out of the law. Thereupon the ST
James Gazette, voicing the sentiments
of the conservative party, describes hin
as cold, naughty, contemptuous, UNI
informed man, who is hated by the en-
tire Anglo-Indian community as nc
other being ever was No doubt he is
and he is hated for no other reason thar
that he has tried to break the caste Of
the Anglo-Indians and deprive them Of
their invidious privileges. The Anglo
Indian, being himself VIGOROUSLY a
warm, genial, opcn-minded and well
informed person, full of sweetness ano
light, like Sir Lepel Griffin for example
who not long ago disposed of this con
tinent in magazine article, must hate
a man like Lord Ripon. What the
Anglo-Indians have been doing for {
century to make themselves beloved in
India the Anglo-Irish have done for si2
centuries to make themselves beloved
in Ireland, and the results have beer
as might have been expected"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11

EXPERIENCE rs. INTERCHANGEABLE is a
matter of regret that in introducing Hood =
Sarsaparilla its proprietors are obliged to
overcome a certain distrust by some people
who have unfortunately bought worthless
pharmacy. Messrs. G. L. Hood x Co. are
reliable pharmacists of long experience and
they make no claims for Hoods Sarsa-
parilla which cannot be substantiated by
the strongest proof. And we say to those
who lack confidence, read the unsolicited
testimonials in favor of Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and then prove its merits by actual personal
test. We are confident you will not be dis
appointed, but will find it medicine of
great value, which can be implicitly relied
upon. One hundred doses for one dollar
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to preach general crusade into Indian
Territory, to be undertaken few
weeks hence, with numbers great
enough to seize and hold the Oklahoma
lands against all the troops that can be
collected there.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11
Hattbmam 4 Suurmal.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1885.
THE senate has rejected the Reagan

THE senate has rejected the Reagan
interstate commerce bill passed by the
house, and adopted the Cullom substi-
tute, providing for commission. There
is no probability that the house will re-
cede from its action, and so this inn
portant measure, too, will go overto the
next congress. Only twelve senators,
all democrats except one, could be
found to vote against the bill.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11

Gaysville.-In the Argus and Patriot, two
weeks since, was an article in the Roxbury
news claiming that f. V. Hassam of Gays
vile had not done as he agreed with GER
tain Davis of Roxbury in regard to a certain
horse-thief, and he attempted to explain the
facts of the case through the Argus, but for
some reason, known to himself, the editor
refused to put it in his paper. The facts are
these: Mr.. Davis did not cause the arrest of
the horse-thief as he stated he was arrested
by Detective Richardson of Montreal before
Mr.. Davis or Mr.. Hassam knew the horse
was stolen. Mr.. Davis did not go after him
after he found he was arrested, but refused
to go, saying he had not the funds to go with
This was said in the presence of Lawyer
Wilson of Bethel and f. V. Hassam. Mr.
Hassam was obliged to get Sheriff Wallace
of Bethel to go to Montreal with him to get
the thief and bring him back. Mr.. Hassam
does not understand that Mr.. Davis paid out
more than two or three dollars in the mat
ter, and he was under no obligations to look
any farther than he chose, and he did not
fulfill any part of the contract. - Miss
Lucinda Lincoln died last week Wednes-
day at Mr.. Egbert Sheldon's, where she had
lived a good many years. She had been
sick long time. - Mr., and Mrs Mel
vim Davis had another little daughter born
to them last Saturday. - The Methodist
church at Gaysville has a new Prescott
organ. - The Ladies Aid Society meets
at Mrs. S. G. Harrington tomorrow Thurs
day evening.
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West Randolph.-A pie sociable was
held at the Baptist church last Friday even
ing. There were pies of all kinds. -
The Ladies' Ways and Means Society of the
Congregational church held sociabe at
Mr.. A. II. Beedle's, Friday evening. There
was a good attendance and the evening was
enjoyed by all. - George Whitney has
been granted pension of So month and
500 back pay - The officers from
Bethel came and arrested Ed. Whitney for
fighting, one day last week. He had his trial
and was given the choice of paying a fine of
S25, or going to the house of correction.
His father paid his fine. - Fife Thurs
ton has gone to Mortified to visit her
brother. - The Methodist church is so
nearly completed that the class-meeting on
Saturday evening and the services on Sum
day were held there. The ladies of the
Methodist church at Mortified have pres
ented the Methodist Society of this place
with communion service, which was CRATE
fully accepted. - Horace Nichols and
wife of Calais are spending a few days in
town, the guests of Charles Abbott. -
Last week Monday morning, as Andrew
Burnham was taking care of Frank Frosts'
cow, the COW hooked him in his left eye.
1t is feared he will lose the use of it. 1t is
a sad case, as he has no use of the other
eye. - Judge Perrin had shock of pa
ralysis last Friday night. - The report
is out that work on the cellars in the burnt
district will begin the middle of March.
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MRs. M. A. JONES and her grandson, Bert
Clark, left last week Tuesday for visit of
several weeks with Mrs. Jones' sister living
in Bedford, Mass. - Mr.. Moseley is able
to attend to business again, and his many
friends were glad to see him out last week.
- S. f. Belknap Of 81. Johnsbury has
been in town the past week. - Mrs A.
w. Denny has returned from Newton,
Mass, where she has been to care for her
father in his last illness. - Squire
johnson was in Brookfeld, Saturday, at
tending to a justice trial - Mrs. Julia
Watkins returned last week from Engle-
wood, Illinois.
GOULDsvILLE.
SCHOOL closes next week with an exhibit
ton.
CHARLES CADY and Gerte Eaton were
married last Thursday.
William Patterson and wife seem to have
dissolved partnership. She has taken one
child and has gone away to work, leaving
the other two with him.
HELEN RICH had her hands badly burned,
last week Tuesday night, while extinguish-
ing fire that accidentally caught in the
curtains from lighting match.
MONDAY afternoon, as Samuel Thompson
attempted to drive across the railroad cross
ing, his sleigh was struck by wild engine
going north and completely demolished
The horse received such injuries that it had
to be killed. Mr.. Thompson saw the dan
ger, and jumped just in time to save himself.
THE following officers of the Good Tenn
plars' lodge were installed last Saturday
evening: w. G. T., w. B.. Worthing;
w. V. T., Mrs. W. b. Worthing; w. Sec,
Hattie Andrews; w. A. Sec, ID. A. Cook
w. f. Sec, Mary Legier; w. Treas, ID. r.
Andrews; w. Chap, Fred Sawyer w. M,
w. Greenwood; w. ID. NJ, Hattie Dutton !;
w. g., Alice Greenwood; w. Sent, Seth
Locklin r. H. s., Gertie Simons; l.. II. s.,
Flora Patrick; 2. w. G. T., A. f. Andrews
The entertainment by the lodge is to be
held Saturday evening next. Besides vo-
cal and instrumental music, the drama
Broken Promises " will be presented by
an able cast of characters.