The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-01-14

with some OF the most important etbi-
cal questions of our own time"
JOAQUIN MILLER writes to the New
York Independent from New Orleans:
am living in the home of George w.
Cable, the creole novelist, while he is
delivering course of readings in the
North along with Mark Twain; and
every morning my table is made beau
tiful by my black servant with flowers
of all kinds and colors gathered from
the open garden. i can at this moment
step out from my porch and pull from
among the friendly green orange
boughs bushel of golden oranges of
the sweetest kind; and the orange bios
SONS are bursting and breathing their
fragrance all over my porch from these
same boughs that are borne down with
the golden apples of Hesperides."
NEW YORK SUN: "Mr. Morrill's
speech on the unconstitutionality of re-
ciprocity treaties is an exceedingly able
production. 1t is full, not only of forci-
BILE argument, but also of bright and
witty statement. A good many states
men who harangue the senate much
oftener than Mr.. Morrill, does, and who
occupy ten pages of the Record to his
one, might with profit take lessons of
him in the art of expressing vigorous
thought in felicitous phrase. Whatever
may be thought of Mr.. Morrill's argu-
ment, he has made one of the most in
teresting and useful speeches of the
session. There is absolutely no foun-
dalton in fact for the belief, entertained
and encouraged in certain quarters,
that there is only one senator from YER
mOnt.'
Mr.. VANDERBILT on Saturday pre-
sented the debt and judgment of $780,
600, which he holds against General
Grant, for money loaned him in May
last, and also the mortgages upon his
real estate and all the household furni-
ture and ornaments, to Mrs. Grant, to
hold as her separate estate. The gift
was coupled with the condition that the
swords, commissions, medals, etc., and
all articles of historical value shall, at
the generals death, or sooner, be pre-
sented to the government at Washing
ton, to remain there as the perpetual
memorials of General Grants fame and
the history of his time. On behalf of
Mrs. Grant, the general gratefully de-
clined the offer. Mr.. Vanderbilt in
sisted that he should be allowed to de-
post the proceeds of the sale of the real
estate in the Union Trust Company, the
income to be paid to Mrs. Grant during
her life and the principal subject to
such disposition by her will as she should
choose to make. This offer was at first
accepted, in Difference to Mr.. Wander
bits importantly, but finally resolutely
declined by Mrs. Grant.
New ORLEANS PICAYUNE: "The
statement of registered voters of the
state of Louisiana shows that the total
registration up to October 20, 1884, was
,906. This is an increase of 40 ,431
since 1880, or a little more than 26 per
centum. The proportion between blacks
and whites is well kept up, neither
seeming to be behind in the growth.
The registration of colored voters was
IS, 024 in 1880, and is 10, 1862 in 1884.
The increase is 22,23S. The registra-
ton of whites was So, 451 in 1880, and
is los ,644 in 1884. The increase is 49,
1913. The number of voters of foreign
birth in 1884 is 1924. The matter of
greatest Importance to us is education.
The urgent need of it is shown by the
large proportion of colored voters who
make their marks instead of writing
their names; the number is 1896,
while only 1856 write their names.
The number of white voters who make
their marks is shamefully large; it is
no less than q ,512. The number of
white voters who write their names is
S7,132. 1t is devoutly to be hoped that
congress will, before adjournment, pass
the bill before it for the aid of edu-
cation"
CHRISTIAN UNION: "The general
impression of hard times does not seem
to be borne out by the official reports
of the relative products and of the
the relative numbers of unemployed
this season as compared with some pre-
vious seasons. So far as products are
concerned, the year has been one of
plenty. The agricultural bureau esti-
mates yield of over 520,000,000 BUSH
of wheat-much the largest crop ever
raised. The corn crop is l 800, 900, 900
bushels, and is also in excess of any
previous yield. The crops of oats and
the cereals are proportionately large.
The coal production has never been ex-
ceeded, except in 1888; and the iron
production, though less than last year,
exceed the prolific year of 1880. Ac-
cording to Bradstreet, quoted in the
Ecening Post, the whole number of
manufacturing operatives out of work
by the reason of stoppage of manufac-