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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
Overwhelming Reform.

At meeting held recently in the
northern part of the state, where the
subject of temperance was discussed at
length, some of the speakers suggested
an extension of the reform to cover
other things than alcoholic drinks.
Beer, cider and tobacco especially,
were put under the ban; and if the
speakers had contented themselves with
the proposed Introduction of these arti-
cles there would perhaps be little ground
for dissent. But one gentleman said +,
that to avoid every appearance of evil,
he would not even drink sweet cider.
We suppose that, for the same reason,
he might refuse to eat grapes, because
wine is made from this delicious fruit.
Two or three of the speakers declared
that tea and coffee should also be Sc
verely let alone. 1t was argued that
the use of these luxuries led to the for
nation of habits of intemperance. II
is singular that nothing was said about
the use of opium in its various forms,
though it is well-known fact that the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
Somewhat Personal.

AT intervals for some months past the
Boston Evening Record and other mug
wump organs have manifested no little
concern in regard to the private bust
ness affairs of the proprietor of the
WATCHMAN, and have made this mat
ter the subject Of much speculation and
Misrepresentation While we do not
concede that our private business is in
any sense public property, we do not
object to saying this much: The leading
republicans, and we believe also the
masses of the republican party in this
section of Vermont, were much dissat-
isfed with the somewhat unstable po-
litical course of the WATCHMAN under
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28

A RECENT summary Of crop reports
from this state makes, on the whole,
quite a favorable showing. Oats have
yielded heavily. OF corn there is a
fair crop, and of potatoes big yield,
butpartly destroyed by rot. The hay
crop is not an average one. Wheat,
barley and India wheat have yielded
well. Corn has done well on the up
lands, but in the valleys was stunted by
the August and September frosts. The
season everywhere has been difficult
one for gathering crops, so frequent
have been the rains. The fruit crop is
large in some localities and small in
others,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28

in proportion, than formerly. New Jersey
and Indiana now collect statistics.
The present need of the league is
money with which to push the work
The report says: We trust that the
gravity of the case, the need of just
such an organization as the league, the
catholicity of its aims, the high stand
ing of its officers, members and friends,
its remarkable success in the three
years of its active work, under great
difficulties, and the promise it affords
of far greater usefulness in the future,
will ensure its speedy establishment on
a sound financial basis"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28

fraternal and social gathering and no
more. To expect to manipulate and
control gathering of that character,
composed, las it naturally would be, of a
very large number of men who had re-
ceived their political honors and were
laid away on the political shelf, out of
politics, was a thing absurd. Nor could
it be expected that aspiring politicians
would have such influence in gather
ing such as met at Montpelier as
would favor their own interests or work
against the interests of others"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
The Indians.

An important conference of friends
of the Indian was held recently at Lake
Mohonk, N. Y, at which the Indian
department at Washington, the Indian
commission, and various societies in
'terested in the welfare of the Indian
were represented. The platform adopted
recommends the enlargement of the
present system of Indian education,
with view to preparing those in the
schools for self-support; urges grad
ual breaking up of the system of hold
ing lands in common; the purchase by
the government, at fair rates, of all
lands remaining after allotment in sew
crafty shall be made; the admission to
citizenship of such Indians as give up
their reservations and accept allot-
ments in severalty; and expresses OPP
position to the policy of removing the
Indians from their established homes
and the massing them together in one
or more territories.
"The meaning of all this,' says the
Independent, "is that the Indian must be
incorporated with the body of citizens,
and no longer segregated. To this end,
three things are proposed-land in
severalty, citizenship and haste. We
demand for the Indian land in sever
atty. He must own his own land, and
no longer be tied to laziness on wild
tract that belongs to nobody because it
belongs to everybody. The law allows
this partition of land in the case of a
few tribes. 1t must be applied to all.
There are said to be patents on land all
made out in Washington for Indians
and pigeon-holed because a railroad
company is opposed. Give the Indian
those patents. Don't stand in his way
when he is begging for civilization and
begging for land.
"Next, citizenship. We do not ask
for citizenship for wild Indians. But
Just as soon as these men adopt the
habits of civilized life, enter land and
live on it, or 60 into industrious call
ings in Omaha or st. Paul, give them
the protection of the law and the priv.
leges and duties of citizens. Let the
United States make them citizens, and
then no state or territory can shut them
out from the ballot.
"Above all, haste. We have waited
long enough. The times will wait nc
longer. The advancing wave is NOV
ing West. Barbarism must get out Of
its way. 1t will not go round the res
ervations long; it will go over them
What the Indian does not use he can
not hold. But, by the treaties, he doe
hold it, and we are bound to protec
him; and the Indian is kept in barbar
ism, and all the instincts of industr,
and civilization are put in opposition t.
the government which protects hin
there. The Indian must take wha
land he can use, use 1t, and sell the res
to settlers. To do otherwise mean
little less than border war. And Their
is an eXigency. The Indian wants LAM
to till. He is praying us to give it t.
him. Let congress do it at once"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28

THE Burlington Free Press has this
to say on the subject of annual sessions:
"The suggestion made by Hon. E. p.
Walton at the close of the very interesting
article in another column Qrom the WATCH
NAM on the Vermont legislatures and legis-
lation of fifty or more years ago, is not now
made for the first time, but il is one that
will bear repeating and deserves earnest
attention. 1t is that the legislature hold
annual sessions-one, which need not be
long one-to organize, appoint the com
mittees, lay out the work, and initiate the
new members into the business of legisla-
ton, and another year later to complete the
important matter of legislation. There seems
to be little hope of relief from the one-term
rule, which fills the two houses with new
members, who having had one election,
can never expect another, and gives us as
consequence much crude legislation; but
the plan of annual sessions would afford a
partial remedy for the evil. The members
would thus get little wonted in their
duties become acquainted with each other,
have their minds directed towards the mat
ters needing legislative action, and then,
separating for year, they could come to-
gether again the next October, much better
informed and qualified for their responsible
duties. The total time occupied by the two
sessions need not much exceed that of the
present biennial session-it might probably
be even less. But if it was little more, and
thus involved an additional expense to the
state, we have no doubt that the money
would be well spent, because it would bring
to the people better return for the money
these representatives draw from the treasury.
OF course there would need be some careful
rules to prevent the opening of flood-gate
of general legislation, at the opening session;
but it would not be difficult to devise the
needed safeguards; and with such in force
we have no doubt whatever that the result
would be so beneficial and satisfactory that
once adopted, the system would be main.
tanned indefinitely, No other practicable
remedy for the evils of the one-term rule
occurs to us-and we have given not a little
thought to the subject in the past ten years
We trust the matter will be seriously con
sidered by the next legislature"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28

THE Barton Monitor, speaking of the
legislative reunion, says: "We have
no doubt that the idea of such meet
ing as was held originated in the
minds of those who sought to have
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-17
Encounter with a Lion.

A very dramatic narrative Of an es
counter with a lion is published BY Il
Algerian paper. It appears that "a
months past farmers residing near
forest in the African colony have beef
victimized by the lion, which carried 4
their cattle. and especially evincvd
partiality for their sheep. Exaspead
by the gaps made in their small fOcEA
it was determined to make var on he
depredator, and seventeen settlers, with
five or six Arabs, set out on what proved
very perilous adventure. They took
up their position in parties Of four and
five, ct certain spots in the forest wha
It was coniectured the animal would
pass, and toward nightfall the enenI
was seen coming leisurely along BY one
Of these parties. numbering five msa
After consulting together it was decida
that they should fire simultaneously GO
ct 3 given signal they did so, the lloH
being seen to fall, uttering a tremendol
roar Of pain. He was not dead, no.'
ever, as the men too quickly imagine
and when they approached the animal I
rose TO his feet, crushed one Of BIS y
sailants with blow of his powerful Fas
and Selling the head Of his NciIa
smashed it at bite. Turning from y
mangled remains the brute next tackl5
another man, biting of his arm -
otherwise injuring him. Two Other me-
bers OF the party were also grleSoa
torn and bitten by the enraged apn.
and might have lost their lives naa 7.
their uninjured comrade leyeled hh y
Ut the lions ear and been lucky sn0T
to stretch him on the ground dead
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-17
SCIENTIFIC and rNDUs7s,.

= German engineer has
electric target On which hand NV NV I
The exact point where the hn la ..nulsse
L. That ingenious arranoer anss sltiks
hVAy with human pointeSs a VII 1,
Ally prevent many accidents NV = r esilssss
limb. . lie "a
a process has been inventea,
lessor Eder Of the State indnsss;.S,y po.
81 Vienna, which he calls ortbn ,.a, s'Aeel
photography, and which ss.as
photographer to reproduce ro aloles sAs
Actly the same tones as thew Snsi y 2
the eye. appeas q
Cork, when carbonizea
e2.60 per cent. pure charcosl .'Ouaca
est per cent. Of any known woo - great
low, wheat straw and oak ranI WI
the order named, while maple and IVA, ~ y
are 1915 and s1.12, or at the -, up pOpa'
Of the list. very loCs
Several agricultural chemist. :, =.
many have been studying "a inv :, Oe''
heavy soils, and now recommend l;sAs
dressing. The crop for the fir s ' aul =
should be potatoes; for the second Is -
for third the tares, or peas and 4, n
fourth potatoes again. - y
There are nineteen known natal.
ued at over 81, 600 per avoirdunois 's 49,. -
The most costly is vanadium wb Fsa1e
said to be worth $40, 200 pounS I''4 !,
these nineteen metals only one i v
duced or used to any considerahl. nv
tent. and that is iridium, which !. s.,' Y,
at $1,000 per pound. It is someti~ inv
but very sparingly, used in electrieal J,
periments. @ "
TEMPERATURE PERcEPTIoN.-A a.
man psychologist, Professor Eulsnhs..
has found that different parts 81 "
body are very unequally sensitive d m
ferences Of heat and cold, the sens !,
temperature being most acute a i.
forehead and the back of the hand, ~
least active in the back and the nr ~
part Of the abdomen. AT tho Io rrs
spots differences Of about third /,
Fahrenheit degree were distinctly ~
ceived, but at the other two points An
ferences were only detected when rearS.
ing nearly two degrees.
The use of chemicals as an antidots n
FIRE is urged more strongly, and scems,s
meet with more favor every dar. ns
latest application of the principle come,
in the form of a Recommendation b,
Mr.. Schlumberger, That bottle Of am.
monia be placed in every barrel Il
petroleum. On ignition, from any cause
the bottle would break, and the ammop.
ical vapors would at once extingush hs
FIRE. An Italiant sayant, NJ. pelp
Eanto, proposes to apply the same methOl
to collieries liable to fire damp. Tank
filed with ammonia and set in conyenisBi
places. would, it is claimed, stop lh
combustion, which could not sabsist d
a. ammonical atmosphere.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-17

40 his heart Il struck such terror
That be laughed laugh 81 acotn
The man I'd the soldiers doublaf.
with the sword 20 bravely worn.
Ik6truck his heart like tie frost wind.
TO find bis comrades fed,
While the battlefield vas guarded
By the heroes who lay dead.
He drew his sword IN The Sunlight.
And called with long halloo,
Dead men, there Is one living
Shall stay i out with your
He raised 8 ragged standard
This lonely soul ii war,
And called the foe to onset
BY shouts they heard afar.
They galIOped swiftly toward him.
The banner foated wide;
Il sank; be sank beside It
Upon his sword. and died.
Rose HaaOthoyne Lnthrop, IL Harper.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-17

A correspondent Of the Chicago
Times relates some interesting anec-
dotes Of old Gov. Allen" Rise-up
William Allen, one Of the most noted
and popular political characters ever
produced by Ohio. One incident is
particularly amusing. At one time
Gen. Murphy. a celebrated advocate,
practised in Chillicothe and Southern
Ohio, the defense Of criminals being
bis forte. His power with jury was
almost irresistible. aud the facility
with which he wept in behalf Of his
client carried everybody with him.
A notorious horse thief had been in-
dlcted at ChilIicOthe. and, Of course,
had retained Gen. Murphy. The pros
ecuting attorney secured the services
Of Allen to help him convict the rascal
If possible. The evidence was heard
and it made pretty clear case against
the accused. The prosecutor opened
for the State and was followed By Gen.
Murphy in one of his most eloquent
and fearful efforts The jury. like the
advocate, and large portion OF the
audience were in tears, but Allen sat
bolt upright. with = stony and danger
GUS glare in his steel-gray eyes. When
Gen. Murphy had concluded. and sat
wiping away his tears and sobbing,
Allen arose and said:
Gentlemen Of the jury, it seems
cruel TO say anything to break the
charming spell that the learned coun-
sci has woven around you. or rudely
dlspel the tears that lie has drawn ike
pearls Of humanity from your eyes.
Your tears have been responsive to
ais, but perhaps had you known the
fountain whence sprang his tears.
yours would not have welled up re-
aponsiya Gentlemen Of the Jury. let
me show you the fountain Of the
learned counsers tears.
Saying this be reached over the table
win his long arm and nshed some
thing out o. Gen. Murphy's coat
pocket Holding aloft big red onion.
peeled to tho quick, he went on:
e was aware that The onion was
tue symbol oI tie Egyptian mysteries.
but not until now did know that ii
vas the substance of Cen. Nurphys
tears aud mysterious power over 4
jar"
The prisoner was convicted without
Tue jury leaving che box. and Il was
ysaFa before Gen. Murphy g0t over tie
clever exnoaa
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-17
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.


Cicero: TO live long It Is nectsa
% live slowly.
The plant that is often transplant,
does not prosper.
Confucius: TO die well one must
frst learn to live well.
Ruskin: conceIt may pun q man ur.
but never prop him up.
Ovid: Take a rest; q Geld that has
rested gives abountiful crop.
LOngfsIlow: in this world q man
must either be anvil or hammer.
Franklin: An investment in knowI
edge always pays the best interest
Seneca: Enjoy present pleasures in
such 9 way as not to injure future ones.
Lowell: No man is born into tho
world whose work is not born with
him.
Wordsworth Wisdom is oftimes
nearer when we stoop than when We
soar.
Herbert: He that cannot forgive
others breaks the bridge over which he
must pass himself, for every man has
need to BE- forgiven.
Quarles: Give not thy tongue too
great aliberty, lest ittake theeprisOner.
word unspoken Is, like the sword in
the scabbard. thine; If vented, thy
sword Is in another's hand.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-17

The Abyssinian alphabet conss ~ I
2O8 characters, each Of which j. 49, -.
distinctly and separately, like the -, r. ~.
81 q European printed book. lD 80 ~ I.
required to write an Abysslnlan ~.
therefore immense, and sometimes -
are consumed ia the preparation o. o. . =. !,
ole volume. Mr.. Cuzon, 80 ~
scholar. visited an AbyssInian mO. NJ. 3
4 few miles from Cairo, and 49, -.
prised to find therein one o. 'Ds
unique Of libraries. .vsr.r. !
In q room twenty-slx ieet y 1000
number of long wooden peg -. sless
from the walls, and on them nu al;,, Is
fiffv Abyssinian books in ms ,:.;s dsss
TIE entire literature of AbysssD - 81.
not include more than one husaIss ~
umes. the monks were proud 2
Fach book was bound in red 80. 80 3
II boards. and inclOsed in 8 So I: ~. =. 81
viii lesther thongs. To tbs -. q
attached . strap for the a s.houldsa
carrying the volume over ' - -, - bus
and By these straps the books four b 4
10 the wooden pegs, three 9
fhe room thus itted up s y. 4. - 81.
4 number Of long slaves, iOs y
Is lenn On AZ the time Of prsys..,. -
80 -. ~..., =. 81 guard. Foon.
sAAS ~ 49, na's 80 huro their kp.In
and cartridge boxes again'
Koath,e Companion.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-07

The elections in Virginia and New
York have resulted gloriously for the
Democracy. The power Of Malone is
broken into hopeless fragments. Fitz
Lee is Governor and the Legislature is
Democratic. Three cheers for Virginia
and for Fitz Lee The election Of Hill
in New York has unusua significance.
Hill is Jacksonian Democrat. lie
has diyerged somewhat from the policy
of the President, and he is elected by
a larger majority than that pOlled in
favor of Mr.. Cleveland in the presi-
Dental election. He got the solil sup
port Of the Democratic party Of New
York he demonstrated the utter weak
ness of the Mugwumps, all Of whom
were against him. Mr.. Cleveland
should now see and realize the fact that
he must rely upon the solid and sub
stantial backing Of his own party in
order to make his Administration a
success, and that it would be even bet
ter for him to cut loose entirely from
the Mugwumps. They are a visionary
and sublimated set who cannot control
a thousand vOtes.-LOWisriUe Post.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-07
Mabone's Forecast.

On Monday night last #. ID. NJ"
telegraphed from Richmond to his paper
as follows:
"John Wise made his last speech at
Hampton, and came in in time to see the
parade. lie was greatly encouraged by
IL. He sticks to his estimate Of 5000
majority"
So Mr.. WISE did not know on Mon
day night that he was doomed to defeat.
Did General MALONE: Let "F. ID.
NJ" answer. He stayed with General
MALONE when he was in Petersburg,
and got from him all the forecasts that
he sent to his paper. "F. d. NJ" tele-
graphed to his paper as follows
special 10 the Commercial Gazette.l
RICHMOND, VA, November 2.-0n
the part Of the Republicans the cam
paign was practically closed with the
great Sherman-Wis meeting here Sat-
urday night, 8 meeting which has been
really wonderful in good effect for the
Republican cause. The organization of
the Republicans is compact. The
Democrats have none Of any account.
That's a good joke on HALsTEAD.l
The entire enGeavor Of the Republi-
cans is to get fair vote. With that
accomplished, there is no question that
the Republican majority will be fully
twenty thousand. Malone allows them
fourteen thousand fraudulent votes, and
claims the State by six thousand. Wise
puts his figures little higher on the
governorship. The work has been put
in in the doubtful counties.
no doubt. But Mr.. BARBOUR
seems to have put in some work there
tool
A prominent young Democrat, of an
old Virginia Bourbon family, declared
in the Westmoreland Club tonight that
be was going to vote for the entire Re-
publican ticket.
What has become of him?l
Had the northern speakers come into
the State a month ago the Republican
majority would have been $4,000. In
Petersburg twenty young Democrats.
under the influence of the speeches Of
Sherman and Mckinley, agreed together
to vote the Republican ticket.
I'm Petersburg the Democrats gained
coo on CLEvELAND'S vote. What a
wonderful influence those twenty young
Democrats must have exercised.l
The Democrats are divided on ac-
count of the wrangle Of Barbour and
Daniel over the United States senator
ship and apathetic on account of the
general and deep dissatisfaction with the
Administration. The Republican lead
ers confidently predict Republican VIC
tory on Tuesday.
What Republican leaders? Ask
MALONE, who put his majority at c, 200,
after allowing for $4,000 fraudulent
votes.l
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-07
The lesson.
cleveland Plain Dealer. ]

lIleNelAnu Ilhln DeAltf.l
The result was failure in both direc-
tons. Virginia not only stands firm in
the Democratic line, but the result
there puts an end to any and all hopes
that the Republicans may have had of
breaking the solid South in 1888.
There will be no more talk henceforth,
or at least for some years, about any
southern State being carried by the Re-
publicans.
In New York it has been demon
strated that the Democrats have an in
vincible majority Of their own without
any regard to the Mugwumps. Cleve-
lands majority of few hundred has
been changed to as many thousands for
Hill.
The States that elected Democratic
President one year ago are shown to be
loyal to the Administration, and that
the Democratic party in them is stronger
than it was when the Administration
was chosen. The result goes to show
that if the Democratic party continues
to act wisely and prudently it will be
succeeded by another Democratic Adj
ministration in 1888, and nothing that
the Republicans can do will avail to
prevent that result.
This is the practical lesson Of this
years elections.
Hereafter, when the Democrats of
other States want sure thing let them
send for John Sherman, Billy McKin-
lev, and J. b. Foraker, and have them
bring the bloody shirt along.
Sherman and Foraker have performed
wonders this year. They carried Ohio
for the Republicans and New York and
Virginia for the Democrats.