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

bury for the second Those who have heard
these ladies can assure the public in the
vicinity that 1t will be we'll repaid for max
ing q special effort to hear them.
A recent issue Of the Boston Journal con-
tanned the following: 1--WE wish to call the
attention of the Boston Herald, the arbiter
elegantiarum of the Boston press, to the
horrible insinuation OF one Hiram Atkins,
editor of the Argus and Patriot, so-called
newspaper published in Montpelier, Vt.
Said Atkins, with malice in his heart and q
prospective government Office before his
eyes, asserts publishes and promulgates
that the editors Of the Boston Journal are
not worth praying for. Will the B. II. rebuke
said Atkins of the A. and P.P' To which
the Herald retorts: The Argus and Patriot
is clearly in the wrong. 1t is not only dis
courteous to say that the editors of the
Journal are not worth praying for, but it is
incorrect. They are very proper subjects
for prayer"
THE Des Moines Mail contains an account
of the fifth annual reception Of the Iowa
Sons of Vermont, recently held in that city
The chief features of the occasion were the
gathering of Vermonters; the grand march
to the supper room; the New England sup
per and the " feast of reason" Speeches
were made by Warren G. French, Jr., Hon.
j. b. Grinnell, Principal r. d. Jones of the
Des Moines High School, and j. Monroe
Poland, Esq. Letters were read in response
to invitations to attend the reunion from
President Arthur, Governor Pingree, Sena-
tors Edmunds and Morrill,, Colonel w. f.
Villas of Wisconsin, Hon. G.. G.. Benedict,
e. G. Keith president of the Illinois Sons
of Vermont, General II. s. Peck Rev. c. l..
Goodell of st. Louis and President Buck
ham. Officers for the new year were elected
as follows: President Hon. j. b. Grinnell
of Grinnell, Iowa; vice-president, II. F.
Royce of Davenport secretary w. e. Bliss
of Des Moines; executive committee, E. e.
Ainsworth, r. ID. Jones and John e. Clary.
The annual reunions increase in numbers
and interest every year.
Hon. w. H. Dubois, state treasurer makes
the following sensible suggestion to the Sc
lectmen of the towns: " BY act number one
of the laws of 1884 a state tax of ten cents on
the dollar was assessed on the grand list Of
looD, pay dDlc DtlOIc bic lob udy VI Odnudl >
1886. Warrants for the collection of the tax
will be issued from this office by the 1st day
of November. Section three of the act
named reads as follows; The officers to
whom such warrants are transmitted may
forthwith, upon receiving such warrants,
make out tax bills for the collection Of such
tax and place the same in the hands of the
proper officers for collection, or may drd,o
an order on the to,cn treasury for the amount
of the tar, or may borrow the amount on the
credit of the town.. The amount to be called
for is so small it would seem unnecessary
to make out special tax bills for it's collection,
and it is suggested that each town avail it
self OF the provisions Of the act and provide
for its payment, when called for, direct from
it's treasury, by including in the amount
raised for town purposes at their coming
March meeting enough to cover the state
| tax"
PREMIUMS have been awarded as follows
to parties in this state for exhibits of butter
and cheese at the New Orleans exposition
w. 7. Chaplin, Essex Center, second
premium of $50 for dairy butter made in
September or October; e. b. Wood of Barre
third premium, $50. G. Miller of Pomfret
and w. w. Park of Montpelier get share
of 81 900 which was divided between some
twenty exhibitors of butter. The Vermont
Dairy Association of North Pomfret gets
second premium, $3.50, on largest and best
display of butter. w. ID. Bronson of East
Hardwick gets second premium of $50 foI
print and ornamental butter, and c. l.
Wheeler of Randolph third, $40. For gran
ulated butter F. c. Grout of East Concord
gets first premium, $50 For tub butter
made in New England or Middle States, f
b. Livingstone of Morrisville gets first pre-
MUM of $75; Mr.. Bruce of West Randolph
second, $50; and f. B. Douglass of Shorehan
third S25. On cheese, w. T. Chaplin o
Essex Center gets pro rata share il
$1,000 with some fifty others, and third pre-
MUM of $50 for largest and best display o
cheese by individual manufacturers. Thi
is very good showing for Vermont.
BRATTLEBoRo REFoRMER: "The quarre
between the Montpelier Argus and Watch
man has reached an interesting stage. Tn,
Argus accused The Wdtchmdn, in detailed
narrative, of persistent begging of passe
and favors from railways, which it criticised
and when The Wdtchnldn denied the state
ment the Argus blusteringly offered, upon
big money stake, to prove its assertions be
fore board which it named. The Watch
man promptly accepted the challenge, bu
apparently it can't get the challenger nov
to walk up. Now the Argus has struck
different line, and accuses its local contem
porary of being bribed at the last session O
the Legislature to sell the use of its editoria
columns in behalf of one project, and t,
discontinue attacks on another. Henr,
} Oviatt the leading editorial writer of tn
Argus, claims that he was the man who di,
the bribing, and that he paid or allowed
The Wdtchmdn $40 for these two things
OF course there is not particle Of probabil
ity of truth in the story. We do not belev
, The Waterman is a newspaper which can b
: bought, and it certainly ought not to be con
victed on the testimony of man who pro
: claims himself a briber. But, in the way @
: confession, the story is notable. 1t is inter
esting to have a newspaper proclaim tn
, fact that its chief editorial writer its repre-
, sentative and authority in all legislativ
discussion, is mixed up in the disreputabl
, and corrupt ways Of the lobby, and inter
, ested in schemes which are furthered b.
> bribery. STILL no one will be surprised a