The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-19

but one journey through the world, and
when / am gone / cannot return to rec
tify Mistakes The old farmers mis-
takes were of the sort he did not want
to rectify."
THE valedictorian at Wabash College
certainly displayed the frankest sort of
original criticism when he remarked:
Why shall / not say to you that | pre-
fer Mr.. Voorhees, and Mr.. Harrison to
Demosthenes and Cicero? / do say
Tom Browne of Indiana had been de-
livered by Demosthenes, and had come
down to us clothed in Greek, ii would
have gladdened all the classical schools
of the world. Henry S. Lane, from the
rostrum in this very town, has flooded
the ears and thrilled the hearts of null
titudes with a nobler eloquence than
that of any heather of Greece or Rome.
Hannegan, and Hendricks, and Harri-
son, and Voorhees,, and Mcdonald, and
silver-tongued Dick Thompson have
shaken the forum yonder with power
that did not belong to Cicero"
L
has been travelling in South America
as one of the commission appointed to
visit the southern republics in the in
terest of trade between our country
and them, says that so great was the
importance attached in Europe to the
South American trade that, in addition
to the lines already maintained by Eng
land, Germany and France, Spain and
Italy have each recently established
one. Forty or fifty vessels leave the
port of Buenos Ayres for foreign ports
every month, and not one flies the flag
of our Union. The South Americans
like our goods, but they cannot get
them directly; and they favor direct
communication so much that most of
them are willing to pay something
toward the establishment of a line of
steamers direct to the United States.
ECONOMY can be made a laughing
stock by being niggardly and short
sighted. There is a congressional COM
mittee going over the Indian reserva-
tons, and Judge Holman, the treasury
bulldog, is on it, 1t is reported from
Mandan that he refused to put the gov
eminent to the expense of sleeping
car, and made the sergeant-at-arms and
the clerk of the committee sit up all
night with him in passenger coach.
The two other congressman went to
bed in Pullman berth and had good
nights sleep. AS a result, we may pre-
sumo that they were in condition to dc
good work the next day. Such econ
omy is not economical. Men whose
clear brains are worth more than what
mere muscle will earn find it pays for
them to 90 to the expense of travelling
comfortably and eating good food. II
would, besides, be disgraceful for a
great and rich nation like ours to re.
quire its Legislators to travel in less
comfortable way than other well-to-dc
citizens.-Nep York Independent.
THE dedication of the Washburne
memorial library building in Livermore
Maine, on the 9TH instant, was a mem
orable event for that town. Hon. L
B. Washburne of Illinois made an ex
ceedingly interesting address, and was
followed by Hannibal Hamlin, who
spoke of the Washburne family as hav
ing given to the nation four member:
of congress from four states, one secre
tary of state, two foreign ministers, TIVE
governors of two states, one major-gen
eral in the United States army and on,
captain in the United States navy, anC
said another family could not be fount
in the country which had furnished 81
many distinguished men. Senator Frye
also made speech, eulogizing Hon. E
B. Washburne, referring to him as hav
ing brought out General Grant by rec
ommending him to Abraham Lincoln
who made Grant brigadier-general OF
Washburne's suggestion. Mr.. Wash
burne also introduced the bill in con
gress which created the grade of lieu
tenant-general of the United States
army for Grant.