St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-29

ton-Bulwer treaty when he entered
upou this discussion Boston Herald.
PIT UP OR SHUT Up
Mr.. Horace Waters of I24 Fifth ave-
me. New York, has offered $500 for
reasonable proof that ST, John either.
received or agreed to accept from 9th
er the republican or democratic man
ayers of the late campaign, or any one
representing them, or authorized by.
them, any money, or other promise of
political preferment whatever. Mr..
Waters has not yet been called npon
to pay the money and never will be-
The Leader.
THE TEMPERANCE. WAR. ..-..'....
Rev. II. c. Munson, who is in com
mand of the prohibition force in Maine.
continues actively to attack the gin.
mills. He has sworn ont aud had served
2l7 warrants in the last two weeks
Over 300 barrels of beer have been
seized and emptied. and mnch hard Ii
quor stored. The parsons campaign.
evidently makes the grog dealers I'M
comfortable, for though they treat him
respectfully enough his Office was re-
Gently broken open and rumnlaged,
probably in search Of some Of his pa
pers. -.-....
a Level. HEAD, IL IT. Is BALD.
In an article about Newspapers
the Landmark very effectively exposes
the abSurdity of the Barton Monitors
theory that a paper should be ''run for.
its readers" The Landmark believes
a paper should reflect the sentiments
of the man who edits it, as 4 Christian.
minister should preach the truth as he
understands il, though there are
great many people who wish the min
lister to preach the gospel as they uu-
derstand it. The Landmark further
believes "a newspaper should seek To
lead not follow"-in all of which our
contemporary heat is level Mont
pelier Waterman.
A HEALTHY SYMPTOM.
Tie republican party is unquestion-
ably stronger to-day than il was on
the 9th of November last. The cleo
ton of Mr.. Evarts is proof of this fact
because it signifies that the non Office
holders and non Office-seekers have
really come To the front. They may
he mistaken in their conviction that
MIR. Evarts is a great man, and that lie
will vindicate his title to wisdom in
the halls of legislation. All the same,
they have taken the reins out of the
hands Of the Tom Platts, Cnrneils. Err
wins, Smyths aud O'Bricus, big aud
little. This was the first condition of
a new life, the Indispensable requisite
to Il return to power. The election of
Mr.. Morton would have been public
advertisements that the vital spirit had
gone out of the party y. Y. Eve.
Post.
THE WAY OF THE TRANSGREsSoR.
In many affairs it seems tn be inn
possible for human nature to learn hy
other peoples experience. Each days
dispatches bring news of the discovery
and arrest OF flight of trusted financial
agents who would not helicve that
honesty is the best policy and that the
way of the tranSgressoT Is hard. The
reasons or the excuses are many; the
process and result are the same. Men
begin by using money that does not
belong to them for private indulgence
or gain, expecting TO replace IL OF to
avoid detection. In ninety cases out
of Il hundred they get deeper and
deeper into trouble, and end in detec-
ton and disgrace. Aud still each
weak, dishonest and overtempted soul
has To learn the bitter lesson for itself.
Man has been defined to he an animal
that profits by the experience of his
kind; but in good many matters he
is still as untaught by the warnings of
the past as are the animals that have
no records of experience or maxims of
prudent wisdom and high. morals. It
is tough old race to educate, after
all Boston Herald.