The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-11-04

tne irish vote.
THE Burlington Independent recon-
mends President Cleveland to dissolve
partnership with the mugwumps, as it
has continued quite as long as it can be
kept up with profit and comfort to the
democracy.
SO far as industrial training, or in
struction in the use of hand tools, has
been introduced in the public schools,
it has proved a practical success. 1t is
only question of the proportionate al
lowance of time for industrial and for
the old theoretical methods of training.
-Lo,ceU Citizen.
IT is an unpleasant fact, but never
theless fact, that we have come upon
time when those who love the Union
heroes will have to defend them, as
well as contend against the disposition
to exalt the rebel heroes above them.
No one in the North expected to live to
see the day. But it is here.-Iopa
Register.
THE New York Sun, whose editor
was the assistant secretary of war, pays
high tribute to General McClellan's
character, but would not claim that he
"was born with all those gifts that go
to the making of successful man,"
and thinks the charge that he was the
victim of hidden opposition and of bad
faith in Mr.. Lincoln's cabinet unsub-
stantiated.
THE present condition of Ireland is
said to be alarming. The condition of
the peasantry is even worse than it
was few years ago. Rents are not
being paid and the national league is
boycotting all who do not obey it's be-
hests. Any one disobeying its rules
is deprived of all work or assistance of
any kind, and is, in fact, condemned to
starvation.
PARNELL in Ireland and Clemenceau
in France are each expected to hold the
balance of power in the legislation of
their respective countries during the
next year. A veto power, virtually, will
be held by each, and generous conces-
sions can be exacted as the price of
their support of measures required for
the administration of the government
by the party in power.
THE Montreal authorities have sue
ceeded in having thousands of citizens
vaccinated, but the smallpox is still
prevalent and scores of people die
every day. The disease has such
hold upon the city that few people who
have not had it, or may not be pro-
tected by vaccination, can hope to es-
cape. So many have been vaccinated
within short time that falling off in
the mortality at an early day is looked
for with confidence.
THE "spelling-school craze" which
had run through the country several
years ago, is likely to be revived as an
amusement this winter. 1t has much
to commend it. 1t is not much credit
to be good speller, but very discred-
table not to spell WELL 1t is well for
young people to remember this. Many
a youth has lost good-paying situation,
and many young man has lost the
chance of the best wife, by failing to
make a study of his spelling-book and
dictionary when young.-Erchange.
THE supreme court of Illinois has
just made most righteous ruling. 1t
should be made the rule of every APP
pellate court in the land having Grim
inal jurisdiction. Hear the Illinois
judge "The criminal laws of this
state must be enforced. And if it is
not already understood it is high time
it should be that where a case is clearly
made out against the accused, and
the jury have so found, this court will
not reverse for mere technical errors,
which it can see could not have affected
the result"
To show the benefits of newspaper
advertising, the experience of the Hop
Bitters Company is worthy of note.
In 1873 they placed an advertising or
der of $4,000 with H. p. Hubbard of
New Haven, and the results were sales
of S107 900. In 1879 they expended
100000 in advertising, and their sales
were 100000. In 1880 they spent
$4,000, and had sales amounting to
S4S0,000. They argue from this that
nothing but Simon-pure advertising,
judiciously and thoroughly applied, is
the sure road to success.
IT will be gratifying to the friends of
the Grant family to learn that the Grant
fund will be secured to them. The ex-
ecutors of the Morgan estate have set
aside SlSS,000 to pay the face value of
the Wabash bonds bought by the trus-
tees of the fund as soon as they can
legally do so. The sum of S32 600 be-
longing to the fund is well invested
elsewhere. Friends of the deceased
propose to make up the deficiency, and
Mrs. Grant will receive the full pro-
posed amount of the original fund,
$3.50, 900, which at her decease will go
to Mrs. Sartoris and the wives of Mrs.
Grants sons.
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