The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-24


of the women who hid in the bushes
and, by playing the fife and drum, drove
the British from that harbor in 1912.
THE democrats are much alarmed at
the fear that they may lose the next
house. The republicans propose to
make perfect organization to secure
it. The struggle will be in the West.
THE Connecticut senate has passed
in concurrence with the house the bill
to provide for the instruction of physi-
ology and hygiene in the common
schools, especially concerning the effect
of the use of alcoholic stimuants.
IT will cost the government about
$4,000 to bury Senator Miller of Cali
fornia, special train of four cars being
considered necessary to convey his wife
and daughter, his remains and one sem
ator and five congressman to the Pa
ciic coast.
MIR. EDMUNDs and Mr.. Blaine have
not been happy in each others society
for some years, and the great point Ed
munds has been able to make on Blaine
is that he is not lawyer. Perhaps he
prefers him as historian. Cincinnati
Commercial.
WE understand that the paragraph
concerning ex. Governor Proctor's views
on the senatorial question, recently
printed in two or three state papers, is
nothing more than reproduction of
his statement to correspondent several
months ago, and that he has given no
recent expressions on the subject
" ABOUT twenty of the Presidents
nominations are said to be marked for
rejection for various reasons. After
the confirmation of Rasin and Dement,.
however, it is hard to make out on what
principle the senate acts in these cases.n
Portland Advertiser. Why, don't
you know on the trade-and-dicker
principle.
THE Albany Evening Journal makes
the definite announcement that Carl
Schurz has become the bitter opponent
and vindictive critic of the President.
Schurz has stuck to the administration
as long as he will stick to anything. No
one knows where he will turn up next.
but for the good of the republican party
we hope that he will continue to be the
worst sort of mugwump.
SOME INSCRIPTIONS person has been
reporting that two unmarried daughters
of Mr.. Blaine are about to become
members of the Catholic Church. 1t
appears that Mr.. Blaine's family are all
Congregationalists; and probably the
report was started to iniure Mr.. Blaine
with Protestant voters, Just as Burch-
ards assault on the Catholic Church had
been used to injure Mr.. Blaine with
Catholic voters.
AMONG the new theories to explain
the mysterious sinking of the Oregon
these are advanced: She may have had
dynamite on board; or she struck
stray floating torpedo; or her piston
rod broke and punched holes in her
bottom. Suspicion is gaining ground
that the steamer was not struck by any
schooner. Much wreckage from the
former vessel is found floating, but not
a particle from the latter
M. j. MALoNEY of the scurrilous
Richford Gazette had fstic encounter
with 7. M. Tierney of ST. Adams in
the depot in that place, one morning
last week, and came off second best.
The affair was caused by the pubica-
ton of articles in the Gazette rejecting
on the character of Tierneys brother,
Joseph, who died a short time ago.
Those who SOW to the wind are tolera-
bly, sure to reap the whirlwind.
AMONG the confederate secret his
torical facts now being revealed is one
that France offered to recognize the
confederacy on condition that they
would abolish slavery, and that En-
gland offered to do the same if they
would agree to let her have cotton at
fourteen and one-half cents per pound.
1t is said that both propositions were
considered in secret session of the con-
federate congress and rejected.
The Brattleboro Phenir having de-
fined its position to some extent in re-
lation to the coming state political
is apparently disturbed be-
cause other state papers do not see fit
to follow its example. The Ph@nir
has neglected to state where it stands
on the congressional question. Will it
tell what its convictions are on this
question-if it has any? However, if
any papers or persons prefer not to dis
cuss state politics before the campaign
has fairly opened, that is their privil-
eye. 1t is simply matter of individual
Judgment.
A WASHINGTON special says that
George L. Fletcher of Chester was
here last week " to let the President
know how Vermont democrats dislike |
-he way in which offices in that state
have been parceled out under the di-
rection of Hiram Atkins. Fletcher is a
democrat who wants to see Edmunds !
returned and takes no stock in the story
hat the party in Vermont will help TO
iefeat him in order to send another re-
publican" We infer from this state
nent that Mr.. Edmunds is to have
support in his contest for
e. election.