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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27
The Foreign Element.

Our country has shown its capacity
to assimilate indefinite quantities of
raw material for citizenship from every
quarter of the globe-China excepted
But powerful as is our social and in
dustrial digestion, it has its limitations.
That class of immigrants who bring
small sums of money with them, or
who are able-bodied and accustomed to
work and are w-abiding, will be always
welcome, for they are likely to be
substantial and valuable addition to our
population; but there should be no
room here for the paupers and crimi-
nails and anarchists of other lands, who
are in every way curse to the coun-
try. AT the present time there is cheap
and abundant food for all, but there
are hundreds of thousands of persons
who have no steady employment. 1t
has become an open question with
many whether some limitation ought
not to be put upon the inflow of people
from Europe. Foreign contract labor
is already excluded by law, and there
should be some legal way of prevent
ing the influx of the pauper and dan
gerous classes. Beyond this we doubt
if it would be just or expedient to erect
barriers against any who may desire to
enter our borders, provided they are
industrious and enterprising, render
cheerful obedience to our laws, and
respect and sustain our established in
situations. Foreign immigration has
brought to us certain elements of
strength, but it has also brought some
elements of weakness. That it has
overcrowded the labor market is evil
dent, but this is not the worst phase.
Few people have any adequate idea of
the heavy burden imposed on the tax
paying portion of the people of this
country by the foreign pauper and
criminal elements. In New York city,
for example, nearly two-thirds of the
cost of maintaining paupers and caring
for criminals is on foreign account. 1t
costs the native-born and the assim-
Hated foreign element pretty dearly to
maintain "an asylum for the oppressed
of all nations" But while we believe
that, with the return of better times,
there will be room in the United States
for all immigrants who come prepared
to be so far useful as to support them
selves. and having sufficient moral char
acter to be law-abiding, all other classes
of immigrants should be rigidly ex-
cluded, as far as practicable. Let every
nation take care of its own paupers and
criminals.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

THERE is widespread interest in the
reports concerning the results of the
recent cold weather in Florida. 1t is
hoped that the effects have not been so
disastrous as at first appeared. AS to
the orange crop of this season, it is
said that about one-half had been mar
keted, one-quarter was in packing
houses or in transit, and the other
quarter on the trees was frozen. AS to
the damage to orange groves, it appears
that those on the borders of the lakes
in Orange county were not seriously in
jured. A report from New Smyrna
says "the trees look black" A COM
pany of Akron, Ohio, capitalists, who
had 100000 invested in Florida orange
groves, have been advised that the
property Is ruined. But the Florida
Times Union says: " The most crafty
ing news reaches us from The orange
groves in every direction. We are now
well enough posted to declare author
itatively that the bearing groves are
not very badly hurt; that about twenty
five per cent of the oranges on the trees
are marketable; that young groves are
set back one year, and that nursery
stock in the north half of the state is
killed down. The early vegetables are
killed, but there is plenty of time to get
in a new crop that will reach the north
ern markets but two or three weeks
later than usual" The worst results
of the cold snap will be the undermin-
ing of confidence in the equabiity of
the climate and safety of investments
in the orange business; and consider
able reduction in the value of such
property may now be expected. 1t
may be that Florida will not be visited
by another disaster of the kind in the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

IT is not an easy matter to amend
the Constitution of the United States.
1t requires a two-thirds vote of both
houses of congress, the approval of the
President, and the subsequent ratifica-
ton by majority of the legislatures in
three-fourths of the states. But this
does not deter some of our national
legislators from proposing amendments,
which, for the most part, have no
chance of adoption. A proposal of
amendment is now pending in congress
which is worthy of success. 1t is that
which provides that the President may
veto special items in general appropria-
ton bills without multiplying the whole
bill. An Indiana member wants all
postmasters elected by the people; but
there are serious objections to the prop
osition. Other proposed amendments
are pending, among which is one to
prohibit the traffic in alcoholic liquors
and one to extend suffrage to women.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

sonal reference whatever, we may say that
there has been altogether too much hyper
criticism of the republican party in repub-
lcan quarters. The Express does not be-
lieve it is the business of republican news
papers to grope with a microscope for de-
fects and deficiencies in republicanism. 1t
does not believe that an uncommon eager
ness to play the role of a party censor is be-
coming in a party paper-or even in an in
dependent paper. 1t fears that there has
latterly developed among the American
editors too fierce determination to insist
upon the infallibility of their own opinions,
and a too ungenerous refusal to concede the
sincerity of those who happen to differ with
them, even in trivial matters An editor
ought to be able to respect the opinions of
others as well as his own An editor
ought to presume the sincerity of those with
whom he is politically associated, rather
than to presume their insincerity, and insist
that the contrary shall be demonstrated be-
fore he will admit it. An editor of party
journal is entitled, by presidents as fixed
as the laws of the Modes and the Persians,
to make himself a downright pessimist,
when he is hammering away at the short
comngs of his opponents. BY the same
rule he ought always to be an optimist,
when he is talking about his own party,
and even when he is called upon to critcse
his own party. The republican
party saved the Union once, and party of
which that can be said is worth saving.
We know not the day nor the hour when it
may not be called upon to save the Union
again. 1t is the privilege of republican
editors to contribute their share toward the
conservation and building up of their party,
with that end in view. How shall they
cism certainly. Not by magnifying the
faults and minimizing the virtues, both of
which it has. Not by a too jealous insist
ence upon individual opinions. Not by
hating and half-hearted advocacy. Not by
an itching to play the role of the censor.
Not by intoxicating lax notions of party 10y
atty. Not by indifference to party dsci-
methods. What the republican party press
needs is that homely but admirable quality
known as sand.
The Troy Times thus comments on
the above: "These are frank and
manly words, and they embody the es-
sence of that quality which alone can
ensure stability of party organization
and success in enforcing a political
creed, namely, the courage of convic-
ton. Differences of opinion in regard
to matters of less than vital import
ought never to stand in the way of
united action on the part of men whose
articles of faith are substantially iden-
teal. There will always be found good
and bad men in every party, and he
who spends his time jumping from
one side to the other in order to avoid
Objectionable individuals, petty annoy
ances and erratic modes of procedure
adopted in moments of emergency,
will be likely to find himself between
the frying-pan and the fire, sometimes
landing in one and sometimes in the
other, for considerable portion of his
existence, without the consolation of
having accomplished any good result
whatever"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

SEVERAL speeches have been made in
both houses of congress, the past week,
on the silver question. - A bill
increasing the pensions of widows and
dependent relatives of soldiers from IS
to So per month has been discussed.
The bill to provide for counting
the electoral vote has been debated by
Senators Sherman, Hoar, Evarts, Ed
munds and others. - An exciting
debate occurred in the house, Friday,
over a resolution introduced by Mr..
Boutelle of Maine, calling on the secre-
tary of the navy for information relat-
ing to the alleged erasures of certain
inscriptions, and the dismissal of Union
soldiers at the Norfolk navy yard, with
an amendment extending the inquiry
to dismissals made at the navy yard
and lighthouse district at Norfolk dur
ing the terms of the immediate prede-
cessors of the present secretary of the
navy. The resolution was finally
adOnted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-27

next hundred years, but no one can
guarantee that it may not be repeated
within two years.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
SHERIFt'S SALE.

BY virtue and authority OF transcript
execution issued from the office of the
clerk of the circuit court of Pettis county,
Missouri, dated the 18th d " of September
1895 and to me directed in favor of James
- aud against UrIss Gordon, | have
levied upon and seized all the right. title,
interest and estate of the said Urias Cor
don, of, in and to the followir dts ribbed
real estate, situated in Pettis county, Mis-
souri,, tO-wit:
The south half of lot eight (S) in block
"D' in Woods addition to the city OF Sc
dalia, and / will on
THURSDAY, THE 18th DAY OF JANU-
AIRY, A. ID. 1887,
between the hours of o'clock a. ~ and >
o'clock p. m, of said day mt the west door
of the court house in the city of Sedalia,
Pettis county, Missouri, and while the cir
cult cour. of said county is in session, sell
the above described property at public
snctiOn to the highest bidder Tor cash in
hand to satisfy said execution and costs
l. :. MURRAY.
12-2l-w4t Sheriff of Pettis county. Mo.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas. William K. Ramey, by Lis.
certain deed OF trust, dated November lst
1882, and recorded in the Office of recorder
OF deeds Of PeItiS county, in hook A., page
49,, conveyed To the undersigned, the
nOrthe It gJarler of the southeast quarter
OF section three, township forty-six, of
range twenty-one, in Pet;is county, Mis-
souri,, in trust 20 secure the payment of
certain promissory note in said deed de-
scribed, and whereas said note is now due
and unpaid. Now, therefore. at the re-
quest of the owner of said note, | will on
SATURDAY, 22nd DAY OF JANUARY,
1887,
between the hours of nine o'clock In the
lorenzo" AID five o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, sell said property at the court
house door, in the city of Sedslis, to the
highest bidder. for cash in hand to satisfy
said note and the expenses of this trust.
JOHN d. CRAWFORD,
l2-21-w5t Trustee
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
TRI-STCErS SALE

Whereas, Leonard Nancy and Celestial his
wife, by their certain deed of trust dated the
I'D day Of August, 1855, and recorded in
the recorders office of PettiS county, AT
deed book -, ages $50 to l54 inclusive,
conveyed to the undersigned trustee all
their right, title, interest and estate in and
to the following described real estate
81 uated in the county of Pettis, state OF
Missouri, viz: Lot ca seven in Isabella NJ
gents subdivision OF lots eighteen (lS) and
nine cen 09l Of McVey's addition tO
Sedalia. Which said conveyance was
made in trust to secure the payment OF
certain sums OF money set forth in a con-
tract in said deed describ d, and whereas
said snms of money have become due and are
unpaid, now therefore. in accordance with
the provisions of said deed of trust, and at
the request of the legal holder Of said con-
tract, | shall proceed too sell the above de-
scribed real estate at the cOu house door
IN the county of PetIis, state aforesaid, u
the highest bidder for cash, at public aue-
ton, on
TUESDAY, THE It'll DAY OF Jan,
UARI, 1887,
between the hours OF nine in the forenoon
and five in the afternoon OF that day, to
satisfy said note, together with the cost and
expense of executing this trust.
FERD MEYER, Trustee.
Dated this 18th day of Dec, 1886.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas James p Fisher, by his certain
deed of trust dated, the 10th day of Feb
ruarv, 1856, and recorded in recorders
office of Saline county, at deed book IS,
page AS, conveyed to the undersigned
James e. Thompson, all his right. title,
interest and estate, in and to the following
described real estate, situated in the county
of Saline, state of Missouri, viz The
northwest quarter and the west half of the
northeast quarter of section 3 and the
south bali of section 81 except that part
ofi the south side thereof formerly
owned by T.. Erwin, all in township 90
and range 81 and the east half OF The
southeast quarter and the northwest quar-
ter Of the southeast quarter and the north
east Quarter of the southwest quarter
all in sectioni 8 and all the southeast quar-
ter OF the northeast quarter OF said lection
So except Is acres described as follows,
viz. commencing at the southwest corner
of the said southeast quarter OF the north
east quarter thence north eighty poles to a
stake, thence eat fifty poles to a stake,
thence south 81 degrees, west ninety poles
to stake, thence west ten poles TO the be-
ginning. Also eleven and quarter acres
Oft the east side of the southwest quarter or
the southeast quarter : 1 said section So I'm
township 30 Of range %, which said con-
veyance was made 10 trust to secure the
payment of certain promissory notes IN
said deed described, aud whereas one Oh
stiI notes mas become due and is I'M
paid and by virtue of the terms and pro-
visions of said deed of trust, the holder OF
said notes has declared the whole Of said
debtedness due and payable, now, therefore.
in accordance with the provisions OF said
deed Of trust and al The request of the fe-
gal holder of said notes, shall
proceed to sell the aboyc de-
rcrib, i real estate at the couit house
door in the county of Pettis, to the high
est bidder for cash at public auction ON
TUESDAY, THE 4th DAY OF JANU-
AIRY, 1887,
between the hours of nine in the forenooaI
and FIVE in the afternoon OF that day, 70,
s ltisfy said notes together with The cost and
expense of executing this trust.
l1-30-w4t j. g THOMPSON, Trustee.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
Metallic Railway Ties.

The subject of the introduction of
metallic railway ties a. an imperisha-
bic and economical substitute for the
present article has led IN authority in
this line 10 write that. after much track
walking and observation of the condi-
ton oh wooden cross ties i'm various
stages of decay, heNconcludes that the
principal cause of their short life is not
natural decay, but decay FASTENED by
frequent laceration and breaking of the
wood fiber by the rail spike. the break
age III every instance being from the
surface. which is unsheltercd from
weather and subject TO constant strain
from passing trains. Experiments in
stone and iron ties, he SAYS. have
proved very unsatisfactory, the wood
tie being declared by railroad men un-
equalcd Any thing that will render
the service of the latter more lasting
must prove Il great boon. His own OBJ
servation leads him TO believe that a
RAIL chair which will prevent the multi
alton of the tic in question. and 1T the
same time avoid the strain and wave
motion impaired to rails by passing
trains, will add to the average life of
the wood tie nearly one hundred per
cent. and would at the same time de-
crease the cost of track maintenance
~ J.. san.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

1t is very annoying To have bald
headed barber Try 10 sell YOU bottle
of his hair elixir. chicago Tribune.
Il 80" Field asks. How many
wut"v:i marry good man. One ut u
time, Nate. except in Utah. --NeC Harefl
NCT>
How that child does Squall,' she
exclaimed. nOdding toward Chinese
ban. ''Of course. replied her friend;
-',..-ry Chinese baby j. sure TO be Il lit
q. Her. II TUirjC Farmer.
! .rcat many mothers. in teaching
their children not To eat with 4 knife,
lvrIuii them To eat with their fingers
Ii il better. however. To eat with the
mouth. 81 LOUiS Chronicle.
An old farmer who wrote to an
editor. asking how To- get rid of moles.
and received the reply. Pillow them
ont. answered back: Cant do it,
Its ON my daricr'S noSe,'-N. j. Led
ger.
Mr.. l>aacStein-Ah. nv friend, that
coat fits YOU perfectly lovely. And
only twenty dollars. too; why, it's a
bargain ut that price. Prospective
Purchaser don't know. Mr.. Isaac
stein; it takes two To- make bargain.
It'd Bits
Following directions: Mrs. Me-
Fudd Och. Pat. and phat are yez do
ing in that tub of wather? Mr.. Me
Fudd and didn' the doctor say
Oi should take a shpOonful IN watheI
tree times day? Oi know me bust
nesS.-The nudge.
"A naturalist has satisfied himself
beyond doubt that the average eat
travels distance of eighty miles every
night. Then it must be the other cat
that sits on the back fence every night.
loudly complaining of the high taxes or
something. -NOrTiSiO1C Herald.
john. said the proprietor OF the
beach restaurant, you'll have TO
take spade and 30 down to the beach
and try and find cam. The one we
made the chowders with is missing.
Been eaten by some of the guests,
guess. By iingo. these city folks
want the earth. - Boston Courier.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, James =. Fisher, by his certain
deed of trust dated, the l4th day of April
ISL, nd recorded In the recorders office
OF Saline county, at deed book II, page
204, conveyed To the undersigned James G.
Thompson all his right, title, interest and
estate, in and To the following described
real estate situated in the county OF
Saline. >tate of Missouri, viz: The north
west quarter and the west Ealf of the
north east quarter II section 81, township
10, range 81, and all the south half of said
sectiOn. Il except 10 acres more or less, Oh
the south part thereof, heretofore sold to
r. Erwin, and also the east half OF the
suOth east quarter and the north west quar-
ter Of the south east quarter and the north
east quarter OF the south west quarter of
section So, township 80, range %, and the
south east quarter of the north east quar-
ter of said section So except ID acres
thereof, described as follows, viz: Com
mencing at the south west corner of said
south last quarter of the north east quar-
ter, thence north 50 poles TO a stake, thence
east 30 pols to a stake, thence south
81 degree west 80 poles To II stake, thence
west 10 poles to the beginning; and also
II IT acres of the east side of the south
west quarter OF the south east quarter of said
sertIOn 81, all said lands in said section
So being in township 80, range 22, and
also the following described r. al estate,
situat. d in the county of Cooper and State
of Missouri, viz: All that part of the
south east quarter of SETON 9, lying north
and west of the Lamine river and contain
ing 40 29-l00 acres and 40 acres of of
the south side of the north east quarter q
section Q in township 4S and range ID.
Which said conveyance was made In trust
TO secure the payment OF Il certain prom
missory note and coupon representing the
semi. annual interest thereon in said deed
described, and whereas said coupons have
become due and are unpaid, and by virtue
of the terms and provisions Of said deed OK
trust, the holder of sad note and coupons
has declared the whole OF said indebted
ness due and payable, now therefore, IN
accordance with the provisions of said
deed of trust, and at the request of the
legal holder of said note, l shall proceed
TO sell the above described real estate at
the court house door in Pettis county, Mis-
s.uri, to the highest bidder for cash, at
public auction, on
TUESDAY THE 9TH DAY OF JANU-
AIRY, 1887.
between the hours of nine in the forenoon
and five in the afternoon of that day, to-
satisfy said note, together with the cost
and expense of executing this trust.
l 80 wit. JAMES {. THOMPSON, Trustee.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21

past, Inar personal worth Is the key To
success in any undertaking. 1t never
did need backing and never will,
nor is force or intimidation required
to put it to the front. 1t is the best
guaranty of success, the surest founda-
ton of happiness. Unlike material
wealth it can not be taken by another.
The competent man is already rich.
If he be not happy it is his own fault
IldidnGDOiiS Journal.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21


Gratifying evidence OF the advance
of woman in England appears in the
statement that of about thousand
students. from the Liverpool region.
examined ia Science and art at South
kensingtOn. more than two hundred
were women. Two Young girls passed
in magnetism and electricity, twelve in
inorganic chemistry. and two in agri-
culture. One lady, who passed the
elementary examination last year in
machine construction and drawing.
was again successful i'm E:nrc adj
vanced stage of the same subject.
Certainly there is no accounting
for tastes. Did YOU ever suppose any
human stomach could crave currantS
and milk, or that nature was 81 per
verted a. To eat grapes dipped in milk.
or a. ordinary mankind partakcS oi
straw berries and raspbcrricS combined
with the tactical fluid? 1t can toe done.
however. and the person who has this
eccentric appctite-all to herself. let
disciples of Saverien hope is not an
inmate of a lunatic asylum. but really
walks Boston streets. illumined by the
inner consciousness of EcinC literary
light. los ,p Ltr0i,,-
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21

Rudolph Falk. European prophet,
Ontwiggins Virgins by predicting a
monster flood in 64O0.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
SGJAcoRs OIL
INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM
TRIUMPHANT TESTIMONY.


Splto OF IOttorN.
Ny wife professionally known a. Patti
Rosa) was taken. while i'm Hartford. e. nn.,
with nerve iRfzmmstOry rheumatism.
and the doctors Said IL would be implsSi-
BILE to move her for three weeks. l had
given mp all hopes, but was persuaded u
tsy ST. Jacobs Oil. She began tO improve.
and was SON able To walk. The doctors
said 10 would only last a short tiHss, hok
she played that night and did liner than
at any time during the season.
ROBERT l.. SCOTT.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue and authority of a transcript
execution Issued from the office of the
Gle of the Circuit court OF Pettis county,
Missouri, dated the 18th day of September,
1886, and to me directe !, in favor OF
James Shields and against Urias Gordon,
have levied upon and seized all the right,
title, interest and estate of the said Urias
Gordon, of, in, and to the following describ
.d re ii estate, situated in Pettis county,
Missouri, tO-wit:
Beginning at point one hundred aud
sixty-iive 1861 feet north of the south east
corner OF the northwest quarter OF the
southwest quarter - the southwest quarter
of section thr,.. 81 in township
.orty-five (4ji 81 range twenty one
l2D: theme u"rth one hundred
and Sixty-fvc (l65) feet: thence
west to the line of the Sedalia, Warsaw Il
Southern railway: thence in southerly d.
rection along the east line of said railway
To a point due west of the point OF begin
ming: ia, nee east to the point OF beginning,
and ! will, on
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21

Weekly BAzoo, 81 per year Try il.