The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-01
Notes and Opinions.

IT is announced that the presidents
message will be shorter than that of
last year.
IT would be cheaper for Cleveland
to construct an entirely new line of
fences than to mend the old ones.
EX-GovERNoR CHENEY of New
Hampshire has been appointed United
States senator to succeed the late Sena-
tor Pike.
SENATOR EDMUNDs most emphat-
ically denies that he intends TO attack
the policy of the administration, or has
ever harbored such a thought.
THE Wisconsin voters agreed by a
majority of 20, 941 at the recent election,
to amend the states constitution so that
woman may have the right to vote on
school matters.
THE publication by a state contem-
porary of the names of the railroad
commissioners, in advance of their con-
tirmation. is said to have annoyed the
governor and senators very much
Rutland Herald.
THE appointments on the state board
of health, established by act of the legis-
lature, are Drs. G. L. Allen of Rutland,
A. H. Chesmore of Huntington and j.
H. Hamilton of Richford. 1t will be
an efficient board.
THAT gross frauds were committed
to defeat Congressman Smalls, the re-
publican candidate, is admitted by the
Greenville NecS, democratic paper.
The district has republican majority
of several thousand.
A LETTER in the Toronto Mail claims
that there is growing desire through
out the dominion for union with the
United States. Reasons: unity of in.
terests and reduction of taxes. The
national expenses, estimated in the
United States at S4.16 person, in Can,
ada are SS.19.
GENERAL FRANCIS A. WALKER says
that not less than seventy-five per cent
of the men in this country that OWL
houses, factories, stocks, pay wages
control railways, develop mines and
deposit in banks began life without 6
penny, and that no other country il
the world can make such a showing.
THE predictions of light yield Of
oranges in Florida for several years tC
come, on account of the damage to trees
by last seasons frosts, must be cata
logued with those other perennial harv
est lies about peaches, cranberries
apples and oysters. The crop will BIZ
two-thrds as large as that of last yea
and of fine quality.
THERE have been 1862 nationa
banks since the national banking ac
was passed in 1868. OF these only II:
have become insolvent and only fifty
six failed to pay depositors in full. n,
bill-holder ever lost dollar by reason
of the failure of a national bank. Ant
vet there are those who would let thi
excellent system fall into decay.-BoS
ton journal.
BY an act of the legislature the as
signment of judges is so arranged 70
county courts that each judge will tax
the courts presided over by the judg
next preceding him in the order O
seniority. In the rotation each of tn
courts will be presided over by ne'
Judge at every term, and it will tax
each Judge three and half years to &c
around to his starting-point again.
) THE Erening Post prints the story c
a discovery that beats oleomargarine a
hollow. Constantine Falberg says h
: has been able to extract a substanc
from coal tar much sweeter than sugar
, and two or three parts of it mixed wit
, a thousand of glucose will raise the la
ter to the standard of cane sugar Gil
cose is a cheap imitation which ca
5 now be made of equal value with tn
= best sugar.
SPEAKING of the closing proceeding
! of the legislature, the Messenger says
5 "The absence of the usual CONNIE
; ton and confusion on such occ'
sions was noticeable, the bushes
/ having been well disposed of in bot
z houses in advance, which relieved tn
p, last night of the session from its cu'
tomary pressure. Both Speaker GrOl
: and acknowledgements Fuller ha
o ! taken time by the forelock, and by dill