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

gent labor had so far accomplished
their duties that the requisite time was
given to the deliberations in both
houses up to the last hour"
THE board of directors of the Ohio
penitentiary have made a report to Gov
ernor Foraker showing in six months
of republican rule profit of over
$4,000 month, whereas under dem
ocratc board loss of S250,OO in one
year startled the taxpayers. The pres
ent management advise against the
piece-price plan and urge return
to the contract system, and denounce
the state account plan as an expensive
failure.
THE great hullabaloo raised by the
anti-Blaine papers over the incident at
Arthur's funeral, elsewhere described,
would seem to be much ado about
nothing" but yet there is method in
this ridiculous twaddle. There is a
scheme on foot to defeat Blaine's NOM
ination in 1888, and henceforth his
enemies will make the most of every
incident, however trifling, that can be
used in any way to Mr.. Blaine's dis
advantage.
Mr.. BLAINE's criticisms on the En-
glsh civil service were grounded on the
highest authority-the 1ribune'S Lon
don correspondent, who, by virtue of
long residence in England, is as favor
ably known there as he is here. What
Mr.. Smalley briefly condensed into a
single passage of one of his cable let
tiers has been admitted in detail by
many of the most influential English
statesmen and by nearly every London
journal of marked reputation.
A DEMOCRAT, returning home one
winters night, found mugwump by
the hedge-side, half dead with cold.
Taking compassion on the creature, he
laid it in his bosom and brought it home
to his Preside to revive it. No sooner
had the warmth restored it than it
began to attack the children of the
cottage. Upon this the democrat, whose
compassion had saved its life, took
up a stove lid and knocked the mug
wump clear over into the next county
Moral-Politics begins at home. -JVash-
ington Critic.
THE theory of DR.. Wilson of Meriden
that the burning of kerosene oil has
something to do with diphtheria is in
teresting. There were seventy-one
deaths from diphtheria in the town of
Meriden in one year. and by personal
Investigation DR.. Wilson found that in
every case the family used kerosene
lamps. There were many other cases
in Meriden that year, the spread of the
disease being from contagion. But
not in single case where gas or can
dies were used was there a death from
that disease .-NeaU Haren Journal
THE act relating to scientific temper
ance education in the public schools, as
it was finally passed, provides that in
addition to the branches heretofore re-
CURED to be studied instruction shall
be given as to the nature of alcoholic
drinks and narcotics and their effect
upon the human system; and such
subjects shall be taught to all pupils
in the public schools as thoroughly as
arithmetic and geography, and be given
orally to pupils who are not able to
read, and by the use of textbooks to
such pupils as are able to read; that
one-fourth of the space be devoted to
the subject, and that the textbook
used in the highest grade contain at
least twenty pages on the subject OF
scientific temperance. Each teacher is
required to certify on the official regis
ter of her school whether instruction
has been given as required by 'aw, and
no public money shall be paid to a
schoo' unless a certificate to this effect
is made.
THE supervisors of Madison county
N. Y, recently authorized the town
treasurers to pay bounty of ten cents
head for woodchucks, the tails to be
accepted as vouchers. After the re.
dempton of these vouchers had been
going on briskly for some weeks one oil
the treasupers had to be away a few
days and left the fiduciary interests OF
the little municipality in charge of his
better half. Bright young American
boys saw their opportunity and the
slaughter of woodchucks suddenly re
ceived great impetus. judging by tht
number of caudal vouchers presented
to the busy deputy treasurer, who tool
in no less than 400 of them in three
days. paying the dimes out with all the
f facility and nonchalance of veteran
disburser. Judge of the worthy treas
urer's emotion when, upon his return
he examined the trophies of his wife,
activity, and his experience at once de
: tected the fact that they were all chip
munks' tails! The parents of the wicked
3 boys are now threatened with lawsuits
A Tribute to EX-President Arthur.