The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-20
built only by American workmen, is
worthy of the Hon. Elijah Pogram him


deem that state must be made, even to
the commissioning of the other twenty
now living there.-Albdny Times.
THE headline "Cleveland has no
Water" in the New York Sun, made us
query what possible use any democrat
could have for water, when we dis
covered that the headline referred to
the water-famine in Cleveland, Ohio,
and not to the President.
MEXICO is experiencing serious
trouble and is threatened with disaster,
because of the continued depreciation
of its silver money and the inconven-
fence of having to pay for everything
which she buys abroad in gold. Will
the United States take warning?
TIE National Republican of Washing
ton has canvassed the opinions of the
senate on the silver question, and says
it is convinced that while bill suspend
ing silver coinage would be defeated,
it believes that one to put one hundred
cents worth of silver into the dollar
would pass.
THE wise father told his feeble
minded boy to keep his mouth shut and
people would not discover that he was
a fool. The democratic congressman
think that if they don't press tariff
bill the people will never discover their
incapacity to legislate on the subject
Boston Journal
THE Free Press is making its annual
raid upon the weekly papers of the
state for the insertion of nine-inch
advertisement of that publication "to
make up the difference between our
daily and your weekly" We advise
our weekly contemporaries to plead
want of consideration"
THE Rutland Herald thinks the pub
lie should not fall into the error of sup
posing that the Burlington Free Press
is printed from stereotype plates eX-
clusively, for it has found no less than
sixteen distinct items about the tobog-
gan club on one small page which were
evidently printed at home.
A PATENT medicine inventor says
that smart-weed, with other ingredi-
ents," makes the best porous plasters.
Whether this may be true or otherwise,
! for a specific to strengthen the Presi-
dents spinal column the hungry and
thirsty would rather rely on Smith
Weed of Plattsburgh.-Me Messenger.
WE forgot to mention that the Mid
dlebury Register, two weeks ago, dis
carded the "patent insides" and came
out in bran-new suit of type and
greatly improved in its makeup. The
Woodstock Standard has also appeared
in new type. 1t looks as bright as a
new silver dollar but it is worth more.
THE Burlington Daily Free Press al
ways enjoys sly dig at "patent out
side newspaper. We don't know any
thing about running daily newspaper,
but it occurs to us that common sense
ought to teach an editor who runs
I" plate matter" into every issue of his
daily that "patent outsides " is sub
iect to be avoided. Northfeld NeuS.
WHILE there are several encouraging
indications in the business situation
the most hopeful thing is the genera
feeling of confidence which is reported
to pervade the business community
How far such feeling can 60 to hell
the situation cannot easily be estimated
but all know that a feeling of hopeful
ness and confidence must precede any
general revival of business. -JOeTnal.
JOHN O'NEIL of st. Louis, who ha'
been made chairman of the labor com
mittee by Speaker Carlisle, seems tC
have been selected for that position from
the fact that he knows nothing about
labor personally. The Chicago Mail is
authority for the statement that " hi
hasn't done stroke of anything but pc.
litical work since he was boy, and ha
never been without an office for a single
day since 1872
THE management of the Central Yer
mont Railroad Company authorize al
emphatic denial of the report recentl
telegraphed from Toronto to the effec
that the Grand Trunk railway ha,
leased the Central Vermont road, an,
that John Porteous was to be mad,
manager of the same. No such schem
! has been proposed or considered for
moment by any of the parties inter
ested, and there was no foundation
whatever for so absurd rumor. Th
report in question is entirely sensa
tional and on par with several other
/ of a similar sort that have been Gil
. culated recently for effect and withou
the least regard for facts.
b. F. UNDERWOOD, in a well-consiC
cred article on Competition, Capt.;
and Labor" presents some of the con
plications which surround the question
, and, after clearly recognizing the right
of the wage-earner, says: " Here, wher
the right to acquire wealth, and to il
! undisturbed possession when acquired
: is recognized by all; where the prof.
erty is held largely by men who starte
Y in life poor-intelligent men, even {
p the poorer classes, are not likely to COZ
found the rights and interests of wage
earners with chimerical schemes fC
t putting Incidence on par with indu
try, and rewarding wastefulness an
improvidence equally with econom
and forethought."
THE freedom of the press is not
y question, but freedom of discussion