St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-10-04
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The present session of Congress is
the longest in history and so far one
the most fruitless. Tariff buncombe
and campaign messages have FREEDOM
mated in the 50th Congress.
Reports from all points in New En-
gland show that the potatoes are rot
ting badly, especially in Vermont. The
corn crop is less because of the early
frost and rain.
The New York Sun is knitting Cleve-
land in every issue, yet editor Dana is
credited with the remark that Presi
dent Cleveland will have the largest
majority in the electoral college since
President Grant.
Of late years Professor Proctor had
written many popular scientific arti-
cles for the press, and what was be-
lieved to be his last literary work was
an article upon the fever which ended
his own life.
A mass meeting will be held in New
York tonight to renominate Mayor
Hewitt. The call is signed by thous-
ands of lovers of good municipal gov
eminent and one third of the signers
are republicans.
Mucilage will be placed hereafter on
the body of the envelope instead of the
flap. After the great question of who
owns the car window is settled the
press will then discuss whether we
ought to lick the gum or lap the flip
flap.
The city of Pittsburg dedicated last
week a new 2,5OO,OOO court house
and celebrated at the same time the
one hundredth anniversary of Alleghe-
ny county. The site of the city of
Pittsburg was chosen by Washington
in 1853.
1t would appear from the following
in the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
that political independence is growing
in Ohio: "The most CHASTITY thing GO
ing in politics is the mugwump impos-
ture in its collapsed and shrunken and
played-out and prevaricating condi-
tion.'
CALIFORNIA; distance from the East
ern markets is no obstacle to her grow
ing trade for during the season just
closed thirty-four special fruit trains
were sent East that averaged eleven
cars to the train. In all, over 1000
tons of fresh fruit were dispatched.
Rev. Frederick Lawrence, secretary
of the church of England burial, funer-
al and mourning reform association,
has come to America to inculcate the
principles of his society which are heal
thier, cheaper and more sensible meth
dds of burying the dead. The society has
been working successfully in England
for eleven years.
Hugh Mccullough, discussing the
immigration problem in the current
number of Scribner's magazine, thinks
a grave mistake was made by the gov
eminent to begin with in opening the
doors so widely to foreigners. 1t is
very clear to his mind that none but
native-born citizens ought to have
been permitted to be voters.
The republican victory in Maine
which Mr.. Blaine termed "almost a
political revolution" is plurality of
l 800 less than in 1884. The same ratio
of democratic gain and republican loss
as in Maine will give Cleveland and
Thurman New York by 200 MAORI
ty, all the states he carried in 1884,
with Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and
California thrown in.
Mr.. Blaine spoke at the polo grounds
in New York Saturday night but not
a single New York paper could agree
upon the number of the audience. The
associated press placed it at 100000,
the Tribune 10000, Press 10000, Sun
10000, Herald $4,000, Star 10000, and
Times 5000. There is considerable
difference between a gathering of 5000
and 100000, particularly if each one
casts a ballot.
The New England Congregational
S. S. Association, which has already
held successful meetings in Boston and
Hartford, meets this year in Lewiston,
Maine. This is the first time the asso-
citation has been into Northern New
England and a great occasion is ex-
pected by the S. S. workers of Maine,
New Hampshire, and Eastern Massa-
chusetts. The officers and speakers,
however, come from every state in
New England, and the preceding
gatherings have been large, although
composed chiefly of people from the
state in which the convention has been
held. Convention is held Oct. 1918.
HI. GREEN'S LAST MESSAGE.