The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-04-25


form an alliance with Russia and pre-
cipitate war upon some devoted country.
CAREFULLY-CoMPILE statistics show
that the losses by fire in the Unite
States during last year were nearly
5000, 900, an increase of over thir-
teen per cent as compared with the pre-
vious year.
THE st. Johnsbury Republican, which
according to its own statemenD has
"no candidate to BOOM" nevertheless
is booming G.. G.. Benedict for the
lieutenant-governorship. Mighty con-
sistent, eh?
WE begin to hear again that the
conscience vote of the country will
be cast for the democratic ticket next
fall. Conscience may be defined as an
inward monitor that rankles for free
trade.-SprinafeM Union.
THE Norwich Bulletin remarks that
elf the Independents had shown half as
much loyalty to the republican party as
they show to Cleveland the latter
would never have been in the position
to abuse their confidence so painfully"
THE need of two disgruntled and
kicking journals in st. Johnsbury is
not apparent. There must be a pc
culiar people where two such papers
are in demand, but perhaps the people
are not responsible for that state of
things.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago
Inter- Ocean wants the republicans to
nominate Robert 7. Lincoln of Illinois
for president and Shelby NJ Cullom of
Illinois for vice-president. No other
state need apply for representation on
the ticket!
ARBOR DAY is now legal holiday in
twenty-eight of the United States. II
was first suggested as marked occa-
sion January 4, 1872, by the Hon. Ster-
ling Morton at an annual meeting OF
the Nebraska Board of Agriculture at
Lincoln, Neb.
THE republican nomination for the
lieutenant-governorship will hardly GO
begging this year. Burlington has al
least three candidates; Franklin county
is likely to present man, and Lamoille
Bennington and Rutland counties each
have candidate, or so it is reported.
VERMONT is making saccharine
record of which it is proud. The feel
ing is justifabe. Maple sugar is 6
good, honest crop, representing down
right hard work-and harvested, too, al
time when farmers can not otherwise
devote their time to nearly so much
proft.-Troy Times.
THE Minneapolis Journal prints {
composite picture of the next president
1t is made by "boiling down" the pho
tographs of the candidates. We thinl
we detect the Blaine nose, and yet NJ
one can doubt that the side-whiskers Of
the composite belong to /" our Chaun
cey."-Albany Journal.
THE melancholy mugwump--whert
is he now? Having deserted a party
he could not boss for one he can no
shame, he stands alone in the gloom Of
his self-sought solitude, having neither
the frankness to turn back nor tn,
courage to go forward. There is moth
ing left for him but to sit on the fence
and watch the procession march past
Philadelphia Press.
THE Ohio republican state conven
ton last week elected Governor Foraker
Congressman Mckinley and Butter
worth and Ex-Governor Foster dele
gates-at-large to Chicago; adopted
conservative resolution endorsing Sher
man as a presidential candidate; tool
strong ground for protection, and nom
mated good candidates for secretary o
state and supreme court judge.
THE Free Press, having apparent,
forgotten the existence of the st. Al
bans Sentry and Richford Gazette, re
marked in Fridays issue: "This bein!
Chief-justice Royce's first term o
county court here under the new ar
rangement, it will be matter of in
terest to his friends to know that hi
presiding is the subject of unusual,
favorable comment among the lawyers,
THE death of J. r. G.. Hassard, Ion,
connected with the New York Tribom
as editorial writer and musical critic
brings to mind the signal service h
performed for the country in translat
ing the famous "cipher dispatches
which passed between Mr.. Tilden an
the managers of the democratic part
in the disputed states over the pre-
posed capture or purchase of certai
electoral votes.
, THE free-traders ought to get out
: manual for working-men, showing HOY
a man can live easier, pay less rent
have more to eat, better clothes to wea
and better education for his childre
on $50 week under free-trade tina
on S15 under protection. That seem
, to be the promise, but as general rul
, it is hard to make an uneducated ma