The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-19
Press Notes.

WHO went to City Hall one day,
And through the crowd did force her way
To be assessed without delay?
My motherl
Who paid her poll-tax when twas due,
And said she'd have to use her shoe
If / told any one she knew?
My motheri
Who next did register her name
On voters list, and say she came
To save the public schools from shame?
My motherl
Who up and slyly stole away
Down TO the polls on voting day,
And babe me in the nursery STAY?
My mother!
Who made great mistake, and when
She'd voted for eleven wrong men,
Who wept and CRASHED her teeth just then?
My mother!
Who hurried home with might and main,
Her inmost soul all filled with pain?
Who said she'd never vote again?
My motherl
NJ. g. H., in Boston Transcript
THE happiest person in the whole
ten thousand at the Harrison and Nor
ton reception at Indianapolis last week
was Hazel Quinn, a little five-year-old
tot, pretty, though plainly dressed,
who trotted along in the line, with the
next behind treading on her heels, but
who insisted on standing still in front
of General Harrison long enough to
look up into his face and say: How
do you do, Mr.. President?o General
Harrison bent down to shake her hand,
and then, seeing her pretty eyes lit
tie frightened, he changed his mind,
and, picking her up, lifted her high,
kissed her like true grandfather and
put her down on the floor again with
jolly laugh, while the crowd broke into
applause.
If Harrison and Morton should both
die before the 4jh of March, and after
having been declared elected, there
would be no president or vice president
on that day. President Cleveland's
term is at an end and he has become
a private citizen. There would be no
republican cabinet, because a repub-
lican cabinet can not be appointed be-
fore March A, and in the event of the
death of both Harrison and Morton
there would be no republican president
to appoint one. But Mr.. Cleveland's
cabinet would then be in office, for
their terms do not, like his, expire on
March 4. They continue in Office until
their successors are appointed. Hence
Mr.. Bayard, if then secretary of state,
would act as president and would have
the right TO appoint a cabinet of his own
and TO hold the place the full term
of four years-unless congress should
legisate him out, which it would doubt
less do.-New York Herald.
THE girl with the violin is the most
picturesque and novel feature in So
ciety just now, which finds her-stand-
ing tail and slim, with her instrument
under her dimpled chin and her arm
sweeping out in wide, graceful curves,
as she draws the bow across the
strings-a much more "pleasing sight
to see than the girl perched on the
piano-stool, with her back to her hear
ers. So the vioin-teachers are reaping
rich harvests, and many young women
who never did much at the piano are
beginning to discover the true outlet
for their talents in Paganini's instru-
ment. One of the best known of the
young amateur vioinists in New York
society has been presented by her be-
trothed with a very handsome violin
bow, with a very large and brilliant
diamond set in its lower end. As-she
stands facing her audience the bow
darts rays of red and blue and green
as the light falls upon its facets. As
the time becomes faster and the music
more brilliant a shower of sparks seems
to flash from the great white gen.
lbdny Journal.
UIGH-LICENsEl laws have now been in
operation in Chicago for five wears.
That has been "A sufficient period to thor
oughly test the system and the latest
reports of its workings indicate that it
has been strikingly successful. The
increase in revenues from licenses
amounts to nearly $4,000, 900 a year,
which directly and substantially bene-
fits every taxpayer in the city. Dur
ing the last five years the annual in
crease in the number of saloons has
been about one per cent, while the
population has grown at the rate of
seven per cent annually. This increase
in the number of inhabitants TO each
saloon has been steady, which disproves
the assertions frequentlXGade by pro-
hibitionists that high ense effects
only temporary disM cement of
the liquor business. HerSN fter it will
be in order to put forward any such ri
diculous claim. Mayor Roche says that
the city has been benefited morally as
we'll as financially. The amount of
liquors sold has decreased and the
saloons are more orderly and less a
menace to the peace of the community.
This assertion is coroboratcd by other
city officials. The license fee for every
saloon is $500 year, and there is some
public sentiment in favor of increasing
it'd lJapy Journal.
THE official count of the vote Of
Montana shows a total of 40.0l -
is well up TO the total vote of "
ton territory, the latter being -
Montana's vote, by the usual calcN
ton, would indicate population Of
not far from 100000, but it is probably
nearer 100000, The latter fgures,
which will speedily grow, are sufficient
TO entitle her to admission next year.
That Der people think so is shown by
the action of the board of trade and
ritv cnunpil of Halano a plopa nf % 00O