Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-23
NOTE AND COMMENT,


Peekskill Blade, " that are great deal
more anxious for Prohibition party than
they are for prohibition"
The loss of life on the coast during
the recent storm was large. Nearly 30
vessels were wrecked at Delaware Break
water and over dozen lives lost.
Hon. E. j. Phelps, minister to Eng
land, is coming home on a 60-days' leave
of absence, and it is intimated that he
wont go back, not liking the fisheries
treaty.
"He was weighed in the balance and
not found wanting is the very appro-
pirate closing sentence of the Boston
Advertisers obituary of ex-Gov. Fair
banks.
The Mail and Express, the only Re-
publican afternoon paper in New York
city, has been sold by Cyrus w. Field to
f. F. Shepard a son-in-aw of the late
VIM. II. Vanderbilt.
That representative Southern Demo-
Si"tiS P"Poi. uic Atldiltd NOlstilutloii.
calls the Mills tariff bill "a piece of hum
buggery pure and simple" North and
South can agree on one thing at least.
Utah is knocking loudly for admission
into the Union. Nothing should avail
except a ticket inscribed as were Arte-
mus Wards free passes to his lecture on
the Mormons-"Admit bearer and one
fe."-[Texas Siftings.
A current item says that Brattleboro
cleared 5000 during the past five years
by the sale of liquor at its agency and
that over $4,000 worth of liquor has been
sold. This town evidently hasn't heard
of the statute prohibiting towns from
running agencies as making inst-
tutions.
A statement of the corporation taxes
paid into the State treasury for the year
1887 has been prepared by State Treasurer
Dubois. The total amount was $780,
0I7.2S. In 1888, the first year of the cor
poration tax law, the amount paid into
the State treasury was Sl96, 6,67S.5l; 1884,
S2O5, ,22l.76; 1885, 5000. O.GS5.70; 1856. S22O,-
70l.73.
The State railroad commissioners are
engaged at White River junction in an
investigation of the various systems of
heating cars by steam and electricity.
Inasmuch as the railroads seem in no
hurry to adopt steam-heating apparatus,
it would seem to he in order for the COM
mission to report bill to the next legis-
lature which will compel them to do so.
Rev. Mr.. Pridgin, a venerable preach
al sermon properly preached. He an
nounces that he will preach it himself
the second Sunday in April. He has Or
dered his son to make him a coffin, which
will be placed by his side in the church,
and there in the presence of his friends
and family, who are requested to wear
mourning, he will tell of his life and pay
suitable tribute to his own memory.
"All the homes in Iowa fell thrill of
fear at the announced coming of this
enemy in friendly guise.' They know
that if it accomplishes its purpose it can
but mean victory for the liquor traffic
and the triumph of the homes deadlest
foe. 1t is a malciously cruel invasion
that will deliberately plan to sacrifice the
blood-bought victories of the temperance
cause in Iowa to the propagation of a
political party" This is what the Iowa
Messenger, o'gan of the w. C. II. u. of
the State, has to say to a proposal for
third-party agitation there.
The town school system had a set back
in the towns Of Westminster, Springfield
and Randolph on Tuesday, in West
minister very largely. The great major
ity of the towns of the State are not pre-
pared to adort this system. In the pre-
sent Legislature there is strong feeling
against its adoption, and many members
are more st'ongly committed on this