Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

eight inches to fOOt III depGn. LID
Wisconsin the snowfall was from four
inches to three feet.
a State Asylum.
It will be remembered that the last
Legislature passed a bill appropria-
ting 100000 for state insane asy-
lum and appointing a commission to
locate and build the same. This COM
mission consists of Gov. Dillingham;,
Lieut-Gov. Woodbury., DR.. Giddings
of Bakersfield, DR.. Grout of Stowe
and S. D. Hobson of island Pond.
DIR. Giddings was a member of the
last senate and Dr.. Grout was in the
house.
The need of state asylum is i'm
perative. The one at Brattleboro IS
a private institution, and besides it
is over-crowded and cannot accom-
modate nearly all applicants. Under
the circumstances it seems most fit
ting that the new asylum should be
located at St. Johnsbury. This town
can offer most desirable site its
railroad and other facilities and ac-
commodatiOns are ample, and there
| is no place in the state which can Of
fer superior advantages. If these
reasons are not sufficient. the fact
that st. Johnsbury has none of the
public buildings of the state should
also have weight. The other large
towns of the state are we'll provided
for. Bennington has the soldiers
home, Rutland the state work house,
Vergennes the reform school, Bur-
lington the state agricultural college,
Montpelier the capitol, Brattleboro
an asylum, Windsor the state prison.
1t would be simply fair play and JUS
tice to give ST. Johnsbury this new
state institution.-C -Cdledonidn.
The terms of twenty-six United
States Senators will expire March
| Sd. There are thirteen in each par
ty, counting Mr.. Riddleberger as a
republican.
! Mr.. Barbour, a democrat, has been
elected to succeed Mr.. Riddleberger,
but there is good prospect that re-
publicans will succeed Mr.. Sauls-
bury of Delaware and Mr.. Kenna
of West Virginia.
These are the only party changes
that are made or likely to be made,
but there is so much rivalry between
democratic factions in New Jersey
that their party may loose Senator
as the republicans did when Senator
Blodgett was elected.
But the republicans are certain to
have a majority Of two at least in the
Senate. There will probably be
thirty-nine republicans to thirty-sev-
en- democrats. with a possibility that
the republicans may number forty,
or even forty-one, to thirty-siX or
thirty-five democrats.
Senator Sherman thinks that the
annexation of Canada is near at hand
and Representative Butterworth pro-
| poses some steps toward the attain
ment of that end. Professor Gold
win Smith, however, argues that po-
litical union is far remote and that
the practical need of both parties is
an assimilation of customs duties.
Both are probably right in maintain
ing that political union is the ultimate
destiny of the Dominion, but wrong
in their present theories, The assim-
ilation of duties is impracticable.
Sixtyfve millions of people will not
change their tariff laws to accommo-
date four millions. If q change in
the rates OF duty to suit Canada
means a change in rates for the whole
outside world, it is not probable that
this nation will subordinate its reve-
nue., industrial and commercial inter-
ests to secure satisfactory trade rela-
tions with Canada.-N. =. Press.
1t is not best to always believe everything that a
person tells you, but when YOU bear that the best
blood purifier is Sulphur Btters, you believe
it, for they cured me of of blood pos-
! oning.-Rov. A Falrchid New York City.
|
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Mrs Hatch, author of 1.-The Upland Mys-
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FORM The new serial is detective story,
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ing the plots of half-read novels. The
/ scene is laid in northern New Hampshire,
1 but some of the tragic and romantic Incl
dents of recent famous bank case in
! Maine are worked into it. The story is
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the plot sent in by subscribers before
Feb. 10Th. subscriptions, 50 year,
months, 81.
Their Business 50oniiug.
Probably thing has caused such general
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giving away to his customers of many free trial
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ton. His trade i2 simply enormous III this very
yalaaDle a4tcle from the fact that IL always cures
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