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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

DR.. Hoskins advocates q sort of
freight-express for the benefit of our
farmers who wish to ship their products
in small quantities direct to the con-
sumner in the larger centers of manu-
is a good idea and one on which Ver-
mont, New Hampshire or Maine farm
ers can well ponder. Perhaps no other
state in the Union is in the same rela-
ton to the railroads which traverse it
as Vermont is to the Central system.
The system virtually controls the state,
and because of its unjust dealings
young farmers are leaving every day,
looking for homes where transportation
facilities are better adapted to the needs
of the poor farmer. The state grange
appealed to the interstate commerce
commission for an adjustment of rates.
The hearing was granted and the ad
justment promised. Afterward new
classification was adopted which vir-
tually restored the old rates. At pres
ent the freight rates from any point in
Vermont to the industrial centers are
as large as the rates from points west
of us to the same place. AS a conse-
uutuCt lLt cllEOnI hiSl SdbuOl
compete with his western neighbor who
mortgages his farm, again and again
and sells his products below cost of
handling. Something is needed to
operate in favor of the small farmer,
and DR.. Hoskins seems to have hit upon
the right thing. But the railroads here
will never establish such beneficial
system of their own free will. 1t must
be demanded, commanded if you will
until the companies are forced to com.
ply with the wishes of the people. The
small farmers have been driven into
dairying, which is in effect a concen-
tration of the products into the small
est possible compass. 1t is the only
industry in the state which really pays
in the true acceptation of the term
Others might if transportation facili
ties were fairly accorded them. Nov
let us arouse ourselves and demand
this freight express. We need it; it i
for our benefit; it is for the benefit o
consumers in cities who want fresl
produce from the farmer. Shall we o
shall we not have it?-JanuS, in Ne,
England Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

Irish members. The Times undertook
to prove that the accusation was we'll
grounded. On April Isl supplemented
its chapters of " Parnellism and Crime"
by publishing letter alleged to
have been written by Mr.. Parnell,
which placed him in the position of
conniving at the murder of Lord Cav
endish and Burke. Mr.. Parnell at once
declared the letter a forgery, but the
Times vouched for its genuineness.
Under this pressure the crimes act was
passed. The government stood behind
the Times in its charges, and, now that
the charges are shown to be baseless
falsehoods, the unionist party is placed
in precarious position. For two years
the home-rule party has been under
ban on account of its supposed connec-
ton with murder and crime. 1t is now
vindicated and the unionist party is
likely to exchange places with it., by
reason of its implication in the infa-
nous attempt to ruin Mr. Parnell. The
government is caught in its own trap
and the home-rule cause will profit by
its sorry plight. Further developments
are awaited with great interest, as a
crisis in British politics seems immi-
nent. If Mr.. Parnell uses his oppor-
tunity wisely-and that he will I'M
doubtedly do-the next six months may
witness a revolution in the Irish policy
of the British government. He spoke
in the house of commons the very day
of Pigott's suicide. He was neither
boastful in his manner nor exorbitant
in his demands, but bore himself like
the true statesman that he has ever
shown himself. " All ask" said Mr..
Parnell, is that you on your side
should be willing to consider and deal
with this question as if it were an open
question; that you should consider how
far you can give to Ireland the right to
legislate for herself with safety to your
own greater and undoubtedly more
overpowering interests" His tone is
of Cancellation, not of menace. viii
the government meet him half way
and consider this great question in the
spirit of reason and fairness that he
proposes? If so, the Irish question
may yet cease to be "question."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
might see his way clear to the accept
ance of the office of supervisor.
Southern Opinion.

The accepted opponents of southern
public opinion discover in what the
president says about the right of con-
gress, under the constitution, to take
control of national elections, an intma-
ton that there may be federal interfer-
ence with the methods by which whole
communities in the South have been
disfranchised. The Atlanta Constitu-
ton says that the president declares
that he "can have no sectional policy,
but he makes it very plain to those
who have ears that he is in full SYM
pathy with the republicans, who, for
purposes of party conquest at the
North, maintain that the negro vote is
unlawfully suppressed at the South"
The Charleston Ne,Gs and Courier does
not deny /" that it is desirable that all
elections should be free and pure in
every part of the country, or that the
freedom of the ballot--in normal
state of things-is the condition of ma
tional life. But" it continues, the
republican party thrust upon the South
millions of voters who were unfit to
exercise the right of suffrage" and are
"unft to exercise to-day the highest
right of freemen." The Birmingham
(Alabama) Age-Herdld puts this idea
into plain United States, as follows
60 We had expected craftsmanship and
are rewarded with sullen partisanship.
Down with the southern white man, up
with the nigger!" On the other hand.
the New Orleans Picay,tne expresses
the belief that "we shall have an adj
ministration in which the good of the
nation at large will be consulted and
advanced as far as the president can dc
So" The Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle
says the inaugural is certainly broad
liberal, statesman-like. If followed out
by the executive and congress, it viii
build up a great, progressive and re-
united people," The Lynchburgh Vir'
qinian, speaking for the people Of
that section," says they care better
disposed toward General Harrison thar
any of his republican predecessors il
the presidential office" Nevertheless
time will unquestionably show that The
Atlanta and the Charleston papers arr
truer opponents of prevailing southern
sentiment than the others we have
quoted. With the ignorant but well
disposed negro, and the equally igno
rant but brutal and degraded white
both equally entitled to vote under thu
law-the former practically disfran
chised, the latter suffered to increas,
his vote by any multiple that tn
exigencies of politics demand-th
franchise in the South is certainly yer,
far from that normal state of things
under which "the freedom of tn
ballot is the condition of national life.
If President Harrison can reform thes
abnormal conditions, or begin the worl
of real, substantial reformation, i
will be glory enough for one admins
tration.
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Parnell Triumphant.
tration.

The confession, flight and suicide of
Richard Pigott, announced last week
in our news columns, and the conse-
quent collapse of the case of the Lon
don Times against Mr.. Parnell, have
produced a sensation in British polit-
cal circles greater than any event since
the publication of the famous letters
two years ago. The collapse came sud-
denly, but not Unexpectedly. During
the weeks Immediately preceding the
final breakdown, the conviction that
the charges brought by the "Thun-
derer " against the great Irish states
man were unfOunded and that his inno-
cence would ultimately appear, had
been gradually gaining ground, but
few had suspected that the hour of
vindication was so near.
The outcome of the case hinged
finally upon the testimony of Richard
Pigott, who sold the letters to the
Times. His cross-examination by Sir
Charles Russell involved him in a laby-
rinth of contradiction and falsehood.
The witness-boX became too warm for
further occupancy, and, after making a
written confession acknowledging him
self to be the forger of the Parnell let
tiers, he fled. Friday, March l, he was
arrested at Madrid, and, coward and
traitor to the last, followed the example
of his great prototype in perjury and
betrayal and took his worthless life.
Such was the end of the man in whom
the great organ of the tory government
put its trust. He fell and with him fell
the whole fabric of iniquity."
For Mr.. Parnell the result of the in
vestigation is complete vindcation and
triumph. But there are results coming
from this investigation far more i'm.
portant and far-reaching than the vim.
dication of Mr.. Parnell and the dis
comfiture of the Times. To understand
the full significance of this event the
circumstances of the publication of thu
letters and the passage of the crimes
act must be borne in mind. Shortl,
after the beginning of the parliament
airy session of 1887 the crimes act wa
introduced and angrily debated, the ex
element in the commons reaching it
highest pitch of passion on the even
ing of April 10, when Colonel Saunder
son declared that Mr.. Parnell and hi
: colleagues must have known that the
= were associating with murderers. Tn
: charge was vehemently denied by tn
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
Literary Notes.

LEE AND SHEPARD, Boston, have in press
Samuel Adams brakes Decisive Events
in American History Burgoynes Invasion
of l777, with an outline sketch of the Amer
lean Invasion of Canada, 1856" 1t will
be an admirable historic narrative, intended
to be used as a textbook, or as a Supple
mentary Reader in schools, as well as for
general reading.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY " for
April will contain a scientific explanation
of the power to ensnare the human mind
possessed by the leading delusion of the
present day. The article is by Professor
Joseph Jastrow, and is entitled 1.-THE
Psychology of Spiritualism." 1t contains
accounts of the manifestations by the Fox
sisters, DR.. Slade, Englinton and other me-
diums, all of which have been proved to be
gross Intentional fraud throughout.
PROF EssoR JOSIAH P. COOKE, of Harvard,
will contribute to The Popular Science
monthly for April an article on The Chem
ical Elements" telling the story of the
changing beliefs about what substances are
made Of from the time when earth water,
air and fire were thought to be the elements
of all things, down to the present day, with
its list of over seventy simple substances,
and when the idea is gaining ground that
perhaps there is only one kind of matter
after all.
A VALUABLE book, arranged especially
for young people, yet by no means unsuited
to any time of life, entitled Every day
Business Notes on its Practical Details,
by M. s. Emery, will he published soon by
Lee & Shepard, Boston. 1t gives careful
instruction regarding many matters closely
connected with business transactions, The
book will be valuable companion for
young people, and its pages will contain in
structions on business subjects, being de-
signed for ready reference, and also as a
textbook for use in schools.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
County Supervisor.

The next important step in putting
the machinery Of the new school law
into operation is the selection of county
supervisor. For this purpose the board
of education for this county will con-
vene at Montpelier on Tuesday, May 7.
The names of several gentlemen have
been mentioned in connection with
this important office. Hon. L. S. Stan
ton of Roxbury, Rev. |. p. Booth and
Professor Charles Dole of Mortified,
j. p. Lamson, Esq, of Cabot, Frank
X. Graves of Waterbury, and possibly
others, have been named as men hav-
ing qualifications for this office. All
are well known in the county, and their
fitness for the duties of supervising the
public schools is fairly understood, with
the exception, perhaps, of Mr.. Graves.
He is Washington county boy, a
graduate of Burlington University, and
for two or three years past teacher in
the state of New York, being at the
present time the principal of an acad-
envy at Granville, N. Y. We know that
Mr.. Graves is a young man of high in
telligence, good scholar and popu-
lar and successful teacher. What
special qualifications he might develop
for the special duties of supervisor, for
the adoption of "measures necessary
for the examination, regulation and
improvement of the public schools,
for holding public meetings and teach
ers' institutes, and the manifold other
supervisory duties of an administrative
character, we can not tell; and the
same uncertainty will exist in a greater
or smaller degree with regard to any
candidate. The supervisor is to be
evolved. To some extent he is to be
taken on trust We raise these queries
in connection with Mr. Graves name
simply because he is not so widely
known in the county as others who are
being considered in connection with
the office. Our personal acquaintance
with him leads US to make favorable
estimate of his qualifications. We dc
not know that he is candidate for thu
office, or, indeed, that any of thu
gentlemen named are candidates
Their names are mentioned in connec
ton with the office just as individual
are singled out for other offices whel
the obligation of making selection
begins to confront the people. Their
is, however, one man in the count
whose special fitness for the office wi
be quickly recognized, aud the question
of whose election would be simply on
Of his acceptance. We refer to Hon
w. A. Jones of Waitsfeld. He woul
make the Office conspicuous success
DR.. Jones is very busy man, but fo
the good of the public schools of Wasl
ngton county we should hope that h
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

ESTEEMED contemporaries of the
pictorial species are emulously vying
with one another in the effort to furnish
the public with the most villainous por-
traits of President Harrison and his
double quartette of chosen counselors.
In many cases the pictures might be
easily mistaken for choice collection
of specimens culled from the "rogue's
gallery" Others are " not so bad"
but none of them is sufficiently hand
some to arouse pangs of jealousy in the
breasts of unfortunate rivals for cabinet
honors. John Wanamaker would pass
for the proprietor of Philadelphia
beer-garden, Partner Miller's weazen
face indicates bad case of dyspepsia,
and Uncle Jerry's portrait shows him
to be shockingly in need ola ninteenth-
century haircut. But the uncrowned
king" from Maine is the worst sufferer.
Wormy old cuts, veterans of the cam
paign of 'S4, were dug out of the Sc
cluded depths of the hell-box " and
oiled up Cor another exhibition. The
result is battered phiz which would
indicate that the plumed knight has
recently INDUCED in tournament with
his fistc contemporary, John L. Sui.
Ivan. No; pictorial journalism is moi
a sublime success.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
That Freight Express.

The Brattleboro Rgormer, whose
editor is lawyer of ability, recently
endorsed, emphatically, the feasibility
of cur proposed method of bringing the
small farmers of inland New England
into closer relations with the consumers
of farm products. The Maine Farmer,
also, has spoken of this plan as one
based on sound principle, and well
adapted to the conditions of New En-
gland.
1t is some sixteen years since we
preached this idea in the old Vermont
Farmer, but 1t failed to attract much
attention. About that time we talked
it over with Governor Smith of the
Central Vermont railroad in his office
at st. Adams, and he seemed to think
that, but for the roads contracts with
the express companies, it might be a
good idea. We have never been one
of those who have antagonized "the
good governor " as man unfriendly
to the farmers. No one railroad man
is strong enough to break up system,
even though he may agree that there
might be better one; and we are quite
willing to believe that if Governor
Smith were not in the machine" and
compelled to 90 around with it or be
oruoh oil Inv, II bo would s,lo1Iv do u,h N =
he could to help the farmers of his ma
tive state to more profitable market.
But it is useless 10 hope for anything in
the proposed doctrine from the favor
of any one man. Only the direct force
of well-devised legislation is sufficient
to control these powerful combinations
of capital, in the management of which
no man can be omnipotent. The prn-
ciple has now become well estab lished,
that railroads are responsible to the
state and general governments for the
way in which they use their franchises,
and that they must use them, fairly
and impartially, for the greatest good
of the greatest number-that is, the
people. Itremains, then, with the peo-
pie, through their legislatures and
through congress, to make their author
ity felt. Just so soon as it is made
evident that this will be done, the cor
porations will find out way to answer
every reasonable demand. 1t is the
cheapest way for them to do; for if
they do not, the rude legislation of rep
resentative bodies which know what
they want better than they know the
best way to get it will harm them far
more than it will do to answer all the
just demands of the public. What is
needed is to impress corporations, OIL
their managers, with just sense OF
their responsibility to the power tina
made and can unmake them-the powel
OF the American voter. AS matter o
fact, no one who does not feel resent
full for some direct injury wants t.
harm the corporations. We belev,
that in almost every case where larg,
proportion of the public desire new o
increased facilities, it would prove ad
vantageous for the corporations t.
grant them. But there is little groun
to hope that they will move without
wholesome dread of consequences.
In this connection we have printe
J some extracts from our contempt
: raries, and elsewhere in this issue W
, print others, which seem to indicate
} growing sense that something of thi
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

RUMoRs of allotments of high offices
at home and abroad are thick, but the
president has not yet disclosed his Sc
lections for collectors, foreign min
listers, etc. Walker Blaine has, how
ever, been chosen by the secretary of
state to be his first assistant. Later
reports are that ex-senator Palmer OF
Michigan has been nominated to the
Spanish, John d. Washburn of Massa-
chusetts to the Swiss, and John F
Swift of California to the japanese
missions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

In a few days propose to go fishing,
so you may save space for a-big fish
story. We parted company with A.
G.. Stone and family at Jacksonville,
all well and cheerful. Will try to give
you something more connected when
get rested, if you care for it. VIC.
Oak Hill, Florida, March 2, 1889.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

The TRUE REAsoN-WAsH-DAy MADE
EAsY.-There is reason in everything, but
not every reason given is true. About
washing clothes, for instance, common
sense and the chemistry of everyday life
teach us that certain things must be done,
while others may be left undone. Clothes
must be made clean sweet, pure and whole
some without either injuring the fabric or
the hands of the iaundress, If these OBJ
jects can be attained, it does not matter a.
to what methods are used, and the soap or
soap powder, no matter what it is called,
that will admit of the most varied methods
of use is the handiest. Some things, how
ever, are important to observe. The dirt
and all soap must be entirely removed from
the interstices of the clothes and all mi
crobes must be destroyed. The only and
easiest way to do this is by heating the
water in which the clothes are contained to
the boiling point. The boiling water, by
constant self-agitaton, is forced through
the interstices of the fabrics, and thus
ceanses them from dirt and disease-breed-
ing microbes, rs they can be cleansed in no
other way-and without in any manner in
turing the fabric AS there is no royal road
to learning, neither is there any easier, surer
or safer way of washing clothes clean and
freeing them from all disease breeding mi
crobes or bacteria than by using PYLE's
PEARLINE, and to strictly follow the direc
tons accompanying each package. Above
all things, avoid any soap or soap powder
that does not work TO best advantage in hot
water.-Americdn ARdiySt
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

THE Rutland Herald and Burlington
Free Press are engaged in heated
and withal somewhat puerile discussion
as to which of the two first informed
its readers that Governor Proctor was
to have a seat in Harrison's cabinet. If
both of the contestants would confess
that they sponged their {" news" off the
big city dailies, they would come nearer
the truth
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
dNattbman & aournal.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1899.

The Vermont delegation that at
tended the inauguration was received
by General Harrison at the White
House on Tuesday morning, March b.
The Friday evening preceding, the
party was entertained by Senator Nor
rill and wife, and on Saturday Senator
Edmunds gave them re option.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

The legislature of Arizona has passed a
law making train-robbery capital otfense.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-23
Chicago Grain ana Produce.

CHICAGO, May 22-Trade in wheat was
slow Fluctuations were slight but with
in a lower range, prices declining &c be-
low the lowest point reached yesterday, re-
covered &c and closed &c lower than yes
terday. Shorts bought some, which par
TALLY held the market in check. There
seems to be but little inducement to trade,
for prices are too low TO be attractive for
heavy short selling. At the same time
operators say they see nothing especially
TO buy on and are waiting new develop
ments. Market advices were unfavorable
10 holders.
Only moderate business was done in
corn, prices showing but little change
from yesterday, being limited to &c
range. The feeling developed was easier.
The market opened at about yesterday s
closing, was firm for a time, but became
easier, selling off &c, and became quite
active. closing 15@A lower than yesterday.
Oats were in fair demand early and
firmer feeling prevailed Trading center
ed chiefly in June and July, one large
operator buying the former and selling the
latter and at one time June commanded
slight premium over July, but later an
easier tone developed and prices receded
15@Ac.
An active speculative trade was reported
in pork and the feeling was easy during
the greater portion of the day. Prices
were irregular within a small range,
Opening sales were made at yesterdays
closing figures but a weak feeling was
manifested and prices declined 719@10c.
Afterward the market showed a little
more strength with fair buying on local
account and prices rallied again. Toward
the close the feeling was easy and prices
receded 12}G@15c and closed quiet.
fair business was transacted in lard
and the feeling was easy. Prices ruled ~
@I0c lower and the market closed quiet at
inside figures.
A weak and unsettled feeling prevailed
in short ribs and trading was fairly active.
Prices declined 1215@l5c and the market
closed quiet at inside figures.
The leading futures RI nCpd.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-23
Kansas City Produce.

KANSAS CITY MAY -
WHEAT-Quiet; No 2 red. 7sc asked; No >
Eoft. &C asked.
CoRN-LoNcr; &c bid. e7'rc asked
OATS-20c bid. 2lloC asked
FLoUR-Nery quiet; AN, s0c. NIX 81 Ch family
patent 81 Uke2 IL. -' - ~
CORN NEAI4-5-St-c.
CORN CHOP-S2StSC.
SEEPSTUFF-41rssC.
BRAN-4lGssc.
HAT-StrOng for fancy; weak for others: 81 coz
FLAX SEED-Sl -
BCTTER-weak. Creamery. lS5l6c7 dairy, &c;
store packed. SG6C.
F-dEESE-iU,Sl0Asc.
<GGS-Firm: liC.
LIVE H1CKENS-Firm; hens 3 OlSS -. rnos
ters, 81 p. spriug chickens 81 seas -
SUGAR CURED HAMS-l0AC
BREAKFAST BACON-iOc.
DRIED BEEF-Sc.
DRY SALT SHOULDERS-S S.lS: long clear.S5qc.
short rib, 50 OF short clear, 81 n
SMOKED SHoULDERS-$5 S.iF: long clear 81 81
short rlb - 6sle; short clear - 81
lARD-SC So