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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

kicks and threatens to repeal the pro-
hibitory law. That is the situation,
Editor Simonds says, " in his vicinity"
The farmers in this part of the state
intelligent, sober, order-loving farm
ers-are more consistent in their ideas
of morality. They are not guilty of any
such absurdity of reasoning. Any re-
striction or prohibition that should
be placed on wine or beer, in the name
of temperance, should be placed on
cider also Its " fuddling " capacity is
very great and very vicious. What
difference, in this respect, there may
be is apparently in favor of beer. If
either is free, considered with refer
ence to the cause of temperance rather
than the revenues of farmers who grow
sour apples, it should be beer and not
cider. Temperance is matter OF
principle, of good morals; not of dollars
and cents. The Journals view of the
matter is a wholesale give-away of the
bottom principles of temperance.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

before going into battle and ministers
drank to prepare themselves to preach
sermons two hours in length. There
were no complaints then, as there are
now, of vacant pews. This heroic age
was also characterized by great enter
prises and general intellectual ac-
tivity. Chicago Herald (DemocraD.
THE war against the iquor-shops and
for the prevention of alcoholism, with
its terrible tide of evils, is to go on. 1t
is true that prohibition has received a
severe blow, setting it back years in its
work and lessening its force for time.
But this has not been achieved so
much by the organized efforts and illicit
money of the manufacturers and sellers
of liquor as by the follies and blunders
of protested friends of temperance and
prohibition. They have struck the
cause of humanity and of enlightened
legislation blow that the leaders and
boodlers of the rum power could not
possibly have inflicted. They un wisely
and for partisan ends forced the issue
of constitutional amendment in the
name of prohibition on states unpre-
pared to receive it. They forced the
issue under circumstances where the
enemy had the underground of po-
sition in his favor. This unwise action
has been the work of minority of the
real friends of vigorous legislation
against the liquor traffic and of minor
ity of the best supporters prohibition.
1t often happens in moral as well as
in military warfare that the unwise mi
nority of the chief army brings about a
battle which forces the whole army to
! fight under such disadvantage that de-
feat is inevitable. In military warfare
the generals who do this are subject to
| trial by court-martial, and are often rig
orously dealt with thereafter. The in
competent and inexperienced temper
ance leaders who have been so largely
instrumental in forcing the constitu-
tiOnal prohibitory issue on communities
unprepared to receive it have played
directly into the hands of the liquor
partisans, and should be, and will be. re-
manded to the rear of the movement
which they do not fully comprehend;
at best, they do not know how to lead
in cause which they so loudly profess
to love. 1t has been demonstrated
over and over again that impulsive
fanatics can not make cool and skillful
generals. 1t has been demonstrated
again and again that anybody and
everybody can not safely mark out the
lines of battle in contest of hum ane
and moral reform any more than in
military warfare,-Augusta (Maine)
Journal (RepubHcan).
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

THE Rutland Herald and Vermont
Sentry must let up on the ST. Adams
Messenger, or we shall have to interfere,
if no one else will, and procure their
Indictment under act number ninety of
the laws of 1888: I" "A person who will
fully and maliciously leases, plaques,
annoys, Anglers, irritates, maltreats,
worries or eXcites another of unsound
or feeble mind shall be punished by a
fine of not less than five and not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, or by i'm
prisonment not exceeding one year, or
both" Now the editors of the Herald
and Sentry for several weeks have been
easing, plaguing," etc., the editor
of the Messenger, and the issues of
their several papers show plainly, on
the one hand, that the mischief is
wilful, and on the other that the
Messenger editor is angered, worried,
excited" by the teasing, plaguing,"
etc. That he is also of " unsound or
feeble mind is indicated by his recent
feeble minded article with the extra
ordinary title, Concerning that Dam
Finally" and further, by his wild state
ment that there is not an open bar in
st. Adams. He exhibits mental I'M
soundness, if not moral obliquity, in
persistently adhering to his statement,
when cloud of witnesses offer to prove
that there are twenty open bars right
under Editor Gibbs nose" Now a
man with such nose, who says there
is not an open bar in st. Adams, and
sticks to it, can not be in normal
state, either mentally or physically, and
he is fit subject for the laws pro-
lection.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

another. In many places hardly an
effort is made at concealment of the
traffic. We have the impression that
the number of young men who are seen
intoxicated, or partially intoxicated, is
on the increase. Others, we find, have
had similar impressions forced upon
them by their observations. 1t is a
young class of men who throng the
saloons, who are seen entering their
doors, who are most frequently found
intoxicated or in a besotted or up
roarious condition on the streets, in
public places, on the railway trains
and all this in Vermont, not in New
Hampshire or somewhere else. 1t is a
question if real substantial, practical
temperance has made any appreciate
progress here for many years. There
is much temperance sentiment, there is
deal of law-making; but there is
shutting off upon inert statutes re-
sponsibilities that the citizens, indi-
vidually and collectively, can not shirk.
Laws are means to an end, but in re-
spect of temperance, law alone seems
to be the end.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10
The Fourth of July.

Cicero, in one of his orations, speaks
of birthdays as being pleasant days.
If we can look back over successful
past we do indeed regard the day of
our birth with pleasure and consider it
fortunate day. AS with the individ-
ual, so with the nation. The past
week has numbered among its days the
anniversary of our nations birth. We,
as a people, can look back over series
of successes to the day when our ma
tional life began. Surely we ought to,
and do, consider that fortunate day.
But does the return Of the anniversary
of this day arouse within us the same
enthusiasm that it did in the hearts of
those who celebrated the Fourth of
July in the early part of the century?
Do we, amid the noise and excitement
of the celebration, think of the prin-
ciple that gave rise to the celebration?
A Fourth of July celebration means
more than the calling to mind the day
of nations birth; it points to two dis
tinct forms of government. The con-
trast is clearly seen to-day, but scarcely
felt. Men who lived under both forms
of government realized the burdens of
the one and the freedom and advau-
tages of the other. Their enthusiasm
at those celebrations was aroused by
the contrast of the two forms of govern
ment, as well as by the JOY of their de-
liverance. The Americans of to-day
have lived only under the stars and
stripes. We know by experience moth
ing of the burdens of our forefathers.
Freedom is our heritage. Our enthu-
sasm on the Fourth is inspired by a
spirit of gratitude for what has been
wrought for her and by the results at
tanned. Distance from that which
gave rise to these celebrations and the
pressure of current events may tend to
lessen our enthusiasm on these occa-
sions, but still it shall not die out en-
tirely. IT'S well that one day of the
year is set apart to stir up and keep
alive the spirit of patriotism among the
| neonle
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10
Cider and Temperance.

In some parts of Bennington county
the cider law passed at the last session
of the legislature has been vigorously
enforced and is the subject of much
angry criticism by the victims of the law.
Several farmers have been indicted.
AT the recent term of court they
pleaded guilty and were fined-one for
5000 and costs, the other for $50 and
costs. All declared that they had done
very little, if any, selling, and one pro-
tested that he had not sold drop, but
had given away cider on one occasion
only. On the other hand, the states
attorney was informed that the indicted
persons had been selling continuously,
and had, in fact, been making public
nuisances of their premises. OF these
persons, and the cider clause of the law,
the Manchester Journal says:
Whether they deserved so severe a pun
ishment or not, the fact remains that many
people sympathize with them who have not
heretofore opposed the prohibitory law.
They say we have come to pretty state of
things when man can not sell or give away
glass of cider, made from the innocent
apple, grown on every farm and a source of
considerable revenue to many of the farmers
in the state. 1t brings the question home
to them as it has never been brought be-
fore, and will no doubt seriously weaken
the hold prohibition has had in this state.
1t was for this reason that we, as a mem
Der of the last legislature, opposed the pas
sage of the cider clause. 1t is true that fer
mented cider is Intoxicating, but the old
law forbade its sale at places of public re-
sort and TO all persons known to be habitual
drunkards. Under the old law the worst
features of cider-drinking could be pre-
vented, while the honest use of cider was
not restricted"
Senator Simonds, who writes the
above, seems to knock the bottom out
of all measures for the restric ton OF
prohibition of the sale of beverages
that intoxicate. Apply the reasoning
which he puts into the mouths of the
Vermont farmers who raise cider APP.
pies to the grape-growers, for example
of other regions. They also might say
with all our contemporary plausibility
"We have come to pretty state o.
things when man can not sell or give
away glass of the juice of the limo
cent grape, source of considerable
revenue" etc. The Kentuckian nigh
make the same plea for his native rye
the Hoosier for his corn, others TO
their malt and barley, and where woulc
our editorial Scion draw the line? Pu
the bricks to those Philistines VIII,
raise the satanic grape, or corn, or rye
That doesn't hurt the Vermont farmer
but when the juice of the " innocen
apple" is made the subject of lega
prohibition that is entirely anothe
, thing. That " brings the question
home to him." That touches his owl
J pocket, his selfish interest, and h
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10
The Saloon i'm Politics.

THE results in Rhode Island, Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts and New Hamp-
shire are to be recorded as signal saloon
victories. But they are exerting a
mighty educational power. They are
teaching the people that the policy of
merely voting to pass the amendment
without political organization to sus-
tain it is premature and retroactive
that the republican and democratic
party machines are so controlled that
their whole power is thrown against
the temperance forces and in behalf of
the saloon; that the current restrictive
measures, and especially high-license
laws, are so shaped by saloon control in
politics that they are made powerful
and sufficient agencies to defeat pro-
hibition, deceive the temperance forces
and strengthen the liquor power. In
brief, out of all this seeming defeat
there is surely coming capitalization
of the moral forces of the nation that
will break and annihilate the saloon
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

SOME idea of the widespread use of
the English language on the Continent
of Europe may be gained from the fact
that the English was the language used
at the Berlin conference. The confer
ence at first voted to use the French,
the language used in diplomatic circles
on the Continent for nearly century
past, but soon substituted the English.
The treaty made was first drafted in
English and then translated into Ger
man.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

WE wrote last week that the Queen
of Great Britain would not ask for
parliamentary subsidy for her two
grandchildren about to be married. 1t
turns out, however, that the old habit
is too strong and that parliament will
be called on for liberal appropriation
not only for Albert Victor, presump-
tive heir to the throne, but for his Sis
ter, who is to wed the wealthy Earl of
Fife. The opposition to these grants
will be louder than usual, but, Judging
by past precedents, is not likely to carry
the day in parliament. Yet more and
more are the people getting tired of
these expenditures, and each one that
is legalized adds to the strength of the
liberal party, even if it does not prove
nail in the coffin preparing for the
corpse of hereditary rule. What would
Americans think if, in addition to pay
ing President Harrison a salary dozen
times larger than he now receives,
congress should authorize the settle.
ment of fortunes on all his children
grandchildren nephews and nieces who
concluded to embark in matrimony?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

RUSSIAN enterprise is soon to be
shown in way that will greatly bene-
fit the commercial interests of the
world. The survey for the proposed
railroad across Siberia and China, ter
minating at Pekin, has been completed
and work will soon be begun. Ac-
cording to the estimates of General
Annenkoff the road will be open for
traffic in the autumn of 1892. The esti-
mated cost of building is three hundred
millions of rubles, or about two hundred
twenty-five millions of dollars of our
money.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

JUSTICE has again been outraged by
the verdict rendered in the Mellow
murder trial at Charleston, S. G. The
jury brought in verdict of acquittal,
although his guilt was clearly proved.
One of the city officials, in an inter-
view, stated that the people of Charles
ton Endorsed the verdict. This state
ment called forth from a prominent
clergyman the following letter, which
voices the prevailing sentiment: Gas
aw-abiding citizen l earnestly pro-
test against any official of the city gov
eminent undertaking to represent the
sentiment of the community on this
subject. l believe this verdict filled
the hearts of many of our people with
grief and shame, and thai it is regarded
as blow to our good name and an in
jury only equaled by some of those af-
fiictions with which nature has visited
u.s."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

OVER four hundred students, repre-
sentng ninety colleges, including the
English and Scotch universities, are in
attendance at Mr.. Moody's summer
school at Mortified, Mass. Eminent
speakers, clerical and lay, are present,
and the only possible criticism one can
make is that the multiplication of at
fractions and variety of subjects may
be promotive rather of multiplicity of
ideas than concentration of thought.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

THE Fourth, like every public oc-
casion, puts a severe strain on the
faith of those who prefer to believe that
temperate, sober and orderly courses of
life are gaining ground year by year.
Indeed, there is enough in everyday
evidences to shake ones faith and
raise doubts of the efficacy of existing
laws and methods for the promotion OF
temperance. 1t is difficult to discover
in everyday life evidence that intern
perance has been materially lessened
by the reformatory work and measures
of the last two or three decades. The
saloon abounds, the traffic goes on
Driven out of one channel, it finds
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

w. F. RoCHELEAU, formerly of the
Randolph Normal School, now con-
nected with the normal schools of
Minnesota, has been in Vermont re-
Gently. He takes a hopeful view of
the educational situation here if only
the people will give the new law pa
tient and faithful trial.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

WHAT pity it is that the prize fight
between Sullivan and Kilrain did not
end in the death of them bothl Such
exhibitions deserve no more a place
among us than bull-fght or a glad
iatorial contest. May the day soon
come when mere brute force personiied
shall no longer exist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10
Saattbman & Journal.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1899.

E. II. WALcoTT, formerly connected
with the Cdledonion, has taken place
on the Free Press staff. If the man
agement of that sheet would give
Walcott carte-blanche it might " shake
off deaths counterfeit" reform some
of its peculiar ways and become quite
interesting.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

THE Northern Pacific Railroad Company
intends to issue $4,000, 900 in new bonds.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-02-15
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

A Fcw Hints which -ousekcepsrs ShssIs
- Preserve CarefLIiy.
Lam D n icks should be chan0ed ofte4
enough,to'lnsure having good light.
IL thcY seem clogged they may bs
washed in strong suds and nut into ths
lamps again
To take spots OF paint FROM wood.
lay 4 thick coating of lime and sods
mixed over it, letting 1t stay twenty.
four hours, then wa sh of with WARM
water and the spots will disappear
Coffee pounded In mortar and
roasted on an iron plate. sugar burned
on hot Goals and vinegar boiled with
Invrrh and sprinkled on the foo and
furniture of u sick room are eXcelleut
1sodnriZcrs
In beating cake beat FROM the bottom
Of the miying-bowI with Z wooden
sPoon. bringing il up tuil and high
with each stroke. and Is soon a. the
ingredients are fairly and smoothly
mixed stop beating or your cake will
be tough.
A dark carpet often looks dusty So
soon ailer il has becn swept that YOU
know il does not need sweeDing again.
20 wet cloth or sponge wiring it al
most d~y and wipe of the dust. A few
drops of ammonia in the water win
brighten tho color
To keep cut flower. fresh. "a the
evening lay them in 4 shallow pan o.
bowl. G. n their stems in Il very little
VGte", AMI cover the dish with damp
towel. oae just wrung ont OF water
In the morning the flowers can be
arranged IN vases for the day The
stems can be slightly cut from day 10
day Powers treated in this manner
tsln b. kent from one 70 two weeks
And spmetimes even longer
Po,afo water c,ean. silks of INV kind
or color. says a housed wife. For every
quar-. of waite 10 DO used IN wa ashiug
dress. for instance. pare and .,raie one
lnrge potato Put the grated potato
into tn water, which must be soft
wafer aaI cold; let stand t.ro DAYS.
without: b.iag disturbed in any way:
then v.-v carefully pour OF the clear
LIQUOR ~ sediment into lacSe
convenient vessel, into which dip the
pieces Oi silk up and down. or course,
the silk n t not be creased b9 wiring
ing i: le: l. hang and drip na.rl DIV,
then lay il fat on the tebe and wipe
IL first on one sido md then on the
ether. II necessary 10 press il, do So
between flannel With moderate iron.
-H0Btc J0tcY-ss.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-02-15
= THE INTERRoGATiVE AGE.
A PaternaI Lecture which Was Not Pro
dnctiAa %. Gnod Kos nits.

A PaternaI Lecture Which Was Not Pro-
ductivs o. Good Results.
1t was hali-past eight The boy was
tired enough to fall asleep in a boiler
foundry: but he had bent the entire
force OF his will on the problem OF
keeping awake, and he was just awake
enough as the clock struck the half
hour TO ask his two hundred and forty
seventh question.
d" Pa. he said. =" If you had horse
and had colt, and you got on my
colt and l got on your horse, which
would be the biggest?n
Then his father laid down the paper
which he had been endeavoring to
read ever since dinner, and took the
weary boy upon his knee
Robert, my son" he said, Il am
glad you spoke. for II reminds me that
have a few questions to ask you.
Why have l a few questions 10 ask
you, Robert? You don't know? Why
don't YOU know? Because you don't
know? Why because? Because why?
Why because why? Oh. because?
Well, why oh, because? Come. wake
up, Robert. you can't go TO sleep yet.
And why can't you go to sleep? Be-
cause / won't let you9 Quite right.
my son; you have more intelligence
that i gave you credit for. And why
won't l let you go 10 sleep? Because
! keep asking you questions? Quite
right And why do | keep asking you
questions? You don't know? Oh,
that isn't the answer. Rouse up, my
son. open your eyes and answer me.
You exhibited intelligence before; con-
time the exhibition. Why do keep
asking you queetionss Because l said
/ would? Quite right. And why did
/ say | would, | am sorry 20 be
obliged to pinch you, Robert, and also
TO have 10 rebuke you for crying out
so loud; but l CAD not permit you 10
fall asleep until my questions are sat
isfactorily answered. Why did ! say /
would askyou questions9 Don't cry out
so loud. Robert, when | pinch you. or
! shall have to proceed TO extremities
Do you know what l mean By proceed
ing TO extremities: No? Why don't
you know? Wake up, Robert and
cease sniveling. Why don't you know
what / mean. Robert And why don't
NbA4 " eNl-A ~ hECp afAo 6uG aLS " Ct
my questions? Because your sleepy?
That's no reason. Do you know why
that's no reasons Noe Why no"
Here Roberts mother interfered.
and suatched the slum berous Weeper
TO her maternal bosom.
Its q shame, John" she cried. in
dignantly. You're torturing The
poor child, and In sure it's bad fcr
his brain.
mo, my dear" said her husband.
as he resumed his paper: d" Ihave sim
ply endeavored TO impress upon
Roberts mind, BY a simple system OF
practical exepplifcation, how annoy-
ing his habit Of asking ssnseless quss-
tions IS
"Well. I'm going to put him 10 bed
right off" said Roberts mother, as
she bore Robert of in her arms. But
Just at the door Robert opened his eyes
a narrow crack, and inquired sleepily:
Pa, why is my habit of asking
senseless questions annoying? g?'-P4ek.