The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16

SuTeT way 10 uldhb IL D6b uaTIuleSS Judu
to hustle her.-Binghomton Republican.
COLONEL ELLIOT F. SHEPARD was
badly mixed when he alluded to the
hands of Boston which reach all over
the continent. He was probably think
ing of the Chicago girls feet.-BoSlon
Herald.
If Mr.. Harrison wants to keep Mr..
Blaine out of the cabinet there is only
one way in which to do it--swallow the
Washington monument and use it for
a spinal column. Patent applied for
Ne,0 York Herdld.
TIE talk about Senator Edmunds for
cabinet position is not likely to come
to anything. The gentleman from YER
mont will have to be consulted, and he
likes the senate best,-Sprinqfeld Re
I publican.
"THE January thaw would be an I'M
usually notable one if there were any
thing handy outside of ice depots for it
to operate on. "-Philadelphia Ledqer.
What's the matter with the democratic
party? That's pretty well frozen up
just at present.
WELL, why shouldn't Vermont aspire
TO a cabinet portfolio? She is a solid
! ItpuDllCdu SldlG. anu ollt was NCIN SOllu
for Benjamin Harrison at Chicago. If
important services are to be recognized
in the makeup of the cabinet, Vermont
seems to be entitled to serious consid-
Grafton. Considering how few demo-
Gratis there are up there, she has Jared
pretty well under the present admin
istration with the most important dip
lomatic appointment on the whole
list.-BoSton Herald.
ASIDE from Senator Edmunds' abil-
ity, he is the most useful man in gen.
oral legi la'i)n IN the body of which he
is a member. No senator is so faithful
to the public interest Us is he. He
reads all bills that come into the senate
or all concerning which there can be
any doubt of their public usefulness
and he at once objects when he sees
any indication of a scheme and any de-
feet in their preparation. He is the
only senator who is willing to give time
and attention, as a rule, beyond topics
in which he is not especially interested,
or has had especial responsibility con-
ferred upon him. Such a senator is
invaluable Senator Edmunds' loss,
therefore, to the senate would be a
public calamity. There are many men
who might take his place in the cab
met; it would be impossible for some
time, if ever, to fill it in the halls Of
legislation Herald.
NOTWITHSTANDING all arguments
to the contrary, there are many who
believe that the climate of New En-
gland has materially changed from
what it once was. The Westboro Irib-
,nle brings Cotton Mather to testify as
to a storm in Boston in III He says
i" 1t is incredible how much damage y
, done to We Orchards. For the Snow
, Freezing to a Crust as high as the
boughs of We trees, anon split YIN to
, pieces. The Cattel also walking on We
, crusted snow "a dozen foot from we
: ground, so fell upon we trees as very
f much to damnify them. The odd acct
; dents Detailing many poor people,
whose Cottages were totally covered
. with We Snow & not we tops of their
chimneys to be seen, would afford a
f story" But Cotton Mather, it will be
f seen, notes that weather as exceptional,
9 Just as the big storm last winter and
i The spell of warm weather we have
e been having are exceptional.
n Tile last man to cross the Niagara
., suspension bridge before it went down
t in the late gale had an experience
: which he does not care to go through
5 again. DR.. J. NJ. Hodge of Niagara
Il Falls, n. Y, started across the bridge
l. about midnight on his return from Wis
itiug patient on the Canadian side.
Believing the bridge TO be perfectly
safe, he started without any fear
When but short distance from the
o Canadian side he realized that some
a thing was wrong. AS he neared the
# center he was obliged to get down on
f his hands and knees and creep along
AT times he did not dare to move. The
q bridge, he says, rocked like boat in a
heavy sea, and at times it seemed to
q tip up almost on its very edge. Not
q for an instant did the doctor dare let go
i the iron railing, but he found several
n places where it was bent so that he
q was obliged to feel his way around
# There was no light on the bridge, the
n night was very dark, and to add still
;. further to his discontinue, great
J. volumes of spray from the falls swept
+ over the bridge, drenching him to
" the skin. The wind actually tore
; the struggling physicians overcoat
# open. AT that hour evidently the shore
q guys were broken, for the doctor could
= hear them Hopping, and the bridge
q must have first begun to give way
:. about that time.
e DURING the last six months General
e Harrison has grown so rapidly in pub
II lie esteem aud has shown himself in all
v respects so wise, conscientious, con-
}. sentative, well-equipped and well-bal-
d anced that the people have come to
e place implicit confidence in him. Hav-
Is ing learned to admire and trust him to
e an extraordinary degree, they desire to
e see his personality impressed on his adj
l. ministration as it was on the campaign.
l. They want to see Harrison admins
IS tration, and to this end they want to
n see Harrison cabinet. Whatever the
n personnel of the cabinet may be, the
ID people expect it to be distinctively a
t. Harrison cabinet, composed of persons
n entirely loyal to their chief and inter
,r ested solely in contributing to the sue
,>f oil, ;,so A. 1raa Atr