The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-09

BILE all over the country. The former
otherwise differs from the latter in the
fact that it is the eclipse of heavenly
body.-New York Tribune.
GENERAL HYPoLITE, the Haytian
revolutionist, has bought gunboat-
the Madrid" She is about thirty
years old, but can stagger about on
crutches. If she should ever deliver
broadside the crew might possibly be
able to swim ashore. Perhaps, how
ever, she is only expected to produce a
moral effect.-NeW York Herald.
WE have no means of knowing
whether Mr.. Blaine would accept the
position even if rendered him, but we
venture to distrust the reports that are
constantly appearing that he is
making desperate effort to get into
the cabinet. "-Boston Advertiser. Fes-
tive contemporary, the mole is very
peculiar animal. He is never visible,
but he gets there all the same. When
you see little and continuous ridge
on the sod you can wager your wig that
the mole is under it digging for dear
life. Likewise Mr.. Blaine. -Ne,c York
Herald.
THE classroom studies at the Storrs
Agricultural School are strictly linn
tied to those branches of natural sci
ence which have directly useful bear
ing upon New England farming"
This is sensible, practical and encour-
aging. Instead of course of study in
Guiding a smattering of almost every
thing, and ending in little thorough
practical knowledge of anything, the
young man at this school will have a
definite object in view, and will waste
none of the golden time of youth in
roundabout efforts TO attain it. There
is no reason why young man intend
ing to be farmer should spend years
in the acquisition of dead languages.
The linguist who has mastered half a
dozen languages, including English,
may be a very weak man mentally.
In return for years of toll he has five
more ways of talking nonsense than
most men have. While the field of
real, useful knowledge is so broad and
vast, life is too short for the farmers
boy to devote any part of it to the rub
bish of pedants. His purpose should
be to have and preserve "a sound
mind in a sound body" and to secure
knowledge and wisdom which, in the
years to come, may be the best possess
sion of self-reliant, useful man.
Hartford Times.
THE next house is republican, hon
estly elected, or at least as honestly
elected as the average run of elections,
and the republicans will organize the
house, regardless of bubbles or demi-
semi-quavers of officials or others who
attempt to manipulate returns. Gov
ernor Taylor of Tennessee will prop
erly certify the republican as elected in
the only disputed district; Governor
JacIscp OF Maryland has properly GER
titled the republican as elected in the
only dispu ed district there; Governor
Wilson of West Virginia has already
certified two democrats as elected and
will doubtless certify the republicans
who are apparently elected in the two
remaining districts, which would give
the republicans majority of seven.
If there is any wisdom lingering with
the democratic leaders they will
promptly assent to the republican or
ganization of the house. No greater
calamity could befall the democrats
IMAM an attempt 10 reverse the majority
elected against them. In the first place,
the republicans have the right clearly
on their side, and that will win in the
end and disgrace the party that attempts
to usurp power; and in the second
place, the one hope for the democrats
in the future is in an unembar-
raised administration majority in both
branches of congress- Let the great
issue that now divides parties be clearly
defined by republican authority in every
branch of the government, so that re.
sponsibility may be clear and unques
toned, and the odds will be largely il
favor Of the majority party defeating
itself Give the republicans fair fielC
and that will give the people a fai
fight on tax reform. That's all the,
want.-PMladelphia Times Democrat