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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

How deeply seated race prejudice in
the South is was well illustrated last
week in hanging at Memphis, Tenn.
Three colored men and white man
were to be executed together, but the
white man objected to being hung with
the negroes, and his request for separate
hanging was acceded to. The man
was stupefed with whiskey at the time,
and was as near being beast as he
could be, yet he considered himself
better than so Niger"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

IT seemed to an observer of the gov
ernor contest on the floor of the con-
vention that it was both a remarkable
and fortunate circumstance that four
veteran soldiers-Narramor of Bakers
field, Hebard of Chelsea, Smith of
Gaysville and Austin of Barton-spoke
in succession in favor of Mr.. Page.
These veterans spoke with cumulative
force and effect, Captain Austin's
speech, the last of the quartette, though
all were excellent in matter and diction,
being generally considered the most
effective address of the day. Four old
soldiers-Blake and Austin of Barton,
Ballard of Burlington and Sawyer of
Hyde Park-united to explode the
Canada cdndrd. Mr.. Pages canvass
owed much of its strength, and the
ultimate triumph was largely due to the
sturdy independence with which these
and many another veteran espoused his
cause and adhered to it, under pres
sure greater, probably, than was ever
before brought to bear upon any class
or order of citizens, till the last shot
was fired. AS a veteran writes us :
1t was good thing for the G. A. r.,
as well as for the Page campaign, that
four old soldiers supported Mr.. Page so
heartily in the convention, as it relieves
our order somewhat of the prejudice
against us arising from so general a
support by our members of one of our
number
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

A WEAK and debt-burdened Presby-
terrain church at CHARTERS, Penn, has
become rich all of a sudden. The
ground around the church edifce gave
indications of oil. Some of the elders
obtained permission to sink well, and
so abundant were the returns that the
Standard Oil Company has bought the
property for $4,000. We fear that
this unlooked-for acquisition of wealth
will not prove conducive to the spiritual
growth of the church, though if it will
only use its opportunity it has rare
chances of future usefulness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

THE question of building a new Con-
gregational House in Boston has been
intrusted by the board of directors of
the American Congregational Associa-
ton to committee of nine prominent
and competent residents of Boston and
its vicinity. The point to be deter
mined, as we learn it from the Con-
greg0tionaliSt, whose editor is mem
Der of the committee, is the feasibility
of raising at least SIT 900 by means of
second mortgage bonds to pay off the
present Indebtedness. AS these will
only represent subordinate claim, and
will pay only low rate of interest,
their purchasers must naturally be peo-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
"The Scholar and the State"

Bishop Potter had hackneyed sub
iect for his address before the Phi
Beta Kappa Society of Harvard Uni
versity, last week, and he made no
attempt to discuss il on any new line.
Yet he could not have spoken more
useful words had he tried. The in
difference of many educated men to
politics is so proverbial and so APP
parent that the tongue of the college
orator can find no theme more directly
practical or periodically timely. The
bishop well recognized this when he
said: "To hold ones self aloof, not
alone from contacts, but from ques-
tons which Immediately concern the
public welfare, is temptation to which
| fear the scholar is often too wont to
yield" 1t is easy to carp at and criti-
else any act, and public acts most of all
are open to such treatment. Those
who indulge in this method of reform
ing abuses seem to forget that they are
waging one-sided fight. While they
pierce the armor of the men in public
life with a long spear, they scorn to
enter the lists themselves for the pur-
pose of doing anything positive by
handto-hand conflict. Bishop Potter
shows Just why this kind of warfare
must be dropped if the scholar expects
to make his influence felt. 1t is nei-
Their criticism nor organization that we
want" said he; ait is individual serv-
ice, personal influence, the sense of
solitary responsibility, the outspoken
word, the courageous stand, the help
full suggestion or warning when
ever these may dispel ignorance or
strengthen resistance to evil or stimu-
late to honest endeavor." These are
true words, and they define correctly
and perfectly the course that the man
of education and culture should take in
reference to public matters. They re-
solve the whole question of the
SCDOldr anu lne SIdlc lulO lne rule OF
action. They say that no man has a
right to cry out against the corruption
of political life who is not doing what
he can to remove it. The address
points out the way in which this active
participation in political life can be
taken. 1t is the duty of the scholar to
impress his own convictions upon his
neighbors by talking, by writing, by
voting. Down into the dust of the
battlefield the scholar must go, and,
shoulder to shoulder with the less well
equipped, he must fight, leading when
the force of his perceptions and con-
victions push him, as they are likely
to, in advance. The scholar never i'm
pressed himself on his community
who did not look at himself as a man
differing not at all in essential charac-
ter from his less educated neighbors,
but having little clearer insight into
the mystery of life and with it re-
sponsibility in proportion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

IT has just been discovered that the
Egyptians, in very ancient times, built
canals around the cataracts of the Nile
Should these be reopened, as they doubt
less can be, England would have easy
access to the Soudan and the neighbour
ing districts, the most fertile in Africa
There seems something providential in
this coming to light of long-forgotter
fact just as SANKEY'S journeys have
made Africa a field for civilized enter
prise.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

"THE friends of temperance and of
the prohibitory law in this state should
be vigilant these days" Very true,
Br'er Free Press. And let "the
friends of temperance " keep sharp
eye on the advertising columns of our
"pure bourbon " contemporary as well
as on caucuses and nominating conven-
tons. Danger turks in "goods sent in
blank cases." even under pretense of
furnishing information to selectmen in
search of town agency supplies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

WYOMING is on the high road to
statehood. The senate on last Friday
by strict party vote, passed the bill.
The house had already passed it, and
President Harrison can be counted on
to give it his official approval.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

THE new constitution of Brazil was
promulgated on last week Monday. 1t
is based on that of the United States,
and the president is to be elected for
six years, senators for nine years
and members of the lower house
for two years. 1t is said to give
excellent satisfaction in Brazil. In
spite of all difficulties, the new republic
appears to be working its way to a
stable representative government.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

PENNSYLVANIA republicans nom
mated, last week, George w. Delamater,
Senator Quay's candidate, for governor,
and the senator was still further in
dorsed by an unequivocal plank in the
platform. This plank especially COM
pliments him for his management of
the last presidential campaign. There
is talk of bolt from the nomination.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

THE Newport Sentinel is wrong in its
statement that the republican majority
in the off year is "a 200 or 700. That
has been the usual majority in presi-
dental years. Barstow's majority in
1882 was 1882; Ormsbee's, in 1886,
1879. The Sentinel is, however, right
in what else it has to say in the extract
we COPY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

pie more concerned for the good of the
cause than for their own profit. The
old debt once discharged, there would
be no difficulty in hiring money for the
erection of fine new structure on the
security of its solid walls and very
valuable lot
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

EDWARD ATKINSON made remark
in his address during the commence
ment exercises at Dartmouth College,
last week, which working-men will do
well to ponder on good deal. He said
that every man makes his own rate of
wages and that material production de-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

FRIDAY, July A, a monument will be
dedicated at Bethlehem, Conn, to the
memory of the Rev, Joseph Bellamy,
founder of the Congregational church
there, and its pastor from l740 to 1880.
DIR. Bellamy was famous as theologian,
was the educator of many ministers
and the author of an able review of
Hervey's "Therore and Aspasio," and
nodider of the older New England
theology.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

AND now it is Germany that does not
like the Mckinley tariff bill. A delega-
ton of merchants and manufacturers
last week urged the government to pre-
sent protest at Washington. DO not
these gentlemen of Europe understand
yet that tariffs in this country are made
for Americans first?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02

PRESIDENT CARNoT has done the
sensible thing with the Duke of Or
leans-kept him in Jail long enough to
show him the authority of the republis
and then magnanimously released the
ELUSIVE young man and sent him out of
French territory.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-02
Republican state Nominations.

FOR GOVERNOR,
CARROLL S. PAGE, Hyde Park.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
HENRY A. FLETCHER, Cavendish
FOR TREASURER,
HENRY F. FIELD, Rutland.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
c. w. BROWNELL, JR., Burlington
FOR AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS,
f. HENRY POWELL, Richford.
FOR MEMBER or CONGRESS,
WILLIAM w. CIRCUIT, Barton.
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22
Dirty PRFIrDICF

In Their anxiety 70 create prejudice
against m.lliOnarres, simply because
they arc milhonalres, Democratic pa
pers have leyeled unnumbered attacks
az Andrew Carnegie. He is certainly
one of the last ones that should have
been subjected to their bitter aspersions.
II ls A favoritc dOctrineo OF Mr.. Carnegie
that a man has q right 70 amass "a great
a fortune as he hororably can, but that
a rich man does wrong % die possessed
of ell mis- accumulatiOns. Does ne
practice the doctrine which he
preaches2 Let this hst Of MA bensfac-
tons answer: In 1879 ne erected COM
modi0us swimming baths for the use of
tho people OF his native Dumferlin,
Scotland. and gave $4,000 for free
library there. II 1885, he gave $50, 900
20 the Bellevue Hospital College for
hist0loEcal laboratory, in 1885, $3.50, 600
20 Allegheny city for a music hall
aad library. $50 900 FOR a free library
iu Edinburgh, large sums for free
Libraries for ms employees at Braddock
aud other towns, and lastly 81 900 900
for tho great public library at Pittsburg.
CarneEe's name viii be remembered,
when his petty political critics are for
rroffr-
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22

ce free sac = clLEen, endowed NTH hls
civl ard % 0Itlc&l rights, vale the N4-
I'm spens hgE1res1s u lDilLols Ia the
sane cause.
ABRAHAM L51co.l Ess martyr ia
TIA c&USe. Charles sumner eAa418er
nss lfs - ess1zEc that toe save ~
4Eehy aust eis. Ulysses ,. Grant e
Aagsns greatest solder SAD, u (
SOUTH h aeEe i al. tney can coDll P
i e Lot strange, tnens tazI ~ tie IA Z
ot al this, aid after sleh = gl4- yle-
10y over d i0st cause. that = -oulheIu
repEesentatlFe wOuld dare 70 revive
t1ese unfortunate Fecoll lectlols. and
nay [ nos ask. must the VA be tougbt
over Agtlnf
-l- Is 0DfosiBnate, Mr.. Crimes that
yo4 ALd oLleTs ~ your section take al
Ysu-age OF theIF representative po,.-
tlOns ~ force the hotel kee pers OF
~ 4snlDgtOn % submit o. d barbarOus
q scr.mllat-On toward such 4 i4Fge
class " your fellow citizens.
II am slsd, however, tLat there are
gentlemen N the South who 10 not a.
cept or cOndone these OUtEages against
our race, scores 0f whom could name
II necessary.
The south 5 my home, % : the
home VI my wife, u Is the home Of my
children, and l hope, slr, that 70 tue
near future the better element OF her
white citizens vii take control OK her
public atairs and purge from her good
name the foul reputation made - OBJ
uOxlOus and shameful 10 Christian
civilization by such prejudices as
evluced by you At the Riggs House Ou
Monday evening.
Hoping that under the new code OF
rules OF the House OF Representative
your reformation will be brought about
before the close OF the session, and
that you val return 10 Georgia wiser
and q better man, | have 10 remain
yours, respectfully,
III c. G. AsrWOoD. -
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22

He was just plain tramp. unadultor-
ated with soap, and he carried over his
shoulder a wooden snoT-shovel several
sizes too big for him. He pulled tho
bell in a business-like way, and when
she opened the door he said: Are you
a Christian3" "Ye-es'' lin surprise).
And do you believe that honest,
earnest endesvor should be rewarded -
"Ye-es." Heretofore I've had large
and lucrative practice in ny profession,
but this year tho elements are against
me- ! know there's no snow on the
premises. but it's going 70 rain this
afternoon and rain hard. Nov. I'll
come back and shovel the rain OF your
sidewalk for quarter II you'u give ne
ten cents advance money. Is 10 q go?"
Yes, its a 20" she said, as she
slammed the door IN his face. And
they ssy thst genius and tact win every
tfane. he sighed, as he shufed down
4A-
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22
no sUBsCkIBEKs-
OFFICIAL PAPER Or THE CITY.
- -. sATuRpAY. BE. 2
Now rnrN ALnERMEN.

Aldermen Baldwin. Creque, Emmer,
oponne.i, saunders. stem, Sproul and
Yerex 60 0n record. by their votes on
the water question last night, "a stig.
matls.ng the real owners OF tho city
water works system, the voters Of Grand
Rapids, as ignorant, incompetent, venal
ani anialtogetherunfttojudge of theirown
interests or pass upon the disposal or
retention Of their own property. LoOS
- yourselves, gentlemen With this
record, each and al of you (who may
have the temer.ty with such record to
AK for a reelection must go before
the voters you despise and have in
suited and ask for their suffrages
BY this record you must stand
or fall, and the event VIII probably
show that The people'sservants in office
cannot deprive the voters who have put
them there, OF their rights as American
citizens, with impunitv.
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22

10s a ChIe2xo Ma A<ss hAs WIZ Feel
DeGx1sSzly CEe@R@

DeGxassly SAe@E@
A youax married soa22a "a t1s NORA
SIDE suddenly gres sSss-c4ous q Der
husband. who before kls n-ArrlAge hAd
besa one q tie boys,' and rsosntsy
SIC de1sEminsS - each hin- AoAoAFs
sAys tAs Chlc@go TribaHss hs tod her
te LAD - - " TIE lodge
Tia. Is only b1s excuse, she s~ic 70
herself. He'll Rot tool ne Lnls tine
As soon a. "a szs around lie corner
she 49, stssr Inn ia Gao. Ihs h1s-
band. obAsious Of The espionage lie vas
under, vent straight - tie lodge nALl.
TIE CAB was pulled up where We" q
TIE hall entrance wsS secured and there
watch Waz kept
He VII DO down soon" repeated the
wife - herself. and then | viii catch
him ss he snezks away"
A. Ten O'clock lodge was over, and The
husband came down With the other
members The shadow IN the cab
was alert TO catch every word.
Come, George" she heard some one
say, lets have a drink before you 90
home
Not tonight" she next heard in re-
ply. Il must go straight home. Ny
Wife did not seem well. and l am
anxious about her"
Then the husband started OF homo
ward a. a brisk walk.
Whip your horse" the now crest
fallen wife exclaimed frantically 70 the
eabby. II must get home before he
does"
The welcome the husband received
that night WAS surprise 20 him. This
seems, he said, like old times"
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22
OUR SCHOOLGIRLS.
some Hints That Young Ladies Would Do
Well TO Heed.

some Hints That Young Ladies Would Do
Well to Heed.
The average schoolgirl rises only in
time to eat a hurried breakfast and
reach school at nine, says the Christian
Register. The girls under twelve, who
are not the ones that break down, are
rot too diqnifed to romp at recess, and
in that way they fill their lungs with
fresh air every day. Those about twelve
OF thirteen rarely have breath of out
side air from nine 70 two in the after
noon. They eat their luncheons curled
up in heaps in comfortable corners If
they can find them. They take little
exercise, except In a few schools, where
they dance for few minutes. A soli-
tarv lunch of cold OF warmed over"
food on reaching home is followed
usually by an hour or two OF study in
stead OF by brisk walk or other exer-
else. There is more study after supper,
ambitious girls studying late in the
evening. If there is any well-estab-
lished physiological fact it is that girls
in their teens need an abundance OF
sleep, and sleep before midnight, II pos
sible. The teachers must give cer-
tain amount of home work TO their
pupils in order to keep them mp to the
grade. more is the pity, but, since that
is a necessity, the fathers and mothers
at home should make every thing else
bend 70 that and health. There is no
one thing that is 50 necessary and that
might be so easily secured, il frnness
were exercised, as a long night OF sleep
for the fast-growing brain and the girl
ish frames that are rapidly assuming
tho nrOportions OF matnritY
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22
4 sCOErUFR

Congressman Grimes, OF Georgia,
may have cudearod himself forever to
the Southern heart by leaving a hotel
because a coiored man sat st a table
I'M she dining room, bat the sensible
men Of che North consider him n con
wmm8te ass Mr. Astwood. the
colored man .n question. was once
United states Consul % san Domingo,
ard IS a gentleman Of culture and
ability. he vas dining at the hotel as
the guest Of Mr. Nathaniel Mckay, Of
View York. Nr. Astwood. who has
better reason TO despise Mr.. Grimes than
the latter has to desp.se him. has
written the Southern statesman sletter.
every line Of which s just. but court
sous rebuke. Fie says.
"You must have been governed BY
one Of tw0 motives. either "a a personal
Insult t0 me or a reflection upon nv
race en- accounted color. IL the former
you were coward. ~ aud unxentlernanly
to -sxe such mean and despicshle al
vantage so much in keeping with Tho
fawlass element Of your section. IL the
latter. then vou are not worthy Of the
rlsce sou hold n Congress a. the rep
resertBhve 0t All the people Of your
state. vtaout regard % race. color. or
previous condition, and should vaCate
lt 8t c1ce-
"Cowng. ss you Dc. from Georz a .
he uust - presumed that you were
elected cv swh,ta ard cclored consti E
tuencv. either legally CT fraudulentlv
obtained. In either ease vou sre hon
crar.v hound to stand Nv the Consttu-
tou. which guarantees 20 every Citizen
hs civil and Dcltcsl chts Cndsr
srrh ~--urnstaures what e ssd picture
Il IS to soe ycu UDon t1e floor of The
Na-rraI Congress. evrrcrg such a
r,ali Eusrt spirit toward rorto- of
vour fs ow Citzens whose votes make
van a representa-
~ ear resft u und0rstsnd how vou
ri ~st have 1eulcliStra ed such 4 sr-r.t
ir- l.ec~ra. trt it - certainly a sT1r-,r e.
fo use nrw v0r -0u'd 1nd the courage
- uf-ct s-rh an outrage upcn the rer-
no - SIZE NatCnsl capital and of the
Sac tn 2- 1rre
rrt nsrst be rsrern l'cret tnat cwar
srrss hundred thCusud brave s1d
laval Trien s1i1 srs. wE1se ecres ere
r-.r,-I.4-~-,r 81 v0ur ~~sfaerr sCd sac
riscef ther hves taat she nsgro mighi
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22
PRESS PLUMBER.

FoRrT-sEvES thousand OF the 76 600
paupers in the New York State aims
houses are of foreign birth.
IT is estimated that there are s,ooo,-
300 orange and lemon trees in California.
mostly in the southern section.
ROBERT F. GIcK, although serving out
3 life sentence in Joliet prison, acts as
the warden's coschmsn and trusted mes
senger.
ABOUT 400, 900. 900 people use opium.
while 750. 900 are confirmed opium-eat-
srs; and OF these. $4,000 live in the
United States.
SURsEoS-GEyyRAL JOHN B. HAMILTON
says that not one-third OF our popula-
ton Of military age can pass the ex
animation OF a recruit
WHILE one of Pittsburgh's mounted
policemen was chasing q criminal his
horse suddenly lay down. The police
man got of, and so did the fugitive.
DISTANCE Is continually being
abridged. BY the new route via British
America it will be possible 20 go from
London TO Yokohama in twenty-three
lays
A SENSATION las been created among
New York astronomers over the al
legged discovery that they have been cat
Ing black squirrel hash, done in old
sherry. st diamond-back terrapin prices.
THE superintendent OF the Michigan
Military Academy broke through the ioe
when skating the other day, and the
cadets showed their discipline by sing
ing Down Wont NcGinty" with mill
tary promptness and precision.
From the year tho Patent Ofnce was
established up 20 the present time $500
The first woman patentse was Mary
KEGS, uho invented a nschiae for weav-
ing a mixture OF silk and thread
a MADISON (Mich.l widow kills three
birds with one stone by inserting in the
sane issue OF the Adrian Times her hus-
bands obituary notice. a card OF thanks
and notice that she will auction of
ner late partners personal effects.
A MAX az Ann Ar5or, Nirh.. has Sc
-ursd divorce on the ground OF Ell
troue cruelty. He alleged that his wife
Ted him on bread and milk. refused 20
sew buttons on bis clothing, nagged
him for expensive traPpings for herself
and twice actually assaulted him The
rifs did not deny The accusations.
soME smart person has been studying
"sAe svolutions OF popular songs and
iavorite hymns" rs seems that all the
rifles OF The day were stolen FROM tho
great o-1posers 7. Is suspected that
shs Arrangements called "Whsrs Did
Yoa Get Tia. Hat9" Is identical with
The Pilgrims Chorus" in Tam
bsuser
NEAErY all shs Voyages ~ European
rtesrners 20 She westward during recent
months hsvs been troubled BY tremsu-
ious seas ard By constant storm. snd
'og In pisces where none IL usually met
With. But The opinion IA confirmed bY
AZ shis bad weather that he modern
,eesusrs sr- practically proof agaiast
he worst shas she Atlantic Oossn osn
60; they have only collisions With othsr
steamers. or With ios- - fear-
A LArsE class q applicants fo- teach
srs' uositsons asse-7- bled IN he rooms q
he Sants Clara Ca school supe7in-
ssndsnt lass w~ek. They rere Sc -
work on tbo sxsmiastioa pspers- ard
svsrv shinx ven sueethlT until this
1-esaion cropped 60 n the history a.
vision. What vss che narse ~ see head
steward 81 Stsn sv's sxrIoriag party.
and vs. 10 any relation - So Arssr ~
swatT" Tia whcia -lsss 81 snslT lefs