The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-26
Soloirrs' &uooct.
Answers to Correspondents.


b. r., HuNTINGToN.-Th law does not
authorize a justice of the peace to use a seal
on ailidavits. BY recent change in the
law no seal is required ON affdavits to be
filed in the pension office.
WV. W., LoNDoNDERRY.--A step mother
of soldier is not entitled to pension under
the recent act of congress or under any ex-
listing law. The only way a step-mother can
obtain pension is by special act Of congress.
G. L., BRADFORD Vermont has over five
hundred more pensioners paid at Concord
than New Hampshire. The number of pen
sioners in Vermont in 1889 was lips; in
1890, 1911, a gain Of 4l3. The navy pen
soners residing in Vermont are paid their
pension at Boston, Mass.
q. L., HUNTINGTON. have been
more applications for increase of pension
rejected in the past year than in any other
two years. The unprecedented number is
99,0l3. The increase applications are not
taken up in their order Some of the appli-
cants are ordered to report for a medical ex-
animation within three months after making
application. Others wait more than year
before receiving orders for their examin-
alton, while now and then one gets his
order within four weeks. There is evil
IDENTIFY something /" rotten" in the pension
office. The manner in which the business
is now run deprives the pensioner of his
conceded right to apply for an increase of
pension once in six months.
II. X. L., BuRLINGToN.-The defeat of the
republican party in the recent elections was
not entirely due to the bad management of
the pension Office under President Harrison.
The president was unfortunate in appoint
ing Corporal Tanner commissioner of pen
sions, who proved complete failure, and
Green b. Raum, a big " man is not much
better. 1t contributed no doubt to the de-
feat Many other things also contributed
to it. Some say it was on account of Harr-
son appointing Blaine in his cabinet. Others
say it was due to the tariff as enacted in the
Mckinley bill. That the people would
stand tariff for revenue and for protection,
but tariff to pay bounty on sugar was ask
ing too much. A democratic victory in
1890 does not in any sense mean a demo-
cratic victory in 1892. There is too much
good in the republican party to have it
beaten. The partial defeat of 1890 will have
the tendency to bring the good to the front
and victory at the polls in 1892
N. w. F., WEST RANDoLPH.-This CORE.
spondent writes that she is an orphan and
alone in this cold and heartless world; that
her mother had two unces in the war of
1912, who died single men at the time of the
war; that, to her knowledge, no heir has
ever had their government land. " Now
what can be done for me? | am all the one
that needs it, and / suffer for the want of
some money. My mother died twenty years
ago. had four lovely sisters, who died be-
fore my mother. | loved them so dearly
and / miss them sadly. Since the death
of the loved ones have had, and do have,
such hard time. A soldiers life has been
nothing compared with my own. / have
been kind and good to people everywhere,
and L have been deprived of everything
that was mine, and all that l have left is
my soul and sickly body. / am weary in
well doing. Where are my rewards? If
you could get me some money / should con-
slider you the best man that ever lived. II
/ had SO | would send it to you, but all
the money | have is thirty-one cents.
uOh hhON W hOh small HdiNC any luOlC'
Will close ere / weary you, hoping you will
excuse me. friend in need is a friend in.
deed" We pity our needy correspondent
and would gladly prosecute a claim for heI
if we could see any chance of success. She
might contract matrimonial relations with
some true-hearted soldier who is in receipt
of good pension and better her condition
and when her husband dies become pen
soner herself. There is a 72-a-month pen
soner who has promised to pay us S25 if we
would find him good wife. Shall we give
him your address?