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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-11
Boarding ArOund--.FOurth Period.

Al the southwest corner of the state, on
the banks OF the HoOsicl1, is the good old
town of Pownal. There, February 12 and
| IL, we had a very fair gathering of Vermont
and Massachusetts farmers. Charles A.
Mills, of the Massachusetts board, gave a
fine address on Farm Management" He
practices what is called intensive farming,
that Of manuring heavily feeding high, and
putting he products on the market in forms
to command the highest price. Mr.. Mills
specialties are sweet cream (bottled) forty
cents per quart, ice-cream-same price
and Jersey butter thirty-fve cents per
pound. In this way he gets from S104 TO
SlO9 per year from each COW kept on the
Greylock Farm at South Williamstown
Mr.. Browning of North Adams, seventy
two years old, said he had lost the savings
OF lifetime by lending his money on west
ern farm mortgages, and he had come twelve
miles TO warn his brother farmers against
the seductive wiles of foreign loan com
panes. Pownal has probably the best
home market of any town in the state
North Adams on the east, Troy and AL
bany on the west. An invitation was given
the board to hold meeting here next win
ter. Our thanks are due to #. f.. Brownell,
the chairman, Hon, G. NJ. Barber, Hon. A.
Parker and others, for kindly hospitality
and the success of this meeting.
February IL and Is, in the Black River
valley AT Springfield, we found a large and
intelligent audience. Here, besides the
vpehlhS duuIeSS ny rev. IL. II, Bruce, we
had noble help from G.. Horace Hubbard on
" The Corn Crop" from r. w. Whitney on
" Country Roads," j. r.. Walker on de
horning Cattle" and " Education to the
Farmer" by l.. NJ Cragin, all good, sound
and sensible and well delivered. President
Arms of the Dairymen's Association, pre-
sided with his usual ease and dignifed court
esy, and the whole program was eminently
useful. The immense water power of fall
OF about one hundred feet in the river is
utilized by five dams affording power for
shoddy mill, cotton mill, wooden mill, iron
works, cab and toy shop, and several other
manufactures. After the meeting | visited
the graves of my maternal ancestors on the
banks of the Connecticut. On beautiful
promontory, shaded by pines, The rude
forefathers OF the hamlet sleep the Hold
ems, the Parkers, the Steeles, the ellis, the
walkers, etc. On the headstone of one
found this inscription: Captain William
Holden, born at Groton Mass March "a
lI2S.-Ded Nov 8. 1907, Capt Holden was
at the first capture of Louisburg, June 10,
l745; at Fort William Henry, 1857; at sec
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in writing statement that if the maple
sugar bounty were dropped he would
vote against the whole tariff measure.
That written statement Mr.. Plumb said
was now in the possession of a sem
ator from Illinois. The portion of the
story which refers to Senator Morrill,
may be believed in Washington, but
few will believe it here, for the reason
that his reelection was at no time a
subject of doubt. He had no occasion
for resor ing to politicians tricks.
Senator Edmunds' position on the sugar
bounty was well understood at the time.
Whether he wrote the letter referred to
or not is immaterial. He took a posi-
ton of unalterabe loyalty to Vermont.
In case any bounty was given on sugar,
like bounty must be given on maple
sugar, and his stubborn persistence I'M
doubleday caused this important prod
uct of his state to be included in the
schedule. Mr.. Plumb may not like
that way of doing things, but the sugar
raisers in this state do. In all matters
affecting the interests of Vermont,
Senator Edmunds is always on hand
and always acts with decisive energy
and fli;iency. The success of the bill
taxing Oleo was unquestionably largely
due to his wise, firm, judicious advo-
cacy and sleepless vigiance-just as
was the case in this matter of bounty on
maple sugar. He makes less noise
about what he does than some others,
but the senator generally " gets there"
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The Canadian Election.

Sir John Macdonald knew his game
when he went before the people so
suddenly. He saw that the depressed
condition of business in Canada was
driving people to demand reciprocity
with this country. Had he let things
drift on much longer he would have
been forced to an election that would
have been against him on the face of
it. With Sir John it was a choice be-
tween two evils-a short, sharp cam
paign that might end in a nominal VIC
tory, or deferred campaign of greater
length that was morally certain to end
in defeat. He chose the former, fou yht
for dear life, and came off quite as
well as he could have expected. In
the last parliament he had a majority
of fifty-one, but the returns from last
Ihursday's election indicate that in
the next parliament that majority will
be reduced to twenty-six The cam
paign was unusually bitter and excit-
ing. 1t is not hard to explain the re
suit. Sir John used every strategic adj
vantage. He gave the liberals no
time to make thorough campaign.
He played on the patriotic instincts of
the people. He made deal with the
Canadian Pacific railroad, which is a
very powerful inHuence In Canada.
He induced the Catholic clergy of the
lower provinces to 5 pport him actively.
This they were ready to do because,
having special privileges under English
rule, they fear annexation, which would
probably involve loss of some of
these privileges. Very few of the lib
erals favor political union with this
country, but Sir John has put them in
that light, much to the injury of the
liberal cause. The conservative gov
eminent is safe for time. to all ap-
pearances, but it can hardly be doubted
that day of reckoning is in store for
it. The next election will ind the lib
erals better organized, and the hard
times which are likely to continue in
Canada will be eloquent and persuasive
pleaders in behalf of reciprocity.
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stantly tends to gain ground at the expense
Of the executive, the speaker is likely to be-
come, and perhaps is already, more power
ful, both for good and for evil, than the
president Of the United States. He ia pre-
mier in legislation it is the business of his
party that he be also premier in character.
in ability, in leadership and in statesman
ship.
The long battle of year and more is
over. No words are needed to teach
the American public the fact that
Speaker Reed has fought the fight as
captain of the republican forces with
signal ability, courage and even good
temper. He was elected because he
weighed three hundred pounds, all
backbone" The people have watched
him narrowly, and they have discov-
cred that the expectation which elected
him was not disappointed. He has led
revolution of profound importance,
and has never finched. The cause of
strong and responsible government has
found in him champion whom moth
ing could daunt. The battle has been
fought, and the victory has been won
once for all. To-day an increasingly
large number of intellig Mt citizens APP
plaud him for what he has done: it
will be but a few years at most before
his services will be acknowledged bv
the men who now pour vituperation
and abuse upon his head. The demo-
Gratis of the house recall too wildly
their recent humiliation by the speaker,
and they are unable to rise to the
height of manhood which would lead
them to give him the usual vote of
thanks; bat the time will come when
they, too, will acknowledge the wisdom
of his craftsmanship and the value of
his courage.
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VermOnt's Centennial.
March 0, iS91,

The centennial anniversary OF the adj
| mission OF Vermont into the Ubion was OBJ
served in several of the large cities on
Wednesday evening of last week AT
Boston about 100 sons and daughters OF
vermont attended the annual dinner Of the
Vermont veteran association at the Parker
house. Commander j. j. Warden presided
and seated about the tables were, among
others, General w. G. Veazey, H. O.
Houghton, Colonel Ct. G. Benedict, General
K. q. Hawkins, General Hazard Stevens,
E. Il, Calendar, Colonel f. G. Butteriield
OF Washington, Colonel Albert Clarke and
Past Department Commander Innis of the
Massachusetts department OF the Grand
Army President Warden introduced
Colonel Clarke rs POSTMASTER, and speeches
followed from General Veazey. who spoke
briefly upon matters connected with Grand
Army; Colonel Benedict of Burlington,
who traced the growth of Vermont from
pioneer days. Rev. Arthur Little of Dor
chester, II. o. Houghton, Colonel Parsons
of Virginia General Hawkins, General
Stevens and others. Letters were read from
Secretary Proctor, Governor Page, Lieu.
tenant-Governor Fletcher, Senators Ed
munds and Morrill,, Ex-Governor Smith.
Governor Russell of Massachusetts and
Others
In Brooklyn, n. Y, a banquet was at
tended by seventy persons, and the organi-
cation of the Brooklyn association OF Yer
monters was perfected by the election of
these officers: President, Robert d. Bene-
dict; vice-president, Charles A. Tinker;
secretary and treasurer, Robert g. Kimball;
executive committee, Colonel NJ. ID. Sprague
A. b. Chandler, S. III. Steele, George ID.
Abbott and j. III, Flagg. The speakers were
A. b. Chandler, Rev. T. p. Frost, Erastus
Winans and f, Hamilton Ormsbee. Letters
OF regret were received from Secretary
Proctor, Assistant Secretary l.. A Grant,
Senators Edmunds and Morrill, Colonel w.
g. Veazey and Governor Page.
The Rhode Islanders who came from the
Green Mountain state had their fourth an
nual banquet at Providence. There were
present President Andrews of Brown Uni.
versity, Postmaster George, Hon. Alanson
W. Beard of Boston and President M, III.
Buckham of the University of Vermont.
The latter in the course of his speech asked
the question: is Vermont to be one great
abandoned FARM" He thought not. The
hillside farms are going back to forests,
while the lowlands, which are being prop
erly drained, are being cultivated Ad-
dresses were also delivered by Hon. Henry
Ballard of Burlington, and historical paper
was read by G. A. Catlin.
Three hundred Nermonters and others at
tended banquet at Minneapolis.
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Congress.

TUESDAY general deficiency appro
priation bill was taken up by the senate
and the amendments agreed to in commit
tee of the whole were adopted, after which
the bill was passed and sent back to the
house. The conference report on the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation bill was
agreed TO, as was the conference report on
the sundry civil appropriation bill. The
conference report on the copyright bill was
explained by Mr.. Platt and was agreed to-
A resolution was reported and agreed to di-
recting the committee on finance to ascer-
tain in every practicable way and to report
from time to time the effect of the tariff
laws upon the imports and exports, the
growth, development, production and
prices OF agricultural and manufactured
articles at home and abroad, and upon
wages domestic and foreign, with authority
to sit at such times and places az the COM
mittee may deem advisable. All the house
pension bills on the calendar were passed.
The conference reports on the Indian and
post-otiice appropriation bills were agreed
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Town Officers.

BRADFoRD.-M Moderator, E. Il. Aldrich;
clerk, l.. d. Livingstone; selectmen, +. r.
Chamberlin, e. e. Johnson, Jesse A. Mer-
rill; treasurer, l.. f. Hale; listers, II. w.
himball, j. l.. Worthley, A. F. johnson /;
overseer f. Mason; constable, L. II. Welton;
superintendent, f. Il. Hiland. Town tax
90 cents. The largest attendance for many
years was drawn out by the feeling over
the village charter. The result was revo-
luton in all respects. j. B. w. Prichard
was defeated for town clerk after service
of twenty years. Two tickets were in he
tield-the farmers and the citizens The
farmers carried all before them.
CHELsEA.-Moderator C. S. Emery; clerk,
z. p. Dickinson; selectmen, NJ. o. Gates
b. A. Corwin, Il. n Bacon; tire surer, j.
lector, f. NJ. Collins; overseer, A. w.
Whitney; listers, Horace Monkey, j. NJ.
Flint NJ G. Allen; grand Jurors, H. w.
Dearborn, p. j. Little. Hyde Cabot; agent,
5. b. Hebard; superintendent of schools,
f. II. Dearborn. Town tax, 81; highway
tax, 20 cents in labor
CoRINTH.-Moderator, g. NJ Dearborn;
clerk and treasurer, G.. c. Cooke; overseer,
Cyrus Hastings selectmen, Wilson Chan
man, j. e. Taplin, j. NJ. Scribner; listers,
G. Fellows, George Prescott, Oscar Hall;
superintendent, G. NJ Dearborn. Town
tax, 81; highway tax, 40 cents, in labor.
DuXBURY.-Moderato ID. A. GRAY: clerk
and treasurer Il. w. Huntey; selectmen,
W. Il. Strickland, A. G. Turner, h. A.
Montgomery; listers, S. r. Kennedy Will
lam Hayes, Jr., L. Q. Turner; grand jurors,
William Hayes, Jr., A. A. Lewis; superin-
tendent, A. a. Lewis Voted a tax of
% cents on the dollar and to leave the poor
in charge of the selectmen.
GRANNY - Moderator, L. p. Shores; town
clerk, q. w. Matthews; seleotmen, A. NJ
Carpenter, Henry NJ. Ginnis, Il. o. Lake;
treasurer j. l.. Wells; overseer, Nj. A. viii
son; first constable and collector, Hosea
Lund; listers, Loren Shores, o. S. Hodg-
don, l.. w, Hastings; grand jurors, Nathan
Beals, Il. o. Carpenter.
HARDwIcK Moderator, j. III. George;
clerk, Ira A. Shattuck; selectmen, G. G,
Montgomery, L. IL. Warren, w. |. Leonard;
treasurer, Ira A. Shattuck; overseer, c. NJ.
Bailey; constable, A. IL. Wakefield; col
lector, o. b. Hall; listers, G.. S. " heally,
III. A. Smith, II. b. Holton; grand Jurors,
IL. R. Mack, j. b. Livingston; county grand
jurors, j. b. Livingston, Dorman Bridge
man; superintendent, w. IL. Taylor Town
tax, S1,5Oi highway lax % cents. The town
voted S25 for Memorial day and to repair
roads by town system.
LOWELL Moderator w. l.. Kinsley;
clerk, ID. b. Curtis; seectmen Frank H.
Skinner, @. O. Tilotson, Ill. III. Newton:
treasurer, l.. II. Wellman; constable, f. j.
Smith, listers, w. l.. Kinsley, IL. s. Cool
ldgei superintendent, S. A. Hall.
Observation-Disclosures, O. Taylor; clerk,
George Bartlett; constable and overseer, ..
Taylor; selectmen, A. ii. Daggett, M.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-11

THE move toward biennial elections
in Massachusetts, was defeated last
week in the lower house. One power
full influence which is against the
change is the labor element. Aside
from this, however, the sentiment in
the state is apparently strong for bien-
NAL elections.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-11

A CONVENTION of delegates from
the Australian colonies is now in ses-
sion at Sydney for the purpose of franz
ing constitution for federation of
these colonies. The United States will
probably be taken as model, but very
important notifications of our system
will doubtless be made. 1t will be adj
mltted by nearly every one that our
own system is far from being perfect,
and changes will necessarily be made
before many years. We can gain
many valuable suggestions from this
federation, which is being formed in
the light of the history of hundred
years and by men of broad views and
large experience. In one essential re-
spect, of course, it will be entirely dif-
ferent from the United States; it will
be nominally dependent on Great
Britain. But this difference will be
more in name than in fact, for the Aus
tralian colonies are already practically
independent of the mother country,
and complete independence is but a
question of time. A great and power
full nation is growing up in the south
ern seas, and its part in the future his
tory of the world will be second in in
terest to none.
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A STORY is going the rounds that dur
ing the debate on the agricultural APP
preparation bill in the last hours of con-
gress, Senator Plumb of Kansas asserted
that he and other senators had been So
licited to vote maple sugar bounty
into the tariff bill in order to aid Sem
ator Morrill, in securing reelection,
it being understood that the bounty
was to be stricken out by the confer
ence Of the two houses afterward. But
when the provision had been once
planted in the bill Senator Edmunds put
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-01

the incoming driven by James Hunter as
well as the out going, were photographed
by Grabill in, front Of the stage office,
also photographed the out going
one withth baud and its load OF pas
sengers, at the lower end OF Chinatown.
The last day Of coaching was cele-
brated in right iovial style, the band
dl~scoursing sweet strainso OF music while
the crowd huzzaed. Well, Deadwood
has the iron horse at last, and the san
gline predict greater prosperity than
everenjoyed before, which the Indepen-
dent sincerely hopes will be the case.
Butin saying farewell to the days OF
staging in the Hills we are free to admit,
SO far as this writer is concerned, he
does SC with regret and sadness. Mem
DRY recalling the old times with the bull
and mule trains throneing our streets,
and the tea1nsters passing their leisure
hours in wild carousals. the reports OF
road agents holding UP the coaches, and
rowing bands of Indians attacking emf
grants and freighters, it is difficult to
prevent a comparison between those
and the prcsentdays notcomplinentary
to this period OF railroads, civilization
and hoboes. "reminiscences OF the old
days rush into ones mind but are SO
familiar to the old timers as to need no
repetition here, while the mor recent
arrivals can hardly understand the
regrets which followed that last coach
yesterday, and would doubtless at this
time care little about the days gone by.
-Deadwood Independent.
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A Comical Mistake,

A very tall mar was sitting in the
front seat in tho orchestra, much to
the annoyance of those behind him
whose view of the stage vas thus cut
off. Finally II of the sufferers sew
eral rows of seats in the rear called
out: Somebody make the tall man
in the front row sit down. After this
request had been repeated several
times ''the tall man" became exasper-
ated and slowly stood up and looked
around to ascertain who was making
preference TO allusion." The latter,
much. to the amusement of the au-
dience, exclaimed: 'Groat Scott! now
the long-loggeu shanghai has got up
on the seat,'-lt1us Sittings.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-01
Betting on Honesty.

One winters day, some years ago. A
couple OF young men were sitting in
LONDON talking of their travels during
the summer. One of them had been inn
Norway, and could not sufficiently
praise the honesty Of the Norwegian
peasants and their readiness in iudoinu
character. eff l am a wcll-dressed
person and look like a gentleman I
can travel through the. whole country
IN my own car,ole without paving a
penny for the horses. l need only
say, The one who comes on behind
will pay" That vas too mich for
the other, and it ended in a heavy bet
that they should go together through
Norway, buy their own carioles, and
travel through the country, the first of
them half a day in advance of the
other, without a single penny in his
pocket; the other should follow behind
and pay.
The following summer they went to
Norway, got their cariolcs, and start
ed on their trip. But at their very frs,
station the Eng!ishman who had OK
patiated upon the honesty of the Nor.
wegians got into a fix: Ire had forgot.
ten what the magic words we're in Nor.
wegian. He could not pay the post
boy, neither could he say, THE one
who comes on behind will pay" For
tunately a merchant from Christiania
came to the rescue. The Englishman
told him all about the bet, upon which
the merchant informed him what the
words were in Norwegian. The En-
glishman repeated them to the post
hoy, and they had at once the desired
effect. The boy was satisfied, and said
it would no doubt be all right about
the money. The merchant, however,
thought it would be best for the credit
of the country to let the new post-boy,
who was to go with the Englishman to
the next station, into the secret, and
requested him to passit on from station
to station, that when the first English
man arrived and said, THE one COM
ing on behind viii pay" no one was to
trouble him about money, for on being
allowed to continue his Journey in this
way he would win the bet. The boy
undertook to do this, and all the post
boys and station-keepers on the road
enjoyed the joke immensely, without
betraying that they knew ANYTHING |
about the affair. And so it happened |
that the Englishman travelled through
the country without paying a penny
and thus the two Englishmen go about
telling this story, which again is told
to 4 thousand others, that in Norway
you need not pay at the posting
stations, but only say, ''Ihc one who
comes on behind will pay."--Biernv
stjesne Biorason, IN HarperNs Magdssne.
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A Heavy Bride.

Miss Alice Hogaboom Of Vermont,
who was married to Alfred Thompson
In Boston the other day, weighed $50
pounds. She is blonde with an ar
ray of handsome but colossal charms.
The husband, on the other hand. is a
little fellow weighing only ninety
pounds. The clergyman said the hap
BY couple had evidently been brought
together by s.the divine law OF contra
RES" which made opposites seek each
other. He said he was pleased to offici,
ate at the ceremony, but did not know
what he should have done if in bis
capacity as Baptist clergyman he had
been called upon to baptize Mrs
| Hogaboom. He advised her simply T
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-01
Big FO0T'S BAND WIPED OUT
Captain Wallace and Five Soldiers Re
ported Killed and q Dozen
Wounded,
INDIAN NEWS OF THE WEEK.
. Small Detachment of Soldiers now
Camped in the Bad Lands.

Story OF the Battle with big Foot.
At eight this morning (Dec. 29) Gen
eral Forsythe issued orders to have the
Loo male Indians who had been prison.
ers, called from their tepees, saying he
wanted to talk to them. They obeyed
slowly and sullenly and ranged in a
semicircle in trout OF the tent, where Big
Foot, their chief, lay sick with pneu-
monia. By twenties they we're ordered
to give up their arms. The first twenty
went to their tents and came back with
only two guns. This irlitated Major
Whiteside, who vas experimenting this
part OF the work. After a hasty con-
sultation with General Forsythe he gave
the order for the cavalrymen, who were
all dlsmounted and formed in almost a
square about twenty-five PAGES back,
to close in. They did so, and took a
stand within twenty feet OF the Indians,
o in their center. When this was
done a detachment OF cavalrymen afoot
was sent to search the tepees. About
sixty guns were found, but while this
work was going on the warriors held an
incarnation, powwow. The tepees having
been searched, an order was given to
search the warriors. All thought vi
trouble was evidently out OF the minds
OF the soldiers. About IL dozen of the
warriors had been searched, when like
a flash all the rest OF them jerked guns
from under their blankets, and began
pouring bullets into the ranks OF the
troopers, who, q few minutes before,
had moved up within almost a guns
length. Those Indians who had no guns
rushed on the soldiers with tomahawk
in one hand and scalping knife in the
other. Oh, it was ademoniac-ah ellish-
ly horrible rush. With General For
sythe and Major Whiteside l stood
when the firing started within touching
distance OF the death-dealing devils.
The only thing that save all three OF us
from instant death, a that the
Indians had their backs turned to us
when they began firing. Their first
yolley was almost as one inan; so that
they must have fired a hundred shots
before soldiers fired one. But, Oh, how
the savages were slaughtered after the
first volley.-Omaha Bee.