Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-30

That picturesque and brilliant states
man, Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, has been
defeated for reelection and will retire to
private life March 4, next. His success
sor, Senator-elect PETER, is editor of the
Kansas Farmer, has practiced law and
run farms and newspapers.
Theological circles in England are torn
up over the questian whether the bishop
of Chester is blameworthy for riding
bicycle about his diocese. The bishop
denies a report that he has so ridden, but
the question whether any bishop can do
it and still not lose his dignity is under
going vigorous discussion.
Senat-r Edmunds tells the Boston
Transcript that he hopes the United
States will stand another hundred years,
and that he thinks the greatest dangers
threatening the republic are "insuiliccnt
education, excess of the foreign element
and political corruption.' lie does not
apprehend trouble from the purchase of
lanls here by foreign capitalists.
The Montpelier Argus says the Judges
of the supreme court will hereafter have
no offices in corporations or finan-
cial institutions and that Judges Ross
and Tyler have resigned positions in con-
nection with such. 1t is safe thing for
them to do, if they wish to keep their
places; for the Senate of 1892 may be
made of different stuff than was that of
1890.
Speaker Barrett of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives is talked of as
the Republican candidate for governor of
that Commonwealth next year. 1t is not
many years ago that Mr.. Barrett was
doing newspaper work at st. Albans,
and neither that community nor any one
else in the State discovered that he was
an intellectual giant. But it doesn't
take much of genius for the foundation
of a statesman these days down there.
The American Cultivator believes that
at present prices farm property is better
worth what it costs AMI more certain tC
retain its value than much city property
"When man buys farm property" il
says, she knows exactly what encum-
brances are on it, for he places them him
self. There is very little township in
debtedness, aud this is what is turning
the thoughts of shrewd capitalists tC
property IN farms as the safest now of
fercd."
Editor Humphrey of the Poultney
journal, who was member of the com
mttee on education in the last House
urges the governor and the superintendent
, of education to appoint as county exam
iners under the new law the several super
visors under the old. This would be wei
enough, perhaps, had all the supervisor
been up to their work; but it is said tina
not more than half of them were of an,
use. To make worthless supervisor
, into examiners would be a manifest alb
surdity.
The Morrisville Citizen, which ha
organ of Gov. Page, administers jus
rebuke to the committee having in charg
the recent meeting of the Dairymen'
, association at st. Albans. The list of at
fractions advertised included lot o
/ State officials, eX-goyernors, etc., whel
the governor, and probably the rest o
them, had not authorized such use o
their names. This sort of petty swindl
is altogether too common and it is tim
q some one protested against its cOntinua
\ tion.
a The elections bill may not be dead il
y the Senate, but it had bad setback O
Monday. Senator Wolcott of Colorad
y led the fight against it, and his motion t
f take up the reapportionment bill wa
G carried by vote of 35 to "a. The clos
+ ure rule, which was then under consider
: alton, was also side-tracked. Senator
Cameron, Washburn, Teller and Stewar
A.. were the Republicans who voted wit
= Senator Wolcott in favor of the latter
4 motion. Whether the bill will come u
again is not certain. Those who supper
$ it say it will and its opponents are nc
e sure that it has been disposed of fo
- good.
It Here is a scheme, of local interes
: lately broached by one of the member
e of that aggregation of bucolic wisdoI
0 known as the State board of agriculture
il "Sheep are kept now in very small nun
r bers on account of dogs. The Anger
S goat will mate with sheep and proteC
them from dogs or other animals. The
l. are valuable both for wool and the
# skins. Wool sells at from 40 to 20 cent
& per pound and even 81 has been pait
l. New England needs them to clean IL
e pastures; they feed on brush in prefe
2 ence to grass. Their milking capacity
1t good, giving six to eight quarts per da
J. in the best season."
Is Texas, too, has "reform" governo
u but the grievances which he sees are NJ
'e of the kind which have been most talke