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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-24
SALES OF LIQUOR.

Colchester Leads the County in the
Amount Sod for Local Use
County Commissioner o. II. Ellis of
Huntington, furnishes the following &C
count OF the sales OF liquor at the several
agencies for the quarter ending December
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-24
WlLLlSTON.

Subscription money handed to your neigh
Dor, c.. ID. Warren, viii be forwarded to Us.
The Williston Cooperative Creamery
company paid an average Of $l.3l per hun
bred for October milk
Wesley Metcalf's colt ran away; no dam
age done.-Morton Goodrich IS better.
Other members OF the fnmily arc ill.-H.
f. Barber is in poor health. the Christ
mas cantata will be at the Methodist church
Christmas eve.-lenry Iewkspury OF EaA-
doIph delivered lecture at the lnlvorsalist
church Monday evening. Subject, Cham
pionshp.N
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-24
.UNOERHILL.

GSuhscrption money han lei to your neigh
tor, Mr.. j. J, Monahan, Will oe forwarded to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-24
Gr.en Mountain Encampment l-Leclion.

At tho regular meeting o, Green Noun
tain Encampment No. the following oil
csrs we're elected for the ensuing year: G.
F., W. b. Craven; IL. T., NJ. A, Maynard;
:. W, J. L. p. Wright; Il, w, O. Z. Rob
inson: scribe. II. ". Thompson; treasurer,
}. ". l-Aam; trustees, IL, W. Thompson,
Charles walker, Eli Poquolte.
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22
Faith in State Rights Unlmpaired.

The Macon Telegraph-democratic-
says the sold faith in state rights is
unimpaired in the South" Respecting
President Harrison's ecentutterances-
expression of his belief that the ma
tional sentiment at the South has tri-
umphed over the sectional-the Tele-
graph says:
The Neao York World comments in a
very logical way upon the recent interview
accorded to its representative by President
Harrison. Mr.. Harrison said of the South:
"The men of the South realize to-day, as
they never did before, that we have in the
United States great and powerful nation
of which they are proud. 1t is no longer, as
formerly, L am Carohnlan, am a
Georgian or / am an Alabamian.' 1t is
instead, l am citizen OF the United
States.'" The World takes this utterance
to mean, il it means anything, that the
president is no longer an advocate OF the
| force bill or any measure like it, The only
assumption which made excusable in any
right-minded man the favoring of bill to
put "a bayonet behind every ballot" was
that which contended that the Southern
people were rebels and disloyal to
the government Mr.. Harrison's trip
through the South is over, and his YER
| ulCJ 49, rs Jno nOFtu pOihlo JUL ouo'
the people are loyal and patriotic. The de-
duction made by this paper is that Mr.. Har-
rison will hereafter antagonize all such
measures with all the influence Of his high
office; to suppose otherwise would be to in.
suit his character and his intelligence and
to impugn his patriotism" 1t does not
seem in place to question Mr.. Harrison's
Judgment when it accords to this section OF
the country civic virtues 80 exalted in the
opinion of the distinguished critic. But II
may be doubted whether the deductions
drawn from the experiences gathered dur
ing tour, taken under the circumstances
that surrounded the recent 10, 0OO-mile jour
ney of the president, are any more just than
those made the basis of prejudiced political
action before the plan of coming among the
people of the South was conceived. The
loyalty OF the South is beyond question.
This fact was not proved however, by the
courteous reception given to the dis
tinguished guest who passed some hours in
few of its cities, and gave hurried glance'
to the moving panorama of field and forest
Carolinians, Georgians and Alabamians are
indeed. proud Of our great nation; but 1t is
still, with us, &C. am Georgian, am al
Albanian" There is no amiability in the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22
GNatebman 4 Sournal.
WEDNESDAY, JULY %, 1891.

THE success of the United States in ma
terial development is the most illustrious
of modern times. The American nation
has not only successfully borne and sup
pressed the most gigantic and expensive
war of all history, but Immediately after
ward disbanded its army, found employ
ment for all its soldiers and marines, paid
off most of its debt, given labor and homes
to all the unemployed of Europe as fast as
they could arrive within its territory, and
still by system Of taxation so indirect as
not to be perceived, much less felt. Be-
cause it is my deliberate Judgment that the
prosperity Of America is mainly due to its
system Of protective laws, urge that Ger
many has now reached that point where it
is necessary to initiate the tariff system Of
the United States.--BiSmdrck.
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presidents assumption that we subscribe
to sentiments which make up so large
share OF his party's creed but the old faith
in state rights is unimpaired in the South.
This frank avowal of the old-time
faith in state rights was called out by
an interview of correspondent of the
NeW York World with President Har-
rison, and the Worlds editorial COM
ments thereon, an extract from which
is published below:
President Harrison's World nterviewcon-
tanned some utterances of the utmost and
happiest significance He says Of the South
" The men OF the South realize to-day az
they never did before that we have in the
United States great and powerful nation
of which they are proud. 1t is no longer,
as formerly, L am Carolinian, l am a
Georgian, or / am an Albanian 1t is
instead, am citizen Of the United
States.'"
This means, If it means anything, that
President Harrison will no longer be the
advocate or even the apologist OF the Force
bill or any measure like it, To suppose
otherwise would be to accuse the president
of personal insincerity or Of the gravest I'M
patriotism. The Force bill rested upon the
contention that the Southern people are
rebels, disloyal to the government, unfaith-
full to their obligations as citizens, and on
no account to be entrusted, as the people OF
other parts OF the country are, with the con-
duct of elections. That assumption alone
could have excused any right-minded, pa
triotic man for favoring bill to put " bayo-
net behind every ballot" Mr. Harrison has
been South and has made a close study OF
conditions there. His verdict is that the
people are loyal, patriotic and honorable
citizens. He enthusiastically acquits them
of the crime that could alone render Force
bill even tolerable to Just minds. 1t is a
necessary inference that Mr.. Harrison will
hereafter antagonize all such measures with
all the influence Of his high Office. To sup
pose otherwise would be to insult his char.
acter and his intelligence and to impugn his
patriotism.
Northern people, and particularly
Northern republicans, will sincerely re-
greet the spirit in which aleading South
ern paper meets the presidents friendly
overtures. 1t is not reassuring to find
after all the experiences of the past and
all that has been said and done to fos
ter national spirit, an exponent o.
Southern opinion, in the great state Of
Georgia, declaring that 81 am Geor
gian is boast that ranks above g.
am citizen of the United States"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22
President LincOln's First Dollar.

One evening in the executive cham
Der, there were present a number of
gentlemen, among them Mr.. Seward.
A point in the conversation suggesting
the thought, Mr.. Lincoln said: "Sew-
ard, you never heard, did you, how l
earned my first dollar?" mo" said
Mr.. Seward. "Well," replied he, 81 was
about eighteen years of age. l be-
longed, you know, to what they called
down South the scrubs people who
do not own land and slaves are nobody
there. But we had succeeded in rails
ing, chiefly by my labor, sufficient
produce, as I thought, to justify me in
taking it down the river to sell. After
much persuasion, got the consent of
my mother to go, and constructed a
little flat-boat large enough to take the
barrel or two of things that we had
gathered, with myself and little bum
die, down to New Orleans. A steamer
was coming down the river. We have,
you know, no wharves on the western
streams; and the custom was, if pas
sengers were at any of the landings,
for them to go out in boat, the
steamer stopping and taking them on
board. was contemplating my new
hat-boat, and wondering whether l
could make it stronger, or improve it in
any particular, when two men came
down to the shore in carriages, with
trunks, and looking at the different
boats, singled out mine, and asked,
Who owns this?' l answered some
what modestly, Il do will you,
said one of them, take us and our
trunks out to the steamer?' Certainly, )
said. l was very glad to have the
opportunity of earning something. l
supposed that each would give me two
or three bits. The trunks were put on
my 1at-boat, the passengers seated
themselves on the trunks, and / sculed
them out to the steamboat. They got
on board, and l lifted their heavy
trunks and put them on deck. The
steamer was about TO put on steam
again, when called out that they had
forgotten to pay me. Each of them
took from his pocket silver half-dollar
and threw it on the floor of my boat
could scarcely believe my eyes as !
picked up the money. Gentlemen, you
may think it very little thing, and in
these days it seems to me like trife
but it was a most important incident in
my life. 1 could scarcely credit that 1
poor boy, had earned dollar. The
world seemed wider and fairer before
me; was more hopeful and confident
being from that time."-Erchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22
Commercial Value Of Smoke.

Smoke abatement is already public
question. 1t has become a menace to
public health and an irresponsible dis
tributor of dirt in the lungs and laun-
dries of our industrial centers. 1t has
to go. The veto of civilization is
against it. 1t may be innocent of hac-
terra, but it is synonymous with asthma
and strangulation. 1t has taken some
time to convince the average citizen
that dirt in the air was not only disas-
trous to clean linen, but more so to
public health. Common sense has at
last recognized the fact, and the abate-
ment or abolition of the smoke nuisance
has called into play much of theoretic
and practical ingenuity. Smoke con-
sumption has been the objective point,
but we have gone step beyond that,
and process is announced by which
smoke can, in association with attend
ing gases, be made into oil. Professor
V. B. Lewes of Great Britain has
recently called public attention to cell
tain facts in this connection. Among
these practical illustrations is one of
three or four Scotch iron-works, to
which a certain gas company is paying
an annual rental for the right of
collecting smoke and gases from blast
furnaces. We quote the modus oper-
andi from an English contemporary,
Intentions: The smoke and gases are
passed through several miles of wrought
iron tubing, diminishing in size from
six feet down to eighteen inches, and
as the gases cool there is deposited
considerable yield of oil. AT Messrs.
Dixone', at Glasgow, which is the
smallest of these institutions, they
pump and collect about GO, 900, 900 cubic
feet of furnace gas per day, and recover
on an average $4,000 gallons of furnace
oil per week, using the residual gases,
consisting chiefly of carbon monoxide,
as fuel for distilling and other purposes,
while considerable yield of sulphate
of ammonia is also obtained. In the
same way a small percentage of the
coke ovens are fitted with condensing
gear and produce considerable yield
of oil, for which, however, in its crude
state, there is but limited market, the
chief use being for Lucigen and other
lamps of the same description, and for
treating timber for railway sleepers. -
81. Louis Age Of Steel.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

arid region, apparently demonstrates
the marine origin of the sudden mum
dalton. After tracing the powerful
stream, of which the lake is an expan-.
sion, he found that its waters were
brackish, and picked up in several
places bodies of dead smelt, and also
some crustaceans that are found only
on the shores of the Pacific south of
San Diego harbor. He states, also, that
an analysis of the water shows that it
has a saline density of eighteen per
cent. Sea water ordinarily contains
about four per cent of solid matter in
solution. Were the waters of the lake
entirely derived from the Pacific ocean,
their salinity should be greater than
that of the ocean water, because, while
spreading out over the heated land, they
would undergo rapid evaporation. Our
correspondent attributes the phenom-
enon to the action of the earthquake of
June % last, when huge rock masses
were torn from the mountain sides.
Three hours later the telegraph an
nounced the thrush of waters into the
depressed salt plain. The first theory
was that the flooding must be traceable
to a rise of the Colorado river. But our
correspondents observations seem to
disprove this theory in a most conclu-
sive manner. But it is important that
the whole scene of the overflow should
be carefully explored. 1t is to be hoped
the Geological Survey officers of Cali
fornia, or the National Geological Sur
vey, will make thorough exploration
Of the inundated region.-New York
Herald
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REV. PINK PUNK ON RACNG.-Horse-
racin', deah breddern, am de mos delusive
ebil oh de present day, an de man dat thinks
dat a fawchun kin be made by reskin' five
dollahs to make five hundred will nebber
hab to hire safe deposit vault to stow
away his spare cash in.
els there any trouble brewing in the A.
w. & Y. Railroad?" " Not that know Of
WHY do you ask?" 81 heard that it was
going into liquidation. "Goiug into liquida-
toni Quite the contrary. They've just
watered the stock fifty per cent and every
thing is going on swimmingly."-
Transcript.
A PEACEFUL ECTIoN-Missouri Travel
ler-This is famous section for feuds,
understand? Native-No more peaceful
parts anywhere than right here. No feuds
here. Everything's as pleasant as pie
" But how about the Billington-W ellington
feud2" cover long ago. I'm Ellington"
" Indeedl l haven't met any of the Well
ington's." :" No, nor you won't. The feud
is over "-Ne,0 York Weekly.
THEY say that Professor Shaler of Har-
ward took party OF students down to
Marblehead on geological survey a while
ago. His own bold stride and the sporty"
appearance of the students attracted the at
tention of a street urchin, who yelled out,
Get on to de prize fighters" The alarm
spread like wildfre, and reaching the ears
of the police hot pursuit was instituted.
The prize-hghters were located after hard
chase Explanations followed and a sensa-
ton for Marblehead spoiled.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

GENERAL BENJAMIN f. BUTLER's mother
was very religious woman, and she struck
bargain with her son by which he was 30
commit to memory as many verses OF Scrip
ture as she explained chapters of the book
TO him, 81 committed to memory" he
says, " the four Gospels, and once had re-
cited them, at call for quotation, in every
part l knew every word, not even except
ing the first eighteen verses of the first
chapter Of Matthew, where everybody be-
CAT everybody else"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22
Pleasantries.
IN THE CLOVER

Butterfly,
Flutter by,
over the clover,
Under the sky.
Sail and falter and fall,
And cling to the fragrant spray;
Shift and shirk,
No weather for work
Falls on summer day.
Bumblebee,
Tumble free,
Into the bloom of the tuli p-tree;
Cease your hustle and boom,
Swing on stamen and sing,
Or clutch a hagon frail and fine,
And drowsily drink the wine,
And rest your rumbing wing.
Meadowlark,
Glow like spark
That will set the fields afre
Tenderly whistle
On top of a thistle
" turilee to your mate up higher;
In a dusky locust tree
There! There
Away goes care
And dream comes over me.
A boy tired out with play,
On a summer holiday,
In the grass so cool and deep
Let me lie and sleep
While the butterfly goes tluttering over,
Between the blue sky and purple clover,
And the bumblebee BUNDLES
And whirls and tumbles
Where the meadowlark's nest
And her golden breast
Have clover
All over
For cover.
Maurice Thompson, in Juiy 81. Nicholas.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

BROTHER BLAKE of the Monitor
should put "VERMoNT WATCHMAN :"
at the end Of some of those editorial
paragraphs that are appearing now and
then in his paper. The weather is hot
and sultry, fly-time is on, it is the Off
year, and we sympathize with our
brother in the hardship attending the
life of any editor at this time; but give
credit, and you are welcome to take
anything we produce.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

THE Boston Journal announces an
important change in its form and make
up about September 1. The Journal
will then join the ranks of the eight
page dailies, and will be increased to
ten, twelve, or any greater number the
times may require.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

available for current fiscal year, $780,
567.17. The direct tax money, $179, 900,
will also become available during the
year if Governor Page calls an extra
session to vote to accept it,. The state
has also in trust S135, 500, the agricul-
tural college fund, represented by reg
istered bonds due in 1910. There is
also another liability which we do not
find in the treasurer's statement, the
Huntington fund, amounting, according
to Treasurer Dubois last annual state
ment, to S211, 131.46. This is liabil-
ity of the same nature as the agricul-
tural college fund. The state has
used this money to pay current ex-
penses, and taxes the people to pay the
interest, which was to be used for the
benefit of the common schools. 1t is
not an active liability like temporary
loan; it is nevertheless liability, and
one that the state should prepare to
meet. The money ought to be set
aside and separated from the general
cash of the state. Its present status
is practically perversion Of the intent
of the legatee.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22
CaIifOrnia's Inundated Desert.

The interesting story told this week
by our California correspondent, re-
speeding the lake recently formed in the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

AFTER all, the best way to know the
real merit of Hoods Sarsaparilla is to
try it yourself. Be sure to get Hoods.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

Hon. MARTIN MoHLER of Topeka,
Kansas, secretary of the Board of
Agriculture for that state, has been
spending few days in Vermont. He
was in Montpelier, accompanied by
Ex-Governor Dillingham;, and, with Mr..
E. B. Merriam, formerly of Worthwhile,
now of Topeka, Kansas, visited the
granite quarries at Barre. Looking at
Vermont from an agricultural point of
view, Mr.. Mohler wondered at the man
agement that was able to build the
pleasant homes of Vermont farmers,
provide good living and leave them a
surplus to invest in Kansas mortgages.
He could not quite see how it was done.
1t was his first visit to New England.
He greatly admired the scenery of Ver-
mont, and was impressed by the bust
ness ability exhibited on all hands by
her people. Mr.. Mohler's account of
Kansas politics was reassuring. The
state will be again clothed and in her
right mind when the struggle of 1892
comes on. The triumph of the PETER
element is an episode, transitory, and
Eastern men should have no fear of
revolutionary results following. Kan
sas is solid for sound business methods
and honest dealing with all the world.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

THE Atlanta Constitution, in lead
ing article, declares that " Hill is the
coming man." Mr.. Cleveland's pro-
nounced hostility to the free coinage
fessions of his party. Every demo-
cratic convention thus far has declared
for free silver. Mr.. Cleveland was,
perhaps, more honest than polite
when he stood by his convictions and
advocated sound currency. But David
B. Hill was too shrewd to prematurely
commit himself to any measure. The
saloons, he knows, we have always
with us, and an alliance with them is
a lasting advantage politically. But
mems ideas concerning the wisdom of
unlimited silver coinage are subject to
change. 1t is pretty generally under
stood that Mr.. Hill favors unrestricted
coinage. He goes with the crowd, AND
his party is turning its eyes Hill-ward
"Governor Hill knows his friends
when he sees Them" says the ConSti
tuition. The democratic party knows it,
strong champion and appreciates {
polite man who speaks not unseason
ably.
TREASURER FIELDS annual state
ment for the fiscal year ended Jun'
30 shows the following resources: Casl
bn hand, $50, 635.O3; corporation ia,
or 1891 (estimated), $3.50, 900, STATE
AK, eighteen cents, one-half payable
November 10, 1891, one-half June 10
1872 (estimated), $4,000; due iron
owns, balance state school tax, 81
53.11; due from towns, United State
eposit money recalled for redistribu
on, $4S2.SO; total, 1854, 670.94. Liz
ilities: Due towns, United State
eposit money, $2l, 345, 40; due towns
We per cent state school tax, $50
99.77; due Soldiers Home, receive
om United States government, 81
500; due to soldiers, unpaid balance
1881; temporary loans, 1854
1000; total, 1914 ,103.77; leavin
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

THE esteemed Messenger of st.
Adams should not waste sleep, energy
or ink on any fancied division of the
vertebre of the WATCHMAN's office-cat.
That animals back is solid from the
agricultural to the political end. 1t
extends its assurances of consideration
to the Messenger cat, which never had
any "vertebre to be removed, and
which never "walks round " except as
its keeper leads it out, muzzled, claw
less and nerveless. Our agricultural
editor seems to have stepped on its
"caudal appendage at some time, and
in a recent issue it was splitting viciously
at him. But the Doctor survives,
and we believe still has the respect
and confidence not only of the WATCH
MANS more intelligent agricultural
readers" but of the most intelligent
class also-and that is more, by large
majority, than can be said of the
Messenger animal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-22

THE lamented Grady, in his famous
speech in Boston, a few days before his
death, spoke long and eloquently of the
beauties and advantages of a repub-
lican government. Speaking of the
disseminating tendencies of demo
cratic ideas, he exclaimed: France,
Brazil, these are our victoriesl" And
we may now add Australia, for her peo-
pie are considering the adoption of a
bill which will constitute them the
Commonwealth of Australia. But Aus
tralia manifests the same blind worship
of royalty that characterizes all Eng
lands dependencies. England learned