The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20

ARE not our representatives and
senators in the national congress show
ing startling Indifference, to say the
least, in regard to these " trusts or
CARNATIONS more dangerous than any
Trojan horse of the old times, which
our elias sical schools seem to know more
about, and regard as more terrible,
than the dan gers OF the present hour
Are these congressman ignorant or are
they incompetent, or are they, what
thousands are more than beginning to
suspect, making merchandise of the
liberties of the nation?
THIS is not a question Of parties, or
of sections, or of classes. 1t is ques-
ton of even more vital moment than
that of slavery. Slavery was fore
doomed, and without a Garrison or
John Brown it must have persisted
with the fertility of the cotton states
the end of which would have rendered
slavery impossible, because unproft-
able. The Southern people, or at least
her thinking people, admit this as the
fact; and they are thankful that slavery
is ended, however it was done. With
the trust comes on the portentous
shadow of national aristocracy of uust-
created multi-millionaires who may
make American liberty thing of the
past. We do not fear this, but only
because we know that the American
people are sound in heart and brain.
The trust must gol None of our public
men who fail to sense this fact will
ever 90 down in history with honor.
1t is no time for dough-faces on this
question. -
SOME time ago, we stated that fire.
fanged stable manure is, contrary to
the popular belief, worth as much per
load as any. The reason for this is,
that though the fanging causes seri-
Gus loss, the bulk is more reduced than
the value. This seems to be misunder-
stood, even by intelligent readers, who
sometimes read too fast to take in the
exact purport of what they read. Read,
ponder, and inwardly digest, before in
dulgng in criticism-unless you want
to give yourself away"
WE see the following in the Tribune:
"Querying as to what has become of
the once much-heralded Keiffer pear,
The Massachusetts Ploughman observes
that though the tree is thrifty and
hardy, the fruit is uncertain in quality,
and on many soils as unpalatable as a
scrub Hubbard squash" 1t is curious
how hard it is to get the exact facts
about new or unfamiliar fruits into the
heads of cursory readers, or even of
editors who do not keep posted. The
Keiffer pear, although when well grown,
in favorable locality, it is eatable, has
never, to our knowledge, been recon-
mended as dessert fruit by anyone
unless by itinerant tree peddlers. Nor
is it pear that will succeed well north
of southern New Jersey. 1t is a seed
ling of one of the Chinese sand pears,
imported into this country some years
ago; and though claimed to be hybrid
by the originator, it has all their most
marked characteristics. 1t is probably
the best cooking and canning pear we
have; for, unlike our common pear, il
is improved rather than injured in the
process. Add to this that the tree is
vigorous, and an early and profuse
bearer, and you have all that has ever
been claimed by reputable nurserymer
for the Keiffer pear. We should about
as soon think of using ounces as these
pears for eating out of hand. But the
ounce has its place, and high one
for culinary use; and SO has this Chi
nese pear and its mate, the LeConte
so popular in the South.
NOT few of our readers will re
member an interesting address made a
the last meeting of the Dairymen'