The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-06
NUMBER Ia.

an exceedingly happy manner presented
the speakers. OF Mr.. Carnegie's appear
ance the Mail and Express SAYS " President
Wood said some very nice and deserved
things about Andrew Carnegie, who rose
looking as II he had just stepped out of the
frame of his own portrait by President
Wood, which hung in another gallery"
I" HAVE noted with considerable interest,
as you may well understand, the vigorous
warfare which you have been waging upon
the worst enemy which Montpelier has
within its limits. 1t has always been a
source of astonishment to me that the state,
and especially Montpelier, would so far
give its countenance to such a disreputable
sheet as to make it possible for it to live.
From this distance it appears to me that
you are most decidedly ION top 1t will
be blessing to the community and the
state If you succeed in putting quietus on
this enemy of law and order" Thus writes
WATCHMAN reader, a former well-known
resident OF Washington county, now living
in the West. He gives utterance to great
truth and speaks the sentiments OF great
multitude of Vermont people respecting
Hiram Atkins and the Argus and Patriot
THE WATCHMAN of last week contained
an item stating that close Jail execution
had been issued against John G. Wing, as
the result of suit brought against him by
j. NJ. Taft of Wheeler & Taft, Barre, in
which he was charged with obtaining money
by fraudulent means. Mr.. Wing took large
exceptions to the item. The next day (last
week Thursday A. d. Kimbal of Plain
field, who short time ago was involved in
a law partnership with Mr.. Wing, arose in
county court and asked that committee
be appointed to investigate charges against
John G. Wing for obtaining money under
false pretences, for sequestering wealth
that he had collected for clients, and for
divers other serious misdemeanors. The
court informed Mr.. Kmball that he would
have to reduce his charges to writing.
Thereupon Mr.. Kimball sat down and drew
up set of specifications that were simply
shocking. Mr.. KimbalPs zeal is explained
by the allegation that he has been teaching
school and drawing logs, the past winter, to
combat the effects of his late partnership.
The shoe factory project seems to have
caught chill from some disquieting reports
respecting the business ability of the gentle
man from Haverhill. These seem to have
been satisfactorily answered. but our peo-
pie are not confined to one opportunity. If
they are not satisfied with the project that
has been under consideration let them try
another. The WATCHMAN believes in in
dustries that are indigenous to the soil" ;"
so to speak. The granite industry is one of
them The canning industry is another.
| The canning of sweet-corn at this point
ought to be carried on with profit to capital
invested and to the advantage of the farm
ers Of this region. The manufacture of con-
densed milk is another indigenous - in
dustry. There's millions in a brand of
"pure Vermont condensed milk more
millions than in Vermont maple sugar,
guaranteed the pure product of the rock
maple" The WATCHMAN has several times
before directed public attention to this mat
ter. and we again commend it to the earnest
consideration of the Board of Trades man.
ufactures committee. We look for far bet
ter and more permanent results from an in
dustry of this character than from any i'm
ported industry like nail or shoe making.
This matter was discussed at considerable
length in the WATCHMAN nearly year ago
and many facts relating to the industry
were given. We believe the time of a COM
mittee of the board of trade, or of citizens, in
terested in the industrial growth not only of
the town, but of the county also, can best be
employed in investigating the facts of these
or similar native industries; and we have
no doubt our public-spirited fellow-citizen,
fer Of land for the plant and buildings of
canHery for corn, or condensed milk, or any
similar establishment.
LET no guilty man escape" We COM
mend this injunction to the police of this
village. The remark is frequently made
that these officials are not strictly impartial
in making arrests for intoxication Nom
residents, it is averred, are arrested and
"run in" while habitual resident drunks
are either let alone or taken care Of There
may be some ground for this complaint.
Circumstances indicate that there is dis
within our gates and the resident inebriate.
A farmer from a neiehboring town was ar
rested on Saturday for intoxicatiou and put
in Jail. That is all right as far as it goes
Now let the police perform their duty fully
and impartially II they find Montpelier
business man or farmer or merchant or la
boring man or doctor or lawyer or newspa-
per man in the condition, as to intoxication,
which the law makes a public offense, they
must do their duty in each and every case,
impartially and faithfully. That is one
thing for which they are hired and paid.
That is an important branch of the enforce
ment of the liquor law to which sufficient
attention has not been paid, and it is
branch to which in the future public at
tention will be directed. The law is no
respecter of persons and its servants must
be equally impartial. Details can be given
II 1t becomes necessary, but it is hoped
the necessity will not arise. Scandalous re-
ports are made of bacchanal revelry at mid
night and in the early morning hours at the
Central passenger station. Are the police
cognizant of this fact? A passenger by the
early morning express north says they are,
or were, on one morning not long ago Is
the station agent cogniZant of this fact?
Is there a night watchman at the station,
and is it known whether or not he performs
his duty? 1t is not safe or pleasant for
travellers, particularly women and children,
to find railway stations at night in possess
sien of drunken and dsorderly persons.
The ice has gone out of the streams navi-
CATION is opening, the danger season is APP
preaching Let law, order and sobriety
prevail. These things, with safety to life
and property, are in the keeping of the po-
lice, particularly during " the silent watches
of the night"