The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
Note and Comment.

THE New York Herald dominates Charles
A. Dana of the sun for the United States
senatorship.
THE Dyrenforth party claim that, as a re-
result of their recent experiments, rain
making is success, but - it doesn't pay.
IT is reported that Edward j. Phelps of
Burlington will again be made minister to
England. No American can better adorn
the position.
WHILE the presidents message was be-
ing read in the house. Tom Reed stepped
up to the speakers rostrum and drawled
out in an aside; 81" Mr.. Speaker, presume
when the obituary is concluded the house
Will adjourn out of respect for the de-
ceased"
EDMUND p. KENDRIcK was last week
elected mayor of Springfield, Mass, by
rafting majority, which was a sweeping
defeat for the democratic machine. Ho-
yoke had the greatest turning over that it
ever experienced, and elected a republican
mayor by nearly 1000 plurality.
EUROPE will shortly have at her disposal
at least twenty million trained soldiers.
AS soon as the new military laws shall
have come into full effect the German army
will comprise 100000 men; the French,
A, $50, 900; the Russian, 4 900 900; the Italian,
3,236, 600; the Austrian, 800, 000 the Swiss,
489, 600, and the Belgian, $3.50
THE Argus asserts that George Powers
believes that ninety-five out of every one
hundred Vermont farmers would sign a
petition to have the maple sugar bounty
law repealed and he proposes to go earn
estly about accomplishing this result" The
Argus must mean Judge Powers. George
doesn't care rap about maple sugar
bounJies.
POSTMASTER VAN CoTT of New York is
wondering when the axe will fall. His four
years term ends December 10, 1893, but it is
not at all likely that he will be permitted to
remain a vast space of time after Cleveand's
Inauguration. AS the San puts it, the
question is one of merely speculative inter-
est. just such a question, in short, as How
tall was ADAM or Monsieur Gargantua's
historical and antiquarian inquiry, Which
came first, thirst or Drinking"
CONGRESS reassembled last week, but no
much interest is attached to it. The con-
gress was elected two years ago last
month. 1t did not meet in first session I'M
| til year and month after it was elected,
and it now comes together in second ses-
sion two years and month after its cleo
ton. TO legislate for the country after the
country has passed Judgment on its work.
Beyond passing appropriation bills, little
work will be done. The question of imm-
grafton restriction is an important one, and
something in that line may be done.
| A LETTER was sent to Secretary Foster Of
the United States treasury department at
| Washington by Superintendent Allen of the
|
Mont, Offering to make any amount of
much better silver dollars for ninety cents
piece than at present in use. Allen takes
the position that counting silver at eighty
| five cents per ounce, the intrinsic value of a
silver dollar in only 67.71 cents. He would
put in each dollar 400 grains of pure silver,
whereas the present dollar contains only
| 3714 grains. and he would number and let
ter each coin so that the government would
not be compelled to redeem duplicates, a
safeguard now neglected. Allen says that
he would reap profit in coming while the
price of silver was anywhere under 1899
In other words the present silver dollar
can be produced at profit of tfty-three
per cent, and coin made that cannot be
detected. A counterfeiter can make better
goods than the government, and accumu-
late a fabulous fortune. Has IL been done?
THERE is a variation in the usual breach
of-promise proceedings in a case just de-
veloped at Johnstown, Penn. Frederick
Kistozervia, young German, has entered
suit in the county court against Bertha
Dudzik, of the same nationality, for breach
of promise. AT the preliminary hearing be-
fore Judge Bland, the young man swore
that the courtship and engagement had
progressed through the usual stages to the
point where he had secured a marriage Ii
cense. Then the girl had repudiated the
contract and would not marry. He appeals
to the court TO make her live up TO her part
of the engagement. The defendant alleges
that her lover was TOO ardent, threatening
to make her either his wife or an angel.
She vas afraid he would kill her anyway,
| and refused TO marry her prospective exc