The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-27


far. The three senators refused to
apologize and were not required to.
SOMEBODY down in the southern end
of the state is advocating a candidate
for governor who did not fit into the re-
bellion, has never applied for pension
and does not even claim the title of a
brevet corporal This is simply high
reason.-Hdrd,oick Gazette.
IT has long been an open secret that
Colonel Smalley is not a warm ad nirer
of Mr.. Cleveland, but he is very
shrewd and far-seeing political leader,
with comprehension of the force of
public sentiment, and we do not believe
that he has taken any such attitude as
is attributed to him. But if he has,
even his great power and popularity
among the Vermont democrats will
not avail to turn them from their en-
thusiastic following of Cleveland's lead
ership.-Brdttleboro Rformer.
THE preacher at the funeral of a
Kansan of somewhat doub full charac-
ter confined himself TO a few general
expressions pertinent to the occasion,
and then, not knowing the history of
his corpse, he called for remarks by
any one present. No one stirred, and
the invitation was repeated. Finally,
an old farmer, who sat in the corner of
| the front room, rose and said: IF no
one has any remarks to make about the
deceased, l would like to make few
remarks about the sub-treasury plan"
The fight for the city in which to
hold the democratic convention brought
out number of pleasant personalities
none being more humorous than the re-
tort of Congressman Tarsney of Mis-
souri, to the sneering remark about
Kansas City by Senator Blackburn.
"Kansas Cityl" exclaimed Blackburn
"Why, that town has sixteen thousand
empty houses" To which Congress.
man Tarsney made reply: "Ou my
way east i stopped in Kentucky al
Blackburn's home. One of his towns.
men, WHO was telling me what a won
derful state they had, reached up tC
this climax. We have the three cham
pion liars in the world. Henry Wat
terson is one and Joe Blackburn is the
other two.'"
KATE FIELD tells, in her Washing
ton, about the first visit to Ohm Brown
|
time ago, and her scheme for buying i
when she heard it was for sale. Hur
rying to Boston, she mentioned thu
case to Wendell Phillips and Ralpl
Waldo Emerson, who sent her nice
sympathetic notes, but neither none,
nor advice. A male friend then volun
teered to rush out on the street and col
lect it among his friends, but he failed
Only one person up there, lady, actu
ally contributed any cash; that is, asid
from Kate Fields own 800. Blu
within forty-eight hours after she hat
stated the case to a New York gentle
man he had picked up eighteen sub
scriptions, each of that amount. Will
this $4,000 the farm was bought and
good tenant secured, who still remains
When | revisited the Adirondacks, re
GENTLY" says Miss Field, {" / found on
property worth three times what W
had paid for it, the house in good re
pair, and John Browns grave tn
Mecca of all tourists"
WE believe that the work of the nav
department and of the war depart
ment during the past six weeks is
marvel of administrative energy an
patriotic vigilance. Some of our reat
ers, perhaps, but certainly not all, hav
an idea OF what has been accomplished
And yet it is this very activity, not il
viting conflict, but following the fir
,, principles of national prudence and III
ordinary laws of common sense, whic
, furnishes the chief ground of the mus
wump attack on men who are doin
their duty. Consider two proposition
; If war is averted and the governmeI
of Chilli makes proper reparation fl
: the Valparaiso outrage, it will be fl
no other reason than because we wei
|; ready. If war came, and in spite
the warning events of the past thre
months this country were not prepare
to the best of its ability for the col
fiict, the men whom the non-AmericaI
d are now criticising for doing their dut
would deserve to be impeached. The
8 would deserve to be hanged. Go ahea
l servants of the people You are RICH
your work counts for peace, and Il
e country is with you.-Ne,o York So
a Chili-..The Presidents Message.