The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-01-06
class. This advacement has not
been sudden but gradual. 1t dates
from the location of the first granite
firm here"
Signs of Ahe Tines.
By J. s. LAMBERT.

1t needs no sibyl to predict the out
come of many of the forces and method
of our advancing civilization or to Sc,
that the drama is gathering element
that are destined to produce great dis
satisfaction and discord all over the ma
ton, and for this neither of the politica
parties are wholly to blame, for theil
action must be limited by the constitu
ton which guarantees to all men tn,
right of life, liberty and the pursuit O
happiness. But we have left our con
servative basis and are stepping on toe
far and too fast we are running wilc
with the achievements of the century
but paying "too dear for the whistle. y
We are not only enriching railway cor.
porations but paying enormous sums
for fraudulent issues of stock and the
same is true of telegraph and telephone
lines throughout all our land. Cen.
tralization is now the watchword and
reply. The hiving together of vast
communities of tenants and laborers,
composed as they often are of persons
of foreign birth and ignorant of the first
principles of republican form of gov
ernment, can only be productive Of
evil. This coupled with the Socialistic
not to say nihilistic tendencies of the
age serves to make the outlook one of
uncommon interest and needing the ut
most care in legislation to bridge over
the turbid, angry streams of popular
discomfort, and the way we are meeting
this almost imperative necessity is by
sending great majority of ignorant
and often unprincipled men to the leg
islatdre and if they have been soldiers
that is passport enough, character, dig
nifty, or brains are not necessary.
There is such thing as patriotism run
mad and the system is beginning to tell
upon the patience of the younger voters
of today. They have got tired of work.
ing at the tail of the great machine and
while great honor is due and is given
the "boys Of 81 we cannot close our
eyes to the fact that such a state of
things is subversive of patriotism and
an uncompromising foe to the ambitious
and loftier impulses of the rising gener-
alton. There is no room for honorable
preferment. The best offices are nearly
all filled by veterans or older states
men who do not seem to realize the
needs or wants of the people. Again
the vast sums given as pensions have
helped to lower the moral standards of
the nation, inasmuch as 33 per cent of
this money goes to enrich the vendors
of rum. This and the sums given by
those who are taking up the mantles of
their fathers reaches the almost incon-
ceivable figure of one billion five hun
dred millions yearly, and thus the most
deadly factor in the strange uncanny
drama that is being rehearsed upon the
stage of American civilization passes
all unheeded, by leaving its impress il
the shape of dwarfed intellectually and
moral decline.
The assistant judges of the Ben.
nigton court have appointed the fol.
lowing county officers: Treasurer
George f. Graves; Jail commission
ers, Bennington, Thomas White, C
r. Sanford, Fl. A. Taylor; Man
cherter, Samuel G. Cone, j. n
Hard, L. d. Coy; turnpike inspec
tor, H. I. Cushman, ID, G. G
Burton, E. G. Bacon. Edward J
Hall has been previously appointed
county clerk.
Nina Knapp Of So. SALISBURY
while walking from her home to d.
some shopping, was attacked by tw
dogs and thrown to the ground. He
screams brought assistance befor
she was much injured.
At present there are thought to b
not less than ,000,0 900 Canadians i
the United States. The figures Q
the immigration for the past four dc
cades are as follows: 1860, 249, 900
1870, 493, 900; 1880, 717,000; ls9
, 9s3, 900.