Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-12-13

lesson until half of their property has
gone up in smoke.
The favorable showing made by the
annual report of the Central Vermont
railroad speaks well for the ability of
the present management. With large
decrease in the gross income, they have
succeeded in keeping down expenses SO
as to show very respectable net profit
on the business of the year.
Commenting upon the outrages on
Armenians in Turkey The London
Daily News says: England has direct
responsibility for the porte's action in
the matter The responsibility for the
delay in needful reforms lays at our
door," Very likely England has been
so busy looking after the interests OF
American Negroes that she been obliged
to neglect her own affairs.
The Rutland Herald celebrated its
Tooth birthday last Saturday, with an
issue of 16 pages containing historical
sketc}as nf the town and of the panel
itself, also a fac-simile supplement Of
the first issue, dated December 8, 1874.
The Herald is one of the most prosper
GUS papers in the state and the oldest
with one exception, The Vermont Jour
nal having been founded in 1888.
The San Francisco Examiner, in aid
of local charity, is to give the eXclus-
i've control of the paper for one day to
committee of ladies'. Without any
help from the regular staff, except in
the mechanical departments, they will
make and sell the Christmas number
of the paper, according to their own
ideas, and all the proceeds will be
turned over to the Children's Hospital.
1t is expected that every woman in Cal
ifornia who can read will buy one OF
more copies of the paper.
lHe IOuIlue VI WOIh Ill lut Scudlt
was broken Tuesday by the lively
speech of Senator Morrill, in connection
with his report on several bills submit
ted to the finance committee for the in
flation of the currency. There were
nine bills, which the senator designat-
ed as ''quack panaceas for real and
imaginary public evils and grievances. !"
His speech was unusually vivacious
and unsparing in its sarcasm, and gave
evidence that Vermont's ''grand old
man" is very much alive.
Hon. David Holmes, NJ. p, has not
been long in this country, but he has
been here long enough to find big hole
in the labor milestone. 81 flnd," he
says, sin my hurried investigation OF
the labor movement in America, that a
fatuous spirit ofjealousy exists amongst
the leaders of many of your trades or
ganizations. In England leader has
the following of the people he repre-
sents, and he knows that they will
stand by him so long as he does not for
felt their esteem. 1t seems to be here
more a scramble for position than fol
principle" The honorable David has q
good eye.
The cold weather has driven Robert
Ingersoll in doors, but he is still reeling
off blasphemy by the yard at $50 8
night and tickling people who gladly
part with their money to be told thai
they can live as they please and come
out all right. On the same Sunday
night when the churches of New YorE
city were resounding with the praises
of DIR. Parkhurst and his noble work
Ingersoll was holding forth in one o
the cheap theatres, ridiculing religion
and the churches, before an audience il
which New York paper said, ''thert
was obviously no chance for him Il