The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-30
Tough on VermOnters,

For the benefit of those who say that
sectional prejudice does not exist in
the present political campaign, we copy
the following from the Montgomery
Ollinois) Ne,oS:
The little blue-bellied state of Ver-
mont went republican last Tuesday by
an increased majority, and the poor
deluded victims of the three-ball party
around here are nearly tickled to death.
They punch the silver men in the ribs,
and run around them with one wing
down, like roosters in barnyard. Does
anyone suppose for an instant that the
silver men expected anything else?
The only wonder to us is that it did not
go unanimous. We are surprised that
the silver cause has any friends at all
in that narrow, contracted and God
forsaken state. Its inhabitants are a
lot of hook-nosed money-grabbers who
have managed to get rich by preying
on the rest of the United States. Every
man with mind as thick as piece of
tissue paper leaves the sterile hills and
rock. ridden farms of Vermont as soon
as he is old enough to travel, and if he
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he may acquire enough saving grace to
keep him from going to everlast
perdition, but even then it is constant
struggle with him. The people there
do not engage in agriculture, for the
| land there is so cursed poor that it
won't raise even disturbance. Every
time they bury man in Vermont they
dump load of manure in the grave,
so he will rise on resurrection day. Its
inhabitants are composed of old maids
and avaricious, shad-bellied money
lenders and corporation sharks. Their
principal occupation is forming corpo-
rations and drawing dividends. They
are too internal stiney to eat a full
meal, and consequently all are hungry
Nobody ever saw fat man in Yer
mont. They are too grasping, too
stingy, too penurious, to ever get fat.
Some of them come West and take on
little flesh, but on their native heath
they are like Cassius-they have lean
and hungry look.
They all have noses like vultures, and
eyes deep-set, cold, grey and greedy,
which are set in their heads so close
toge Their that they can look through a
keyhole with both eyes at once. They
are constantly looking around for some
one to beat. They are restless and
uneasy, condition they have acquired
lying awake nights and listening to
their notes draw interest and their
corporation stock pile up dividends.
Religiously they are divided into two
classes - the very religious and the
unbelievers. The religious sing psalms
through their noses on Sundays and
lay in wait for their fellow men on
week days. Those classed as unbe-
levers get drunk on New England rum
every afternoon and make fun of sacred
things when not too drunk. A pious
Vermonter ticks his boy half to death
if he catches him whistling on Sunday,
but commends him if he cheats a COM
panion out of his eye teeth. Some of
the early settlers of Vermont used to
try to farm, but they have quit long
ago, and rich manufacturing or gold
bug barons own large tracts of land
which they keep for game preserves.
If Vermont had gone democratic last
Tuesday, or increased its democratic
vote, it would have alienated large
number of silver men out West who
have long since learned to vote right
opposite to what they do in that state.
We are glad the gold bugs increased
their majority. 1t insures big increase
in the silver vote all over the West.
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