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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05
Middlesex.

Peter Guyette, who has been confined to
the house by pleurisy, is reported somewhat
better.
John W. Egsn Is agent for the celebrated
Testers fertilizers and 10 distributing some
handsome calendars among the farmers.
Instead OF working for j. w. Egan, &. @.
Kellogg ia contemplating taking the Bar
rett farm, now occupied by Nathaniel En-
mis-.
Nearly all the infant population and
many older people have been i'll the past
week, among whom are Mrs. Fl. L. NOEL
roy, Mrs. Joseph Hill and Mrs. U. IL. Ham
mond.
The stream OF water owned by the Fisher
estate and supplyin twelve families besid. s
the hotel, and which caused so much trouble
last winter, Ia again frozen beyond hopes Of
water until May. This is a state of affairs
which merits some action towards other
means OF securing water. The parties own.
ing this stream are wholly TO blame In this
matter. and the most severe censure Ia too
mild for them.
John r.. Leonard, whose accident was
noted In last weeks issue, died from the ef-
fects OF the accident last week Tuesday
night. Mr.. Leonard bad been long resi-
dent of this town, and will be much missed
by the people. He was one OF nine child.
rem and the first to die. The fun. raj oc-
CURED on Friday from the church, Rev. j.
K. Wright officiating. The interment was
at the Center cemetery.
Catarrh cured. A clear head and sweet
breath secured with ShilOhs Cstarrh Rem
edy, sold on q guarantee. Nasal injector
free. Sold by W. k. Terrill & Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

annexation. IL the United States ia 80
bankrupt in practical craftsmanship
that the presence in the islands of less
than 100 600 natives and foreigners OF
all kinds presents an insuperable obsta-
Gle to annexation, this nation should
seek the protection of some one OF the
various powers whose flag will be
raised at Honolulu, If the stars and
stripes are not. England, for example,
which successfully managing the CON-
pick affairs of many countries, with
populations Of hundreds of millions,
embracing nearly every race under the
sun, would laugh at the task of bring
ing into subsection to English law the
few tens of thousands of peacefully
disposed mixed peoples in these islands
Of the Pacific. The United States is
receiving, annually, greater foreign
population, the raw material Of indus
trial development, and Of future citizen.
ship, than the entire aggregate OF
natives, Japanese, etc., sheltered by
Hawaii and employed in her industries.
The little republic, without an army or
navy, has maintained peace within its
dominions but here are some people
in this great republic Of limitless power
and resources hating and chattering
about the danger Of accepting gift OF
immense riches because few thousand
Asiatics and Europeans are cullivating
the soil and carrying on business in it's
regions; and because, further, some
small fraction of the present value OF
the inheritance may be required to pro-
tect it and enhance it's worth. The
recent development of European de-
signs upon China admonishes this
country to delay no longer an act that
was ripe for performance four years
ago. Time will bring complications,
as it has brought them since Mr.
Cleveland, in the spring of 1893, re.
versed the policy of Gen. Harrison,
Mennonite delegation in Congress
ought 10 be solid for annexation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05
The Old and the New.

The year 1897 brought few events Of
worldwide significance. The Turko-
Grecian war broke for while the
peace Of Europe. In Asia the conflict
that is seldom intermitted between the
tribes of India and their British rulers
has spilled the blood OF conquered and
conqueror, and called to the mountain
frontiers great array Of military
forces. In the western world Cuba
has maintained her fight for indepen-
dence. With these exceptions the
peace of the world has suffered no BE-
rious affront though the dogs of war in
every martial kennel of the Old World
have been ever ready to resent any
slight or to punish any intrusion upon
their masters preserves.
The old year was distinguished rath-
err for general ferment in human
affairs, for notes of preparation for
events that may illuminate the history
OF the year just bes un. In the west
ern hemisphere the Hawaii Islands will
undoubtedly fulfill their "manifest des-
tiny" and take their place under the
folds of the flag of the American
Union. Cuba's aspirations for indie
pendence, baptized in the blood of
generations of her patriotic sons, may
attain to the full measure of resliza-
ton, and the island rise from the sea
disenthralled of its ancient oppressors
and take its place among the republics
of the South. The Nicaragua canal, the
project that, completed, shall give to
commerce and to the naval protection
of the Pacific coast what the overland
railways have accomplished for the set
Element and military defense Of that
distant part of our country, will be adj
vanced, let us hope, to that stage of
preliminary accomplishment that shall,
beyond peradventure, assure its early
construction, through American enter
prise, by American capital, under the
sole control of the American govern
ment. These three events, with the
full reinstatement of industrial pros
perity in all the places from which it
has 30 long been exiled, on this side Of
the globe would adequately and glori-
ously commemorate the year 1898.
On the other side of the world there
is "the mastering of squadrons for
enterprises that have acquired new
name and new dignity since the time
of Captain Kidd. The activities are
full of ominous import for the most
ancient of nations. They also indicate
the fulfillment of the prophecies of
very recent times that the broad Pa
cific is soon to become the theater of
greater events than have lighted up,
even in it's pa'miest days, the annals Of
the tempestuous Atlantic. In no other
quarter of the globe are there powers
and agencies converging, and interest
conflicting, that will excite livelier or
wider interest. In industrial England,
in Spain politically and respecting her
financial affairs, in Austro. Hungary
with it's jargou of many tongues and
its racial conflicts, popular ferment is
ripening to it's harvest of results, of
good or evil, and the new year may
behold the housing of the crop. In
the general round up of events at it's
close may the current year be found to
have been happy one for the human
race at large.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

RECoMPENsE for poverty of reason
or argument is often sought in sweep
ing statement for which there is not
the shadow of foundation. Here, for
example, is the Phoenir of Brattleboro
declaring that "public sentiment in
Vermont Overwhelmingly endorses
Senator Morrill, in his opposition to
Hawaiian annexation" When was
public sentiment in this State polled on
the question of the annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands? BY what authority
does the contemporary speak for Yer
mont? And what bearing would il
have upon the merits of the question
even If it were true that this little frap.
ment of this Nation were overwhelm.
ingly opposed to annexation Another
contemporary is appalled, by the poly.
glot character OF the population of the
islands and this is the great argu.
ment OF the Mugwump press against
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

determined to fight it out for their
favorite candidate IL it takes all winter,
and they Indignantly deny the report
that they will form coalition with
Brice for a gold Democrat rather than
be beaten by free silver Republican.
The opposition to Hanna is factional,
unreasonable, unjust, and injurious to
party. Mr.. Hanna has honorably
earned the Senatorship. He has the
ability and the experience that would
ensure good senator, and he deserves
to win.
THE Spanish plan for Cuban autono-
my has been fully developed, and it is
as delusive as the prophets declared that
it would be. The Captain General is
clothed with almost absolute power.
The legislative scheme provides for an
upper chamber Of the Cuban psrlia-
ment, seventeen Of whose members are
appointed for life by the Captain-G Gen.
eral, and eighteen are elected-one-half
every FIVE years, or oftener IL it pleases
the Captain-General to dissolve the
body. The "bopd of sovereignty 10
strengthened, and the central authority
at Madrid els in no wise lessened or
weakened" by the limitations placed
upon free legislation by the local parlia.
ment,-all in harmony with Ssgasta's
statement of what was his first concern
in framing his scheme. This plan of
autonomy, such as it is, has yet 10 re-
ceive the sanction Of the Spanish
Cortes but, should it pass that ordeal, q
new ministry, or q succeeding Cortes,
in which the element that is opposed to
any concessions in favor OF Cuba might
be in power, could re-estsblish the old
order Of things. "'Taint a KNOWN
kind o. cattle that is ketched with
mouldy corn" Gen. Gomez scents the
musty odor of the autonomous fodder
with which Captain General Blanco ia
batting him, but he is too knowing to
be caught with such stuff. "Sink or
swim, survive or perish" he is for in
dependence. The war must 90 on and
the end must be free Cuba.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY and his party
have reiterated their intention to keep
every American dollar equivalent to a
gold dollar. The Democratic party is
satisfied with q fifty-cent dollar and
even appears to be preparing to declare
that piece of paper worth nothing is
- good as fifty-cent dollar and conse-
quently as good as hundred'cent dol
lar.
THE Free Press has heard rumor
that d. ]. Foster of Burlington is to be
q candidate to succeed Representative
Powers at the expiration of the term
the latter is now serving. Mr.. Foster,
when interviewed by reporter, replied
he chad nothing to say in relation TO
the rumor," which may signify some
thing, or it may not. If Judge Powers
has decided not to take another election,
what is the matter with Ex-Governor
Carroll S. Page for the Office Of repre-
sentative OF the first district in the
national Congress?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

TWENTY per cent advance in wages
was the Christmas gift received by
some fifteen hundred employees of In
diana glass factories. The companies
state that there is ample work in pros
pect to keep their factories running on
full time, their entire stocks Of glass on
hand having been exhausted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

THE prediction recently made by
Messrs. Dingley and others that this
will be a short session of Congress, may
come true after all. Most of the ap-
preparation bills seem to be we'll in
hand, and from present indications all
Of them will have passed the House be-
fore the end of February. Hawaiian
annexation, either by treaty or act of
Congress, will probably be accomplish.
ed, and the House may pass the Sem
ate's Cuban belligerency joint resolu-
ton. A bankruptcy bill is likely to be
enacted, but the one which passes the
House will be different from the
measure which has gone through the
Senate, and a contest between the two
branches on this issue is probable
Still the Republican leaders who say
the session will end some time in Nav
or in early June may be correct in their
forecast. -
BOTH branches Of the Ohio Legisla-
ture were organized on Monday, and
by a combination OF ten Anti Hanna
Republicans, and the Democratic men,
bers, the organization was effected in
the interests of the opposition to the
reelection of Senator Hanna by vote
of fifty six to ffty-three. While the
present outlook is not favorable to Mr..
Hanna, the end is not yet. The joint
senatorial caucus, to be held tonight,
and the joint balloting for Senator next
Wednesday, may give the matter a very
different aspect. The Hanna men are
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

SENATOR WoLCoTT has been chsrac-
terized as "no gutter" and this is en-
phasized in his prompt denial Of Demo-
cratic canards insisting that he was
about to resign his chair in the Senate
because the President and secretary of
the treasury were unwilling to adopt
free coinage without international CO.
operation. These Democratic editors
apparently overlook the fact that MIR.
Gage does not now propose anything
different from the principles laid down
in the ST.. Louis platform, a platform
upon which Mr.. Wolcott stood firmly
in the campaign of last year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

THE Illinois Steel Company announc-
es its orders at this time nearly double
those at the beginning of any previous
year, and prophesies that the country
is entering upon the best business pc
riod within ten years. There is prob
ably no more accurate indication of the
condition of business generally than is
shown by the iron industry. Iron and
steel enter into practically all branches
OF business building, manufactures,
mining, agriculture, railroads, and in
fact every branch of trade, and an en-
larged demand for it surely indicates
an increase in all branches of business.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

THE Presidents simple and effective
plan for breaking the "endless chain"
by the retention in the treasury of
greenbacks presented for redemption
in gold coin, is steadily gaining in fav-
or, and is generally thought to be the
most advantageous plan yet presented.
1t was to be expected, of course, that
the Democratic party would oppose the
Presidents recommendation, and it has
placed itself on record as against the
gradual and easy retirement of the
greenbacks and the placing of the cur
rency system of the government upon
such a sound financial basis as to pre-.
clude the possibility of such dang ers as
confronted it during the last administra-
ton, when gold was drained from the
treasury and President Cleveland found
it necessary to issue hundreds of mil
lions of bonds to preserve the nation
from bankruptcy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05
ARTHUR ROPES. General Editor.

THE average shipment abroad of
wheat in November amounted to lit
tie less than 6 100000 bushels per week,
as against less than 900 900 bushels
during the corresponding period of last
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-05

THE st. Adams Messenger, in re-
cent publication, mistakenly considered
that the good fame of the late w. II.
Hunt had been assaulted in certain
structures made upon the appointment
of DR.. Giddings to the Office of SUPER
intendent of the asylum for the insane
at Waterbury. At the time the Mes.
Senger published its defense of Mr..
Hunt, the editor of this paper believed
that the appointment of superintendent
was made considerable space of time
before the election of Mr.. Hunt as
trustee of the asylum. Writing at q
distance from the sources OF informa-
ton, verification of this belief was at
the time impossible. We now find
that Mr.. Hunt was not member of the
board that made DR.. Giddings super
intendent, and his judgment or official
action was in no wise involved in the
making of that unfortunate appoint
ment. The WATCHMAN had frequent
ly taken pleasure in approving the
course of Mr.. Hunt in public affairs,
and is pleased to find that, in the mat
ter in question, it's first impression was
correct. The Waterman, as a sup.
porter, in 1890, of The candidacy of Car
roll s. Page for the governorship, is
pleased to find, further, emphatic veri-
ficatiou of its statement that Mr.. Page,
as governor and ex-officio member of
the board of the trustees of the asylum,
earnestly opposed the appointment of
DR.. Giddings on the ground, first, that
he had not had sufficient experience in
the treatment Of the insane, and, Sec
ond, that it was unwise to elect as gu
perintendent member of the board,
DIR. Giddings being a trustee of the
asylum at the time he was chosen gu
perintendent. The appointment APP
pears 10 have been made in spite of
Gov. Pages most earnest protest and
his warning of the probable conse-
quences. The governors predictions
were fulfilled, and the details of the
ful6llment are matters of history. Even
his suggestion that specialist in men,
tai diseases should be appointed assist.
ant superintendent was disregarded.
William H. Hunts public service was
characterized by sound judgment and,
In this connection, needs no defense.
Gov. Pages appointments to Office were
exceptionally strong ones and gave
general satisfaction, aud his record on
the case in question places the sound.
ness of his judgment and the wisdom
of his official course, if possible, in a
clearer light than any ther act of his
administration.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-13
Baron Pollock as Humorist.

Baron Pollock was blessed with a
keen sense of humor, and was ever
quick TO see a funny situation and to
make the most of it. Trying one day a
tramway accident case, the car con-
ductor was called to prove what he
was doing when the cause Of action
arose. Only one passenger was inside
the vehicle at the psychological mo-
ment and, while collecting his fare
the smash occurred. This operation &C.
cupied only a second, according to the
veracious Fares, please" as he sim
ply rushed into the car, took the fare,
and came out again" He was asked
in cross examination if he could, there
fore, collect sixty fares in one minute.
mo, SIR returned the badgered man;
NOR could an angel Baron Pollock
rose to the occasion, and in his oracular
manner delivered himself gravely thus:
Il do not think that for the purposes
of this case we can go beyond ordi-
nary rnortals. The more so, indeed, as
we have known that fools rush in
where angels fear to tread
On another occasion, when presiding
at the trial of water case, battery
of bottles of the fluid in dispute was
produced by each side. OF course, those
produced by the plaintiff We're disgust
ingly turbid, while those of the defend
ant We're as eharmingly pellucid-with
one exception, and this happened to
have been filed by the clerk to his So
licito-. On shaking the bottle. the con-
tents showed thicker than any of those
supplied by the seeker after damages.
"A delightful row ensued between coun-
sci as TO the admission in evidence of
this unlucky flask. But good humor
was restored when the Baron let off
the remark that if, instead of the bot
tie having been filled by a solicitors
clerk, it had been settled by counsel, no
objection would have been taken.
one DAY, at the old Guildhall sittings,
the bells of an adjacent church set up
such Naturalization that even the
brazen voice of counsel in his opening
speech was drowned out. The COM
passionate Pollock, B., ordered the ring
ing 10 be stopped. remarking in an aside
to the jury, when quiet had been OBJ
tanned: You know, gentlemen, that
this is not a court of a-peali'
The secrets of the bar mess are not
for the common ear, but to the genial
Judge is ascribed the following bon
mot. The merits of the rising, but
somewhat dunderheaded, junior We're
being discussed, when Pollock then the
lead n Of the circuit. remarked: We'll,
he's Il dear fellow and the happy pos
SCISSOR of a mind unclouded by
thong 1T" Later in life he gently de-
MED the authorship of the epigram, but
the belief prevails that he made it
Yves minister Gazette.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-13
A SAN JOSE ROBBERY.
The Stolen Trousers Found, but the
Money Was Missing.

SAN JOSE, Jan. 12-The trousers
which the robber stole from under E. A
Browns pillow Saturday morning with
$500 in the pockets have been recov-
cred. They, with the empty purse
pocket knife and silver watch, were
found in the rear of a store not two
blocks from the scene of the robbery.
The robber had evidently gone up a
fight of stairs and down into a little
cooped-up yard, where he remained con-
cealed until he had opportunity to get
out probably that night. Hundreds pass
the place just outside the fence every
hour of the day.
The officers have about decided that
the robber is Isaac Irwin, and not Will
lam Miller. Both are dangerous ex-
convicts, and much alike in all appear
ances and characteristics, but Miller is
now baldheaded, while the robber is not.
In addition, the officers believe, Miller to
be in Oregon at present
THE ROBBER CAPTURED.
SAN JOSE, Jan. 12-Isaac Erwin,
alias Marvin, who on last Saturday
morning robbed and nearly murdered
e. A Brown of HOLSTER in this city,
thirty miles from town.
Erwin had been given food and shell
ter by Brown, but was an inveterate
gambler. and his cupidity made him
ready for crime when he learned that
Brown had $500 He was taking the
money when Brown awolze, and Erwin
then attempted to murder him, beating
his defenseless victim over the head
with a heavy revolver. Erwin es-
capped and started south on foot. He
reached the Weber ranch last night,
and was engaged in blowing when the
officers from this city put him under
arrest. He was brought back to town
tonight. None of the stolen money
has been recovered, and it is thought
that it is buried on the Weber ranch.
The prisoner protests that he is in
nocent, claiming that he arose Satur-
day morning, went out to get drink,
and when he returned he found Brown
bruised and battered. Fearing he would
be arrested on suspicion he at once
took flight. No stock is taken in this
story. Erwin was formerly prosper
Gus farmer of klamath County, Or.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-13
CASE OF JAY VS.. SYKES.
suit to Recover Money Advanced to
the Latter's Wife.

ToNDON. Ian. 1.-THE case of Jay VS..
sykes was opened before the Lord Chlei
Justice Baron Russell, to-day Lamson
walton. who appeared for the plaintiff,
PANEL jaw. money lender, said the
action was to recover the sum OF TO-
$40 lsnt TO Lady Jessica Sykes in 1896,
on the security of notes purporung~to
no signed by her husband, Sir ration
sykes. The actual amount Of cash lent,
counsel continued, was about tloooU,
the balance being interest
Lady Sykes admitted the liability, but
Sir Tatton denied that the signatures
were mis-, and alleged that they were
forged by Lady Sykes. The latter, coun-
sci said. would testify that her husband
signed the notes.
Counsel then described the relations
between husband and wife, the former
encoura ging his ife'sextravagance. yet
loa1h TO pay the bills. The wife con-
seauertly became involved in debt, and
borrowed money at per cent. At the
same time. without her husbands
knowledge she speculated heavily on
the Stock Exchange. When the KAT
fir Circus" was smashed her husband
had to pay f31 900 to her brokers. Sir
Tatton promised Mr.. Jay to pay off
the whole of his wife's liability, but
Immediately afterwards he disappeared.
Finally Lady Sykes was forced to take
proceedings TO obtain relief, to which
her husband answered by the personal
criminal charge.
Lady Sykes then testified. She cor
robocared the foregoing statement of
Walton. and said her husbands in
come was 10000. The notes, she add
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-13
A Convict's Moral Code.

The leading article in a recent issue of
the Monthly Record" published at the
State Prison. is entitled The Border
land" and is written by No. Is II, and
has decidedly religious tone. Five
rules for conduct are laid down, and the
author says they are principles by which
his life is governed:
ID If possible, be well and have a
good appetite If these conditions are
yours. the battle of life is already half
won. Many soul and heart troubles
arise really in the stomach; though it
may seem strange to You.
CD Be busy Fill the hours so full of
useful and interesting work that there
shall be no time for dwelling on your
troubles. that the dav shall dawn full
Of expectation, the night fail full of re-
pose.
CD Forget yourself. You never will
be happy if your thoughts constantly
dwell upon yourself, your own perfec-
tons. your own shortcomings. what
people think of you, and so on.
4) Expect little. Expect little of
life, not too much Of your friends
CD Trust in God. Believe that God is.
that He really knows what is best for
you; believe this truly. and the bitter
ness is gone from life.-Hartford Cour-
ant