The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-06-19
ABOUT TOWN.
Reflections and Observations.

The soeialistic orator on Haymarket
Square last night had his piece well staged,
with the iurid effect OF gathering storm
| overhead. But his audience was not large,
owing partly to the greater interest in the
monograph at Leland's which, whether
WIN intent or not, was grinding out
patriotic music to the effectual refutation of
his arguments. Ordinarily a genuine uo1
hunldnd should be more appealing than anv
raucouS reproduction; and his seemed
genuine enough to have belonged to ''Felix
Holt" He was urging the men to 'realize
thelr position" which, In very truth is
enough to make most Of us protest against
things as they are''-not however, to the
extent OF brewing bomb to set them right.
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One OF the more hopeful lockers into the
future prophesies a reaction from the hud-
dilng OF millions In cities, and the resulting
ulscom1ortS and diBcOntents OF that condi.
ton. Hardly reaction, perhaps q modi-
ihcation rather, brought about by an in
creasing desire for the benefits and enjoy
ments of healthful out-of-door life. Il
Will be seen, he thinks in the extension of
the already far-reaching suburbs of large
cltles-desirable dwelling places because
they are sure to provide good schools doc
tors and other necessities of modern life
The far-seeinR eye OF this prophet beholds
at the end OF this century England prac-
Gcally absorbed in London, and from
u "a
corresponding tract OF inhabited, but not
crowded, territory, with intermediate nu-
clei at Philadelphia and New York. When
ne turns that prophetic orb OF his in this
direction, he may behold promise OF the
same thing, exemplifed along the electric
car route between Barre and Montpelier,
It's unaccountable that we should have
escaped attention.
Some one ought to offer $500 reward for
driving faster than a walk through the un-
slightly old Berlin bridge, for such pace
would surely cause its collapse, and neces-
state building q new one. 1t is pity this
suggestion comes too late to allow its being
carried out before the advent OF the circus
next month. No elephant with any regard
for his safety would 80 much as reach his
trunk into the bridge to take peanut from
the hand OF Rube, whose instinct prompts
him to feed the stock on all occasions
kali Nag" would have trumpeted in de-
rision at the sight of it and maybe have
summoned the rest to ''let in the Jungle"
upon US, for that we had 80 long permitted
a menace to the life of man and beast.
A careful perusai of the circus bills
thrown in at our doors is recommended to
every earnest student of the English tongue
APT alterations artful aid" has been
employed to an unprecedented extent in
the compositions OF its periods. The woful
their dearest treasures" that we may be
entertained withal is vividly set FORTH &C.
compani by a picture of these aforesaid
treasures, performing remarkable contor-
tions, attired in full dress. 1t oflen happens
at places where this costume s worn that
people experience strong desires TO fling
others over head, or hu | them violently TO
the floor; but in real life it so seldom oc-
ours, that 1t will be gratifying to behold
such an ideal state OF things portrayed.
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The camels alone are great show to
some. They look so like humans of a type
too familiar-the sort who have made up
their minds to bear 1t, but never to grin.
The "oont dialect for came) Is loved not
by Tommy Atkins" Here's what he says
OF uim
"The 'orse e knows above bit, the bulock's but a
The elephants gentleman, the battery-mules a
mule,
But the cOmmissariat cam-u-el, when all is said an
'Es devil, an ostrich, an a orphan child in
Q the cont o the oont, o the hairy, scarry oontl
Atrippin over tent ropes when we We got the night
We socks him with stretcher-pOle, an 'eads him
An when we've saved his bloomin' life, e chaws
cur bloomin' arm"
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Admirers of the mountain tried to
change Its old name, Oamel's Hump, to the
more imposing title, Crouching Lion. The
latter is a mitted to be more descriptive of
the character and outline of the noble crest,
but the former has somehow grown indel-
ible with the years, beyond the power of
even an act OF the Legislature to change.
And to native it will rever suggest any
thing grotesque or mean-rather the finest
object on the horizon and the "help" that
comes to the observer when he lifts up his
eyes TO its lines OF strength and beauty.