The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-09-11


States upon lake Superior thence taking IA south |
eastery course, it will tho corner OF Wscon-
sin, The state Of Michigan, the northeast corner of
ONO, the western part of Pennsylvania II part OIL
Mary land aud Virginia and leaving the continent
near The mouth OF Chesapeake bay, it will end in
Lat. 3D. 81 N, and Long So 29'W. This eclipse
will no visible to the whole of North America and
to small portion Of South America. TT.
Burlington, Sept 6, 1888
The Canadians, it is stated, are leaving Canada
by the hundreds, and are making their way to ILL.,
uos, aud the Ear West. One steamer had 200 on
board and 10 horses, on her way up the Lake. The
lroabes in Canada will undoubtedly drive many
Of the most enlerprsing and liberal minded to take
up their abode in The States.
In course Of couple of years, we shall probably
have three new States in the Couieduration--For-
ida, Ouiscohsin and Iowa. Truly, we are increas-
ing with sufficient rapidity without The xalion
of Texas.
| Rcncontre. The Louisville Journal states that
the senior editor of that paper, had been attacked
in The yard of the Harodsburg Springs, by Thomas
p. Moore. G. Free Tom Moore.') Mr. Moore ad'
vauced upon Mr. Prentice with drawn pistol, and
fred at him; Mr Prentice then fired, neither shot
taking effect Nj Pre- nlice drew a Second pistol,
when MIR Moore quailed, and said he had other
arms: whereupon Mr. P,eniicc from supolabundun,
magnanmity, spared the miscreant's life.
Eay'y Marriage. we by the notice in The
l.. l. Star, Of the marriages at Hampstead Harbor,
of Edward Tuppan to Miss IlaFrc, Allen, that MIR
Tappun is 10 years Of age, and Mrs Tappan is /
years and 10 days old
The New York Methodist asserts the fact deriv-
ed from statistical official tables that Of 1870 dstill-
cries in that state in 1925, there now not more
than 200, IL that the consumption Of foreign liquors
includidg wine, has been reduced two thirds.
Ten Miles If Steamboats,, The aggregate length
Of the steau boats the Ohio and Mississippi is
supposed to be about miles!
1too Boys shat The Louisville Journal says:--
"Two boys were shot in New Albany on Sunday
ng;t whilst in the act of stealing melons from lie
garden Of II citizen OF that place. One of them re-
lived several shot in the head and was severely
wounded; the other was shot in the arm"
Temperance in tie Sand,otch Is'amds--The King
of Oahu has suppressed all the grog shops except
two, and placed them under severe restrictions.
a mammoth muskmelon has grown near Charles
ton, S. G., which weighs flty-sx bs.--measures
in circumference four feet three inches and in length
SIX feet nine inches.
The cattle dying off at shocking rate 10
some parts of New Hampshire by some unknow
disease. The bodies purify so soon after death,
that it il necessary to bury them Immediately.
Some persons have been poisoned by attempting to
skin the dead animals
The rent of the Astor House, New York, is esti
mated seven cents minute
The editor Of the Boston Post has commenced
the publication Of weekly sheet until after the
election, TO be called I" The Thora." Buckingham
of the Boston Courier, in order TO keep up the
scratching, proposes to publish one to he cu|lea
{" The .Ncnie.'
Eclipse on tie Smn.-There will he uImos. total
eclipse of the the 18th September next in the
United States. 1t will be the last central eclipse
Of the visible in The u. States until that of May
20, 1904, which will be also dnnular. The next
total eclipse Of the Sun will be on the 9TH August
| 1864.
Mr. Sl'as Wright has received tho Degree o Doc
tor of Laws from the University Of Vermont lie
has really shown himself worth, of it, Tor he has
doc,ored and tinkercd up the laws into such suar
that nothing but the ballot boxes can dsenanglo
them.
The Dcdham, Massachusetts, Patriot states tina,
three aged matrons, sisters, whose ages are o. So
and 81, met in company ut West Dedham few
days since, moi having seen each other for nearly
! thirty years.
Lynctlng.-A few days since, Rev. Mr.. lnnt |
the celebrated temperance preacher, delivered a I
lecture on the subject at Valley Forge, Pa.
Immediately upon the conclusion of the lecture !
the cry was raised for star and feather!" one ,l'
The foremost in the cry being an influential man.
who was dealer in ardent spirits. The lar aud
feathers ere procured, and the ass einlled crowd
proceeded forthwith to apply thorough coat Of
the material to an unresisting- barrel of ,ehiSkey
which the aforesaid dealer had brought OUT 10
be publicly sacrificed pledge of his determi-
nation to abandon the traffic. The victim was
then burnt upon the spot--the Sp1Its leaving lis
larry tenement amid the cheers of The spectators.
Served it right.-Ha3fford Courier.
IMPoRTANTIF TRUE.--An officer oflliC steam
boat Ieche states thai, before that vessel left
Natchitoches report reached there and was
generally credited, that the lnlians from the