The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-05-02


DESTROYED ny LIuHrNINo. Welenrn from
the Nashua IN II Gazette, that five barns
belonging to John Gibson, Esq, and standing
near each other in Francestown, were struck
by lightning on Saturday evening, 10 ult. and
entirely consumed, together with 80 tons of
hay and number of hogs.
There are five railroad iron mills in this
country-one in Massach usetts, one in Rhode
Island, one in New Jersey, one in Pennsyva-
MIA, and one in Maryland. 1t is said these
mills will work up Thousand tons ofpg met
al per week.
LoooMoTIoN. The whole nuIybera of rail
road trains leaving Boston daily,ia about 30,
for some twenty five different stations About
one every ten minutes, for sixteen md half
hours each day. ser
At temperance convention held a few
weeks since at Fryeburg, Me-, it was stated
that twenty-one widows had lately resided
within one mile of the village, whose hus-
bands had been killed by intempcrnnce. Who
makes widows'
The Louisville Journal says "The Indians
are sometimes very happy in applying names
to distinguished individuals. For instance
the Camunches in Texas always speak of Sam
Houston as the big Drunk
GREAT INDUcEMENT! The. Mich. State Ga.
zette has the following lines at the close Of a
notice of n temperance meeting; ,.... .....,...
Come ladies' now, both one and all, ...
Come old, come young, to our call,
Come ont and hear, for who shall know
But you may catch temperance beau.
The Concord N. H. Courier says that one
or two dogs have been dispatched in that town
within few days, exhibiting signs of hydro
phobia. ..... .,......
The English papers speak about the "moral
effect" killing twelve thousand Sikhs in In
dia.
Vermont has more revolutionary pensioners
in proportion to her population, than any State
in the Union. Massachusetts has more than
Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland and Della
ware, united. These tell who fought the bat
ties of the revolution.
"What is your capital?" asked an English
man of an American recently in London. The
ANP'y SNA So P'eoi ~ 10 thob iSN-
els mountains, builds cities, establishes empires
and extends republics--energy, industry, and
indomitable courage"
Another GONE. Benjamin Pegg,a revo-
lutionary soldier, died last week, ear Coving-
ton, Miami Co., Ohio, aged one hundred years
and ten months.
VorE OF THE FIVE POINTS. This celebral-
ed district in New York city gave at the late
election Ga votes for the Wing candidate, 10
for the Native candidate and 647 for the Loco
Foco candidate. The Five Points is made up
Of gambling houses and houses of i'll fame. In
such places locofocoism vegetables and grows
as "natural as life"
Since the first of january 1886, twenty -four
mills in New England, valued at from $20, 900
to 1000 each have been destroyed by fire.
Anintelligent gentleman who has been en-
gagged in the production of Sugar in Cuba for
the last thirty years, after a careful examine
ton, estimates the value of property in that
Island owned by Americans, at $35, 100000.
So says n correspondent of the Washington
Union.
DEGREEs OF DRUNKENNESS IN LONDON. If
Prince Albert were drunk ,he would be called
elated; if Lord Tristan were drunk he would
be called elevated; if Mr. Plum, the rich mer-
chant were drunk, he would be called inebriat-
ed; if respectable tradesman be drunk, he
would be intoxicated; but if workman be in
liquor, it would be said that the nasty beast
was drunk as pig.-LOndOn paper.
APPROACH OF SUMNER. The Philadelphia
U. 9. Gazette has a letter from Paradise, dated
April 25th, which gives the following state
mcnt of fruit trees in full blossom:
1546.-Apricot, 18th; Peach, April Goth; APP
pie, April Gath.
A lovelier or more luxuriant Spring was never
seen.
TwENTYMES HUNG. We learn from the
Rochester American, that an Englishman by
the name of Thomas Twentymen, hung him
self at Truxton, on the Goth ult.' ina fit of
delirium tremens