The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-04-10
NEW WAY TO SECURE AN OLD COM
PLANT

NEW WAY TO SECURE AN OLD COM
PLANT.
In small village, at no remote distance
from Preston, resides worthy itiucrant VEN
tea and coffee, whose better half has
been six months in SO very prccarious a state
OF health that her husband us we'll as the doc
tors,well nigh despared other cOnvaIescence.
AT length, however, all other Sanitivc means
had failed, the good man thought he would
Try what he could do, either by way of killing
or curing. lie arrived ut home one evening.
atter his days journey in the country, and
drawing his chair 10 the fire, close TO his wife
accosted her as follows:
Jane, love, are Ia ony better"
mo, William, dinuU think | ann"
We'll, Jane, its lokcly uur tunes short i
this world together
AYE, William, link I same"
"Well Jane, never did deceive thee, aud
I'll not nav. | met wi IL woman today, i
Bretherton, just like thee, and lowed her
thou was I'll, aud like to dee, and hoo wood
just suit me, and who said Just as soon as iii
doed mon let her know, and she'd ha. me-
Jane was reused by this announcement,
and starting from her seat, de clared shed
never dee to suit him nor her"
From that time she has continued TO i'm
p'ONS w lltullll anu SllGil8lII ulIlNs
Olden Times---IOO years ago.
The following is letter from Capt.
Phneas Stevens to Gov. VIM. Shirley, Com
mander ofthe Fort at No. 4, (Charestown
n. Ill., dated April 9th l747.
sour Dogs being very much disturbed,
which gave us reason to think that the enemy
were about accustomed us not 10 open the
gate at the usual time: but one oi'uur men he
ing deslrlous TO know the certainty yenturrd
out privately, To set on the dogs about . o.
clock III the morning, and about 20 rods from
the fort firing off his gun and saying chaboy to
the dogs. Whereupon the enemy being with
IN few rods, Immediately rose from behind
u log and fired, but through the goodness Of
God the man got into the fort with only Il
slight wound. The enemySheing discovered
arose from their embellishments
and attacked lis on all sides, the wind being
very high and everything exceedingly dry, !
they set fire to all the old fences; and also 10
u log house ut about 40 rods distant from The
tort 10 the windward, so that in Il few milf
utes we entirely surrounded with fire, aud
which was performed with the most hideous
shouting and firing from all quarters, which
they continued in very terrible manner I'M
I'll the next day at 10 O'Clock at nj ght without
IntermlsSion, during which time we had 10
to either eat or sleep. But not
outstanding all their shoutngs aud threaten
Ings our men seemed not to be in the least |
daunted. but fought with great resolution: |
which doubtless gave the enemy reason to
think that we had determined TO stand it out
TO the last degree. The enemy had provided
themselves with a sort of torutication, which |
they had determined to push before them aud
to bring to the side ofthe fert in ordor 10
burn 1t down, but instead ofperfOrming what
they threatened and seemed TO be iunnediate
~ gong to undertake, they calledto us and
desired cessation ofarns until sunrise the !
next morning, (Which was granted) at which |
time they said they would come to II parley.-
Accordingly the French General DebeIin
came with about fifty or so of his men with IL
flag truce and stuck it down within about
20 rods ofthe fort III plain sight of the same
and said if we would send three men to him
he would send as many to us to which we
complied. The General sent in Il French
lieutenant with French soldiers and one
Indian. Upon our men goingtO the Monsieur
he made the following proposal, viz: that IN
case we would Immediately resign up the fort:
we Should all have cur lives and liberty to put
on all the clothes we had, and also take Il
sufficient quantity of provisions TO carry us to
Montreal and bind up our provisions and
Blankets, lay down our arms and march out
Of the fort. Upon our men returning he de-
sired that the Captain of the fort would meet
him half way and give an answer to the above
proposals, which did and upon my meeting
the Monsieur, did not wait for me to give
an answer, but went on in the following man
ner. viz: that what he had promised he was
ready to perform, but upon refusal he would
ImneUInfplV the an fro mr.. r
the top, for he had 700 men with him, and if
we made any further resistance, and should
happen to kill one indian we might all expect
to be nut to the sword The fort said lie Y