The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-16

restricted mostly to the town. would show no
small reason for lminu,on Of sales. Til.
much at least is required to te said in Justice
to the former Agent.
Jr>TIrIA.
C"Tt>l ". Ar', II Il, ',',l~i,o.
Boston. Jane -, $50.
There are so many t!IiuaS daily occurring
in a large city Ike this. that it i. ~orewha.
'Ii"u!t to select any particular sulicct, and
treat ii IN ,l.n>o. without crca. ,,arrcr or
wcaryins Tie patience Of vour readers: wliIc
the events of the day are to h. found in a.
unlancc in the daily papers, and ran be ca
silly Transferred. to Your columns 30 On
-''al! infinite items" One or twoinri,lentS
which ,ou may blink worth mentioning. and
wh.cl, lave nos aIrcar,'! in print. recently
fell under mv own observation.
pom clrni',- our letters a few mornings
since. We were somewhat startled. or should
have been If We were no. of the cool so-t Al
finding tha. one of our corrc<ronicn,S a. the
So"th. was de>lrouS o! obtaining our ,lluall.
services in lis behalf in the ease of certain,
c".orcd person who was supposed 10 reside
IN thi> @ooi.y city. and also in another case
Of similar im1or; where the individual sonct,
was supposed 10 have Lis Abiding place in the
state OF RHODE Island. ~ ao :, wa i;,-..rl~
called. Pro, lcncc Plantations. We lrcan
OF course TO see the necessity about this time
OF pulling UP or courage or a. i sometimes
termed. p'"rl' II ur,and alsoto look around
upon certain l.!u>trlou> examples. within the
circle in which We have the pleasure to,'nfia.e.
like Iu! -c lo,in- an! others OF that stamp.
but finally con .'udin. tia; discretion is the
better ar; Of ,.'or" i orcur-r;! 10 lis 10 ,,yo-
coed wiki reading OF lie document before
becoming too much of an a.>,.ac;ioui.t. i,
was well We IL. >o-tor after stating the ca.
SOS in vciv hi>nc>< Ike terms. our WORTHY
correspondent, who was i very honest Una-
h.r, Lrouch: u on, Il tie IT,, a. once. lv
ssyinr tint ;hc>r men were fee. and il was
Tor the purpose Of pa,in- them SUN o. NOV
'y LETT them hr relation. recently deceased.
that he was DESTROYS q: finding them closing
with request that they might come on and
get it Themselves
We found the lad without difficulty. A.
steward or clerk on hard a steamboat. for he
writes fair hand. and though he NAV have
quns'" as badly a> We, The name of the lib
eral minded Quaker. qnictcd him at once
We were ah'c TO PIT our friend in a WV 10
ind the other gentlemen of color or whom
he wrote. thus our prospective no.oriety
from this agency was "ii>>olvcd int } thin air"
at once
Another incident. of different character
however. came before Us IN this manner w..
were applied TO hv a vonnr man to purchase
certain articles amountinc TO several hundred
dollars. and As it is a rule not 70 buv any
more than sell with out some reference. in
orcer TO be Satisfied that every thing is in
good faith. the usual inquiry wa> made upon
this point "ithor; meeting with very salts
factory reply. Further Developments fol-
lowed, and it was ascertaind from the clue
thus accidentally discovered the goods were
really the property of a house in the CITY of
New ork, and that the Young man OFFERING
them for sale. till quite recently had been a
confidential clerk Of the concern. and had
LETT their employ without the slightest suspic-
ION of dishonesty. The goods in question
were of So valuable kind as to be kent in a
safe, of which he was entrusted with the key
lhe amount taken was over thousand dol
lars and he had become so .hackneved in tho
ways of the world as to own up no faster than
the proof could be made out.
1hls was really sad case. and one tb;rn
that made it still worse was, that the ,,,,
OF the young man seemed to treat it as :. m,t
ter of ordinary business without rc,,;n, -
have any of the feeling which we should cx.
pect to hna IN such cases. This presents a
fruitful field for reflection and ro,.,, b..
time will not allow US TO indulge ourselves in
pursuing the subject. 1t shows how ura.s;
raole 1t really is for young men to be exnosca
~ S'cn temptations, or loaded with sucb
worse than prontless responsibilities in stua.
mons perhaps where the pay will not afford
respectable support.
ine address of Mr.. Patterson unon tho 70.
cent outrages in Kansas the other evening
was very interesting. lie speaks at Worces.
lcr this evening. may be convenient for
lnc tlmc hcln. 10: the Missouri nccnle 70 ,.-