The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-03-01

~ JUVENILE ID RGIAE1.-On J. riuaN
last a yourc lad. by the name Of Mar,ir
Green. of some ? or 10 summers, broke into
the Office of the Western Vermont Rai!roa,
at this place. and robbed the drawer OF somt
ira hnhGred mrd rH4 d"ildrs, The drawe,
from which the money was taken was fount
as when left. securely locked: but upon ex
animation. it was found that there was room
L,twe,n the counter. and the drawer, from
under the counter, for a boy to run his hanc
in. and it was thus that the package of bill.
was taken This cunningIv devised trick
would have done credit to AN older head and
only shows that. unless the lad is taken care
ofir the future. and kept from committing
Ike oi'"nscs. he will outstrp the most dar.
inc in their crimes. lie has committed sew
eral petty thcfts Of lat--in all of which he
has beer detected. lie was very profuse
with the money taken on Friday lie bouvh,
a silver watch and several articles of value
at the stores and told Mr>>rs. Bradley &
SqnireS. of whom he purchased the watch,
that ~ Tint RIM ~eH. he sho"H rome bu,k anl
lug yoH one ~ The money he said was
sent to him by his father from California.
All bur three dollars OF the stolen money has
ieeII recovered unHer.
A HANDSOME lNCoME-Mr. A. NJ.
Clark Of this town does quite an extensiv e
business in the farming line lie las kindly
provided Us with the following statement of
the products of his farms for the past sea
son -
.l'6 bush grain estimated at 800
$3.50 lbs. wool nett l344,OO
Cattle, sheep and horses sold Sl236. 90
Received from dairy of 45 cows $1,000
S9Oj5 90
And there is hav enough cut on said farms
70 winter his stock consisting of G7l sheep,
.o3 head OF cattle and So horses. and of the
stock sold, it does not exceed the growth
and inrrease.-.N .iNn,s Messenger.
-OrrnEEs OF MIssISorOI BANK
The iulowin. were elected at the late an
nual meeting, viz
William Green. President, Alfred Keith.
I'~e P,tx:a.",. 4. NJ Brown. Jasper Rand,
II f.. Ilubbell. Charles Il MAYNARD, Utrec-
iors ii. e.. HubbeIl, Caslir-U.
-ACCIpENT.-La>t Saturday, as Mr. Ellis
SAWYER waS coming into Bradford Village
with mill log, he was thrown from the log
upon which he was ridin. at the time, with
such violence as to break two of his RIBS
.1u"rd.
A Railroad Library has been establish
cd at Mortified. Lv the Officers, Merriam
les. &C., on the Vermont & Canada X. X.
a convenient room has been fitted up. and
over 500 invested in useful books 1t is
designed Tor the employees Of the Road
Free Press
-MELANCHOLY OCCURHEXCE.-On of
the most sad occurrences we have ever had
10 relate. happened at, or near East Berk-
shire. on the night OF IN. 1th February. \
house in which 4 number Of French people
resided. through some mi>manacemrnt took
fire and two persons. a mother and daughter,
persisted in the flames. leaving an only
daughter and sister to mourn Ter untimelv
-NorMGeH Star.
-BOLD AND DAEIHtI ROBBEKY.-.t.
bout ten o'clock last Saturday evening, a
stranger entered the millinery store of Mrs
Samuel Miner. Wilmington, to procure and
pay for a bill Of goods previously bought
knocked her down, gagged her. tied her
arms, and robbed her of five hundred and
eighteen dollars. Her husband coming in
soon after, found her on the floor insensibIc.
but the robter had escaped. The selectmen
have offered three hundred dollars reward
for his pPrrhension.-I;r mUeLoro HepubE-
can.
-BrEGLAEs.-Iast Saturday night an
attempt was made to break into the book
store Of j. Steen x Son. The burglars ell
tered back room. and after prying unsuc-
ressfullv against the door of the main room,
for some reason gave it up. The express Of
fee is situated in the back room and that
place NAV have been the object of their
search.-U.
WHO can BEAT IT We were eve
witness. few days since, of little ''sharp
shooting" not done with "Sharp's Rifles"
but with gun from the shop OF Mr.. 5. San
derson. PrOctoraviIle, Vermont
The first string of ten shots ever made
with the gun, (Which includes those made
while adjusting the sirhts) at the distance
of 81 rods, measured but 8 inches from the
center of the target thus averaging four
filths of an inch to shot Who is he what"
Tan beat it?
-AwFUL EFFECTS OF AN UNGOvERN-
Ed APPETiTE.-On the night of the 9Th
instant, two Young men, Robert son and San
ders attended a dancing party or ball, in the
town of Springfield, Vermont where they
both reside, and having already taken pretty
freely of the good crtter. were not satisfied.
and commenced searching the House for
some supposed hidden liquors. and soon they
found bottle in the good Landady's chest
snuglv packed away; they raised it in haste
and partook freely before they were con
scious of their mistake; bat on inTuiring of
the Landladv what the bottle contained, she
said boldly "Bedbue Poison. and YOU are
both dead men," Their tong ues Immediate
ly began to swell. the Doctors were instant
~ called, stomach pumps, &C., were thor
ouchly applied, and in the course of the
next day they were somewhat relieved, but
the Doctor said they had better be dead than
alive.-Blonr.
VERMONT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Annual meeting Of this Society was
held at Mddlebury on the 9Th instant. The
Treasurer's Report was read and adopted,
and will be published. The following were
appointed Officers OF the Society for the year
ensuing:
President
Hon. FREDERICK nOLBROOk, Brat
tleboro.
lice Presidents
F. Hammond, MIddlebury,
H. 5. Morse. Shelburne,
Henry Keyes. Newbury.
j. W. Colburn. Springfield
/Irprt0rs