The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-08-22

could rot lie found on the Connecticut
Many Of these boats were built by the Stu
dents themselves. which fact added to their
worth The loss is estimated at five hundred
dollars
Norwich lElVEEolTY.-Thc " Commence
mcnt Of this institution was celebrated on
Thursday Of last week. +. O. Saylcs. Ct Nd
ans. Mass. cave poem before tic Phlo-
matte Association. DR.. Henry, Of New York,
Subsequently delivered an address before the
Trustees and Faculty. The military cxcrcis-
c; of thc Studeats-thc University being d
military >chool-wcre cut short b., weather.
The degree OF Bachelor CT Arts was conferred
upon +. \. Freeman. ana the degree of Bach
clor Of Science. upon Warren Clark. II. y.
Worthcn. ID. II. Norman. and c. +. Sayles.
The honorary degree Of y. d. was conferred
upon Rev. Fletcher I. lIawley. OF Santa Cruz.
West Indies. and Rev. William Spear. of
Philadelphia.
FIGHTING Docs.-For what purpose any
people III a village keep savage fghiine doas,
to disturb the public peace, and make cruel.
vicious men CT boys that come up right. It is
Impossible to tell. We have in Concord prob
ably Is few nui>a2ces Of this kind as any 9TH
er equally popUlouS place. but there IS wide
margin for improvement. i lot Of big. quar-
rcSomc dogs. and q street .!lt now and then.
exercise very dchasing Influence in commu-
Eity.
We commend the above paragraph, taken
from the Concord, \. II. ,Stofcsmau. tothc al
tention Of our citizens. There will be plenty
OF doS-iights at the best; bat when we see
set Of rowdy men and boys setting on and
compelling large dc-s to tear and maNrlc
each ether ior the sport OF TIC crowd. We think
ii is high time for the authorities to interfere
Such scene has been witnessed in one of the
principal streets of our village this summer.
in open day.
70 f't!;sffst.I.yH P'.t-,tS.=t friend north Of
us sends the following recipe :-plums may
be preserved through the winter for stcwing.
By puttns them. fresh from the tree. Into
pur" ram water. Tor. probably. soft water
They must be well covered with water. and
the vessel well covered to exclude. as much
as possible, the air. kcp, in 4 cool place, in
the cellar in the winter.
COMMENCEMENT It MIpDiE!IEy.-.N the
Niddlefury Commencement, last week. the
degree of ID. ID. was conferred upon Re- D.
Is. Coc Of New York. Rev. II. b. Hooker of
Falmouth. Mass. and Rev II. Curtis of CHI
caSo. HILL. ID. Was conferred upon Solo
mon Foot of Rutland. Vt. The humber il.
attendance, of the alumni and others from
abroad was unusually large.
The Engineers and other worhmcn on
the Vt. {. l.. i. assembled at the Office
Rooms Of the Company. in Northiic!d. on
Saturday evening. by previous arrangement.
toT The purpose ofrrc>onting \. r. Morrill,,
Esq, Master Mechanic On the Road. >plcn-
did Gold Hunter Narch. Chain and Seal.
The Watch is OF the .irst quality. from the
shop Of +. Il. .tc,a:l> x Sons. London, and is
truI! splendid piece Of work;nanshi;,-co>;
SIZE.
- William Slal2 .Fr. of Cleveland. Ohio.
son Of cx-&ov. $I;,,jc Of Vermont. has been
nominated for tie state senate by TIE rc2u!,-
licans Of Cuyahosa county.
rHcros@p Hl;.uotD.-Thc Orleans Cou"-
tr Standard SAYS that "amorg other
things that are dreamed of. talked about. and
declared to be deal ccrtaintics.' is railway
from Montpelier to intcrsrct with the Pas
svlnp>ic Road at the head of Lake Mcmpirc-
magog." The Standard thinks the project
ieasilic-tl,&t following L? tI> North branch
to Worcester ard through Elmorc. South
lIardv;c?>, Crafjsl,Uy and the valley Of the
Black river to tie lake, d route fifty miles III
length would be obtained. and ,nat nowhere
in New England, can railway for an equal
di~t2Hcc, be constructed, or kept in repair, 50
chcar!y by orc third az Oh the Projected route
ii may be reasonably calculated It thinks too
tina: Portland. Montpelier. end the interests
identified; with tie Central. Vermont and
Canada and Oe'!casbur2h railways VIII come
to the AZ, Of loc,l interests with stron@ and
efficient support il all Of such an enterprise.
MONTPELIER TsK:s THE LEAn.-Mr. John
Londcr-an. foreman of J. r. Largdon's Coo
per Shop, made, Thursday, Aug 9TH. Tie most
extraordinary days work ever made in Coo
pcr's Shop-;5o -four barrels in 12 hours
beating the best men by 10 barrels. Mr..
Londcrgan is undoubtedly the fastest -four
barrel maker ii America.--Nontpt'ier PaI.1-
ii.
-? i new Post Office has been established
at North Greensboro, Vt. and W. b. SAWYER
appointed p. VI. Also f. Warren, Geo. II.
Lathrop ?. M.-PGtI1o'.
SAD ACCIDENT IN HORIZONTAL friend
writes us that. on Monday morning 9th ult,
Mr.. Michael Finton, of Moretown, went into
the woods to peel hcmlock bark, without in
forming his wife where he was going. As he
did not return to breakfast, she concluded he
had gone into another part of the town to
work at having. On Tuesday it was ascer-
tanned that he was not where she supposed.