The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-05-30

~ correspondent OF the Rutland Her.
o'a' noticing that the Congregational Society
III Castleton has raised the salary of ifs mas
tor Rev. DIR. Child, to one thousand dollars
per annum, remarks -" This is said to he the
highest salary paid to any clergyman Ct the
same denomination in Vermont" 1t NAV in
terest the Herald and its correspondent to
learn that the pastors of the Congregational
Churches in this village receive each salary
OF thousand dollars, one of them having
been settled originally with that salary, and
the other had his salary raised year or two
ago.
ABOUT CALVES AND LAMBs.-Nr r. Jv.
ford, jr., of Cabot, is raising a calf, which
when one day old, weighed one hundred and
twenty-five pounds. Some veal, that.
Edward Allen. Esq, of this town. has Q
lamb which weighed when six weeks old. fc
y-three pounls. FIVE cannot beat Orleans
County, on the number of lambs, We are con-
tdcnt we can on size. At any rate, if any one
has Larger one, we should like to know #.
- The Free Press copies & paragraph
from some namclcss newspaper, protesting to
give char"dc by Macaulay upon the word
COD, but so mans Cling it by turning verse into
prose, ard rnli'ting the latter and better half
of the ch&radr, that the author would never
recognize his offspring. The Genuine char
ade is as follows
"Cut off my head, and singular am.
Cut OFT my tail and plural | appear.
Gut off both head and tail. and strange to tell.
Although my middle left, there's not thing there
What Is my head cut off: \ sounding sea:
What is my tail cut off A roaring river.
Within whose edyinS depths peaceful play.
lhcparcnt of soft so""Is. tho mute forever.
We quote from memory and may have
committed some verbal inaccuracies.
- Treat the birds kindly. and they will
requite the kindness. not only bv their dis
;ant songs but by their near approaches and
pleasant comEanion>hip. We saw robin
yesterday hop tearlc>>iy up within arm
length Of man to pick w the worms which
his spade was bringing to the surface Of the
ground.
= Mrs. Nichols. who formerly edited a
paper in Brattlehoro, this State. is now pub
listing the lhinLcwan. paper in Kansas
Territory.
FEHF.-N-e regret to learn that the div ell
ing house and shed of Mr.. f.. Barry of this
town. were burned last night @clhrr with
most of the contents. The f broke or;
about 9 O'Clock and was ac, id tal in its ori-
yin. Unfortunately for Mr. T.. his insurance
policy expired Z short tim" >.ncc and had no:
been renewed. .>t!n<te0.i JpuyuM.
ANOTHER Twin Srol.y-W" published
last week an account OF Ike number of tv IN
lambs raised by Mr.. Frost. of Coventry, W %
appears to have been beaten bva Mr. Shield
of Crattsbury. lie has raised eleven lambs
from five ewcs-four pairs of twins and one
triplet-one ot his COWS has bed pair of
twin calves, and his lady has presented him
with a pa. # .nciny babes All are "ali,y
and ki,hinS. Who beats o-Ir,ssJurqb
.TundnrH
ACc!nrST.-We understand that Hear,
Samson. son of Hon. 4. J. Samson of this
village, vas seriously injured tn morning =,
the discharge of a gun. His face and athtr
portions of his head are hndly hurn"d nd ,1u
tilatcd.-SL .R'ras Uessenger.
"AEEAH::"- me night ofta. n. .r,
III l'> village, two Iri>hmcn were e.. .mt-
-inc Il ten gallon .ey down the h -. sl,:,i
. description given Of it by two or .c eye
v ';~>>eS. it seems that the key bcnyed to
"Ionrl Putnam. G"d v"S fN,d ,riH rin~;D}, ,
Ihc lri>hme- evidently thought that" betwanc
EN-. tn. had got 1.-THE crathcr." sure
Hnt'1nd HnuM.
PEAR lirSTING IN NERNo$r-Thc People
of Ro, hester appear to b. doing quite bust
ness in hunting bears. \ crr~,-, uuc... If
the Standar,, gives an account VI two ~ucc, 49,
full bear hunts. which ',oi. plncc rcc-n'v ~
that town. Althc n II appears to h. sport
for them. it .,ct,h the F'car'. ihc toi-
lowing is ,.ln Is. ic,tcr given il tM~ Stant
ard:
"NE~SES. EDITORS last week inform
Il YOU OF a little experimenting ~ The inr OF
taking: bears in this place This III. ming We
had uiIn;>takahc evidence Of then presence
III thc neigihorhood Of our pastures. We
;mne,iiatrl Y rallied some fo:.> or 1T, Of ou.'
nei.,',hors and tried the thing over ag:i,l-
goin" ever about tic >.m, ground rs before.
Tn" result of tire experiment which We THU
we have now reduced toa principle is,wo had
the pleasure Of bringing in " nice iu.tv bear.
weighing 80 pounds. lie vas taken in th.
same way and nearly on the same ground Is
the orc taken las; week. And what is sill
more curious. he prove! to be thc same one
with which We had SO much sport Z, week
>;acc, being Identified by the wol,rd mad. h,
Mr.. Cooper H., wees. To-day lis summer
sets, if less p'iit ':cre mach NOR" agreeable
to the feeling and wishes Of thc company.
At the same tim" that these things were
transpirin@ III the north part Of tie town. d
company OF ,.,,I were surrounding 4 small
piece %. territory in the Southwest iart. an,,
brought il as evidence Of their success. on,
cd bear ari;! Two cubs II! were brougll, IN
to III" village and exhibited with much ,nirth.
r. b. H..
HCA&iifl.y NttTl>t.s-DANvIILE Dis
.El'r-ili's QUARTER
Barton and Ir,shurgh at B., June g
Lyndon and Kirby at f., o
Sutton and Burke, 10
Barton Landing. II
WcStticld and Troy. u