The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-08-01

Inc discovery OF the highest point of lane
east of the Rocky Mountains was made b,
Thomas l.. Clngman, NJ G., who introduced i,
to the world i'll communication to the Smith.
sonIan Institution. From this lofty summit
appropriately named for the discoycrer. the
view extended to the distance of two humid
E red miles, and includes large sections of as
many as six States.
SCRAPS OF PAPER.-We reckon our read
crs would laugh if they should see the Of
scraps of paper ON which many ncwsp
paragraphs are written. Half sheets of
paper, backs OF circulars. and all sorts {.
and ends are pressed into the service.
is. however, very high example for Il
of economy. Edwards. the great N
clan, used to make rough blank boo
tcrs and scraps of notes sent in bv - 80.
@rcgation, and there is cxtant al ....., ~,
manuscripts long paralcogram of booI,
made entirely out Of strips from the margin
of the London Daily Gazetteer of 1913. 1t is
written within and without. close and full. cx-
ccpt the remnants or irinScs that retained
some of the printing. There is another most
curious manuscript made out of cir
cular pieces Of paper. one hundred
and tortyscvcn of the leaves being in
the shape of halt-moon>. inctrminglcd with
cap-patterns and such like remnants of house
wlcry. On the back or margin of these
scraps, stitched together for convenience and
preservation, Edwards would place some
times the catch-words sometimes tie ,kclc-
tons of thought and argument during The
composition of his great works
, EX-GovEEN0ES.-lhcrc are eight surviving
Ex-Govcrnors of New York. viz: Van Buren,
Throop, Seward. Bouck. Hunt. Fish, Seymour
and Clark. Massachusetts has but six. viz :
Everett. Morton. Briggs. Boutwell,. Clifford
and Washburn. PENNSYLVANIA has but four
Ritner. Porter, Johnson ard Biglcr. Yer
mont has six: Palmer. Sladc, Coolidge, Fair
banks. Robinson. and Rovcc
GooD.-Ihc four school districts in this VII
lagc have voted (unanimou>lv in all but
one district. where there V ere Lat three dis
Scntiny vo,cs.) to form a Union School Dis
tr!ct Nothing is 50 much needed here as a
+ system Of instruction 70 tn highest grad Of
/ lcadcmical studies. to which every child shall
h2 admitted. Without, it. Ike children Of the
rich ONLY can be educated and that must he
done abroad. q; ten times the cost of home
instruction. AS consequence. ultimately.
the educated class Will be limited in number.
and il will be impossible to avoid social dis
tiHctionS fatal to tie wcll-bcing Of commune
ty in every department Of lite-social, politi-
cal, religious, and busiuesS.- Nonty,1ier
/ HWrh0nn3
ME. +. l.. FAREAR's WATCH The rob-
berry Of the body Of Mr.. T.. l.. Farrar. who
persisted in the burning Of the Montreal. has
been spoken Of heretofore. Mr. J. l.. Brins-
maid matchmaker of this place. has given Us
the following description of the watch which
was taken from the body of Mr.. Farrar. Mr.
Brinsmaid sold the watch to Mr. Fa:rar and
gives tho description from the minutes in his
own books. 1t was medium or smalliSh
seized gold watch,-an English lever, with
open face, with as gold dial, double bottom,
engine turned back and plain bezcl. VIM.
Robinson, Liverpool, No. jG6l, on the plate.
MIR. Brinsmaid saw the watch in Mr.. Farrar's
possession but a short time before he went to
Quebec. The publication of this de>cript:
of the watch in Canada and other papers
prove to be of service in the wa, of {
inc the robbcr.-f,rcc Press.
FAILING OF \ BRIDGE-On Thur
18th instant. while number Of ne g..
work repairing the bridge which L.:
the i'assumpsic near Lyndon Cent i ..
and struck upon The surface of the :-.: .~-
low. There were on the bridge at 'a- ,l.nc
SIX Or eight men, and yoke of oxen. The
men, oxen, and bridge were prccipitatcd at
once to the rivers surface The bridge fell
without the timbcrs separating, and tortu-
natcly no one VAS seriously jurcd, although
nearly all were thrown down and more or
less Jared. with the exception Of the oxen
which kept their standing, and appeared as
indifferent as if nothing bad happened.
T0r0
RAsCAIlTY.-On Monday night last man
by the name of John Doty, broke open the
barn of Mr.. Erastus Hubbard of this village,
and took a wcll-known and valuable horse.
michigan Boy" and left for parts unknown.
Mr.. Doty left note in the barn, saying that
he took the horse as his property on account
Of what he alleged ,Ir. Hubbard owed him. |
There has been some misunderstanding be-
tween Mr. Hubbard and Doty about the
horse, and Doty tried at one time to poison
it. Mr.. Hubbard had offered to leave the
matter to arbitration, but Dotv chose to be |
his own Judge.
All the officers in this vicinity were
despatched in pursuit early Tuesday morn
ing.--Hompc'is' Freeman.
"a The Qne6ec Gazette says,that arrange
ments were made on Saturday with an
American party, to raise the steamship Mont
real, and deliver her at Quebec, and that the
work will be set about Immediately. The