The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-05-02

saw mill, adjoining. Famed by brisk wind
the roof was soon cnvclopcd in the FAME
Our two excellent fire companies. however. in
less than thirty minutes had subducd the fire
and saved grea. destructian of PROPERTY
The damage may he $500 or 5000. Mr.. f..
A. Webb had his stove and tin ware store in
the first story. The stock was removed of
course somewhat damaged -NothfcN Mes
senger.
The .MiddLbuy Register makes merry
over our account OF the liquor seizure at mad
anne Hora's two weeks since after the follow
ing fashion: i
BETTER THAN CRINoLINE-A gentleman in
st. Johnsburv. in fact the constable of that
town. called at the residence of Il fine ould
Irish gentleman. to ascertain if he had any
Intoxicating liquors on hand. more than sutti-
cient for his own personal Uses. The head
of the family was unfortunately absent from
home. but the lady of the house received HIM
with great ccmplaisance and offered every
facility for proper search of the premises
After looking the house over from garnet to
celler. without success. it occurred to the COLI
stable that the lady kept one position IN a re-
markablc manner On requesting her to
stand aside. good sized kcg Of whi>kcv was
found concealed in the folds of her dress Ho-
luminous and vast The hoops have beer IN
use some time. hut We believe this is the first
time that slaves have been introduced III con-
nection with the hoops.for toilet purposes
Tho D - si.,.. .,,n,c one is
making sad havoc with the dogs of thai Village
by giving them strvchninc.
WHO Can BEAT IT?-Elmer H. Rudd. of
this town. thrashcd. few weeks since. fro
huadyed and t,reire bushels of oats in tr.n'y
tvO h,w,s. This was not done by a ''thra>h-
ing machine" but with one of the old fash
toned tiails.-Emner.
Bic PATCHES" The Standard says that
Mr.. Silas Smith of Albany. up to the lIth
trees. and report SAYS he has made 100 lbs.
since then. which makes i, foo; up SO. He
made % lbs. from 30 pals of sap.
HEAVY DAMAGES-Wc learn from the Argus.
that Levi Chaplin has recovered Sl.23o with
interest, amounting to about Sl'Wo. OF the
Sullivan Railroad. for damages for land taken
for the road near the bridge across the river
at B Falls. He was awarded $500 by the
Commits >ioncrs took an appeal. and the above
is the result.
THE SPLENDID BLACK Hawk gcdinS eight
wears old. owned by Hon. Eli Thaycr OF Wor-
cc>tcr. Mass. WIS sold at auction. on SatUr-
dav. for $40. to Charles l.. Harding of Bur
lington. VT SO SAYS the Boston Journal.
\ GRAVE CHARGE-Thc Sentinel charges
the Freeman with h@vinS ""tr"tiir'sd the
minds" of the fragments of the old Wing
party" This is serious charge. Ii proved.
it mu>t sink the guilty pcrpetrator Of the
deed into utter and everlasting Disgrace
But is ii true, Has the Freeman been and
zone and done this? Has any New England
Journal dared to ob-Nc? That's the quc>-
tion.-frcc Press.
The F,i.c Press SAYS that Is the little
steamer Montreal wav on her was up the lake
Monday. somewhat unusual stir was di>cov-
cred on board among the female Passengers.
vt Benson the boat stopped. Capt. Lot DIS
patched a messenger who brought Il physician.
ana shortly after the boat proceeded or her
wav with no greater load. and Vet with ore
more passenger than before.
\ CHNTIR N CE:ME-Wc notice! >cve
raj DAYS since. the re-arr,>t OF Young lhni1p
son on the charge OF rohGn- ti,t Rutland
depot. He WAS bailyd " li> friends. ard. 4,
We learn. made preparations 70: leaving town
Before he Was allowed to remove his h,-::ya-,
from the Exchange Hotel. lis trunk Mas tx
.nincd. and in the course OF the search a pa
per WAS discovered which proved /" hf y
y. auctionc,r >sbil Tor selling 4 quantity Of
, trrs. Suspicion WIS at once excited tha
THOMPSON had had some connection viii
= X Co.. last Winter This WAS confirmed b,
the e,clation> of a Young man. named Nci
, son Jones who fell under suspicion az TN
same time. from other causes am! who con
fc>>cd that he was Thomp>on> assistant Ii
) the robbery Proof of his guilt began to &c
" cumu!a,c rapidly. \ civil suit was brou-h
against him for the tur> and his arrest in
criminal charge was ordered. hu, before i
was affected he had slipped away. This va
on Saturday. \ reward of one hundred dol
a lars was offered for his arrest. ty MIR. Allen
and Just ii dark that evening he WIS takel
hy officers White al Reynolds. while luriAiii':
along the fences in the ncighhoring town ot
i Essex We understand that he has sine
: confessed fully both the robbery of tur> am
of the money. and pointed out the hilin:
place of the latter. where about Slne OF
was found. Young Thompson is very re>peo
tably connected. and the blow is a severe on
e to his worthy relatives. His detection /
however a fortunate circumstance. both 10
, the future safety of our community. and he
= cause innocent parties have been charged Wit
Il both these robbcrics.-Frte Press.