The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-10-09

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DIAN EDToR Now that the years crops
are all matured, II not all gathered In, and
some news Items worthy of mention Ia
public journal are traGspirng In this OZARK
and bloody ground" letter from my tardy
aud random pen with reference thereto, may
awaken transient interest in your numeT-
Gus catalogue df readers, The crops, as Of
more Importance than everything else, claim
fthe hr6t attention, Theae, on tho whole, are
short Of an average, both ia quantity aud
. quality. Oats, almost perlegi failure ifom
rust,-a thing altogether unheard Of before
Hye, good, and worth 80 cts, barley ditto,
worth 70. Wheat, perhaps half yield, and
selling at e. Hay heavy, Potatoes, seant
yield Hemp, short crop, and bringing ~
/ per hundred. Corn, heavy la good land, aud
a failure in other kinds-worth 90 cts, To-
bacco, fine, aud price high,-sny 10 ! cts.
/ for leaf Hogs, scarce, and many dying Of
/ that fearful modern nuourge the "hog ebole-
ra," Porls-is quick at cts, bacon, to
cts, Beef, plenty, and commanding To
cts. Horses, mules, and jacks are plentiful,
and changing hands at high hRures some
extfa specimens are selling at an extrayagant
rate, A beautiful bay yearling colt Of this
| place was sold 20 an Ohioan few days ngo,
/ for $500. Everything that ~ ears hair for
an outer garment ia nursed with great care,
IN order to compete for the liberal premiums
offered at the Fairs.
/ There are two annual Fairs In this county
tho first commencing on Tuesday proTlmo,
aud the other IN two weeks thereafter They
are managed by rival companies, aud a more
than audable ambition to surpnss, is excited
among their respective patrons. Al these
Fairs the judges arc said, sometimes, TO be
swnyed 10y undue or local influences, and tho
awards bestowed, not upon the animal Of the
most meritorious parts. A common practice
With the sporting gentry throughout Ken
'tuoky, is that Of betting on the premium ami
mails. As the competing brutes cntcr the
ring, each "chnructcr' selects his iayorite
beast, and II they fail TO select the same ami
NAL, the money is plankod into third per
sons hand, TO await the decision Of the judges,
when il is passed to the successful better, aud
the game renewed nt the next ring full
, Somc-oG the more dcyout people, (ycp scarce
by the Way) are, in consequence Of this bad
practice dorn on all Fairs, and would, IL they
WIRE numerous enough m-.e - Legislative
. effort to do away with the nuisance by ubot
ing Fairs ia foio. The ladies' attend the
Fairs promptly aud in countless numbers,
and participate in all the excitement Of the
f riug,-saye the betting. They are generally
, here, as elsewhere OF too good sense to in
dulge in 80 low and dcbasing practice
THE riding" of the fair ones, is great cen.
tral attraction, and, on account Of the size of
the TriE-s,-t 20, %, aud 20 dollarsl will be
entered into, the present year, in this county,
| with more than usual gusto.
, During the past summer, religion has
claimed due share Of public attcntion,--a
! revival, more or less extensive, having occur
red in almost every ncighborhood The
= "outpouring Of the spirit" seems to have
been a'gencral one in our country and this,
together with the laying Of the Atlantic ca
/, blc, and opening OF the Central Flowcry
S Kingdom to the commerce, arts, and religion
I of the world. will render the year 1858 az re-
y tnarkable as any since the advent of the Mes
siah.
, Crttcnden and Everett arc loudly talked
G Of here, as the successors Of Buck x l}reck y
I and il tho North will only hitch themselves
l., into the traces, thus extended to them 10y the
q southern enemies Of "rotten democracy" this
h intolcrahle pest will he nnnihilalcd from the
country, and the government restored to able
a and patriotic hands George d. Prentice
h the prince of editors, scholars, wits, and gen
; tlcmen, is wide awake to n union of the Gle
Il mcnts opposed TO the "powcrs that be !" ard
Il the current papers manifest spirit of the
l. times" favorable to such coalition. Wheth
or Crittcnden and Everett are 90 be) the
), nominees, or not, the coalition should be
u , made by all patriotic men, and the country
r. saved from king-craft, extravaganza, nnt
/ ruin.
~ A remarkable incident occurred in thii
- county, during the sitting Of our Circuit
. Court in August--onc Of the results of III,
'peoular institution" of the South. A young
e woman, aged %, who had been held in bond
'S age as a slave from her BIRTH Gn the county
of Nicholas) brought suit for her freedom, OF
=, the ground that she was a iohite ,comd1', anC
OF course, entitled to It by the laws Of tn,
II State, The case came mp, and she made he
appearance in Court, attended by the onl,
n, friends she had in the wide, wide world ar
id old "mama and daddy (as she called them,
nt whose child she was represented to be. Or
u the other hand, came her stern and uncom
=. promising master, fully intent on retaining
: his own save-slnye! as it turned out to b,
ID in seryitudc. Able counsel were urrayeI
~ on each side, the case was opened, and thu
freedom or ddre,y Of the young woman