The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-06-26

ana hhiu hht wanted 10 go nome ana see
father aud mother. Then rc returned to
our homes feeling satisfaction which well
paid us for all our trouble j.. l.. Hall.
,Edd burke, June 23.
~ The Cap Stone OF the die of the Allen
Monument was laid Tuesday, and the Com
mittcv, uyaillng themselves al "a vacancy be-
meath Il placed there a stone pot, scaled air
tight, containing the various numbers Of the
Daily Free Press and the Daily Times having
articles relative to the controversy as 20 the
location of Aliens birthplace and Rcmninsj
the Burlington Sentinel, newspapers Of New
York, Boston, Baltimore. New Orleans, CHS
cago. Philadelphia the Christian Register
aud New York independents Aliens Nara
tive Of his Captiyityi Appleton's Railway
Guide and Maps the Vermont Registers
few small American Coins; a brass Match
box With Matches, aud containing also a bull
let from licondGroga with a label and a
bottle containing the ordinary Garden Seeds,
several kinds Of Corn, Wheat, &C., tightly
. zSssrEf=-f iI1E EyE EttoisrFiirT an c.r'cWD0J,
affair, as II is intended 10 make the real de
poSitc beneath the pedestal of the statue
tree Press,
L1QuoR Sheriff Flanagan stirred
up the Old Irish women terribly Tuesday
evening 10y Selling their stock in trade as Il
came from the Steamboat on TO one of our
docks. II consisted of . five gallon kegs, 3
three gallon kegs, two gallon kcg, one
gallon kegs, PC one quart Kegs, and bottle
-tree Press.
New CANNoN.--J. f. Burrows Esq, Of
Vernon, has invented revolving cannon, nndf
been 10 Washington aud exhibited il To
military men who have received il with much
,.al,. -. 4.
for charges il is revolved and discharged by
a single movement by one man, and although
sixty balls minute may be fred the gun may
be swabbcd and charged at this rate. II is
dozen cannon in one, and the military gen
tlcmcn consider it n very valuable instrument
for forts, gunboats, and deck-gun on board
ships,
The Wdtclman says man in Montpelier
lately received a five dollar bill from an UNI
known person in an adjoining town, in It, let
ter, saying that It was due him for 1 sheen
stolen from his flock few years since
Rather tough.mutton that.
NARROW EscArE.-As the train over the
Sullivan Railroad, on Friday of last week,
was approaching North Charleston, a little
child, about two years old, standing upon the
track, looking nt the engine, was caught by
the COW catcher, and thrown upon the shelf
around the boiler. The train was stopped rs
soon as possible, when the Conductor caught
the little one in his arms, and strange to say,
1t was found TO be entirely uniniured, except
a slight bruise upon the side OF its head
aurora.
MORE NERDANCY. An elderly mnn-and
green one-named VIM. Delano, was wait
ing on Wednesday last week at the Fitch
burg depot IN BOSTON, to take the train for
KINDERGARTEN he was accosted by n re-
markably agreeable young man, who soon in
gratiated himself into the old mans good will.
About that time another beauty appeared ON
the ground with a bill of goods of S4O-when
the young man found he had only a hundred
dollar bill, which the other could not change
OF course. Then Mr.. Uelnnn. in his Kindness
changed it for them. and they saon disappenr-.i
ed. The bill was worthless. So, instead of
taking the first train for Windsor, Mr.. Delano
took the most direct route TO the office of
the Chief of Police, and made known his loss.
at the same time remarking that he rather
mlsTusted that the two fellows were un
TO some trick, and added, "what fool 7 |
was, for I've read of such things in the papers |
more than fifty times, aud if | ever got
hold of them I'll take hundred dollars
out of their hides. - PhGnir.
~ The editor of the Windsor .Joyr-
nal has been shown five or six dollars' worth
OF gold, found this spring on land belonging
to a. Is: Pollardin Plymouth this State
II was found near stream running from I
fountain, and comes in small fakes, weighing
about half n pennyweight ee