The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-01-16
Lettor from KontuolIy.

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HH0rq, n.y., Jan D. is55.
The "meuy Christmas holiday has ag1ii
come and gone, with all ita varied routine o
fun and folioJ and the New YearWith its iu
terghauge Of sunshine, rain aud snow, iu t'u
first few days o. ils existence, has been ush
cred To-, to take the place Of the Old one jus
expired Like other infants, the uew-b0u
1858 has been smiling. weeping and stormini
% short intervals. lls birthday was warm
and Gir-the nest pas mild and rainy lh,
third pleasant and spdngslke-and to-day
cold and snowy, The child has evidently
been mislrealed, as shown In rs recent cold
ness towards Moihyr Earth, Father Time
should keep his household under better dis.
ciplne, aud thereby set better example 10
the degenerate sons Of men, But human
life isN miNture Of good and bad, Joy and
grief arc. strauyTiy iuterchauPed IN the web
Of life and 81 the happiest far who meets
tho ycssirldes 10 which he 10 subjected,
without fear and with manly heart,
The past two weeks have been the occasion
Of some iucidents here that may not be void
ofiutercsl 20 your list Of Intelligent readers.
And first and foremost t. the silh scene IN
the Marriage Drama, which h being enacted
on the puLiir stage Of Minerva, On SUNDAY
three weeks ago, the hero Of the play got
glpriausly drunk alta ueighboring village,
and, arriving a. Minerva late ia the afternoon
concluded TO diyest himself Of his coat land
for'olh his dceency and posting himself In
the street opposite his father-in-laws tavern,
give them, land the ReopleD specimen Of
the feelings be entertained towards them.
Accordingly he cursed and ra,ed like
mailman, threatened TO whip "the whole
Thomas family" II they would come out to
himouud afford him that opportunity, The
old man and woman, however deemed il the
better part Of valor not 10 crafty their rec.
reant fou-in'llw in the way he desired, but
coulcnlcd Themselves with hurting back a
yullry Of Gcrytwords dcnouneing him as a
good -iornothiug drnkurd, Sc Sc, al HLit-
nm, While this part Of the scene was trans.
pirlng, friend to Rood order came into my
office and dpmaRdcd a warrant against the
aforesaid hero for a breach Of the peace. The
warrant WAS issued, and the Sabbath dny
diUurhcr or the quiet Of the village was ar.
rested, and released ON bali Ia appear on tial
pa the following Friday. With the coming
oi the day appointed, came also the defend
lr, and Jury Of twelve mcu-but whether
W Of the latter " sre as the law cujoins, "so-
,er and discreet holsckccpcrs," might be
matter ofqucstjou. However ,hi, may be,
Voc case WAS presented 10 them, the law read,
n.a tApy we've sout al,ey &C. decide upon the
lcnaity. \ chung jury" however, put q
lcriod 60 the triul, and the case was set for
c-hcariug the Goth utimo. At the time
the parties appeared, accompanied
~ q brace OF lawyers the one a son Of the .
Ion H. H. Stanton f Maysilic and nephew
# the late Secretary Stanton. Of Kansas and
lac other Judge Douiphan Of Augusta, ncph-
~ Of Col Doniphan, the heroic commander
4 the famous Mexican expedition that hears
.is name. They were in tim fur O hard
fiii 7fi'i me ease was HCr oUty rutty -JlcycU.
ed, but ably argued, and finally referred to
hr Jury rar disposal. Their verdict. contra.
3 20 the expectation Of nearly all present
.a' c'"" ocqHiaG throwing the prosccu.
or into the costs, and leaving il lawful for
clraciory sous-in-law, hereafter, to abuse the
old folks a. lomc.- aiii-l.il.
S much and as often as their fancy or feel
ny may dictate, Thus ended the latest aud
most rcpulsivc scene in the Randway Mar.
iTFr' " rITr -rt1c UCXr- win ~, tfmc-tTc =
MY true fortunc-tcllcr - alone can dis
lose.
. The c'ry dawn Of Christmas morning is
ith as signal for "A general arousng and
lrouring ON the part OF "c,cr, bod, and his
.miiE' The "blooming lRses," in particu.
IT. start out in quest of "christmac gifts"
~ lesieFe the "ra.tit lads, they meet, NOT
Easing their opportunities lurtil they each
eciNc nice present ToEicld the point
II the part Of the bc>icgcrs, or to hold on,
to the bitter end, on the part Of the besicg.
!, would be deemed lack of chiyalry. and ,
ghly disrcputablc. Most Of the presents
70 OF triiling value, such as candy, TOYS and y,
ncy~trinkcts but sometimes a very Cgir or
cgant pIeadcr receives a gft "what is ,
IT. especially when the givcr fancics there /
n prospect Of receiving it back, together
iii its fair recipient, ---- =
a certain humorous bachelor of the viii
&c has adopted rule to impress kiss
BON the check Of all the belcagucrcrs, MS the
'capcst and Ito HIM the most agreeable
fits he can bcstow. Conscious Of his fail y
&, couple Of frank girls of this village :,
'rpctrotcd joke on him that has curedhim h
his procliyty and relieved them of SIM L
: inIction in future. They procured a ;
uplc of black domsels and dressing them :,
} in their dresses and bonnets, sent them TO n
tch the bachelors christmas gift True to n
$ instinct he actually bestowed the riff o
ION one of the sable maidcns before ho<