The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-01-29
LETTRR FROM ILLIHoIa.


and other accounts that you are having very
ifarA winter ~ the fast. Only tiluk u it,
the Thermometer a. 40 below zero, and snow
storms that block up the railroads Il Is al
together different matter here, The winter
has 40 far been mild with very little snow.
That same week which you speak Of a. al
most II not quite uneEsmpled for severity in
Vermont Massachusetts, and New York,
was-Hu uneommonly mild week here, and the
very next day ahor your forty FOUNDER, was a
most beautiful spdnglike daJ here, with tho
iberoury at from As 10 so above zero. We
have only had about weeks slelghing which
was 10 December none since, The ground
Ia now bare except lilllo spHnkllng Of snow
Ia spots, and tic weather is remarkably ane
The money pressure continues here with
much severity Almost all kinds Of bu6noss
have suffered severely, our snug little city
has sustained itself as well Or better than
could have been expected. Business IL very
,tagnent, There was but little emigration
towards the West iHst faii, not More, think,
than from tho West 10 tho East Very ma
ny families returned from Iowa and Minneso,
Ia 10 their former homes, fully satisfied with
having seen the elephant, The times there
have la ruth been distresling-no money,
and grain at very low figure, The grain
crop Of last season here o. there was lighter
lhan usual and yet prices have ruled very
low How can Il DO expected that the eoun-
Try can get out Of debt in such state Of
things,
There we're shipped to the East from the
depot here during the year 1853 four humid
red aud eighteen thousand bushels ~ gtah,
three quarters wheat. Tie average price Of
the wheat ha5 probably been below fifty cents
peg bushel. Besidcs this, Que Of our mills
has ground mp dhy thousand bushels since
November, aud the two others probably as
mitch uorr fhrrr was goodiy amount u
building done last season IN new churches
especially. The best Is the "a Congregation
81, costing $4,000 have noticed within
Two or three days that the Baptsu have just
commenced excavations Tor a new church,
Our people are all on the gui rire a. TO tenn
peranee just now, II has been believed or
known for year past that intemperanee was
making fearful inroads among U.s.
We hays had before that and non have
city ordinance prohibiting entirely the sale
ia quantities less than gallons but Il could
uot be-, OF pt least was not executed ell,
eicutly, The clergy undertook in turn to-
preach against the evil but Of course with no
marked effect A. last the ladies 81 our city
Al. Ia la.
They did no, do a. some In other places have
done, break into the liquor shops aud saloons
and by violence knock in the heads Of the
liquor casks and spill oct the contents. They
met IN the different wards. oTgouized and
constituted q general nssoeiati1n, caused a
respectful hu, touching appeal to the liquor
dealers depicting Ia It's true eoors the mise
~ and wrslchcdncss they were bringing on
the community by the traffic IN which they
we're engaged, and earnestly desiring them
TO discontinue H.
This appeal was signed by zoo OF our f. I
male, married aud unmarried and Published /
with al the names affixed, in one at least Of |
5ur papers. Committees Of the ladies were
appointed to visit, with this appeal in hand, I
AL the dealers in liquor and personally urge
them 20 give Mp the business "A may we'll I
DO Supposed, such an appeal could not be re.
sisted. Several discontinued the sale at oucg .
others promised 10 do so in e shor, time. In +
-Al.i.. si4.,.ts l,4t--= t-t-.sea-iiiis =.
meetings we're held every Saturday evening .
attended 10y both sexes, at which reports Of .
81. 1.1
aged and appaudod in their noble work, and .
he whole subject discussed The mectirg
IN Saturday evening last was at our nrgcsl
iall which will hold 1900 pcrseus, and. II was
,ramned full,
This is the true way to put down intcmper-
all the Maine laws that we're
ever devised.
Our sanitary condition Tor the last year
,as not been uniayorable. Tho intcrmcuts
n both cemeteries we're 1875, as reported by
he sections, about ? per cent. Of our popula-
ion. will close by mentioning n new insti.
ution just started in bur city Under the most
avorabls auspices. 1t is city library. An
association has been formed under the stat.
ite, stock divided into shares OF $50 each J.
,ayabls in five annual payments. The plan
las worked finely. About $50 shares have
'een taken, the first payments made and in
osted in books, periodicals and newspapers,
convenient suite Of rooms obtained, lighted !.
With gas, well warmed, Sc, One gentleman
eI off with subscription for 10 shares
,ome valuable donations have been made
nd others are expected. In short, the
hing is perfect success. We shall have
nore than thousand volumes within year
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