The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-05-07

~ James Potter known Oh. .ayft 3hf
@as seven fee, and MAE inches,


~ James Potter known Oh. asft Chs
Was seven feet and uiGe inches.
~ \ Young lity IN Sew Yui, uIMci
Matilda SAWYER, who was wording on DE-.
Wedding dress late Tuesday night, was en-.
vcluped in flames hy the upsetting'of n cam
rheno lamp, and before help reached her shc
Was dead, some parts OF the body being hurn-
I'd 10 cindcr Her bctroihcd had only lust
parted from her The circumilanccs make
this one Of the most shocking sacrifices 10
these destructive illuminbt,rs.
tg- man, insane from failure IN bus'n.
cSs, tells his own story as follows al am
here Qn tho insane NospituD because Of O
Nero mistake In husiness. was cnglgcd
during the winter in making moSquitocs
wings, which expected TO sell in the summer.
| had ten thousand OF them ON hand when
the season opened, but unfortunately ! Mad
forgotten 10 make them ia pairs! They were
all left hand wings, and consequently lost
the sale OF them, and was compelled to suS-
pend payment
o. The propri,;ors Of the New YoR,
Tribune have commenced a suit against the
United States express company for being
from Thursday ill Monday in carving re-
part of the late billiard match from detroit
TO Now York, thus making the labors Of their
special reporter valuelrss,
~ 4 friend who recently returned from
Washington, in reply TO q question rs TO
where he had been, replied, i have been after
an Office and got thepriusal Of it,
to Among lot Of thieves recently put
in the New York Tombs, were Thomas JEFF
ferson, julius Caesar, Jonathan Edwards aud
Daniel Webster! What's in a name?
" Prof Mapcs the scientific farmer, now
farms one hundred and twenty one acres of
land nenr Newark, y. ]. His total receipts
for produce raised on his farm from April |,
1888, to April /, 1859. were : | ,G27 IS. His
total expenses we're $3.l52 Is, leaving Kim
the handsome net profit Of SS31j 60. So
much for Eeientihe farming.
a. Some idea Of The extent Of the flood
IN me Mississippi River may be obtained
from the fact, as stated in tie Wick Gburg
tNliss} Mhig. that the distance from the le-
Nee at that place to the opposite shore of the
oycrtowed hanks is .Hity HU!es. Tho valley
OF ehe Mississippi is now great inland sea
. ~ The friends Of John b. Cough m EnSs,
land recently paid his lawyers bill of E3iS
inlthc libel suit with DR.. Lees, and present
ed dim Gl00 bcSidcs, as n mark Of continued
confidence and esteem. Mr.. Cough declined
tho flO0, and announced his intention TO pay
from his own pocket tire expenses Of his an
tagouist, DIR. Ices, so rs to save him from
Jail
The latest style of'Goop ssirt u the grand
svll.aljusting, double back.aelion hustle, Ct.
rusesn lace expansion, spiral Piccolomini at,
tachmcnt Eossamer understandable 1t is a
love of thing
C." The New York Tribune ia hereafter
TO have its weekly and scmi-weekly forms
slereotyped IN order to save, in great mea-
sure, the wear oftype resulting from the large
number of Impressions il is compelled to
pint to supply is enormous and constantly
Increasing circulation. s,
" lie who would thrive must advertise
O. 4 lad near Milwaukee, Wis.. named
Amos Douglas, while playing ia barn with
some other boys, last week, plpccd u strap
around his mock to make believe hang him
solfrAAd becoming cnlaAEled in II Inc sure
enough hung himself fatally