The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-11-23
THE CALIFORNIAN
Differed Artifles.

great expense secured the only man in
Sprinfeld, ILL.,, who knows or is likely to
know the intentions of the next President
This gentleman drew from "Honest Abe's"
pocket. the other night, the following signii-
cant memoranda, which he faithfully inter-
prets and reports
"'Mem: Must conciate South do it by
cab,-think over these:
Sec. Stat. b. evidently Buchanan,
Breckenridge or Bennett)
Sec. War;. ID. of Miss. CLEARLY jeff.
Davis.)
Sec. Navy.-Yan. (ei,her Yancey or some
Yankee, says Cushing.)
Sec. Ireas.-J. 5. mot Sherman, but Sill
p. NJ. G.-R. B. r. (R. Barnwell Rhett
of S. c.
Au. Gen.-n. A. W. (only one man in
the Union with those wise initials)
Sec. Int. II. II. (your own immortal
Henry
ut is possible that one or two of these
names may be changed but you may rely
upon it that Honest Abe is resolved to show
from the outset his superiority to all political
prejudice. Yours, X. n"
MODEL MANNER OF SETTLING A LARGE
ESTATE. Seth Thomas of Ilaow, Connect
cut, left at the time of his decease. eighteen
months ago, property worth from $4,000
to SGOO,O0O, and six children who were his
heirs. There was no will, and the estate de-
scended In the legal manner to the children
equally. They consulted no lawyers, began
no scramble, but mutually agreed upon two
judcious men, and employed them to divide
the property into six portions as nearly equal
in value as possible. This done, the portions
were put up at auction among them, each
buying a portion, and the premiums again
were equally divided. In this way the peace
of the family circle was preserved, and an
end arrived at which gratties every pure SEN
timent.
C. An old English burglar died in Mer-
edith village, few days since, possessed of
considerable wealth. He had lived for many
years life Of strict proprlety, much respect
ed by his neighbors and friends, and had
reared large family. He left manuscript
in cipher, which proved to be a record of his
misdeeds. In his will he bequeathed $500
to man once robbed in Quebec, and two
grandsons of the individual have been found
there, he having long since died.
C. The Southern students in the New
York medical schools had a meeting on Fri
day evening and voted to go home as soon
as any Southern state secedes. They were
urged to 60 at once by several Southern gen.
tlemen, among them Col. Dick of Maryland
who was introduced as "the man who gave
Brooks the cane to whip Sumner with" A
dispatch was received from Richmond, Va
inviting the students to 60 there, where ri
val medical college exists without flourish
ing.
r. MIR. Nesmith, one of the United States
Senators just chosen in Oregon, worked on
farm in Claremont, n. H., about twenty years
ago.
~ Telegraphic blunders are sometimes
as funny as they are serious. Thus, one Mr.
Brown, prominent gentleman being i'll at
Toronto, it was telegraphed to his family tina,
"Mr. Brown is no worse" The family got it
''is no more, and sent up special train for
the remains. a young lady was taken sick
while visiting in Cleveland, and the good
folks were dumb-founded wit the report tina,
"she has has had a child 1t should have
been "has had a chill"
e Old Abe has proved himself rale
splitter.
C. 1t is not definitely ascertained as We,
whether douglas has found his mother, bu,
1t is known to certainty that "his mother
knows he's out
u The story of Bell has been toUed
throughout the country. Abe Lincoln pulled
the rope.
C. DIR. Lyman Beecher, who cast his frs,
vote for Washington, was taken by his son
on Tuesday, to the polls that he might cas-
his last vote for Lincoln. AS the venerable
man, with flowing and slvcry locks, entered
the room the crowd parted right and left ,ant
silently made way for him.
t. A Danbury man, who felt little in
cllnation of an appetite, went into New Ha
ven saloon the other evening, and ate five
oyster stews, one plate of raw oysters, ont
plate OF sausages, Goldfish ball, three cup.
of custards, one large plate of pudding, ant
drank three glasses of cider and six glasse
of ale-filling in the cracks with doughnut
and small cakes. What capital "stead,
boarder" he would make