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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-26
PRINTING OR BINDING.

Whether i: be for single book. or Hotel Regis
Ter 4 Note Book. a Magazine. Poster Handful.
Catalogue. Sermon. Address. Bill Of Fare. Pack
OF Cards, Bill Heads. Letter-Heads. Business
Yards "- Envelopes or Note Paper, &c. &c. OF
whether II be job OF manufacturing
School Books by The Million,
Our works are al under one roof We have 4
first class Foudrireer Paper Machine. several
Power Presses. and al the modern improvements
in Book-bindlns Tools and Machinery. and our
Norkinen are net 10 be excelled in their several
dc partm.ntS- And for 1868 we shall enIea,or to
have DIARIES enough ITO go round" though
the present prospect is that those who buv rirst
will be most sure IA get them. All order Will b,
allied in the orders Of III ir receip,as soon as the
Goods are ready.
SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIONERY Oh
hand as usual ] ;'Send orders by mail or '.wait
for the wagon
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Join Il Z H. IH cr i i ii ! com'rs
fO-NIISSIONERS NOTICE.
MARY IL TER.S ESr ,TI,

" r. the subscribers. hin. appointed by the Proiar.
Court tor tn" district G" Caledonia Commissioners Ia Re-,
,tNr cNaiIe and adjust all riiS and demand, of all
',r>''> tiu>I Ia" estate Mary after Iat. an Krt
IA >' >lfitt 'ir'!>'i and the claims deceased
.''',! III i>' 'r' irirlv give notice that sin month,
from the - DAY II Nov 4 d. l>.;5 are I:iw,i e. III
creditors I" Present their CLAIMS To- said commissioner
i"I yAa'il'n ana 'Aan,". an! that viii meet for
iii purpose ~ In" dwelling house e.. ,ic, W J,,hr,,n
III sutton -, the tgi SATURDAYS of Jan AMI April nex
al zen O'Clock IL. III. on each of SAD ,Iav,
: {. TIYBkrS
A-o DAVID POWERS comm -.
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Cant DO 1t.

We find We are unable to send bills to all
orr subscribers i'll season to have them reply
before Jan |. Those who do receive bills
can forwarl the money by mail Or otherwise
while those who do not receive bills know
very well if they are indebted to this office,
and can forward the pay fthey are. Receipts
are returned in their next paper. Subscrip-
tons for 1868 must be handed in before Jan
| to take advantage of oul advance terms.
If paper continues at its present high price
We shall not be able to continue our paper at
its present low rates.
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fOW-NiS SIONEHS' NOTJcE.
ARDIL HLnDiiErI,S ESTATE

I'VE Or S':'~,rhcrS benz! appointed iv the
I"i me district al E>-cA. commissioners, TO receive.
"Aa'n" ana ADJUST nj and demands OF all ,r,.n,
against ia" r~'at" II Airil BuigcI:. late i Lexington
III AL Instruct deceased. ami the claims II Deceased!
'AiiI"d IA uii>" thereto. hereby Uvc notice thai >lx
months ron! i'I' &! tar"i De-. \ - l> are aluwr,fr
me creditors L. present Their aims said comm >iuiIc--
!'I 'N'li!l.iIl' AMI allowance, iI! that
that |U:I">, - rl- dwcr- I."J>c OF the ir,. a,rii.
B"i@r,l IN Lexington IN said district o the ih Tues
iiN> a. jan. and ApIli cAt ten O'Clock l. III. Oh
each %. -.IId DAYS.
OBS J2StPn " COOPER ,co,o,,,sst,,,.-.
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+ O r S \ l. f .
st. JOHNSBURY SKATING
y A r X.

ADMITTANCE.
Gentlemen. Season Tick cts, Sl.0l
Ladies and Children under Ii, Season, 81
Single admttance Skaters and Spectators, .l(
No extra charge for the admission of teams te
the enclosure
The public are respectfully invited to give us a
call. BEAUMAN BUTLER.
| St. Johnsbury, Nov. q, 1862. 22-25*
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NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE
~ on RAILROAD STREET.
The subscriber would respectfully inform his
friends and the public generally, that he has
leased the store lately occupied by n. NJ john
son, where he heeds constantly on hand, and Will
make TO order all kinds Of
Gents, Ladies',
Misses & Cmldren's
BOOTS AND 81 o Z S
Ladies BalInorals, lev style, heat thing
Also. Union Ralrnorals. Congress and Lace cola
u,nsd: very convenient New styles Of Congress
Boots and GaiteIs, also Misses IL all these rari.
Gus styles.
He will also manufacture soon,
GENTS MCCLELLAN BOOTS.
These goods will all be made Of the very best
of material. and for style and workmanship can
not be surpassed
n B. Gents French and American Calf
Boots at Old prices. IL A. MOONEY.
Railroad Street, st. Johnsbury. 25tf
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Something for the "COpper.Ueads.''

Gen O. B. Wilcox VINO was and is lead
Ing democrat in Mch in speech he made
shortly after his release SAID
Freedom of speech is not allowed in the
South. The questions of the day are not
allowed to be discussed in the press. Now
the ignorant and the oppressed nate not only
the North, but all her institutions. The,
hate her schools, colleges, manufactures and
the enterprise which has given to the coun-
try so much success, which has aided to give
Us, the North as well as the South, national
iy. If they succeed in their rebellion, it is
the intention of these men 10 fight eterna!ly
against our institutions. Now have moth
ing to say with regard to the politics of the
Question, as far as slavery is concern ID.
see this seal " monster which has risen up in
our midst. ana with his terrible grippe intends
TO crush us out, and that monster is slavery.
was democrat.l am democrat still. | say
that this monster is slavery at the bottom,
with that scum of all the earth, Southern
caiyalry, at the top. We democrats and alb
olitionists can shake our hands on that sub
ject. This war, with its thunder and its rev.
olution, is crushing out slavery"
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Counterfeit, bills On the Orange County
"aai Of Chelsea, We're put in circulation in
sion ~ Saturday.
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s 90 BoU NTY
PENSIONS AND BACK PAY.

would say to all concerned that as / am an
agent for procuring BOUNTIES. PENSIONS and
BACK PAY. due to invalid soldiers, widows,
mothers or minor children; and having communi-
cation with U, S. Paymaster. can obtain the
MONEY for them in the least possible time and
with small expense. No charge in any case I'M
less successful Information given gratis. and all
communications by mail promptly answered if a
stamp is enclosed to prepay the return.
HIRAM A. CUTTING.
Lunenburgh, VT, Dec ). 1867
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Personal.

| Personal.
Hon Portus Baxter, is sick at Washington
of pneumonia. At last accounts he was bet
ter, and an unfavorable issue is not anticipa-
ted.
Lt-Co! ID. X Andross, Of the 9th Vermont,
who has been at Bradford for few weeks
past,recru;ting his health,le for Chicago last
Monday morning, to rejoin his regiment.
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CO-NNISSIONERS' NOTICE.
JOHN INGALLS, ESTATE

1E subscribers. having been appointed by the Honora-
Die PROBATE Court ior the district o Caledonia commits
I"ri> 10 receive cNamlne, and adjust all claims and
=, I" all persons. against the of John
NC an iaic {" Ryegdtc i'll said district. deceased
ana tie claims of the deceased exhibited in ofse there
' ctN give notice that SIX months the 2,th ,iay
OF ot A ID l>52 allowed for the creditors TO pres
.i'' iVH cams I" sad commissioners Tor examination
ai aii"wate. and tina. will that purpo,e nj
tn' iWclilg-huu>c II james Lidde Ryeratr in s,i
uh'ric on the 1 day of January and the 18th day OF
hph next at ten clock III the forenoon on each of said
days. " " ">" Va Sa''
JAMES GRAHAM
Ms IoUE II Ci!nnIrp ! Cum'rS
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~ The mortal wounding OF Gen Bay
ard occ urred at about o'clock p. NJ, on
Saturday, at Gen Franklin's h headquarters, in
the rear of the line of battle of Gen Smiths
corps, and within few feet stood both Gen
Franklin and Gen Smith. and dozen other
officers. Gen BSyard Was sitting at the foot
of a large tree, when the enemy opened a
| brisk artillery fire upon one OF our batteries,
and their shells fell in that vicinity very rap
idly, tearing up the ground, cutting the trees,
and killing horses. In moment a shell
struck at the very point where Gen Ba! ard
was sitting, nearly seyering his leg at the
thigh. He was at once removed to the Bre-
nard house hospital, his wound examined and
pronounced mortal. He lived perfectly cor
scious until about o'clock z. NJ, when he
died. He dictated three letters during the
aftern ION. one to Col Colburn, OF Gen Nc
Clellans staff, and one to his atfianced bride
a daughter of Col Bowman of West Point
to whom he was to be married on the 18th OF
this month. The match had already been
postponed twice on account nt the exlgencles
of the service. He received a number o.
friends during the afternoon and evening
and his mind was as cool and as placid as II
the moments Of brilliant health. Gen Bay
ard was % years of age.
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GOOD NEWS.

The .'OLD Folks" and some who are nc
80 oio, Will be glad to hear that the subscribers
are about TO publish
ABELL'S ALMANACK FOR 1863,
1t will be ready for every MERCHANT in Vernon,
and New Hampshire, and
THE REST OF CREATION,
IN ample season for them TO supply every f,u;I,
before the first day of January CAN in season
and keep calling and you will be sure to get one.
We also publish
THE VERMONT SPELLER.
recommended by the Board of Education. and in
use IN every district in Vermont.
LEMPRIERE'S CLASSICAL DICTION-
AIRY,
/ abridged, for the use of schools and families
useful TO every scholar. whether studying the
classics or not.
FOWLE'S COMMON SCHOOL SpELLER.
tant for teaching Spelling only. II contains H.
oOO words carefully classified The attention of
those engaged in education is respectfully called
to this book.
FOWLES FAMILIAR DIALOGUES,
for exhibitions in schools and academies. and for
social parties.
POPES ESSAY ON MAN.
School Edition, with Notes BY the Rev. Josiah
Swett.-thought 10 be the BEST school edition
published
GATHERED SKETCHES
from the early History of Vermont and New
hampshire,-a very interesting book.
INDIAN NARRATIVES,
containing correct and interesting History of
the Indian Wars, from the landing of the PHI
grims to Gen. Wayne's Victory.
NEW HAMPSHIRE AS 1T Is.
Being Historical Sketch from its first settlement.
together with Gazetteer and General View of
New Hampshire.
La addition to the above, we publish several
editions of
TESTAMENTS AND PRAYER BOOKS.
which we will sell At very low rates
We also call attention to the following list of
Books IN paper covers, which we are now sending
ont by mail postpaid. at the annexed prices. viz:
PREPARATION for Confirmation. by the Rev.
{. L. Quintard, SIP
Royces Historical Sketches of the Church. 20
The Book of PRAYER for the House of PRAYER,
by the RI. Rev. ". b. Stevens, DID. .0S
The Origin and Design Of the Christian Min
i>try. by Bishop McIlraine. &C
Why | am Churchman. by Dr. Randall. 10
The Ministerial Commission. by the Rev.
Lloyd Windsor. n
The Firman,ent IN the Midst of the Waters.
new theory "f the nature of the Firrna-
Rent, by The Rex. J. SWEET. NJ. A. .le
Let US Pray Family PRAYERS. &c. chiefly
from the PRAYER Book with an address
e:: the duty % Family Prayer by the Hex.
J. SWEET. NJ. A. II
Methodist IN Search Of the Church. By the
Rev- = Y McMasters, DID. IL ID. 81
And We shall soon publish
An Elementary Grammar. ev Prof c. l.. Baleh.
OF Norwich University; and work entitled
/ q" Celestial Dawn. by ri;e Rev W F. Evans.
author Of The Happy Islands
And We desire all persons interested. constant
y to remember that Ne have UNEQCALLED
FACULTIES for ihe manufacture q: all kinds of
BUNS. and for executing every order for
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-12-26

S0METHING FOR THE FARMERS.
4 large assortment 81 Straw Cutters. Corn
Shelters. Cattle Ties. Grain Scoops. Ames' Shot-
els. Pick axes. Manure Forks, Manure rullers.
Meat Cutters suitable for family use Also, Ely
x Wilder's axes and the Hunt Axe
IL c DICKINSON.
Railroad St. s. snlnShiry
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oinotrd.

Promoted.
We are glad to hear that our friend Lieut.
N".'n, son of Senator Keith of Brandon, has
zen promoted to be lst Lieut. in the Regular
''Emy, Lieut. Keith is one of our most plucky
"'1 Intelligent young men and deserves his
promotion. We give him our @.
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ShinplaSters.

In making remittances to this office sub
scribers are requested to enclose government
currency, postage stamps, or County scrip
for fractional parts Of dollar, as other cur
rency cannot be received.
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w ANTED.-A situation 20 do chamber
w work. or table work preferred. understands
her business well. Address
-'--' u. ID. ST Jnhnsbury.
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:ho,.
'.r.o, Walbr;dge Of the It'll Vt. regiment,
ot lung disease, at Pensacola, Fla, Nov.
! allowed mother and loving brothers
sister, mourn his early death. Funeral
...''., w.l! br attended at the congregation
.7'ch N Cabot, Sunday afternoon, Dec.
*, a. o'clock.
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Catherine Regan was found this mornin.
half a mile south of the Rutland depot, cas-,
side of the track, in this place frozen to death
She wandered from Jane, Lang's about dark
last evening. She is supposed 70 be insane.
Her age about 10 years.-FTce Press, 2oM.
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In Cambridge, on Sunday, the I'D ull. al
Irish woman having attended church with
her two children, placed them near the stove
they We're 50 chilled. Ga her going out f,r
wood they commenced playing with the fire
isniting their clothes, and one was burned to
death.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-31

as they came up the Mississippi river, that
it was just above the State of Iowa and the
st. Croix river and that the best way to
get to our place was, to come up from St..
Paul on the Dodd road.
But told them when they talked in this
way, that 1 presumed Mr.. Wheelock was
new style, educated practical farmer, from
Nova Scotia, and could tell US all about the
latest improvements 10 farming, in that
section, and that I had no doubt but that
his book might tell US good many things
about farming that we did not know, out in
this new country.
Several of the neighbors said, too, that
the New York Tribune had praised it a
good deal but one or two others replied to
this, that, may be, Mr.. Wheelock wrote
that piece in the Tribune himself and, be
sides, they did not like the Tribune much,
anyhow.
About this time, however, our Member
of the Legislature came home, and be told
US that the book was "bully," chats what
he said,) and that it was full of statistics. !"
This settled the people in its favor, at once;
for they all remembered what I had said
about our old schoolmaster's objection to
the little primer on Illinois and we all con-
cluded that we would send for some copies
to put in our common school library, to be
read by the children and their folks. We
started in to have them got last Spring, but
what was everybody's business turned out,
as it almost always does, to be nobody's;
and it hung along till last harves: time be-
fore the books finally came.
At our next school meeting after the
books did come and we had got through
harvest, and things all fixed up for winter,
we thought we would look into them. My
oldest boy told me that the schoolmaster
had directed the scholars not to use their
geography and maps Of Minnesota, any
more, for when they got to understand "its
place among the States" they would know
enough about it. The schoolmaster seemed
to calculate so much on Mr.. Wheelock's
book, that we thought it would be interest
ing to enjoy the reading of it, all together,
by nights at the school house and this was
how we came to have our meetings about
Mr.. Wheelock's book.
But havn't time today to tell you about
this; and I guess you wouldn't have room
to PRINT it, either, all at once. So I'll give
you the proceedings of the meeting when
l write again.
Till which time, am, honored sir,
Your 0bedient, humble servant,
ZEBULON SAWYER.
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LETTER TWO.

SAwYERsvILLE, Dec. 81, 1861.
TONI Coon aICH Printer Of the Pioneer and Democrat:
HoNoRED Sir Il told you in that first
letter that I'd try to give you some idea of
the proceedings of our meetings at the school
house, about the book which the Legisla>
ture paid Mr.. Wheeiock, of n iowa Scotia, a
thousand dollars to write it, and another
thousand, or such matter, to print it.
had made up sort of unsatisfactory kind
OF mind about that book, without ever see.
ing it, or hearing of it read. thought it
must be very extraordinary piece Of writ
ing, or else the schOOlmaster wouldn't have
put by the biographies, and have put that
in their places. The schoolmaster had
good deal to say about it, and when be got
to talking about it, he talked in way that
/ couldn't more than half understand him,
what be did say. He would run on with
the queerest lot of the longest kind of words,
and he'd never come. to full stop till he was
clear out of breath. My Oldest boy hadn't
been reading it in school more than about
six weeks before be was took in the same
way. So had good deal of curiosity to
see what the book really was, and what the
neighbors would think of it. .
When we met to the school house, the
schoolmaster was on hand, and he aegun
at once to improve us on the subject which
we met for, in the following remarks:
FELLOW CITIZENS: Unaccustomed, as
am, to popular Oratorical efforts, it will be
the part Of courtesy in you to abstain from
impinging, with too stringent critically,
upon the imperfectabilities of unpremedi-
tated, president ratiociDations, and other
observations which may be submitted III
general. The ancient. Ultima Thule has
we'll and perspicaciously prepended, that all
abstruseness OF occulticity OF science, is per.
meated and illuminated by the progressive
indomitability OF intellectually. Thus, the
sOmbrous, fOgmatic and undinOus centrally
of this Western elongated hemisphere, is
projected obviously to the common COM
prehension Of men, and likewise women ;
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BE l natural, and is this Nova
Scotia man more than ordinary smart or
is it 0isey Jersey? or howl" Which I
didn't take vote on it then, but adjourned
the question over till after the next meet
ing.
While am always. honored Sir,
Your most humble, obedient servant,
ZEBULON SAWYER.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-31

but I'd just like to have you to tell me who
General Scott was, if we havn't had no
fighting on this continent, and some pretty
d-m tall fighting, too? And where was
General Jackson at New Orleans shooting
down the red-coats over them cotton. bales,
and sending old Packenham up the spout,
and what was he doing as President of these
United States, if we havn't illustrated noth-
ing but "Peace?" And what was old lack
Taylor about, down to Beuna Vista, giving
them Mexican greasers little more grape :!
providing he wasn't a learning of them that
they couldn't touch the first hair of the
American eagle without getting most thun.
deringly thrashed? And what does Sumter
mean. and what have you got half of mil.
lion OF men for, and are spending of a
million and quarter of dollars, 10 clean
cash, every day, including Sundays, 10 case
the history of this continent don't illustrate
nothing but peace? That's what Id like
to know
The Squire had got himself considerably
riled up, before be finally stopped, and set
himself down. When be did, it was MEM
toned that it was a great pity that Old
Abe hadn't have sent some of these books
down to the cussed Southerners before this,
so that they might have known these Gems
phatic geographical facts" and not have
gone on and butted their heads up against
the history of this continent" in the way
they have. Which, it struck US, was prob
ably Joke and | saw that it thrOWed
even the old Squire into smile.
When the war was spoke of, it commen-
ced general talk about the way it ought
to be carried on, and how the niggers ought
to be let loose, with muskets put into their
hands, and then, again, how the constitu>
ton ought to be kept up, and so on until
there was no more chance for reading that
evening. So we took recess till next
night.
And am, honored Sir,
Your obedient, humble servant,
ZEBULON SAWYER.
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LETTER FOUR.

DcHlOCTUt
HoNoRED SIR: Our meeting was rather
broke in to, last Saturday. A curious
thing them niggers is, to absorb all the
talk that's going when they're once brought
up, like sponge absorbs water. So,
when we got to talking about the economy
idea of Old Abe's sending down lot of
coalporters down South with Mr.. Wheel
ock's book, to show the rebels that there
hadn't ever been any fighting on this con,
tinent, and that such doings was against all
the bearings of "Amarican civilization
and that, therefore, they ought toquit being
so blamed unreasonable as they are being,
one fellow popped the niger in on to us,
and the game of reading was up for that
night, of course. Which I didn't like it
much; for betwixt the niger and Mr.
Wheelock's book, rather take to the book.
You see, the niger. as thing to talk about,
is getting nearly most as stale as a bad
herring while this books as fresh as new
manure, and richer than some. To be sure,
l haint got many new ideas yet, but I'm ex.
banding powerful on language; and yester-
day I spoke word of seven syllables with
out drawing of breath, from beginning to
end. Which it is considerable for man
of my age, and all to be got out of one
book.
Coming down to number 5, on page Z,
the schoolmaster commenced to read about
the physical 2oreponderamce of the great inv
terror basin," which was full of figures and
on the schoolmaster taking down his slate
and Daboli's Arithmetic, and cyphering
while, he told US that this basin " qoeighed
more than any other basin" and that it
was pretty near as big again as all the other
basins put together. Which, it was
said, was a big thing for Minnesota, and dog
cheap at thousand dollars, that the Legis,
Iature paid Mr.. Wheelock for figuring it
out, and was we'll worth the trouble and
expense OF importing OF him from Nova
Scotia, so as to be here and do it.
Then came some more about the social
and political preponderance of the basin,
which our Member of the Legislature said,
meant the use to which these basins was put
to, just before election times. Our Member
then went on to tell Us that the following,
which is found on page 9, was took by Mr..
Wheelock out Of the Chicago platform.
"The census of 1860, adding millions to
the towering ascendancy of the Mississippi
valley, solemnly commits the destipies of the Re.
public to the inviolable pledge Of its geographical
unity. The stryes Of sections which did not orig
innate, and cannot prevail under this majestic
symbol of national concord, will not sever
the strong cords of it's federation, till they
can break the multiplex strands of its