The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-08-12

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human skeleton were found in Brattleboro
! last week, by some workmen who we're ex
cavating earth on the site where had stood
tavern seventy or eighty years ago. Accord
ing to Legend, a peddler mysteriously dis
appeared from the house about that time.
The name of East Putney post Office ha'
been changed to Corntcn.
AT Observation-Disclosures of seventy
sick and wounded Vermont soldiers transfer
red to Sloan U. S. A. Hospital in Montpelie,
arrived Sunday morning and were immedi
ately conveyed to their quarters.
BOUNTY JUMPERs.-Frank Clamp. from
Potion, C. E., who hired as substitute fol-
Mr.. J. B. Proctor of Rutland, while on the
way to New Haven, Ct, on the Monday
night train, attempted to make his escape BY
jumping from the car window while the train
was in motion, near the residence of Mr..
Alonzo E. Smith. in Clarendon. His knee
pan was fractured and otherwise so badly
injured that he was unable to walk. and ne
was picked up by Mr.. Smith and lodged in
jail at Rutland.-Herald.
CHARLATANs.-We see in the papers now
a-days many advertisements of travelling
physicians. People should be aware of all
such. Any man of real professional skill can
get business enough where he NAV perma-
nently locate, and none but quacks are apt
to perambulate the co ,ntry like menageries
and organ grinders. Tie celebrated Peak
Family of Bell Ringers pretend to be max
ing their farewell concert TOUR Farewell
to what Their farewells are something
like the collections in a Methodist society
We once wot of, where they took a quarterly
collection every Sunday, and a yearly one
twice month Montpelier 4ygus.
FIFTIkTH ANNlvERsARY.-Rev. Silas Nc
Keen, d. ID. preached his tiftieth anniversary
sermon at Bradford last Sabbath. There
vas large attendance and the exercises were
most interesting. The sermon was to a great
extent historical. and gave many facts of in
terest IN connection with churches, meeting
houses and religious matters for the past
half century in the vicinity of Bradford. Mr..
Mckeen has himself been pastor of the Con-
church in that town for more
than forty years of the fifty. He commenced
preaching to that society and church and
continued with them for eighteen years,when
he removed to Bangor, Maine, where he re-
NAMED nine years, since that time he has
continued in northumberland.
EscAPED.-A man calling himself Ohm
Toner, said to be runner, alas substitute
broker, from Philadelphia, New York etc was
arrested by the Provost Marshal some time
since at Woodstock with two recruits. WHO
had deserted. The party were brought to
Windsor on tuesday, and placed in the cells
of the l. S. Court House from which they
escaped the following night by wrenching of
a CRATE.
The following deaths are reported at
Alphonse Smith and Oliver
BIcktord, LIST Vt. heavy artillery, Daniel b.
French, 9th VT. John W. Davis. S,h Vt.
Charles w. Cone, I'd VT, Geo. Haskell, lst
Vt. heavy artillery, Benz. d. Cargill, ID Vt,
Samuel jackson, llth Vt.
A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE.-C. II. Ste
yens, Esq, of E. Montpelier, has exhibited a
very large and beautiful pearl, which he
found in the river near his house. 1t meas
ures full 9-l6ths of an inch in diameter aud
is perfectly round. Mr. Stevens has been
offered $50 for Walton's.
WONDERFUL GROwTH-Mr. Salem Good
enough of Calais. has a blackberry bush
which grew on his premises the present sea-
son, and attained the mammoth height Of 10
feet 3 inches.
VERY GooD-The Burlington Sentinel is
ashamed Of the resolutions of the copperhead
state convention, and saws the convention
had only vague and general idea of the
resolutions, and that the author Of them
probably did not know what he was writing !,
Would it not be we'll for the convention to
reassemble and try again q? They certainly
cannot utter more false and traitOrous Sent-
ments-without danger of indictment for
treason. The North Star copies the Senti-
mel on this top c. ahons.
Capt. Wm. NJ. Beeman, OF Co. B, lst Vt.
cavalry, who was taken prisoner in Virginia
nearly year ago. and has been ever since
confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, has
lately been sent to Macon, Georgia. Recent
advices from him give gratifying assurances
of improved health since his transfer to his
new quarters.
O1in A. Kimball, and Oliver NJ. Badger.
members of the Invalid Corps, were arraign-
ed before Justice Tyler, at Brattleboro, for
feloniously taking two boxes of honey, the
property of Joseph Wilder. The morning
after the loss of the honey love-let,er Was
found within few feet from the hive from
whence the honey was taken, addressed &c
one of the respondents at the L. S. Hosp tai
in this village, by his confdins sweetheart.
The letter led to the detection and arrest OF
the offenders. 1t was modest epistIe, full
of breathing thoughts and burning words.
and redolent with Passages expressive of the
softest and tenderest endearmenrs gushing
forth like sparkling bubbles from fountain.
In short it had all the sweetness of seven
boxes Of honey compounded into one The