The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-01-06
IN BRIEF.

AN Az "o"A VII "iiiShCJ ahu SuiloIiiS 20"
looms, and will not have any in the ''ci-
ties Of the saints
A twelve-inch Blakeley gun costs $50
600.
Morrisey, the prize fighter, is an active
lobby agent in behalf of whiskey in
Washington
Mosby, the guerrilla, is killed. He
was shot by some Union scouts near Mid
dlebury, Va. Thus ends the career of
another great ruff;
The republicans of New Hampshire
have nominated Gen. Gilman Marston for
Congress in the lst district, the place now
filled by Daniel Marcy, IA democrat
Rollins of Concord and Prof Patterson of
Hanover have been renominated for the
other two districts
The time for the recruitment of Han
cocks corps has been extended to the end
of January The officers are confident
that the full corps will be raised.
LEAVE ALONE THE CANDY. Adulter-
ated confectionery is more plenty than
ever now, in consequence of the high
price of sugar The most common sub
stitute for sugar is 4 dry chaIky substance
originally imported from England 1t
costs the manufacturers cent and Il half
a pound, and is used very freely by them
The poisonous substance enters most
largely into almonds, sugar plums, CONVEX
s,tion lozenges and such things Better
give them Il wide berth.
TIE VERMONT BRIGADE-The Yer
mont Brigade is now with Grant, and are
stationed near the Weldon railroad. On
the day of its departure from the Valley
the Brigade numbered less than 1900 men
tit for duty. The casualties in killed and
wounded since May 9TH are Sip.
Sherman killed all the dogs on his line
of march A western editor wishes Shcr-
would march through his neighborhood.
and we mi ght add that thousands of sheep
farmers in the eastern States will echo the
wish.
The plan is now generally adopted i'll
Grants army, when burying the dead, to
place in the grave with the body IA sealed
bottle, containing paper on which Is
written the name and other particulars
respecting the deceased.
The VERMONT DIRECTORY. The tenth
number of the Vermont Directory has
Just been received. and is filled with val
liable statistics of our state. and other
valuable matter, besides the usual aSiro-
nomical calculations 1t is prepared by
W, W. Atwater, and published by futile
4 Gay. Rutland For sale at the book
stores.
Last act of a sad tragedy: Mrs. .Jen-
ME l.. Tolman of Richmond committed
suicide on Monday by taking strvchnine.
She was the young wife of Alfred Toll
man. who was murdered recently bv a
woman i'll Il bowling alley in kcenc. and
excessive grlet ut the untimclv death of
her husband, produced IN alteration of
mind which led to this fatal result She
lett letter to her mother. and also one
for the clergyman in Winchester WHO at
tended her husbands funeral. stating the
reasons for the rash deed Il 90 to Join
my husband He was kind and affection
ate to me. and life is nothing without
him"
VIM. 5. Tuckcrman. convicted and
sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.
abont eight years ago. for robbin@ the
mail between New York and Boston. rc-
ceived on Thursday full and uncondi-
tional pardon from the President of the
United States.
They GIVE 1T rr. \ citizen of Chi
ca@o. who has all along been a secession
ist, and who ha. just returned from iIa-
vana, Cuba, says the rebels and their
sympathlzerS there and in Europe are in
despair. Slidell says that the southern
cause is beyond hope. and he giveS il up.
Nearly all the rebels abroad are equally
respondent. They consider the rebellion
4 failure
While Dr. Samuel johnson was court,
ING his intended wife. in order TO try her
he said that he had no property. and once
had an uncle that was hanged To which
the lady replied that she had no more
property, and, although she never had a
relative that was hanged she had Il num-
Der that deserved to be.
The great California ''sanitarv cheese
weighed 1880 pounds. 1t was made bv
the Steele brothers. who selected 600 of the
best of their 400 cows. and detailed 81
men to make the cheese The cows Weld
ed l2O barrels of milk in three and half
days, and from this the curd was prcpar-
ed.
The following advertisement appears in
a late number of the London Times =
" Jane. your absence will ruin all-think
of your husband, your parents, your chill
dred, all of whom have colds Return
all may yet be well-happy. AT any
rate enclose the key of the cupboard! where
Warren's Cough Balsam is.
TROUBLESOME FAMILY.
Abram says: May Heaven save us
From the windy tribe of Davis.
What with Winter, jeff and Garrett.
How can any mortal bear it?
We are lost or Heaven must save us
From the windy tribe of Da,-;r